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*breannec*
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 09:48
i know we're all constantly striving to be more organized (i am CONSTANTLY re-arranging!). so what are some of your BEST organizational tips??
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*breannec*
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 09:49
-clip-it-up ---- seriously. i doubted this thing because of the expenses but holy heck do i LOVE it. in fact, i want like 6 of them. that would be ideal!!! LOL!!!
-ribbon jars --- i redid my ribbon SO many times and found that THIS is what really works for me!
-storing my pens with the tips down -- recently learned this is the right way to store pens and let me tell you --- what a difference it makes when i go to use the pens. i have them in a little bucket on my desk. awesome.
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tanya_williams
SISter Elle (1890)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 09:50 - Edited by: tanya_williams
If it's not used almost everyday, it justs packed away, or put on the highest shelf.
Also, my sweetie Ashley Wren, made me buy these top-loading portfolios at Barnes&Noble. I keep my stickers, etc in one and my alphabets/numbers in the other. You just flip through and see what you've got.
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sallyhanna
Favorite SISter (10373)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 09:52
i love having all my
alphas in a binder
just flip through
to find the one
that's calling your name.
time saver galore
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Greta Adams
Big SIS (4446)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 10:04
i keep my ribbons on my ribbon holder my hubby made me
my stickers i keep in a huge plastic bin by themes
rub on's the same way in a bin but i keep all my rub on's together i do not seperate them.
my paper i keep in the paper bin that you can get at HL.. love this thing
my button, brads and eyelets i keep in the plastic organizer bins you can get at HL for like 1.99 or something.
Chipboard is my problem....how does everyone organize their chipboard....i have a HUGE MESS!!
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mizzm
Favorite SISter (30475)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 10:08
-clip-it-up ---- seriously. i doubted this thing because of the expenses but holy heck do i LOVE it. in fact, i want like 6 of them. that would be ideal!!! LOL!!!
-ribbon jars --- i redid my ribbon SO many times and found that THIS is what really works for me!
-storing my pens with the tips down -- recently learned this is the right way to store pens and let me tell you --- what a difference it makes when i go to use the pens. i have them in a little bucket on my desk. awesome.
Wish the clip its don't cost that much! One day perhaps I'll own one. At the moment I don't even have the space to have one!
As for the pens.. why is it that so many people always say to store them horizontally? Which should be right way? (insert confused smiley here)
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Greta Adams
Big SIS (4446)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 10:11
i store mine upside down too and always have it keeps the tips moist
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snazzle
Stylin' SIS (110)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 10:15
Hey Greta..........
What is HL?
thanxs!:)
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Greta Adams
Big SIS (4446)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 10:16
sorry {blushing}
Hobby Lobby
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snazzle
Stylin' SIS (110)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 10:19
OH! Thank you Greta....we moved and I do not have an HL by me anymore....miss that place!
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*breannec*
Favorite SISter (8005)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 10:21
As for the pens.. why is it that so many people always say to store them horizontally? Which should be right way? (insert confused smiley here)
i was told the best way to store dual-tips is horizontally, but if it's only got one tip, you can store them with the tip down! seriously. made a huge difference in my life!
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mizzm
Favorite SISter (30475)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 10:23
As for the pens.. why is it that so many people always say to store them horizontally? Which should be right way? (insert confused smiley here)
i was told the best way to store dual-tips is horizontally, but if it's only got one tip, you can store them with the tip down! seriously. made a huge difference in my life!
Oh ok.. I guess I better store my Tombow horizontally and then turn everything else upside down!
Thanks for the tip chica!
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annkelli
Big SIS (4567)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 10:24
all things clear so i can see what i have!
ribbon jars
small glass jars/cups for small embellishments
baskets for paint and acrylic stamps
i put my chipboard in glass containers too
lots of shelves:)
i have some friends that organize their chipboard alphas by the letter in divided containers. the chipboards are different but makes it easy to find the alpha you are looking for:)
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Greta Adams
Big SIS (4446)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 10:27
someone else told me that too and since i don't care about being published it doesn't make a hill of beans if i don't know the manufacturer...i will do this with my chipboard
i gues i will do stars , circles, arrows ect for the rest
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Alicia J
Stylin' SIS (228)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 10:49
I like the idea of color files - keeping all embellishments of one color in a file together... I also store my PP and Cardstock separately in a color order - so I can flip through the colors...
