Scrap Room Organizing - Part 5

So here is to more organising!!!!

I have a bit of a punch addiction...... At the moment I have this in the hallway. They are baskets intended for toys and I have taken over 7 of them for my punches. They are organised in brands for the edgers like Martha St and EK Success . Then for shape punches, butterflies/hearts, tags, around the edge punches, flowers/leaves etc.... The other baskets in our hallway hold what we originally bought it for - shoes/ hats, scarves etc....!

And since I have so many punches I keep a folder of all of them. Not really for when I need them for a project but rather for when I am buying a new punch. I have several times bought punches I did not think I had only to find out I had bought it already! So since then I decided to organise them this way!

I also organized recently my journal cards (some of them) ATC cards and other bits in this folder. I am not sure this is working for me though. I never seem to reach out for this folder so I think I might just jumble them all together again. Sometimes things can be a bit too organised for me!

Scrap Room Organizing - Part 4

So here I am again with another organisation post! I love to look at other people's scrap space! I am hoping that when I move I will have a better studio - maybe with pink walls? who knows? This is really how I keep my kits - be it themed products, kits from manufacturers and kits from companies. I subscribe to 4 kits now: Sarahs Cards, Gogo, Studio Calico and Jenni Bowlin. I keep these in either Papermania 12x12 folders (when they are not so large) or Crop Hopper 12x12 folders (for when they are very bulky).

The above are some fab 12z12 storage cases which I got on sale from Storage 4 Crafts. Originally they were supposed to be £25 but I got them for £10 so I keep themed products in them. So for themes which I have a lot of products for like easter, halloween, baby, school, travel, Christmas (I have 5 for Christmas!) etc... I keep them in the large folders - the ones at the top on the left. For smaller themes like pregnancy, oriental, water, home, pets, wedding etc... I keep them in 12x12 Cropper Hopper folders. The shelves at the bottom of the top one are for the family crafts so stuff for my kids really like playdoh and paints
I keep my Studio Calico and Jenni Bowlin kits separately as I try and use them straightaway. I keep these in 12x12 Cropper Hopper folders. Add ons I keep in 12x12 bags. These are kept next to my 12x12 Kaisercraft shelves. I am loving these 12x12 Kaisercraft shelves! Here I keep the papers I have leftover and I keep them sorted by colour
A few more folders here which are themed. THese hold Halloween, Cooking, Garden/Spring/Easter and Birthday. I put everything which has to do with those themes in there like ribbon, papers, embellishments etc....
This shelf holds the kits which are mainly from Manufacturers so like I usually by the whole collection of certain companies that I love like Crate Paper, MME and October Afternoon. These are kept in these 12x12 folders.

Scrap Room Organizing - Part 3

This is how I now store my stamps. THey were all in a big jumble and I could never find them at all. I then decided to sort them out by theme like - journalling, alphas, numbers, cutesy, food, people, animals, flora, fauna etc.... Each bit has a drawer. Then I also subscribe to stamps from Unity. THey have a kit stamp club which is great! i love it! you get loads of benefits as a subscriber and the kits of the month are always amazing and jam packed! They are a challenge to store but I found a good way to store them in these A4 page envelopes in a A4 binder. It works for me now. I am so using my stamps more since they are organised more!

Scrap Room Organizing - Part 2

So here is Part 2 of my Scrap Room Organizing!!! Starting with these drawers I got from Lakeland. I was able to put all my embossing stuff and glitter in one spot. I have all this embossing powder but I have only ever embossed once. Need to more!!
I am sooooo in love with these 12x12 Kaiserkraft paper holders. Eventually I will customise them but for now they are as is. This is where the papers which are neither themed or in kits go. They are sorted out by colour. Having said that the last 2 trays hold Websters Pages and Prima (as I find that their papers don't really go with most other papers) and October Afternoon (just because they are my favourite manufacturer! At the side there are all my Studio Calico kits and the Add ons. I have also recently started subscribing to Jenni Bowlin's kits (since my favourite kit club Magpie Club shut down for awhile) So these kits I keep separate.

