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Post by Basket1lady on Jun 20, 2022 10:27:21 GMT
I have a system that only I can understand.
CS is all by color, with 12x12 and 8 1/2x11 grouped separately.
Patterned paper is where it gets complicated. I sort mostly by theme. If I have a lot of papers from one line, it goes by manufacturer, but is then stored with the theme. Other PP is sorted by color, then by print. So blue striped/blue dots/blue floral/blue other. Repeat for each color. Christmas is sorted into traditional colors and non-traditional colors (red/green vs pinks/teals). If a color has more than an inch of PP, I’ll probably break down the category. So there’s a kids category, but it’s broken down into Disney, licensed characters, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, baby boy, baby girl, baby, girly, boy, school, etc.
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Chinagirl828
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Jun 20, 2022 11:08:29 GMT
Thanks for sharing. It's interesting to read our similar & different approaches to organizing paper. Personally, I organize all paper (except scraps) primarily by manufacturer. Some manufacturers are further subdivided or sorted, such as Bazzill by texture then loosely by color. I am definitely an "other", I don't organise my patterned paper at all.  WARNING: you're missing out on arguably the most fun aspect of this hobby.  Paper is my favorite & most abundant/used supply, & its organization may be my favorite task! Ah, but if I sorted then I'd miss out on all sorts of serendipitous combinations that I currently get from my extremely haphazard method of storing paper. It's funny because I normally enjoy organising everything else in my house, but for some reason I find it stifles my creativity when it comes to scrapping supplies. |
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Post by scrapperal on Mar 13, 2023 23:41:41 GMT
I know this thread is a year old, but I thought I'd bring it back to the top for more discussion (if I should have started a new thread, please let me know [gently please]).
I am organizing my patterned paper and if you asked me a year ago, I would have said cardstock by color (except for Stampin Up, which is by brand, then color). Patterned paper was organized by brand. But now I'm finding that I don't remember the brands and the paper as well as I used. I was thinking of reorganizing my patterned paper by color and theme instead. I would most likely keep my Basic Grey, SEI, and Scenic Route together since I lots of each of those. But any smaller collections would get reorganized by color or theme. Will I regret this???
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PaperAngel
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Post by PaperAngel on Mar 14, 2023 2:18:57 GMT
... I was thinking of reorganizing my patterned paper by color and theme instead. I would most likely keep my Basic Grey, SEI, and Scenic Route together since I lots of each of those. But any smaller collections would get reorganized by color or theme. Will I regret this??? Consider giving it a trial run with a theme or color you intend to use next. Gather all your supplies for that theme or color - papers, embellishments, tools, etc. - in one container/shelf & see if you prefer it. If so, you can transition your supplies to the theme- or color-based organizational system project-by-project if you don't want to tackle your entire inventory at once. If you don't like the theme- or color-based approach, you can simply return the relatively few supplies for one theme or color to your existing organizational system. HTH. |
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Post by Linda on Mar 14, 2023 2:59:03 GMT
I know this thread is a year old, but I thought I'd bring it back to the top for more discussion (if I should have started a new thread, please let me know [gently please]). I am organizing my patterned paper and if you asked me a year ago, I would have said cardstock by color (except for Stampin Up, which is by brand, then color). Patterned paper was organized by brand. But now I'm finding that I don't remember the brands and the paper as well as I used. I was thinking of reorganizing my patterned paper by color and theme instead. I would most likely keep my Basic Grey, SEI, and Scenic Route together since I lots of each of those. But any smaller collections would get reorganized by color or theme. Will I regret this??? I've always organised by the principle of sorting things the way you instinctively look for them. When I'm scrapping, I'm most often looking for a colour - I need a blue PP or a yellow embellishment - so I do sort most by colour. The exception for me is stuff that's really specific themed (in that it'll only really work for the theme) and that I do sort by theme. I actually recently mixed things up myself by keeping collection kits (or collections - although I typically only have the collection kit) and paper pads together instead of breaking it up into my stash. I'm still on the fence about whether I'll keep doing that going forward or not. |
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Chinagirl828
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Mar 14, 2023 6:35:11 GMT
But any smaller collections would get reorganized by color or theme. Will I regret this??? The only way to really know is to try it. I tried organsing my paper roughly by colour, it's how I usually look for supplies, even if I have an idea that I want a floral or a geometric, I'd still know I wanted a particular colour in it. I hated having my papers organised, it was stifling to my creativity in ways I didn't expect. I definitely second the idea to try it with a reasonably small group of supplies first. I was lucky that I have a relatively small paper stash, and I like mine to be mixed with no real organisation, so it was easy for me to shuffle my papers back into random order. |
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Shakti
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Post by Shakti on Mar 14, 2023 12:59:10 GMT
When I was in my Totally Tiffany phase I organized all the papers by color, but it didn't work for me. It's now back to being by brand. Even my scraps, more or less.
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pantsonfire
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Post by pantsonfire on Mar 14, 2023 13:32:43 GMT
I do other as well. I have 4 Iris containers for 12x12 paper and have 1 for ds' paper, 1 for dd's paper, 1 for winter/Christmas and 1 for fall/Halloween.
I do go into ds for dd sometimes and vice versa.
But as that is how I scrapbook pocket page, it makes the most sense.
I don't keep collections together as I like to mix and match. I just put paper in and go through as needed.
Scraps go on the top in hopes I will use those first.
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Post by Texas Scrap on Mar 14, 2023 16:25:54 GMT
Cardstock is ROYGBIV, Vellum/Specialty paper all together unless very specific to a collection or Christmas. A handful of themed organized: Christmas (within this by manufacturer), Halloween July 4th, Travel, Beach, Valentines, School themes and our school colors. By Manufacturer, by collection in pocket folders and organizers, when not organized by theme or by favorites - see next.
And then I have a bin of new/favorite papers that are in pocket folders by manufacturer that is my easiest to access. Right now, for example, this includes a newer 49& Market Collection in a folder, Simply the Best from Pinkfresh, a favorite but old Pebbles collection I love to use, my Valentines paper folder and a couple of older pink fresh. I go through and update/rotate paper this Bin every few months, but I use it because it helps me keep things easy to flip through and find to use and work with.
ETA - I see the updated post re trying a better organizing approach. So for me, I had a similar issue - I would have to look through lots of organizers to FIND things, or else I would just buy new stuff. So that is when I shifted my approach to having the folders by Manufacturer collection, but to rotate in things in my "working" bin so I could really see what I have and want to use. It is not perfect, but looking at my collections every few months helps me rotate things in and out. I also think keeping holidays or obvious themed things together in some way helps to find and see all of what you have that might be relevant to a current or upcoming project.
example - I just got back from NYC and I know I will want to scrap and use both travel and some color based collections. So my first step is to look through the travel collections I have already - mostly by manufacturer, but also some ad hoc papers. I would look through all of that first and then figure out what else I need or want and then pull all of that out and put it in my working Bin that is easy to access and flip through. It also helps me sort out if I want to buy something. Right now I have some travel stuff in my ACOT shopping cart, but I won't pull the trigger until I have really looked through what I already have to make sure I will use it.
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