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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
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Moving on with the current of the years.
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It's time to move on and move forward.
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I currently have no system and just keep them in the booklets they come in, but then I forget about a series of papers, or I'm looking for just another blue paper and don't find them and give up and then find exactly what I'm looking for two days and several layouts later.
how do you store/organize your papers - not the scraps, but like the full on pages (I scrap mainly 12x12 these days)?
A few years ago, I bought a 12x12 drawer system at Target. It's got six or seven drawers that come out of the shelf and lock shut for easy travel to crops.
A few years ago, I bought a 12x12 drawer system at Target. It's got six or seven drawers that come out of the shelf and lock shut for easy travel to crops.
I personally sort my paper by manufacturer.
This is exactly what I have, too. A friend who had been scrapping much longer than me told me it was an essential and she has been so right. I have colors paired up in drawers (e.g. blue and green; yellow and orange), and then I have one drawer for Disney. At this point I could actually use two of them though.
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Right now I have all my papers sorted by colors, and stored in my rolling scrapcase. I've been looking for a set of drawers and the ones described above sound like just what I was looking for!
I have in my scrapbooking area the Store in Style cubes system where I have 2 cubes with 6 slots to horizontally store my cardstock (by color) and my patterned Papers (by theme & manufacturer). When I go to a crop, I like to keep on hand an unopened multipack of multicolored cardstock. It makes it so much easier to tote around the unopened pack vs lugging around all the loose sheets of cardstock I have at home.
I have a plastic, 12x12, 6 drawer tower I keep my paper in. Right now I have mine sorted by themes (baby/child, Disney, vacation, holiday, stacks & everyday papers).
I use plastic folders -- I think they're called page planners. They came three to a pack and I have one folder for each primary color. There's a half size pocket in the back I use for scraps. Then I have additional folders for themed print papers -- wedding, school, military, etc. Mickey, Princesses and "other Disney" have their own folders. I store them in an open plastic storage tub. When I go to a crop, I grab all the solids, and whatever themed papers fit the book I'm working on.
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I store my cardstock & solid/subtle-design colors in a rolling tote by Crop In Style (plus professional-style wire shelves in my scrap room). I have various methods for storing paper & embellies by theme, but my Disney, Scouting, and taekwondo papers are in 12x12 drawer systems, some by Iris. Other theme papers & embellies are in labelled plastic folders or bags.
This works well for me, because I do my scrapbooks totally by theme (vacation, Disney trips, Boy Scouts, taekwondo, my USAF career, etc.), instead of big chronological books. I gave up on that type early on, when I realized I could never catch up. The advantages to my method:
---I carry everything related to my theme with me when I'm scrapping, so I don't have to gather up stuff for several unrelated layouts.
---The scrapbooks can be FINISHED! I had my then-DS14's Eagle, Cub Scout, and Boy Scout books complete and ready for display for his Eagle Court of Honor, and my own Air Force career scrapbook was (just barely) complete and ready to display for my retirement ceremony.
--I'm was able to work on them on vacation because I need to carry only a fairly limited amount of supplies with me.
I'm currently (since December) on a kick of Disney-only scrapbooks. I finally had to organize in more detail: The drawers are: Characters, Rides, Places, and misc., and I have folders within them for the different parks and for different character categories (Mickey & friends; Pixar characters; princesses & Tinkerbell; Ariel, Finding Nemo & other undersea characters).
I'm not normally so formidably organized, but I just got tired of spending so much time sorting through the same things over and over!
Sorting by theme works really well for me, and I can't even fathom going by manufacturer, but it's great that so many people have found systems that work for them.
Good luck, Tonichelle! I hope you find a system that makes sense for the way you scrap.
Ginger
PS: It does sound like a lot, but I started back when DS11 was about 4 months old, and it really adds up over time....
that's my main problem, I spend most of my time going through all the papers lol...
I'm also limited to space at the moment. I don't have a scraproom (just moved back in with my parents so I have a VERY small room in which to live)... so it's difficult to find a system that would work with the amount of stuff I have (I have a military trunk (circa 1940) full of scrap stuff - mainly papers - plus another two totes full of stickers, scissors, paper and yeah... lol)
For my plain coloured pages, I have a 12x12 plastic fold out wallet with different folders in it and then I have one for yellow, one for green etc. With patterned paper and paper specific to Disney and vacation destinations, I now have three 12 x 12 boxes to store those in.
I struggled with this too for awhile. I bought the 3 drawer 12x12 first but now I have 3 of them. I should be bought a bigger one at first. I have my plain color page in one by color categories (red,orange, yellow/ green, blue, purple/ neutrals, brown black white)
Then I have one for Disney (Fab 5, Princess, Other Movies/Park Specific) and the last is everyday organized by color for the most part.
Good luck with organizing you have to do it for how you scrap or the way you think about paper.
I acquired a "bankers box"...one of those sturdy cardboard boxes you store ofice files in. I then acquired a bunch of large file folders (the 11" x 14" size) that work was throwing away. The folders fit perfectly in the box and the little hooks on the end hold them in place. I then sorted my paper by colors, and then anothe folder for solids, one for holidays, and one for glitter papers that I have. The system is sooooo much better then looking through all my papers for the right one. And best of all, it was free! Even if you don't have somewhere that is throwing out file folders, its still pretty inexpensive!
Haven't tried it but have heard about using clean unused pizza boxes and sorting by color or theme. You can stack them on top of each other on a closet shelf or stand them up like books if the shelf (or trunk) is deep enough. For stickers you could get a small drapery rod to hang on a wall and use pinch type curtain rings to hang the sticker sheets from.
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