Hello Crafty Friends!
Now that the holidays are over I find myself in an organizing mood! I am organizing everything from my kitchen
pantry to the garage. I love to organize
and reorganize my craft room. Sometimes
I feel as if I spend more time going through my supplies and trying out
different storage systems than I do actually crafting. Anyone else feel the same? There is one thing that I constantly come back
to when I am organizing and it is this clear 12 x 12 plastic envelope. I use them for many things.
I use them to store my solid colored 12x12
cardstock. I place the card stock in the
envelope and then the envelope goes on the shelf. I love that when I attend a crop I can just
grab the particular cardstock color that I need and go. These envelopes also come in handy when I am
working with my Cricut. Sometimes I am
unsure of what color shade I want to use.
With these I can just glance through the colors. I also use these to store vacation memorabilia
in. Love, love, love these for that
purpose (can you tell that I love them? Ha-ha).
After vacation I put all my memorabilia in one, label it & shelf it
until I am ready to scrap it. I also do
the same with my daughter’s school memorabilia. I use one for each school year.
How many of you like to organize? I would love it if you would share your paper/cardstock
organizing tips with me. Just leave a
comment on this post. I am curious if
you store your paper/cardstock by color, by manufacturer, etc.? What is your go-to system?
I hope your enjoyed today's topic. If you have any questions or suggestions, please leave it in the comments. Also, you can join up to our Facebook group: Scrapbook Blessings Club for more fun, games, inspiration, tips and techniques.
Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day!
wau I dont have that much paper!
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Bad Kitty's Craftroom
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I wish I had my paper sorted by colour like this. It's such a pain to find the colour I want. The majority of my cardstock is 8.5 x 11 so those pockets wouldn't be the best for me. I'll keep my eye open for a smaller size and maybe there will be a sale I have no money). Eventually I would like to get my papers sorted but I don't have the proper storage rack/shelf and that's what has held me back. Some day!
ReplyDeleteI purchased a paper holder from a LSS going out of business, it holds all my 12x12 colored CARD STOCK. Yes, I have it sorted by color. I use many of Tiffany's Get organized challenge theories. I have found the organizing by color has saved me so much time! I use 12x12 iris containers to sort colored papers (with scraps) and colored embellishments. I only keep certain mfg's together...still have Creative Memories sets together and Quick Quotes since I am on their DT. I also organize by theme and calendar year (as per Tiffany). It really works great for me...I can go right to "music", "baby", "Valentine's Day", "hearts" or "red" in just a couple of minutes I can usually find anything! My inks and pens are organized by color and I have a chart of all my colors, some of the best advice from Tiffany, now I look to my chart before breaking out and trying 10 different reds! I do NOT have all my stamps "cataloged" yet...that would help even more but I have 1000's!!! and almost half are done. She is starting a new challenge next week (I have done the challenge several times) and my goals are cataloging my stamps so I can find them more quickly and purging!
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ReplyDeleteI have more than what I showed here....LOL
@KT Fit Kitty I have my 8 1/2 by 11 paper in a file drawer :-) These envelopes I showed here come in a bulk pack which helps with the cost.
ReplyDelete@Golden Goddess DesignsGreat storage systems you have in place! I have my stamps organized by theme and mixed the unmounted, wood mounted and clear ones together. I used to have each type of stamp organized by theme but it was too many places to look. I love having my paper by color. I have my holiday papers in these also and some in the Iris containers. Oh, how I love to organize. LOL!
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