Organize Your Space Challenge - Week 4 Remaining Embellishments, Tools, Albums

[rlovew]

How does everyone sort or organize there acrylic stamps????
Mine are in a big Drawer that was intended for paper.

I was thinking binders with those top loading plastic pages and then like baseball card holder pages for the small ones....

Any other suggestions?

I put mine in a box- I don't have too many. I also typed a list of what I have and what set it is from as well as a size (determined by me) so I can look at that list and see if I want to use one instead of just searching through the box. I made a database for my dies/embossing folders/stencils also.

Rebecca

 

[nikkistevej]

ok...I'm caught up now! So I don't know if I had mentioned this before, but I am moving into a new "office" at my house. A few years ago we put on an addition and ended up with 5 bedrooms, but one was small...We let the kids have the 2 new rooms, the guest room was the average room and I took the small room. Well, it is now 4 years later, we still don't have a bed for the guest room and it was full of junk. So we cleared it out, got new flooring (instead of builder's grade stained with paint carpet) and set up a new, more organized space! So I've been working on it! And it is lovely...I'll have to see what pictures I have to post of my before in the small room and the empty big room. I have no pictures of it right now, though... So far I have thrown away approximately 6 large bags of trash, junk and things I just don't know why I had. (you know what I mean...) Once it is all done, I will be sooooo happy.

Before...please don't judge me...(no one outside of my family has seen these...)

Empty...much more relaxing...

I have paper, embellishments, stickers, etc. in the cabinet. I have adhesives, Sizzix dies, fiber, etc. in the bookcase. I use recycled glass jars for my ribbon "scraps". They too are sorted by color. It works well. I would estimate that I am about 85% moved. I'm almost there!

Thanks for the motivation!

It looks awesome!!!!

 

[Disney_rider]

WOW^^^^^^ I feel so much better about my space....
I just talked to my mom and Ikea is haveing a big wnter sale 20%-60% off selected stuff. And were gonna hit wal-mart for some sterilight shopping as well

 

[DisneyIsTerrific]

I have a nice big stack of papers to sort and put away!! I think I've been buying too much paper lately! It didn't help that I went to JoAnn's and Michaels yesterday and bought more. The plain cardstock isn't so bad to put away, but the patterned paper is another story. I'll sort by the categories I have, but then when I go to put the new paper in the correct folder, I have to pull out all the papers in there and look through them. It makes it take a lot longer! But, I love looking at all the pretty paper I have!!!! I am a paper addict!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

How does everyone sort or organize there acrylic stamps????
Mine are in a big Drawer that was intended for paper.

I was thinking binders with those top loading plastic pages and then like baseball card holder pages for the small ones....

Any other suggestions?

right now mine are in a drawer but I'm thinking of doing a binder as well. Then I will stamp the images on a piece of paper that will either slide into the front of the binder in the clear cover or as the first page.

 

[iu97alum]

How does everyone sort or organize there acrylic stamps????
Mine are in a big Drawer that was intended for paper.

I was thinking binders with those top loading plastic pages and then like baseball card holder pages for the small ones....

Any other suggestions?

For acrylic, I use CD cases, keeping them by manufactor's sets or theme.

 

[Mischief_Managed]

Day 7 - Die cuts - not done. Just before Christmas, I got a Big Kick. And in a matter of weeks, I went from 5 embossing folders to over 19 embossing folders/die cuts. I don't have any where to put them or the Big Kick right now. But at least they are leaning against the wall in the same area. But they are a pain to get to and work with. So I have to work on that in the near future.

Day 8 - My papers are sorted. I sort by colors/shades (reds, oranges, yellows, greens, blues, purples, blacks/browns/whites), special paper (such as vellum or glittered paper), christmas, halloween, disney, and a general theme section (which is just a bunch of different papers together but still sorted in their groups - such as zoo/animals, birthdays, boys, girls, etc). For the color paper, I keep solids and prints together. But keep them within their group in the section. I have three Cropper Hoppers, but that's not nearly enough. I probably need another one, but don't have any place to put it right now. Plus I have many paper stacks (from all the Christmas clearance sales) that are just sitting there.

What do you guys do with your paper stacks? Do you leave them in the stack? Or do you take them apart and store in your Cropper Hoppers or whatever you use?

 

[rlovew]

What do you guys do with your paper stacks? Do you leave them in the stack? Or do you take them apart and store in your Cropper Hoppers or whatever you use?

I leave my patterned paper in the stacks until it is about half gone and then I seperate it out. When it is solid paper I tend to sort it out the next time I am sorting after I buy. Sometimes I will leave one general pad together to take with me to crops in case I decide I need something different then what I kitted.

Rebecca

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

Mickster no judgement here, my whole house looks like your before pic!!


AWM, I sort my brads and buttons into the same categories as my paper, holidays, seasons, color, etc.

It's the stickers and Jolees and stuff too larger for my plastic mini drawers that I have a problem finding a useable storage place for. I have some in the PSB crop in style binders that us these

for storing the stickers/things. But like I said, I bought all the wrong sizes and it just doesn't work for me.

What do you all use?

