Stamps. Help in the organizing of them please?
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Stamps. Help in the organizing of them please?
Stamp organization.
Help, help I can't swim, HOLLY CRAP I'm drowning.
For people who have a lot of stamps- and a lot of stamp stuff. Ink, tools, cleaners, blocks, etc. WHAT THE HECK DO YOU DO WITH IT ALL?
This is the month I am moving to a larger room and we are trying to be smart about the lay out and storage to avoid the clutter taking over like it's prone too. The only problem is I have collected a lot of stamp goods. Years before I ever even dreamed of owning a cricut I used to buy AT LEAST one stamp set every time I went to Micheals and every time for 2 years I croped at Archiver's 2-4 times A MONTH I bought an Alpha set!!!
And now my stamps take up this:
A XL 3 drawer cart.
2 medium rubbermaid totes
2 clothes to my heart cubes
1 medium moving box
2 soft cubes from Target
1 scrapbooking stamp tote
and all the ones that just lay about
I need a game plan.
It has to be some thing that can be expanded upon. It doesn't have to be all the same type of organizer because I can organize the different kinds of stamps differently. I really liked the ones I saw on Scrapbooks Etc. where they look like old timey suitcases but I would need a whole room full of just those. Plus all my alphas take up a lot of space so they will need a big organizer all to themslves. Maybe like a file cabinet?
I have a lot of space to work with, and other than paper I am expecting this to take up the most space. Even more than my embellies and tools combined. Ideas?
Help, help I can't swim, HOLLY CRAP I'm drowning.
For people who have a lot of stamps- and a lot of stamp stuff. Ink, tools, cleaners, blocks, etc. WHAT THE HECK DO YOU DO WITH IT ALL?
This is the month I am moving to a larger room and we are trying to be smart about the lay out and storage to avoid the clutter taking over like it's prone too. The only problem is I have collected a lot of stamp goods. Years before I ever even dreamed of owning a cricut I used to buy AT LEAST one stamp set every time I went to Micheals and every time for 2 years I croped at Archiver's 2-4 times A MONTH I bought an Alpha set!!!
And now my stamps take up this:
A XL 3 drawer cart.
2 medium rubbermaid totes
2 clothes to my heart cubes
1 medium moving box
2 soft cubes from Target
1 scrapbooking stamp tote
and all the ones that just lay about
I need a game plan.
It has to be some thing that can be expanded upon. It doesn't have to be all the same type of organizer because I can organize the different kinds of stamps differently. I really liked the ones I saw on Scrapbooks Etc. where they look like old timey suitcases but I would need a whole room full of just those. Plus all my alphas take up a lot of space so they will need a big organizer all to themslves. Maybe like a file cabinet?
I have a lot of space to work with, and other than paper I am expecting this to take up the most space. Even more than my embellies and tools combined. Ideas?
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This middle thingy is neat! You could put them in the boxes ![Happy :)](./images/smilies/smile_16.png)
http://www.hgtv.com/organizing/organize ... age-2.html
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But personally I love this one!
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http://www.hgtv.com/organizing/organize ... age-2.html
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But personally I love this one!
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I was going to recommend something like this, but then I read how much stuff you have.... holy smokes!
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This is what I use, but I don't have any near what you do! And Brittney I'm drooling over those scraprooms you posted... WOW!
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This is what I use, but I don't have any near what you do! And Brittney I'm drooling over those scraprooms you posted... WOW!
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I wouldn't know where to begin with all those stamps. I only have a fraction of that. BUT, I do have a lot of ink pads. I organize them in small drawers by color. I just pile them on top of each other, upside down. It's easy to find the pad I want.
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scrappie_stacie wrote: And Brittney I'm drooling over those scraprooms you posted... WOW!
Thanks, I am in love with the second one. After selling all my cubes and over 3/4ths of my stash. When we get back to the states I'm so gonna invest in something like that. A properly organized workstation is cruietal(sp) to my inspiration
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I don't have near that many either so I'm not sure what to tell you. Mine are in rolling drawers (dark wood furniture) that I bought at Hobby Lobby.
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I stumbled across an old wooden cassette tape shelf at Goodwill a while back, and it's *perfect* for ink pads! Each one gets its own little cubby hole, so there's no disrupting of stacks when you take one out. It can sit on a shelf or hang on the wall.
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I don't know if you have the acrylic or the old wood block ones but my aunt sold for close to my heart before they went acrylic so I have a TON of the wood post ones. I have them stored in pizza boxes (not used ones of course) and they are under the guest bed. I have a little book that shows what is in each box and the boxes are numbers for easy access.
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Great thread. I don't use too many stamps, and those that I have are all over the place. I'll be watching this thread to see what I can drool over.
Love the top two storage solutions, though. And the pizza box idea sounds great, too.
Love the top two storage solutions, though. And the pizza box idea sounds great, too.
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mkcdaisy wrote:I don't know if you have the acrylic or the old wood block ones but my aunt sold for close to my heart before they went acrylic so I have a TON of the wood post ones. I have them stored in pizza boxes (not used ones of course) and they are under the guest bed. I have a little book that shows what is in each box and the boxes are numbers for easy access.
I don't have any ctmh wood stamps but I do have my fair share of wood ones too.
I definatly think I could use some kind of guide so that I did not have to dig.
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Great thread!
I'm starting to collect stamps and mine are unorganized as well. I wish I had the room to recreate the above design ideas.
I'm starting to collect stamps and mine are unorganized as well. I wish I had the room to recreate the above design ideas.
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Acrylic stamps you can store in CD cases & use a CD rack or in binders like this.
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Here's another link http://triplethescraps.blogspot.com/200 ... stamp.html
Here's another link http://triplethescraps.blogspot.com/200 ... stamp.html
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I keep my stamps in baskets. I have a bunch in a Medium Market Basket from Longaberger, the mini ones are in a little basket that I picked up at Mashall's and I have my alphas in a big plastic basket that I picked up from Target. I have a few wood stamps and they're in a basket too. I hope this helps.
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I really like this idea.SBcrazee wrote:Acrylic stamps you can store in CD cases & use a CD rack or in binders like this.
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Here's another link http://triplethescraps.blogspot.com/200 ... stamp.html
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Retiree3 wrote:I really like this idea.SBcrazee wrote:Acrylic stamps you can store in CD cases & use a CD rack or in binders like this.
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Here's another link http://triplethescraps.blogspot.com/200 ... stamp.html
I have one of these, but how do you have many of them? Because they don't keep their shap very well?
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