How do you organize your embellishments?

The way I have them sorted is, well, not great LOL but I can say with certainty that the best thing I ever did for my embellishments was to buy two bead trays at Michaels. The lids latch on securely, and there are grooves inside the lid over each compartment to keep the contents from shifting if you travel with it.

I got these because I do travel, once a year I fly to a retreat, and (at times ) go to monthly crops. I needed a solution that wouldn't have my trying to figure out what to do with all this tiny stuff every time I went to leave the house. I cannot do little containers within bigger containers-that's just maddening to my brain-such a time suck, and then if just once your fingers slip and you've got a case full of little whatevers all over... nope!

No matter where I am, I cannot tell you how easy it is to pull out ONE tray that has everything I need. (I divided my stuff into a tray for things I love the most and use a lot, and things I rarely use and am not even sure why I'm hanging on to. LOL ) It's not a flip-top, the top comes off, and it has 4 latches that come up from the bottom so nothing is going to push it open. The compartments are rounded on the bottom so it's not hard to get small stuff out of the bottoms. I think they were $20 and I used coupons. Worth EVERY penny.

You really need to think about your scrap process. I would never be able to find anything if my embellishments were organized by color. I tend to scrap with collections so I keep all small embellishments from one collection in a stampin up stamp container. Generic embellishments like clips, wood veneers, flair are separated into their own containers.

I am in the process of reorganizing my scraproom because I was in the same boat you are. I spent more time looking for things than I did scrapping and it was a huge time suck. I wanted to be able to walk into my room and be able to scrap immediately. I spent quite a bit of time thinking about storage options. I am super happy with my plan and hopefully it will all be finished in a month or two.

Good luck.

I organize mostly by color…all blue embellishments together, all yellow together, etc. I like being able to pull out just one container and seeing everything I have of one particular color. 

I have those square baskets that fold up with handles on them. I have 2. One for holidays/events other is misc. it's not the best way but it works for now.
I just got a peg board I plan on spray painting and putting up for embellishments as well.

I keep everything in original package until I've used some of it, then sort by color. I store them in small 5 drawer organizers, stored at the back of my desk (which is against a wall). One drawer for red, one for orange, etc. I have a total of 3 organizers, so 15 drawers. I used to have them on a shelf by my desk, but it was a pain getting up and getting what I needed.

I also could NEVER organize by colour. I absolutely LOVE the CTMH medium and large see thru storage containers with handles. I store all my embellishments in there except for bling and metal. There is no rhyme or reason to how I store them, just put everything in and go thru them quickly while scrapping. Same thing with die cuts. Like glitter girl, they are all in a container (she uses a large bowl) and I just rummage through it as I'm scrapping.

What I do is sort by type and then by color, using divided ArtBin clear acrylic bead boxes with slide off lids to put most of my little stuff in. Each one has about 25 compartments. I use those round clear stackable screw together bead things for my basic small brads though because I have those in bigger quantities. I could never just throw all of my like colored assorted items together, I'd be looking for a week just to find anything! That would be way too chaotic for me. I spend too much time looking for stuff as it is.

When I'm looking for something, I first think of what type of item I want and the color is secondary. Patterned paper is sorted mostly by manufacturer or by type, I think of paper in terms of manufacturer so that makes the most sense for me. The only things I have sorted by color are solid cardstock and ribbons or trim.

I was lucky enough to score a 60 drawer card catalog. You would think that would be enough to hold my embellies but nooooo. I still have several Jetmax cubes, a closet, and table height cupboards to hold more embellies. 

I sort mainly by type eg buttons and felt in boxes and most other things on my clip it up. Then it's easy to flip through and pull out a few options.

I tried using drawers and keeping things organized, but this simply meant I didn't use them: out of sight/out of mind!
My embellies are everywhere. I sort by type.

I use divided containers and the trays that my PL sets came in to hold small sticker sheets, cut aparts, die cuts. They stay right in front of me so I can see them.

I have a basket holding 12x12 and 6x12 sticker sheets beside me

My brads, enamel dots, mists, roller date stamps all have an open basket, nearby

Only thing truly put away is my wood veneers, buttons, small loose stuff - it's in snap top divided plastic containers, and gets less use than it should because it isn't out in front of me!

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I crop away from home a lot, so almost all my storage has to be portable. I organize by color and also by type. Most of my storage pieces are divided plastic containers. This works well for me as I tend to think/scrap by color. Always looking for a more efficient/better way!

If it is a small item (brads, veneers, etc.), stored by type and then color.

Larger embellishments are by type, I think I honestly have about three categories: beach, sports, and everything else. I tend to make my own embellishments, so I really don't have a lot of premade stuff. So dies are by far the largest amount of craft items I store.

I organize by theme.  I have the sterlite drawers and I have a drawer or two per theme.  When I'm working on something, I pull the drawer out that goes with that theme.  I also store themed paper in there as well.