I have a friend and she scraps one way, by theme. Nothing gets into her way and that is how she scraps. I myself don't depend on let say, traditional Christmas paper or Halloween or any other holiday or theme. S o for me dumping all my supplies in a tray or folder for these individual themes limits my creativity. I might create a Christmas layout by using a piece of paper from lets say a Summer theme, or maybe even a flowery paper, who knows! That is my point, who knows what I could come up with.
My point is not to create your organization to match a way that you don't scrap. If you are a theme scrapper then organizing your products according to them is a great way to go about it. If you are like me then maybe think about organizing things differently. I might organize all my Theme papers into one place.
Lets look at it. I use these great snap containers. In one of these I might take all my Halloween, Thanksgiving and Fall papers and stick into them.
Christmas might be just that or it can include, Christmas, Newyears, and Valentines day. That is just how I am. I put all my cardstock colors in one container (well truthfully there are many containers)
Now my friend might take one of these containers and put all her Halloween stuff in there. Her papers, coordinating cardstock and embellishments, stickers etc. Its all there and ready for her and all she has to do is open the lid and get going on it. For me I tried this and its not for me. I found myself digging through all kinds of these trays to find the paper that might go with my pictures. Am I unorganized. No! Its just the way that I personally scrap. I use a little bit of everything and the more the merrier!
Out of this article there are two things I want you to get. Organize your products according to how you prefer to scrap. Remember its your way or no way. Don't try to make your organization match the neighbors.
Next these cases are the greatest thing to organize your products. There is a great little rolling cart that goes with these. Actually its something that is on our list to get into the stores as one of new storage containers. If you got to a lot of crops, these work for throwing some products in a couple of them to take with you. They hold a lot of products and they are easy to tote along.
If your interested in some of these make sure you get a hold of me to get a special offer for them
Just email me for details at debbie@accents2scrapbooking.com
Have fun with your scrapbooking, do it your way and don't forget to organize accordingly!
Article by
Debbie Ruggles
