| I am the first to admit that I feel most at home | | | | to the top of the lid and then under the shelf. This |
| and relaxed when everything is put in its place in | | | | would work the best with the baby food jars or |
| a perfectly organized manner. In fact, I am | | | | lighter plastic jars. |
| almost overly organized to a fault. But there is | | | | 3. Traveling Scrapbookers: If you are a nomadic |
| something so satisfying knowing that everything | | | | scrapbooker, there are many things you can use |
| has a place and it is sitting there comfortably until | | | | to store all those little embellishments. I have a |
| I need to use it. So I am going to share the | | | | tackle box that works really well for storage. |
| plethora of knowledge I have of organizing. Of | | | | Probably the best thing that I have seen besides |
| course, we will focus on scrapbooking! I have tried | | | | the traditional storage totes, is the Caboodle (it |
| to summarize my favorite and best things to do | | | | was a plastic makeup container). I used to have |
| to organize your scrapbooking supplies (keep in | | | | one when I was a teenager. It works great with |
| mind that I am branching out from the traditional | | | | all those compartments. Find one at a garage sale |
| ways to store things): | | | | (or in your own garage . . .) or check out your |
| 1. Embellishments Spice Rack: Use a spice rack to | | | | local stores for something similar in the cosmetics |
| organize your embellishments. Many stores sell | | | | aisle. |
| racks that are perfect for wall-mounting or you | | | | 4. Paper storage: We all know that you can buy |
| can get one to rest on a desk like a lazy susan. | | | | lots of fun shelves, boxes, and trays for your |
| Either way, the containers are the perfect size | | | | paper. But while we are all trying to save up for |
| for flowers, tacks, staples, tiles, brads, eyelets, | | | | those somewhat expensive items, what are |
| etc. Make sure to get clear ones so you can see | | | | some other ways to store your paper? I like the |
| the embellishments. Check out the bathroom and | | | | idea of using a dish drain (I am not kidding -I |
| kitchen section on your local stores (like Target, | | | | actually tried it and love how accessible the paper |
| Wal-mart etc.). You would be surprised what | | | | is!). Find this idea and other "kitchen" organizing |
| types of storage solutions you can come up with | | | | tools at: |
| for your scrapbooking embellishments. | | | | 5. Hanging Paper Storage: Ok, this one is a little |
| 2. Hanging Jars: You can adapt the above idea and | | | | more traditional for storing your papers, but I |
| make is really cheap too. You can make hanging | | | | think it is so unique that I had to talk about it. I |
| jars by affixing old canning jars, baby food jars, | | | | love the idea of being able to use closet space to |
| or other jars with screwing lids to a shelf. All you | | | | store your papers and other scrapbooking |
| have to do is drill a hole through the lid and the | | | | supplies. |
| shelf and then screw the jar to it. If you don't | | | | Still having trouble organizing? Try a book |
| want to permanently have holes in your shelf, | | | | organization ideas for scrapbookers. You too can |
| just use double-sided sticky Velcro and attach it | | | | become an organized scrapper! |