Another hardest vs easiest question--organizing?

I love to organize. I have been tested twice and am very centered with left and right brain, BUT I feel like I am way left brained. I went to a crop once that was called Things that Go in Things and it was my favorite. We got lots of little organizational items as treats for attending.

For me, papers are organized by theme, so it makes sense for the ephemera to be organized that way. I also have a set of containers that are organized by color if they don't fit in a theme. One thing I do that helps me is to keep my collections in 12.5 x 12.5 bags. They easily slide in and out of my Kallaxes. I have a piece of 2 x 14 cutting board (Dollar Tree chopping mat cut down) to slide in the bag. Then I label that with the title of the line (organized alphabetically by theme) and on that label I also have either a red, blue, green, or yellow sticker on it that represents stickers, ephemera, dies, washi, stamps etc that match that line stored elsewhere. It helps me remember where everything is, and if I don't have something extra for that line, I can go to the theme (like birthdays) and pull out the 12 x 14 container and find something that will work. I also have one random 12 x 14 x 2 idesdign container that has really random things in it that just don't have a home or were put there to be organized at a later time. I keep it close to my desk so I'll use it.

In your case, I might use the 4 x 6 or 5 x 7 photo containers and have a few categories like nature, creatures, and gkids. Then I'd also have a few that are labeled primary colors, neutrals, and pastels. No reason you can't have both.

I LOVE organising - cleaning not so much but it's a necessary evil.

I'm not sure I have a 'hardest' to organise - I think organising crafty stuff is a fun part of the hobby ...okay I take that back, photos are hard to organise, especially other people's.

embellishments - my systems are currently in transition because I have a new set-up in my space AND because how I buy stuff has been changing.

Old system - anything themed is in folders by theme in an open file box (I have a lid I put on when I'm not actively scrapping) -with a couple of themes in drawers, brads and eyelets by colour in one of those divided containers in a drawer. Another drawer held random unthemed items - ribbon, washi, die cuts, this and that. Worked well when I bought things piecemeal rather than by collection.

Current system -themed stuff is mainly the same. Collection kits are together until the paper is used (themed or otherwise - I'm no longer breaking collections down right away). I have a drawer with all my new shiny Pinkfresh embellishments and a plastic envelope with the papers. The 4 EP club kits I got before cancelling - they are also each in a plastic envelope with all the bits and bobs. I have a drawer with some new packs of ephemera, die cuts, and sticker books - close at hand so I can flip through as I scrap - I don't have matching PP for these.

Small embellishment are in the 4x6 photo boxes by colour - I bought a 6pk rainbow (red, yellow, green, blue, orange, and purple (I keep pink/purple together in this one) plus a clear one for neutrals/metallics. I have enamel dots in my tool carousel along with a few sticker sheets that haven't been homed yet.

In the future? I see the themed box transitioning away -some themes will disappear, some will probably move to Iris type boxes, and some items will end up in the embellishment boxes or drawer.

Mine are also in a binder, but I think I used them more when they were in page protectors and in a slot in my Kallax.  I had them in a letter sorter on my desk

Could you use something like this?

www.target.com/p/honeycomb-drawer-divider-diamond-opening-brightroom-8482/-/A-84735149#lnk=sametab

Or this? I use them in an iris case for the little bits and pieces.  

www.target.com/p/4pk-small-storage-trays-white---brightroom--8482---no-aasa/-/A-77294238

or, Target supposedly has clear acrylic make up drawers in the dollar spot, but I haven't found them online

eta - maybe something like this?  The sections on the ends vs the middle are different sizes which might be helpful?  You could use 1 case for each manufacturer or color

www.target.com/p/sterilite-divided-storage-case-for-crafting-and-hardware-6-pack-14028606/-/A-79293601#lnk=sametab

I recently divided Christmas die cuts into these little trays inside an iris case. 2 stacked together fits on each side with room in the middle for other stuff.

www.dollartree.com/clear-plastic-3-compartment-storage-trays/235325

another idea
www.simplescrapper.com/2015/03/how-to-store-die-cuts/

Right now all I’m doing is organizing as I unpack lol

For me, premade ephemera ( dies cuts etc ) are filed by theme as if I’m looking for a specific color I tend to make my own die cut. Which I often do. Leaving my ephemera unused. Hmmmmm maybe a change is needed, but if I file it by color I may never find that daisy flower I remember having.