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Greta Adams
Big SIS (4446)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 10:54
i keep my paper in order of color as well...
i will take a pic later and post i can't explain it without you actually seeing it....the way i have it now actually works the best for me...and i have tried all sorts of ways
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klarkin
Stylin' SIS (124)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 11:00
I keep all my embellies in little jars I got from Ikea and that has really helped. I still struggle with the best way to organize paper but I do have a bunch of the vertical paper holders and it helps. Most of my ribbon is on a dowel hanging under my shelves unless it's already cut and then it's in a jar.
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sara b
Stylin' SIS (116)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 11:19
I love my label maker. I have labeled everything. I have one of those multicolored carts they sold at Costco. I put all my embellishments in there. I sorted all of them by color and then labeled that drawer. I LOVE it. It was my sister's idea. She came over and helped me. I love it because when I go to scrap, I am working on a page and want something red/pink/orange, whatever, I go to that drawer and have TONS of options!! I still have my buttons, ribbons, et cetera in something different but when I say embellishments I mean rub-ons, flowers, stickers, chipboard, felt, et cetera.
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eliseblaha
Vogue SISter (3658)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 11:43
i have found that it has to be in sight for me to use it.
i have a lot of little baskets a la ali for stamps, punches etc.
and i store little embellishments in embroidery floss holders...the plastic ones, you know?
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LifeLovePaper
Model SISter (2033)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 11:52
Yeah, I'm with you on that Elise. It has be in plain sight for me too. If it's put away, it's not being used. I have tried this, and I just recently went through several plastic boxes and found stuff I never new I had.
I have a basket for stickers and such and a couple of vintage shallow glass dishes my grandmother gave me for little goods like my adored old buttons, and such. This is a good topic for my blog, think I'll post some pics soon.
Oh and i have a box that I put stuff that I want to incorporate soon, little bits a vintage goodness or whatever and when I go to work on something, I pull out that box. I'm constantly adding to it and I try to go thru it every month or so to keep it fresh. It's like my inspiration box.
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eliseblaha
Vogue SISter (3658)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 11:53
Oh and i have a box that I put stuff that I want to incorporate soon, little bits a vintage goodness or whatever and when I go to work on something, I pull out that box.
i totally to this, too. my box of good stuff.
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Erin B
Vogue SISter (3018)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 11:59
i have found that it has to be in sight for me to use it.
I'm with ya on this one.
I used ot keep a fun new products bin open on my desk and found this was the only stuff I was using. So, I recently re organized my space and removed things from files and binders into baskets, boxes and $1 metal bins from Target. I'm using so much more of my stuff this way. I used ot keep a fun new products bin open on my desk and found this was the only stuff I was using. I also use the embroidery floss holders for little things like buttons, brads, metal stuff. My paper is by color too in vertical holders.
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eliseblaha
Vogue SISter (3658)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 12:02
$1 metal bins from Target.
i have those!!!
i love them!!
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allison11
Vogue SISter (3692)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 13:11
Wish the clip its don't cost that much! One day perhaps I'll own one. At the moment I don't even have the space to have one!
on another message board i found a way to make one. can't remember where i found that, but i still have the instructions. everything can be found at lowes/home depot (except for some stuff, it was easier for me to get online) but even with shipping i paid about $20 for all my stuff. send me a message if you want the instructions- they're kinda long!
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Nora Griffin
Stylin' SIS (183)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 13:35 - Edited by: Nora Griffin
Oh I looove talking about organization. :) I have to reiterate being able to really see your supplies helps so much...and being good about cleaning them out. My Pottery Barn lazy susan is the best thing ever to hold my most used tools...I love having all my chipboard alphabets divided by individual letters...I could go on and on...but I'll stop before you all think I'm a huge dork. :)
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vmilan76
SISter Elle (1751)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 13:56
Jars of all sorts works for me and baskets and pails...that's how I roll!
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metrochic
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 19:06
you guys should totally take pictures of your spaces and start a thread for scrap space goodness. :) i don't have scrap space yet (in a small apt) but if i did, i'd totally start it!
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paulysrachie
Style Addict (1070)
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 22:13
I also have the metal bins and buckets from Target's $1 section. I love storing stamps, ink, pens and any other little thing in them!
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kaylaaimee
The Little One
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 22:29
I registered for Kate Spade vases so I could fill them with ribbon. That's terrible isn't it. I'm a terrible person. But my scrap table looks amazing.
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sallyhanna
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# Posted: 19 May 2007 22:30
that's so my kind of wedding gift!!
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