I've had a request for some additional photos showing how I've sorted and labeled the storage in my studio. My cardstock is sorted by color, patterned paper by color, theme or, in some cases, manufacturer. Embellishments are mostly sorted by color and some by theme. Rubber stamps are stored in the Iris carts below my worktable and are sorted by theme. Each drawer has a number and I intend to compile a binder of all my stamps with numbered pages corresponding to the drawers showing what is in each one. IT should be easy to add new stamps and keep it up to date. For the alphabet sets stored in the acrylic drawers from The Container Storeabove the work table I used part of the original packaging as labels to show the font. Ribbon is stored in 2 large open top glass containers that I found at Walmart. Some of them are still on the cards they came on. Some of them have been rolled on to old fashioned clothes pins that are from The Dollar Store. Chipboard alphabets are stacked in acrylic containers from The Container Store . They are right at my worktable where they are easy to get to! I have tools, photo pencils,scissors, exacto knife, etc. in a Tool Turn-About from Pampered Chef. Right behind it I've put a few small nails in the wall where I hang a brayer, an 18" steel ruler, and a basket that holds my adhesives. Photos are sorted according to the album they'll go in...for example, Legend 2008, Disney, Mountain Dreams, Russia, etc. The boxes hold 4x6 and 5x7 prints and if I've printed an enlargement I slip a note inside to remind me. Memorabilia is sorted and stored in plastic expanding files I found at the dollar spot in Target. Enlargements are filed in document boxes, again from The Container Store. I love that place! If there are specific questions you have, feel free to leave a comment and I'd be happy to answer them...
