S/O of Stamp Organization - Categories

For my SC & AE Stamps (and a handful of other brands that are similar):
--6x8s and Fonts (because half of my 6x8s are fonts and the other half doesn't fit in my other bins)
--Food
--Travel (travel, adventure, outdoorsy, etc.)
--States & countries are separate
--Pattern Makers
--Words (formerly known as PL stamps, but I don't do PL)
--Themes (sports, music, etc.)
--Seasonal & holidays
--Cmas ones are kept with December Daily supplies
--Card sentiments
--Story Stamps (because it's easier to keep them together as a group)
--SBTM stamps (they are still in the bags with the rest of the kits...some day I hope to organize all of it better).

My Stampin' Up sets are kept in separate bins, but are not organized because I don't have that many.

My "categories" are holiday (stored in a different place), sentiments/word art (when that's all the stamp has), alphas, and everything else, with the biggest ones at the back. I only have one basket of stamps (excluding Xmas) so there's not much organizing there!

I might've hit the point where I should do better, but I'm not sure I need more categories. Might have a think on that.

I store my dies in ArtBin die storage cases with the matching magnetic sheets. I store at least half of them by company. I have Heartfelt Creations in their own bin, Queen & Co, Karen Burniston, Lawn Fawn & My Favorite Things, Spellbinders, then the others based on similar types of dies (nature, houses/structures, embellishments).

I unmounted all of my wood mounted stamps about 5 years ago, although I have a few more to unmount that I have bought since.

I organize my stamps in pockets which are in zippered binders, with the exception of Queen & Co. sentiments, which I keep with their kits. I have my stamps/binders organized by:

Christmas/Winter
Halloween/Fall
Summer
miscellaneous holidays
sentiments/alphabets
botanical/nature
babies/children
medieval/fantasy
miscellaneous

I also have a binder for Graphic 45 stamps, and another for My Favorite Things & similar companies.

My Heartfelt Creations stamp sets are stored in Art Bin cases.

Close to My Heart stamps are in CTMH storage bins.

There may be a few other categories. Those are the ones that come to mind, but it’s been over a month since I worked on organizing them or spent any time in my craft room. I hope to get back to finishing my stamp organizing project once DH has recovered enough to be more independent.

I have far too many stamps, but I was a stamper at least 10 years before I became a scrapbooker, and I’ve been scrapbooking for a little over 24 years.

Right now, my “categories” are shoved in a bin and not really organized well.
I need to purge and sort in a bad way.

I only incorporate stamping into layouts (not cardmaking, art journaling, etc.) & prefer wood mounted rubber stamps, which are stored in a discontinued Pottery Barn Bedford 5-drawer cabinet. Small clear stamps are organized in trading card page protectors in an office binder, while all other clear stamp sets are housed in a fridge bin; both the binder & bin sit on top of the cabinet. All stamps - wood mounted rubber & clear - are organized into the same broad categories:

Alphanumeric 
Journaling 
Geometric 
School 
Sports
Travel
Holidays
Seasons
Misc.

I use Evernote to manage my stamp inventory. I use a number system, and they’re stored in numerical order by size (small stamp sets, medium, large, etc.). I do use tags so that I can find what I’m looking for in, literally, seconds. It sounds complicated, but it’s really very easy to maintain and use. It’s saved me a lot of money because I have the app installed on my phone, and I don’t have to guess whether or not I have something before I buy it. I use Evernote for my dies and embossing folders too, and I’m probably going to add my stencils.

I will give it a look. Thanks! 😁