At the top of there are loads of paper stacks from DCWV..... What happened was when we went to FLorida last year they were having a sale at Michaels and all Paper Stacks were 7 dollars! I got a bit over excited and bought all of them. I think there were like 7. However, I am not really a stack person so now I don't know what to do with them. For now, they sit there waiting for some love one day!

This is how I store my pens. I find that keeping them horizontal is best for me
My stickles and Perfect Pearls are kept like this. For now my Mr Hueys and Glimmer Mists are kept like this. I don't really like this way of organising as I find it difficult to find the colours I need. I must get around to categorising them
This is how I keep my buttons and threads! I got these boxes from Cath Kidston. I labeled them by colour. The threads are kept in the green ones. This is not ideal as they usually come with large packaging which takes up space in the box. Again it is trial and error! I bought the box of Stampin UP markers last year. It cost me a bomb but was well worth it to make spalleters with the little pump device they sell separately.

Scrap Room Organizing - Part 1

So I don't know about you but I am always SUPER interested in how people organise their scrappy stash! Part of the reason I LOVE this hobby is the organising aspect involved in it! I live in Central London so that in itself is not very conducive to scrapbooking due to the lack of space. Add 3 kids with a lot of toys to that and well you get the picture. My saving grace is that my husband is a all-my-stuff-I - have- ever-owned-fits-in - a- Volvo kinda guy..... So then well he does not have much space in this house apart from his wardrobe! We need to move!

I took loads of pictures of my scrappy area (what used to be the dining room) to add here in the next few days. I have most of my stuff in the dining room which is also where my kids do their arts and crafts stuff. However I keep my essentials in the living room as I scrap in there in the evenings. My husband watches TV and I scrap away. That way I don't feel lonely closed off in a room and he gets my company. If I had to scrap in a room I would not get anything done!

I have been scrapping for about 18 months now and boy have I got stuff! I have been busy these past 18 months..... I am now trying to consolidate my stuff and not buy so much. Using stash is my motto this year

This bit is the dining room - one side of it. I recently purchased these drawers from Lakeland as storage and they are great! I can't recommend them enough. I use these to store my stamps - by category (journal, alphas, numbers, flora, fauna, words etc...), stamp pad, embossing, ink, distress etc.... The furniture on the right I will get into greater detail of how I organise that it holds my A4 stamps, pictures and chipboard

The bit below stands in the living room. I had my alphabet stickers in this large chest but that was not working and I decided I needed them to be sorted out by colour. I am so loving this now and it makes choosing the titles a breeze. I am waiting for 3 more boxes to come through as I have a super load of pink alphas and I have underestimated how many drawers I was going to need. I found that by orgazining my stuff better I also have a better idea of what I have and then I don't go off and by more stuff. Like I know now I don't need to buy pink alphabet stickers for quite awhile!

This stands in the living room. This is what I use most often. When I need to scrap I take the boxes from the top and use that as scrapping desk. The boxes there hold a mixture of tools, tags, pens, tapes etc.... i will get in greater detail on it on another post. The boxes below hold all my stuff - stickers, ribbon, embellishments, felt etc... organised by colour. I however have not included my buttons as these are kept separate

This is the other side of the dining room wall. Some of the stuff on those shelves are my kids arts and crafts stuff. I organise my paper and embellishments by theme, kits (from the manufacturer or from kit clubs) and what is left over I organise by colour. At the very top are all my stash which is organised by theme. SO you have got baby, travel, halloween, tons for christmas, summer,spring, garden, fall, food/cooking, boy, water/swimming, zoo/animals, pets, japan, etc.... I don't tend to scrap by theme but I like to have the themed stuff separate so that it does not get me confused! Here is a little peek into my scrappy heaven. I will add more details in further posts. If you have blogged about your scrappy room/area leave a link as I would love to look at it!!!