Lay out your designs before you string them! Try out as many bead combinations as you like and find your ideal creation without cutting a thread. Enable your creativity and prevent having to redo your necklaces over and over because you decide you don't like the results after you finish! This gray-flocked plastic bead design board has three channels for laying out beads, and six compartments in which to sort the beads and components you are working with. The channels are marked in both inches and centimeters. Clear Plastic lid snaps on so you can pack away your half-finished projects without having to undo anything. Measurements, including clear plastic cover are 13 1/4 inches long X 9 1/2 inches wide X 3/4 inch high.