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Tiffany Spaulding Triple-T Designs, Inc. (253) 284-9200 CustomerService@TheScrapRack.com www.TheScrapRack.com
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organize organize (r'g-nz') To put together into an orderly, functional, structured whole. Challenge #1 Get Ready to Get Organized Challenge #2 Piles of Paper Challenge #3 A container at a time Challenge #4 A Plethora of Pictures Challenge #5 Memorabilia, Journaling Notes, Creating a Holding Album Challenge #6 Stamps, Punches, and Cutting systems Challenge #7 Inks, Chalks, Pens and More Challenge #8 Preparing for a Crop 3
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Step 1 Learn the 4 Section System This is the foundation of your organization system. It is your mental map or plan for how to put things away. Section 1 Alphabets, Numbers, Punctuation Section 2 Themes and Sentiments A-Z Section 3 The Calendar Year Section 4 The Rainbow *****There is NO Miscellaneous!!!!****** Step 2 - Themes and Sentiments Index Write a Themes/Sentiments Index and put it into alphabetical order. Your Themes/Sentiments index is going to guide you through much of the organization process. This is an alphabetized list of all the things you think you scrap about or own materials to scrap about. Create your index on the computer. Your mantra Keep things together I would use together. This might mean combining categories.
Step 3 Gather Together Gather items that are floating around your work area. They may be piles of leftovers from your last project, shopping bags from the last convention you attended, things tucked away in closets or drawers. Unpack crop totes. As youre pulling things out try to group them together with like items. They can be added to existing drawers, boxes, etc. Your goal here is to get everything in one area.
Step 4 Prepare to Purge Purging your crafting area of things you wont use is a huge part of organizing. Purging will be different for each of us, both in the types of things we Purge and the quantity of things. Know what kind of crafter you are. Set a goal of how much youll purge and when it will leave your home. Find a place to donate or sell your purge Once something goes into your purge box it doesnt come out. Step 5 Storage Tools and Space The most important aspects of storage are visibility and accessibility. Put some thought into your space, how will you store things so they are the most visible and accessible? This could mean removing cupboard doors or adding shelves. What tools will you use? A ScrapRack, Binders, File Folders, Large zip-lock type bags.
Challenge #1 Checklist
Use your craft supplies to create a Big Benefit(s) reminder, and a reward list for each of the 8 challenges you complete. Hang it up somewhere youll see it every day. Read the 4 Section System Article on the ScrapRack Website. Email me if you have questions. Read the 4 Section System Article on the websitewww.TheScrapRack.com. Choose: Watch and Learn, Scroll Down to Articles and Instructions, Click on: The 4 Section System of Scrapbook Supply Organization Create your Themes/Sentiments Index. Gather your supplies together in one room or space. Set your Purge Goals, Get a Purge box, Find a home for your Purge where will you send it, take it, etc? Evaluate your space for Visibility and Accessibility. Make changes and prepare the space for your supplies. Join the 2011 Get Organized Challenge Group on our Facebook Page. When you complete this challenge celebrate with Reward #1 Things youll need to complete the challenge: 1. Time to create your Big Benefit / Reward Board 2. Time to read through the 4 Section System Article 3. A computer w/ printer or a piece of paper and a pencil 4. An empty box that is larger than 12x12 for purge stuff 5. Time to search and gather supplies that might be spread around 6. Time to evaluate your space send photos if you need suggestions. 7. Storage Tools / Supplies
as well. As an example, if you bought pink floral paper for your daughter s ballet pages, you want to store that paper with the rest of the Ballet stuff so youll be able to find it. What to do with kits and Stacks? If youre a member of a kit club like Club Scrap, youll get a pizza box full of goodies every month. Instead of trying to take the kit apart, use the packing list to represent the kit in your 4 Section System. Number the box and number the packing slip so you can easily find what you need when youre ready to use it. You might want to print multiple copie s so you can represent the kit in more than one section. You may also want a section that is just kit images/lists. Paper Stacks: It was such a great deal. I loved all the papers. It was a limited edition. Look around at the Paper Stacks in your collection. How many sheets of paper have you used out of the stack? How much was the stack? Divide the number of papers youve used by the cost of the stack. What are you paying on average for a sheet of paper from the stack? I suspect most of you will find the price per sheet is no bargain. How to organize the Stacks youve got. Dont spend time pulling these apart. Instead, try to put a label on them self adhesive tab and incorporate them into your paper storage in the correct category. When you ve worked your way through the majority of the stack, then take it apart and incorporate it into your other papers. How to sort paper - Physical Two ways to sort 1.) Using templates these will be used to sort your other materials as well. 12x18 works best. 2.) Using dividers In a paper storage box. Chipboard, cardboard even unwanted cardstock. SCRAPS, SCRAPS, SCRAPS Choose a minimum size. Toss out extras when your project is complete.
