Alternate Ideas For the Scrap Rack??

I had a few Crop in Style PSBs (paper sticker binders) that I used for stickers and stuff for a while. It really isn't a practical solution for someone with a ton of stuff though. For someone who mostly scraps away from home, I think putting together kits would be a better option so you're not dragging along everything you own to a crop. Even though parts of it are portable, I think the main idea behind the Scrap Rack is that it's a system that stays put for using at home.

I organize all my stuff in bins. All related embellies, etc go in the plastic scrap bins and stack on the shelf. I liek this was much better than dealing with binders. Back when we all had flat stickers and they were small sheets, a binder system like a PSB worked well, but this system is not good for 3D IMO.

I have a friend with 3 scrapracks packed full in her scraproom. I can't imagine giving up that much scraproom realestate with scraprack type binders.

I ALWAYS take way too much stuff.  I went to a friends last Sunday for a card making day and I had two full rolling totes and my stamping stuff.  I borrowed her cuttlebug and cricut.

I scrap digitally now, but I still make cards and other paper crafts. I just finished watching Tiffany's class, too. I didn't get much out of the class and each video felt like commercials for her products. Personally, I thought that the Scrap Rack would take up WAY too much room on a craft table or desk. When I did paper scrap I had my paper stored in Cropper Hopper vertical storage bins labeled by solids, stripes, dots, plaids, beach, Christmas, camping, words, watercolor, etc. I did not take apart kits or coordinating papers. Small embellishments have always been a problem for me. I've tried several systems and right now I'm using round stacking containers, but I'm thinking of switching to the Craftmates compartments.

The only thing that I did like from the class and purchased (from Amazon at $12 per pack of 10) was the storage pages for 12x12 papers => Totally-Tiffany SRSP-P40 Scrap Rack Basic Storage Page, Super Sized Single, 10-Pack. Tonight I'm sorting my scraps by color and keeping each color in one of these pages. Currently they are in an IRIS 12x12 box all jumbled together. I keep all scraps bigger than 2x2.   I'll report back on how they work out.

I'm doing a total re-org and clean-out of crafty room so I've watched a lot of YT videos recently.

I tried the CraftMates locking organizers with 16 compartments for my small embellishments and they were a pain in the butt. Either the container had too many slots for what I wanted to put in there or not enough, and I ended up juggling too many of them. I switched to 25 compartment ArtBin bead organizers with slide off lids, and they are SO much better.

For my scrap paper I have been using several three drawer 12x12 Sterilite stacking organizers. I keep them right under my desk so I can quickly pull something out or throw something in. I put one color family per drawer, and I'm hoping that once I really get rolling with working on stuff again I'll use up more scraps. When I get a pile of cut up junk on my desk, I trim off the ragged sides and sort into piles by color and toss them into the drawers. Trimming them keeps them from getting hung up on each other. I like this system the best because the scraps don't get dusty or bent up and I can find what I want pretty quickly because I can pull out the whole drawer and flip through what's in there if I need to.

Thanks for the real world experience with craft mates. A friend offered baby food jars so I might take her up on that. Plus of course i over spent my reorganization budget and need to stop buying.