Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Ribbon

Is it possible to have too much ribbon? I am beginning to think so, only because I just can't seem to find the right way to organize it. I currently have three ribbon organizational systems in my scraproom. I have my 8 ribbon boxes- which I really like how they look with all the pretty
ribbons hanging out. I have the Ribbon Ring found at http://www.ribbonring.com/, and I have my Ribbon Tote.
Ribbon Boxes


I have the Ribbon Ring




I also have this black portable Ribbon Tote that I bought at Michael's



I know there are other methods to this maddness of ribbon, such as Ribbon Jars, and Ribbon Cards, I just haven't tried these.



Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Re-Organizng

I am on a mission to reorganize my scraproom. I've been at it little by little for the past week. My biggest challenge is all that paper. I have 9 cropper Hopper vertical paper holders full of paper. Plus, I had a stack of stacks and slabs. No more buying of those big packs of paper. I started sorting through all of them and pulled out all the paper I knew I would NEVER use. I have an enormous pile of ugly paper.
Cardstock- Is it possible to have too much. My friend Karen said I do. I have 3 CH's full of cardstock, plus a huge pile that just wouldn't fit.
Magazines-I sorted though all my old magazines, I'd been saving for the past 8 years and purged most of them. I've decide I will no long subscribe to CK I don't want to read adds. My two favorites are Paper Crafts and Scrapbook Etc. I still subscribe to them, for the time being anyway.
I have made a pact with myself that I will not buy anymore supplies until I have used up a chunk of what I have. I really don't need anything, but maybe some adhesive down the road. My next big goal will be, picture organization, but I can't start that until I finish the rest of my room. I'd love to hear how others are organizing.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Organizing Chipboard


Well, if you are like me, you have quite a collection of chipboard alphabet letters. I love all the shape, sizes and colors. I got tired of digging through zip-locks, so I created this. Using a Snap-ware ornament organizer, I placed fun foam squares at the bottom of each individual swauare. This keeps the chipboard from shifting among each section. I also covered each of the cardbaord inserts then cut out the slits. I love that I can add another layer or two of the snap-ware. I bought an extra one just for that reason. I can take it with me scrappin and it slides right under my desk.