OK so I couldn't drag a bunch of the stuff that needed to go up in the loft so it looks like I got to play in my cottage after all today! Woo hoo!
Last week was just absolute insanity with making cards and during that time I realized that I needed to be a bit more productive and I needed a few more things in place to make sure I was utilizing supplies and my time more efficiently! My hubby nicely took me out in a snow storm and I was able to pick up a few much needed supplies to make my life a whole lot easier!
One of my biggest issues/messes/great consternations are my scrap papers. I love to keep my scrap paper and there is no reason to throw it away especially when I need it! So I used to put them in big gallon baggies by color family and store them in some cute boxes.
And you know, there was nothing really wrong with that system, except let's face it, I am lazy. I had to get the boxes down, find the right baggie, open it up and find the piece of paper I am looking for. Plus the clean up was tedious! I had to sort the scraps, pull down the boxes, find the right baggie, yadda yadda yadda. Way too much work! Especially when I am making 30 to 50 cards a day!
Soooooo, I switched up my method!
I picked up two 12x12 plastic 3-drawer systems at Wal-Mart for $12 and each drawer has a color family! I just whip it open throw in scraps I am not using or pull out the little drawer and grab out the piece I need! The green box you can kind of see at the top does hold all of my white and ivory paper because I use that the most and most of the time I need to size it so I can just take the whole box with me.
I can't tell you how wonderful this new system has been and how much time it has saved me!
Love, love, love, love!!
Last week was just absolute insanity with making cards and during that time I realized that I needed to be a bit more productive and I needed a few more things in place to make sure I was utilizing supplies and my time more efficiently! My hubby nicely took me out in a snow storm and I was able to pick up a few much needed supplies to make my life a whole lot easier!
One of my biggest issues/messes/great consternations are my scrap papers. I love to keep my scrap paper and there is no reason to throw it away especially when I need it! So I used to put them in big gallon baggies by color family and store them in some cute boxes.
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| Green, Blue and Purple Boxes full of scraps |
Soooooo, I switched up my method!
I picked up two 12x12 plastic 3-drawer systems at Wal-Mart for $12 and each drawer has a color family! I just whip it open throw in scraps I am not using or pull out the little drawer and grab out the piece I need! The green box you can kind of see at the top does hold all of my white and ivory paper because I use that the most and most of the time I need to size it so I can just take the whole box with me.
I can't tell you how wonderful this new system has been and how much time it has saved me!
Love, love, love, love!!
OMG! I had this same transition when I set up my scrapping room! Started out with ziploc bags, and moved UP into Sterilite drawers! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!
ReplyDeleteYes!!! The Sterilite drawers are AMAZING! Glad you remembered the name, because I tore off the labels. LOL
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