I used to file ephemera in binders but I found I never went to get the binder to go thru it. Right now the are in 5x7 photo bins but I’m not sure I like to rifle thru the bins either. Maybe I put them on a 5x7 card in the bins…. Decisions decisions lol

I previously didn’t like organizing much at all. Anything. I think that stemmed from the fact that I had so little space that all organizing centered around fitting a certain place not around how I might use it. Right now I’m enjoying organizing ( so slowly though ) my studio because I have space to do whatever I want.

The easiest: Products (paper, stickers, embellishments, frames, etc...) that go into a 13 x 13 storage envelope, by >> theme, color or style (multicolor paper is by style >> stripes, polka dot, grunge, floral, watercolor, etc...).

The hardest: Sheets of multi theme stickers or cut outs. I cut everything apart (some requires fussy cutting), before putting it away it's 13 x 13 envelope or in a miscellaneous binder. All the cutting, is time consuming.

grammadee, almost all organizing is difficult for me. If it weren't for space, dust, and clutter issues , I'd like to have everything out in big 'ol piles so I could see everything and use up more stuff! But alas, it comes down to organizing.
I try to keep embellishments like stickers & diecuts stored with their collections or within their category like Christmas, kids & school, sports, etc.
The hardest I would have to say is paper because there's just so darn much of it.

You nailed my problem grammadee. And that's why I have 4 different places for die cuts because it lets me look by theme, collection OR color. It's also why I like Shimelle's advice to "take the first thing that works" and not obsess over "missing" another item.

Place 1: in their packages, with the collection - this is for the newest stash items only
Place 2: in their packages, sorted in a bin by manufacturer
Place 3: in colour drawers, in baggies - this is for older pieces, or when packages start to get emtpy
Place 4: in a divided tray, by theme (words, basic shapes, flowers, butterflies, birthday, weather icons, animal icons, music icons etc) - this really helps when I stamp/colour/die cut extra pieces and don't use them, because they don't have package to go back into!

My system feels inefficient sometimes because I have similar items in 4 different places, but it lets me search in my different ways and I am usually pleased at how fast I can find something to fit the page.

How about a photo of what you are trying to organize.

To actually answer the question
my least favourite thing to organize is what most peas seem to find easy: paper!

If there is a way to sort paper, I have it represented in my room:

new
old
collection
colour
kit
pattern
theme

I frustrate myself so badly with paper and feel I "forget" about pps all the time with my lack of system.

Of course - going back to Shimelle - does it really matter if I "miss" a paper as long as I find one that works? Take the first thing you find that works.

I like storing all of my stuff in one collection in a single 2 gallon ziplock bag. That is definitely the easiest way for me to find stuff.

The hardest part is that I can't figure out what to do with the bulky bags. I like the idea of using the colored stickers to show that another part of the collection is somewhere else, but I think you need to have a lot smaller stash of collections than I have. I'm intrigued though.

Honestly, the hardest part of organizing for me is that I just have too much stuff. Way too much. I should purge but I regret getting rid of some of the things in my last purge.

I do this and find it works well.  My cube storage for paper doesn't hold my paper if I try to add other things in the baggies.  I do have a 10 foot walk in closet, a credenza, several Raskogs, ladders shelves, and lots of iDesign storage containers.  I find I love organizing as much as scrapping.  My favorite crop theme I attended was Things that Go in Things!  We were given storage items from IKEA.

I would probably keep my stuff together if it all fit though.  It is nice to have it all in one place.