My Little Princess by Katiepops

Organization

I think we all dream of having a perfectly organized scrap space, be it a corner of our living room or an entire room dedicated to scrapping.  From buying furniture that will hide your scrap stash, to stocking up on plastic storage bins, we hope the following articles will help you find your way to organized utopia (when you find it, will you organize me next...?)

Articles

• Get Organized With Becky - from Creating Keepsakes magazine
• Get Organized - another contribution from Creating Keepsakes magazine
• Capture The Moment - from homemadesimple.com
• 50 Ways To Get Organized And Enjoy Your Hobby - by Maria Gracia

Books

• How To Organize Your Scrapbook Workspace

Links

• Organized Scrapbooks
• Organization Secrets

Tips & Tricks From Our Members

• Well... Labeled storage drawers are awesome. But the most important part of getting organized and staying that way is having a place for everything and putting it back when you're done with it. ~ Jaimie
  
• I use iris carts, a file box for 8.5 x 11 paper, templates, ideas, etc and tons of little boxes ~ alterval
  
• Well, I have limited space so most of my things are in my XXL with a few exceptions...I have pp patterns separated by theme in two 3-ring binders, and buttons in plastic floss oganizers I bought at Michaels for $1.99  ~  Vincenza
  
• I have one Iris cart, a hanging file crate for 8.5x11 paper....and a Sterlite portable file box for tole pattern books. Since most of my PP patterns/coloring pages were acquired off the internet, I have them stored on a rewritable CD so I can add to it as I get more. ~ pumpkins2
  
• Great storage equipment......
  
  1. For 8 1/2 x 11 paper:
     ~ stacking letter trays
     ~ portable file boxes
     ~ file drawers (some plastic carts have one, too.)
     For 12 x 12 paper:
     ~ Scrapbook files for 12 x 12 paper
     ~ Cardboard boxes from liquor store or pizza boxes
  
  
  2. 3 ring binders:
     ~ templates
     ~ stickers
     ~ patterns
     ~ ideas
  
  
  3. Nuts/bolts storage drawers:
     ~ embellishments (eyelets, brads, fibers, etc.)
     ~ punches/punchies
     ~ large drawers can hold stamps/inkpads
  
  
  4. Plastic divided craft boxes:
     ~ embellishments
     ~ punchies
  
  
  5. Spice rack and film canisters:
     ~ embellishments
     ~ punchies
  
  
  6. Baby wipe containers:
     ~ pens/markers
     ~ small tools (eyelet tools, scissors, etc)
     ~ stamps
  
  
  7. Magazine holders:
     ~ magazines
     ~ idea books
  
  
  8. And of course iris carts and other plastic drawers can hold different things depending on size! ~ frugal scrapper
     
• 1. iris cart for the little things (glue sticks, punches, cutting materials, stamps etc)
  2. Binder with plastic sleeves for pps, templates, dolls etc
  3. Magazine crate for well magazines & folders with "ideas in waiting" (LOs waiting to happen)
  4. Crop n Style pen case for pens, markers etc.
  the rest awaits devine inspiration! ~ Jeanine (moosassah)
  
• I have taken over a cabinet base in my kitchen. ~ Catherine
  
• I use my Crop Station for most everything, and paper files and totes for the other things ~ Dawn
  
• For eyelets, I found a 28 compartment pill case at the $1 store.... I love it because I can open one compartment at a time and pour out what I need.
  Another good, cheap organizer for small embellishments is empty Tic Tac containers. ~ Kym
  
• You mean we're supposed to organize our supplies?? LOL...I have my 12x12 paper in a Generations file box, and my 8 1/2x11 paper in a big Sterilite container. My photos are in a smaller Sterilite box.  I have a large pencil box for all my pens, scissors, etc. I use an old wipes box for my chalks and Coluzzle templates. I just bought a plastic organizer at JoAnns for all of my eyelets, buttons, etc. And, I have 2 PSB's. All of my scraps are sorted by color and are in big ziploc bags that can hold up to 12x12 paper. All those bags are in a huge, heavy duty shopping bag. (I have A LOT of scraps! LOL)  And I don't have a scrap room, so everything is just kind of piled in my kitchen at the moment.... ~ jlhs
  
• I have folders to organize my cutouts, overalls...even my mulberry and vellum paper. ~ drysasi
  
• Organize? Could someone tell me what this means? It's not in my vocabulary! LOL ~ Resa
  
• I use a shelf in my hall closet. On the shelf, I have a craft tote, a 16 gallon clear storage box, a couple of open smaller boxes, a photo box, I also have a big tote bag that has a portable plastic file folder that I store all my paper, finished pages, templates, adhesives, rulers, etc. All my stamps are in here too and they are still in their Stampin Up plastic bags, I keep my pens in their case and I also have a large plastic cup that I keep markers and edging scissors in. I take the big tote bag to work with me....it's the only time I have to do any sort of scrapping! ~ momodafox