So, you’ve been introduced to the wonderful hobby of scrapbooking, but have no idea how to get organized? Here are some cool tips you can use to get organized.
· Get a long desk. It doesn’t have to be fancy with lots of drawers and whatnot, but you do want to make sure you have enough workspace to spread out everything you need for your designs. You may want to have a separate smaller desk for your computer, printer, and scanner. A must for all scrapbooking fans!
Organize your cardstock by color vertically on a shelf. The best thing to use is a trimmer chute paper support so you can lift the paper up. You can organize your patterned paper by company or by type. I have the following categories:
-Vellum
-Of flowers
– Embossed
– Topics
– Patterns
– Transparencies
· Have close to you on your work table the items you need most frequently, such as stickers, markers, pens, a cutter, scissors, etc. Place these items in a kitchen cutlery caddy so they’re always close at hand. It’s also a good idea to buy a large cutting mat to put on your desk for general work purposes so you don’t ruin your desk.
· For all the little knick-knacks, use organizers from your local hardware store that have lots of small drawers that pull out into little compartments that you can label as well. The nice thing about these is that most of them are see-through, so you can see what’s inside. They come in a variety of sizes. The first one had about 18 compartments and now I have expanded it to 36, plus some cube organizers from artbin.
· To store items like ribbons and fibers, I use a clear organizer box that has a drawer that I can pull out. My ribbons are arranged by color and are all on the ribbon cards from when I originally purchased them. You can also make your own by using some cardboard and making some notches.
You can also use these types of drawer containers for punches (they are about 12 inches deep), stamps, chalk, scissors, sewing tools, labels, etc.
· It is a good idea to buy some suitable shelves to place all these items or a wall mount.
· To store stickers and other embellishments that don’t fit into the small embellishment category, you can use an expanding file folder with labels.
What to do with the remains of cardboard and patterned paper? Take a design protector for each color and place cardstock on one side and patterned card stock on the other side. Put all the protectors on a vertical paper holder and viola! You already have your leftovers resolved!
· The brushed paint goes into a fabulously redecorated coffee tin and you can put your paint in a clear container with a lid or line them up on a shelf by color.
I hope this helped you get a little organized and ready to dispose of! Have fun!
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