Embroidery scissors - safe and sound

My scissors are the embroidery tool of which I am most protective. I have been known to become rabid if anyone else touches them. I'm the same way about the knives in the kitchen: they are tools to be used in a specific way for a specific purpose. They are NOT for grabbing to cut whatever needs cutting - old scissors are for that.I work at a table and used to put my scissors on the table after I used them. This worked quite well for a while. Then I started working on more complex projects that used many different colored threads,  and the tiny scissors would often get lost in the little (or not so little!) piles of threads. A few times they fell to the floor when I pushed the thread out of the way trying to find my them. If you've ever dropped your scissors, you know that the tip can get bent quite easily. I was lucky and the tip is still as pointy as ever but I decided after that last plunge to the floor, a better solution was needed. Enter Dad - the maker of all wonderful things wooden!

When we were younger, one of the projects Dad did with us in his workshop was to make pencil holders from blocks of wood with holes drilled in them. I knew the same design would work perfectly for my scissors. The hole would need to be bigger in diameter, but the idea was basically the same. He turned one out in no time - with two holes, one for my regular scissors and one for the scissors I use for goldwork. He sent it to Germany with my niece in her suitcase. It was perfect but..the scissor block now got lost on the table. It's the same color wood as the table top and I just couldn't FIND it sometimes.The solution was red felt. I cut three pieces of red felt, with holes in the middle, glued them together and then on to the block and voila! I could now find the scissors at a glance. The little red top is instantly visible and the felt keeps the scissors from making the little "clunk" noise when I put them in. This noise always bothered me because, even though I knew the hole was deep enough and the tip was safe, when I heard that clunk I thought that the tip was hitting the bottom of the hole and getting bent.I sent Dad a picture of my addition to his work and we decided we made a great team!One of my readers, Debbie, sent me an email about a pair of embroidery scissors she received as a gift from friends in Australia. I'd seen scissors with various birds on them, but never Kangaroos! I haven't used these, but they sure are cute! Debbie loves hers. If I ever go back to Australia, you can be sure I'll pick up a pair - what a perfect souvenir!What about you? How do you keep your scissors from getting dropped, damaged or lost? Do you use a block or a scissor fob or weight? Or just hope for the best? Or hang them around your neck on a pretty chain or ribbon?