Friday, June 6, 2008

Win a Book!

Watch the video for directions on how you could WIN a FREE organizing YOUR scrapbook room! This is being given away by Marilyn Bohn.....

15 comments:

Cheryl said...

My favorite organizing tip would have to be storing my stamps in CD cases.

I have just remounted my rubber stamps to the EZ Mount product and then I just put them in CD cases. The stamped images are stamped on a card stock sheet cut the size of the case then slipped into those little flanges on the inside the lid. I label the edges with my label maker.

I can not take full credit for this tip as I discovered it on another site. However, it is the best way to store stamps.

I am in the process of getting my scrapbook and paper crafting room set back up. We have been renovating the dining room to accomodate it.

Thank you for offering this great book.

Cheryl

Anonymous said...

I love using the hanging jewerly pockets with zippers. That way, if I drop it, nothing gets out!!!
Turtlelady~sandy #1715
Tlady1715@gmail.com

Laurie R. said...

I like putting little things in the plastic baby food containers. They have a snap on lid, so it all stays in.

Cherie Smutnick said...

I like to use the shoe bags that you attach to the backside of a door. I found a really nice one at Kohl's blue striped fabric - looks so nice you could actually attach to the front of a door. I use it to store my Fiskars punches and Drill it keeps them safe without clinking together they each have their own cozy little pocket to keep safe and snug.

D's Paper Studio said...

I've been reorganizing and designing my studio. This book would be great!

My organizational tip:

1. Use page protectors to place on top of your stacks of paper to keep the dust off.

2. I use a photo organizor, the one with the cute carry handle, to put on shaped chipboard.

3. Use your ribbon and flowers to decorate your studio but use them in a way you can reach up and get one to put on a page. I'm indivdualy sewing flowers on one of my baskets, but all I have to do is snip one off when I need it.

Anonymous said...

My tip is to put ribbon and fibers by colors in snack size bags, and store them on a large ring. They are easy to flip through. Thanks for the chance to win this book. Roseann #2933 Fisk-A-Teer

Anonymous said...

my organization tip is I keep all my buttons in a jar with a lid, all my chipboard in baskets and use a caddy to keep all my pens, scissors etc. at hand.

amy
fiskateer 4257

kristina proffitt said...

What a wonderful giveaway! So nice! One of my organizational tips would be that I have separate containers (plastic 12x12 drawers) for my cardstock scraps & patterned paper scraps. It's so easy to just pull it out and go through them when I'm needing just a piece of paper and it's a great way to use up those scraps, too! Thanks for the chance! :-D

Anonymous said...

My tip is to organise in groups - ie I have a cube style bookcase and in each cube are certain products, ie I have a stamping cube (with stamps, inks, embossing powders, heat tool etc), another cube has all my photos to be scrapped, another had finished albums, another with cutting tools, another bling etc - you get the idea= then when I want to find something I can go straight to the cube and everything required is right there.

Christine C
cp.cleary@xtra.co.nz

Monica-FC said...

my organiztion tip is placing your spellbinders diecuts or and diecute that is metal into a CD holder that lots of CDs. I put magnets sheets in there as to keep them together. plus you can just turn the page to find what you need and everything is in one place. plus a cheaper magnet sheet is the one you cover heat registers with as you can get them cheaper and more I think for your money. they are easy to cut also.

billiejo said...

How fun and I could really use the help organizing my room! This is the 3rd time I've re-arranged, trying to fit it all in.

My favorite tip is: When you find a piece of patterned paper that you think is perfect for "that" layout... put it in a 2.5 gallon zip lock bag. Take a minute to write down what you were thinking when you bought it and a quick sketch if you have a thought on that too. Next time you see the pictures you want to use, throw them in; the perfect embellishment?, throw that in too. Before you know it, you'll have a page kit ready to go. Hang 2 or 3 zip locks from a baby clothing hanger, on a rod in your closet or room.

Favorite #2 is to keep a page protector on top of each stack of patterned paper. After finishing a layout, if the scraps still coordinate with other papers, put them in the page protector on top of (or beside) the stack of paper. It's a quick and easy way to find the scraps you need for the next layout.
Sandy Fiskateer #1781

Anonymous said...

This sounds wonderful.

My tip is to use baseball card sheets (the clear page protectors with the slots for cards) to organize your ribbons. Simply cut a piece of cardboard into the shape of an "I" to fit into the baseball card slot. Wrap your ribbon around it and cut a notch at the top for the end of the ribbon to go into. Makes it a lot easier to see what you have!

You can also do this for things like punchies, diecuts, eyelets, etc. You can also use the 4x6 picture clear pages for larger items.

Put them in a notebook, and you are done!

Colleen said...

what am i doing wrong, I can't get the video to play.

Colleen said...

I finally go the video to play. My favorite organizational tip is to sort my pictures and then add the paper and embellisments to the pack. I use a power layout system. Then when I get a chance to scrap I just grab that layout and everything is ready to go. If I have time, I will even cut my paper and get everything ready to go.

Stephanie said...

My favorite way to organize many of my items is to use binders & page protectors (full-size, 4 x 6, and baseball). I sort by theme and use these for embellies, rub-ons, alphas, die-cuts, tags, small acrylic stamps and stamp sets, etc. I have another binder with all my sketches & project ideas and another one with all my ATCs from swaps in baseball card sleeves.

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