Storing your tools!

This one isn't so hard!

Think about the tools you use the most. Mine are a ruler, scissors, and my pens and lets not forget my crop a dile. How about my cutter punches, inks etc. Ok so you get the drift, we need most all our tools when we are scrapbooking. We also need these tools handy and ready for when we need them. I personally don't want to look around for them because that gets frustrating.

Here is how I organize my tools

Pens and pencils: I actually have all mine in a smaller flower pot. Yep I had a clay pot, brand new sitting on a shelf and I was going to give it away, but then I looked at my pile of pens and they fit perfectly in there. It sits on my desk

Inks: I was in my local discount store when I seen these plastic baskets. $1.00 each. So I picked up a couple. Now I store my inks in one and I actually store my adhesives in another. They sit on the back of my desk ready to go.

My scissors were a big problem. I used them. put them down and then I couldn't find them, grab another pair, same thing happens. I personally have a bunch of scisoors. I love the little ones, but then you might need a bigger pair etc. anyway I had another basket that I wasnt using and it worked great to store all those pairs of scissors. Now I just throw them back into the basket and pick them out when I need them.

My cutter sits on the end of my table. I have a big rotary cutter and I can't work without it. So its like my best Scrapbookig friend and it sits right next to me, adorning the end of the table.

One last thing. I have a wheeled drawer cart. You can get these at your local discount store pretty reasonable. Its work the money. In these cart drawers you can keep a lot of things. The best part about it is its on wheels and you just move it next to your table and you have your tools ready. In here I keep oval cutters, punches, rulers, Xyron, and the list goes on. Its probably the best tool organizer I have ever purchased.

Hopefully you find your way to organize. Remember it doesn't have to be expensive, it just has to be efficient.

As always organization is the key to success. Believe me it also helps with a lot of time and frustration!

Article by

Debbie Ruggles