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Post by scrappyem on Jan 19, 2023 14:28:45 GMT
I've been thinking about this too as I'm setting up my new craft space. I ordered some of the clear containers in the Home Edit line from Walmart and they come today. I too have a bunch of the Alex drawers from Ikea and saw another crafter use them to organize her Alex drawers in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rsgYMqRHgMIn my new space I repurposed 2 of the Ikea Havsta cabinets we used as a makeshift pantry in Seattle. I love them way more than I was expecting and 12x12 albums fit in the bottom of the cabinets. I like that they hide the clutter. Before I used 2 of the Kallax units but they were always messy and after moving them several times, they were in bad shape so I wanted to try something new. Luckily we had the Havstas, so I didn't have to spend extra $. I have room so I think I'm going to grab one more. I plan to get the one with the glass doors on top so I can display some pretty things. Inside the upper cabinets I've used some of the skinny bins from the container store that are large enough to hold 12x12 papers and I have those by manufacturer and just stack them length-wise.
www.ikea.com/us/en/p/havsta-storage-combination-w-glass-doors-white-s29265981/www.containerstore.com/s/storage/plastic-bins-baskets/multi_purpose-bins/12d?p=0&ps=62&productId=10022942 |
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Shakti
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Post by Shakti on Jan 19, 2023 22:08:24 GMT
Thanks for the inspiration! Unfiled from my binder an ephemera set I'm unlikely to use, pulled out a couple of others from the closet, and packed them up for my colleague. Found another set that had many elements that I might use. Reorganized the binder and now it looks much better!
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Post by msupea on Jan 20, 2023 19:36:45 GMT
Okay, so I started looking at options online and in store. I did pick up some drawer inserts from Ikea. Not sure if they are small enough, but they are super cheap and I can pass them off to my youngest daughter for her drawers if I don't want/like them. I ordered a plastic jewelry tray, with lid, from Amazon for smaller embellishments. I wanted the you tube in an earlier comment (maybe Legal Lady?). It got me thinking.
I found (but did not purchase) a pullout storage system at Homegoods. Looked interesting, but I don't want to put more stuff on my table/counter space just yet. It was also $40 and I wasn't into committing that much to a maybe. iDesign stuff = has gotten expensive. There were a few knock offs I saved on my Amazon account that were a little cheaper. I also checked out the Target stuff, but wasn't ready to purchase those. They ranged in price from $5 - $13 each. some of the odd (but more useable sizes) were kind of pricey.
I'm hoping to sort some of my product out and come up with themes/groups to see how much space i will need.
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Post by aj2hall on Jan 20, 2023 20:50:12 GMT
TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Home Goods & Home Sense all have fridge bins similar to the iDesign ones for a lot less.
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Post by judyc on Jan 23, 2023 17:20:11 GMT
i find ephemera hard to organize and store. should it be by manufacturer or theme? color or type? i have most of my ephemera in a 60-drawer card catalog. the xmas, halloween, and travel related stuff are in rubbermaid stacking snapware containers. I was going to post a question like this: How do you store ephemera and embellishments - by manufacturer or by type? Right now I do not have a consistent method. Sometimes I keep the ephemera and other embellishments with the matching patterned paper, sometimes I store it by theme -- for example with other Christmas embellishments. But I'm trying to improve the time I spend creating a layout and wonder if always putting the embellishments with the manufacture's line would help. |
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Post by papersilly on Jan 23, 2023 17:58:12 GMT
i find ephemera hard to organize and store. should it be by manufacturer or theme? color or type? i have most of my ephemera in a 60-drawer card catalog. the xmas, halloween, and travel related stuff are in rubbermaid stacking snapware containers. I was going to post a question like this: How do you store ephemera and embellishments - by manufacturer or by type? Right now I do not have a consistent method. Sometimes I keep the ephemera and other embellishments with the matching patterned paper, sometimes I store it by theme -- for example with other Christmas embellishments. But I'm trying to improve the time I spend creating a layout and wonder if always putting the embellishments with the manufacture's line would help. my card catalog drawers are labeled by type of ephemera or theme i.e alphabets, travel, baby, frames, washi tape, metals. i'm relatively pleased with the way the card catalog is organized. it's the extra ephemera that i have in the rest of the room that is hard to organize. |
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Post by msupea on Jan 24, 2023 12:24:30 GMT
Update - for now I’ve started sorting into themes and shapes.
Christmas, travel, summer - a few themes I’m using for now.
Mostly shapes otherwise - but the hardest part is deciding what to do with all the words - strips, cut outs etc. I’m not sure I love it but for now it’s getting things out of packages.
Labels are sorted by colors (neutrals/black, blue/green, red/pink/purple, yellow/orange.) label stickers are in their one bins (not cutting those apart) Tags in another tray, tabs separated as well.
Still have a long way to go, but at least I can see part of my workspace again!
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Post by Shakti on Jun 4, 2023 21:13:33 GMT
My ephemera is sorted by theme in binders. I use these binder pockets and add a sticker label to the front of it. I like being able to flip through things quickly. I used to have page protectors, but things would sometimes fall out when moving the binder. I don't know if I subconsciously remembered and was inspired by this or not, but I've landed someplace very similar. My letter-size binder and page protectors/photo pocket/card pocket/coin pocket sheets was a PITA. This sometimes fell out when moving it as sarahsprettypapers noted or even just flipping through it. Other things were difficult to get in and out of the pockets. I ended up not wanting to deal with any of. I am a card maker with relatively small ephemera. I landed on using a 2" ring mini/junior size (5.5 x 8.5) binder with a bunch of 3 ring zipper pencil pouches to sort things into. |
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