 

[rlovew]

I have a binder with regular page protector. I put 2-3 packs in each page protectors (grouped by theme). I also have those that match with a specific theme I have out in my 8.5by11 and 12 by 12 drawers. I have 12 by 12 drawers divided by theme park for all my items- swap stuff, stickers, ect. I also have one for the Fab 5. I have a large drawer for General Disney World areas and another for Disney Resorts. My restaurant swap items are divided into the resort bags or park drawer they belong with. I don't use stickers too often so it works for me.

Rebecca

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

Unfortunately, I collect those like I collect paper. I'm sure I would use them more if I could find a better way to store them that I can get to them easily.
I'm afraid to show you all just how many I really have.

 

[New England Eeyore]

Okay, I'm hopelessly behind on this challenge. I was hoping to get caught up when Hope's away but next week I will have no extra time. I do have a decent underlying organizational structure though - I just need to be better about putting things away. After next Friday, this will be my first priority!

 

[PamCo88]

Unfortunately my space is in the unheated basement. So, until spring, I don't spend any time down there.

But I do have a question about organizing paper. What do you do with kits oh say from Disney, that have paper and stickers together.....do you seperate them or leave them together until you use them?

 

[PrincessNancy96]

I'm on hold for sorting any more paper.. FIL is making me some stacking divider units for my 12 x 12 paper!!! Woo hoo!!! Gotta love him!!!

 

[rlovew]

Unfortunately my space is in the unheated basement. So, until spring, I don't spend any time down there.

But I do have a question about organizing paper. What do you do with kits oh say from Disney, that have paper and stickers together.....do you seperate them or leave them together until you use them?

I keep the paper in with my Disney paper and then the stickers all together in a compartment in my sticker binder. I keep all the stickers from one kit in the same page of the binder.

Rebecca

 

[hopemax]

Unfortunately my space is in the unheated basement. So, until spring, I don't spend any time down there.

But I do have a question about organizing paper. What do you do with kits oh say from Disney, that have paper and stickers together.....do you seperate them or leave them together until you use them?

I have one of those 12 x 12 Sterilite drawers. One drawer holds the paper, one for the sticker sheets and one for the frames.

 

[hurleythurston]

I thought I could "Play" along by organizing and just reading the posts, but I seem to keep coming up with questions and wanting to share some of my ideas.

I wanted to post a before pic, but I was denied because I was SUCH a newbie. I hope to post someday with my ideas. I will try to explain them. (Yes, I have a good sized room, but being a military spouse makes this current room a dream because I am sure it won't happen again in future moves.)

#1 Small Bottles: Stickles, Flock, Alcohol Inks (CHECK-n/a~ still new to me, so I don't have it)
#2 Cricut Cartridges and Supplies (CHECK-I re-purposed a small bookcase that has a little room to grow) My Sizzix tower sits on top, Cricut carts on a shelf, sizzlits on another shelf, Sizzix and sidekick on a shelf and Cricut on bottom shelf. All in plain view. I have a small 5 drawer system sitting atop my shelf with small sizzix die cuts and random small punches inside.
#3 Stamps (CHECK-My Type-A~ness has me pretty much done with this already. I have baskets that fit my CTMH stamp sets wonderfully, and I have built notebooks for other acryllics by using transparency paper and sheet protectors and taping the stamp picture behind the stamps.)
#4 Chalks, Inks & Embossing Powders/Supplies (CHECK-Go Sterilite!! chalks and embossing powder in drawers. Stamp pads in a Cropper Hopper (great re-purposing idea) It is the case that holds photos and has the 12x12 door on the opposite side.)
#5 Collect Paper (CHECK-All in one place and mainly organized using OTC black 12x12 stacking trays. )
#6 Adhesives (CHECK-Medium sized plastic drawer system now works perfectly to hold all my adhesives from Zyron to glue dots.)
#7 Sizzix, Cuttlebug, Quickuts & Other Manual Die Cut Systems (CHECK-luckily with my "controlled" supply, it fits with my Cricut stuff on the bookcase.)
#8 Sort Paper (Taking advantage of Hope's vacation by taking a few days to do this "right for me." Looking to change up my patterned paper categories and unpack 3 new paper packs.)

I hope my ideas can potentially help others. I am loving seeing others' ideas and stealing them. Good luck to us all. I also LOVE that Hope is willing to add days to really make this work.
PS: Be nice to me; this is my first ever post to any thread. I need to work on the bling.
PPS: My pictures are patiently waiting to be viewed.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Welcome aboard Hurley!!! Glad to see new people. All you need is 10 posts and you can post pictures.

If you want start a Hey I'm new here thread, and we'll help you boost your count!

Can't wait to see how you have things especially in temporary housing. I remember those days well.

 

[Arizona Rita]

Hi Hurley!
Welcome!! Glad you decide to pop in! All these ladies are really nice and very welcoming. You have some good ideas!
Do you just scrap or do you swap too? Check out the swap site too!
Talk to you soon!

 

[Arizona Rita]

My paper is organized the way I want it ! But Im glad we get a little break before we have to organize the scraps!