Developing an organizational system that fits your scrapbooking workspace and unique personal style can help you sort through your stacks of photos, tame your paper piles, and find a place for your growing collection of scrapbooking embellishments.
If you’re like most scrapbookers, organizing your supplies is a major challenge. If you’re not careful, stacks of photos, piles of paper, and embellishments of every imaginable size can easily overtake your workspace. No matter what your scrapbooking skill or budget, there’s a solution available for controlling your clutter and unleashing your creativity.
There are four main factors to keep in mind while developing your scrapbooking organizational system.
Size. If your scrapbooking workspace is one small corner of your dining room, you can’t use the same organizing tactics as someone with a complete scrapbooking studio.
Portability. If you frequently attend crops or classes, storing your supplies on a custom-designed shelving unit isn’t going to work well because you need an organizational system that will let you take your supplies with you.
Expandability. Scrapbooking is addictive, so your collection of supplies is likely to continue growing. When you set up an organizational system, always allow more storage room than you think you’ll actually need.
Cost. If you’ve got the cash to spend, there are wonderful products designed specifically for organizing your scrapbooking supplies. If you’re on a tight budget, there are many ways to turn everyday household items into customized scrapbook supply organizers.
The best organizational systems are based on your own scrapbooking workspace and personal style. Finding an organizational system that works for your unique needs is more important than rushing out to purchase all the latest scrapbooking totes and containers.