How do you organize your embellishments?

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By theme, anything non themed by color


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I got a Napa Valley cassette holder at a yard sale today for $2.00! Just have to use the airhose and blow the spider webs, dead spiders and dust out of it! I am off to read Patter's blog again and order some of those little boxes she uses! And, it has 100 slots in it! Yay!

I am using the Scraprack method. It took me awhile to buy into her method. (She has free video classes.) Then I tried it without the Scraprack & then i purchased it. I am not done organizing everything into it yet, but so far I love it. Am able to locate embellies easily either by theme or by color. It makes sense to me.

I have all my embellishments sorted into those little jewelry organizer boxes from Hobby Lobby. All the papers are organized by manufacturer, except for holidays, beach, school, etc. themed papers. Most of my supplies the last few years have come from Studio Calico, so I keep them all in their own huge Ziploc bag, and they are hanging from a rod in the closet. Stamps are in multiple baskets, and the small ones I put on those little rings and have them in a big clear bag that my daughter's bedding came in. All of my punches go in this dresser drawer that I have in my guest room, but I'm about to put them in one of those under the bed storage boxes since they are so heavy and starting to bend the bottom of the drawer (cheap IKEA dresser).

I've been looking for an alternative to Patter's nifty little boxes as they are a little expensive. I found some cassette boxes that are the soft plastic similar to the dvd cases. I can get 100 of them shipped for a total cost of $32.15. rather than 50 of the others for $51.70. The only thing with the cassette cases is they have the little spindles that the cassette slips over. I really don't think they would be a problem. Any opinions on this or suggestions?

My stuff is all over too. I have wood veneers, flair, older metals and sequins in the multi compartment plastic containers from the jewelry dept. I have a 7 drawer cart that has washi sorted by color, smaller alphas and die cuts. I have some 3 drawer plastic drawers that have most of my 6x6 pads, thickers, flowers and trims. I have an Iris cart that has 8 1/2 x 11 papers, dies, embossing folders & scraps. I have expediats with CH holders for papers & baskets for other stuff. I have stamps in baskets, binders & an over the door shoe holder. I have 2 of the shelfs like Patter pictured for my inks. I have a couple of the old stamp carosels for my date stamp collection. This isn't everything but a sampling of the more organized stuff. My paper is stored by favorite manufacturers, then color for misc and cardstock by color. Having embellishments stored by type works for me, as I have an idea of what type of item I want but not necessarily color. The first good fits drive the colors I am then looking for.

Vickie, I like those. Some companies offer a sample. I would contact them and ask if they can just send you one. Also, if they open like that, I wouldn't even worry about the spindles. I think it might be too much of a pain to try to remove them. Would love to know what you think of them if you get any.

I organize most by manufacturer and some by type. That's the easiest way for me to remember what I have.

I really love your embelishment center

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Thanks!!

Primarily by type. Here are some of my storage methods:
Loose ribbon - sorted by color into clear glass canisters.
Spool Ribbon - Sorted by color in a vintage letter sorter that hangs on the wall.
Card ribbon - Random order in a drawer (about the size of vintage sewing machine drawer).
Loose buttons, loose brads, loose eyelets - by color in a Bass Pro Shops flat plastic tackle box (yes, cheaper than Michael's)
Misc carded embellishments - in another vintage looking drawer.
Flair buttons, carded buttons, Veneer shapes, and Carded brads - small metal bins
Flowers - some of these are on the shelf in their original container (if it is cute), and others are stored in my metal box collection
Washi tape, glitter, and embossing powder - Harbor Freight 4 tier rotating bins (love these!)
Alphas/Thickers - vertical file bins, binders, and locker baskets
TMI? Sorry ! But you get the idea.

I am a rummager, I like to dig around and hunt up stuff.
I mostly sort by type, then color if they are small and uniform like buttons. .
Paper is sorted by manufacturer mostly, except CS, I sort by color.
Flat embellies in pkgs. (sticker sheets, small alphas, etc.) are sorted on a home made clip it up.
Thickers are in a basket.
Ribbon is on wood on clothes pins in jars.
Buttons in jars by color.
Most everything else are in bins, jars and baskets, by type.
All my little bits from my Jenni Bowlin kits are in a basket. I like to dig through it when I am looking for just a "little something".
The only thing I sort by theme are holidays. 
Stamps are sorted in many ways, depending on manufacturer. SU are in the cases/bins they sell on shelving. CTMH are in the pack they come in on a vintage store display rack I found.
Stamps I use a lot, for Lo's and journaling are right at my desk. Others are in an over the door pocket holder.
Some in binders. I have a lot of stamps!!

This works for me, but others would go crazy trying to find anything