The First: Use Paper Storage Boxes with file folders for scraps The Second: Use a ScrapRack with pocket pages for scraps. The Third: A little bit of both. Minor themes will have all their papers stored in The ScrapRack and all scraps in The ScrapRack. Major themes will be in Paper Storage Boxes. (Stay in the 3 Sections!!)
Week #2 Checklist
1 Create an Organized Only space in your craft area or storage area. 2 Choose a Storage Tool for your paper. 3 Create Templates or Dividers for sorting 4 Sort at least 8 of Paper. 5 Sort your Scraps throw away scraps that dont meet your minimum requirement. 6 Put your newly organized paper into the Organized Only area of your room/space. 7 Post to the FB group! When you complete this challenge, celebrate with reward #2 Tips for Success Do things in small pieces. Be sure you have enough time to complete the task you are doing. Set your Scrap minimum size before you begin. If youre using Paper Storage boxes and dividers to sort use sticky notes to label the dividers. You may want to make changes.
Dont reinvent the wheel. If youve got Ribbon and fiber that are already on rolls you dont need to take them off the roll. You just need to get them into 3 sections, on a dowel much like the paper stacks, before you buy another roll of ribbon, think about how much you will use it. For loose ribbon, wrap it around a 12x12 or 12x6 piece of chipboard. Use a paper clip or repositionable glue dot to hold the ends in place.
Stickers, and Diecuts Start small with a stack; container, half a container, whatever is manageable in a short amount of time
Challenge #3 - Checklist
Sort and Store one container a day for 4 out of the next 7 Days. Set a Purge Goal Sort 4-6 of Paper Post on FB When you complete this challenge, celebrate with reward #3
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Download into the right folder The First Time! Inside the My Photos file create files for each year. Within each year, create files for each event. Microsoft Picture Manager is an easy to use option that is included on most PCs
Digital Photo Storage - Tagging Photos Choose the number of Layouts you will do for each event prior to looking at the pictures. Choose the photos you are going to use for your layouts. Move all of the Photos into a just okay folder or DELETE them. *Tag just a few of the images in your folder. Just be sure youve got at least one tag with each persons name, place, event, etc.
Tagging Tips Use a perpetual calendar to aid your memory. Be consistent Date 20100709, Main Subject, or Event, People Keep keystrokes to a minimum Dont do ALL of the pictures its not necessary Be REALISTIC! Not every group of photos needs to be sorted and organized. Worry about the things that are Most important to you
Perpetual Calendars make it easy to stay consistent. Create one on your computer or purchase one from your nearest Close to My Heart rep.
Challenge #4 Checklist
Establish your Physical and computer filing systems. Sort 2 boxes/Piles/Drawers of photos. Add one additional box for each family helper you recruit. Sort one year of Digital Photos. Sort 1 container of other supplies into your 4 Section System. Sort 4 of paper Post on FB When you complete this challenge, celebrate with reward #4
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Step 2 Memorabilia - Choose your storage system Use a file folder Use oversized manila envelopes Use the flat 12x12 boxes youve emptied during the sorting process. Scan it and add it to your Digital Photos file Step 3 Sort and Label Add labels to your file folder, manila envelope or plastic box and put them in chronological order. Sort memorabilia into containers by event. Info to include: Event Name, Date, Location of Pictures (physical and/or digital), Location of Journaling Notes File or Store (if boxes) chronologically. Step 4 - Creating a Holding Album What is a Holding Album What supplies do you need to create one? How do you organize it? Tips on how to keep track of multiple albums. A Holding Album provides a place for everything you need in one easy to access book. For creating multiple albums; Family, Grandparents, Individual Children use a chart to reference main events and number of layouts. Sort pictures into pockets as actual layouts I use 6 pictures per 12x12 page as my guide. Add a label indicating the album and the number of layouts you are planning. Use pocket pages to hold all of your memorabilia
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12x12 pocket pages work great for adding any special products youve purchased to go with your pictures and memorabilia. Use Sticky Notes to tag each event in your holding album. Put your chart in the front of the Spinder. When you complete each layout you can cross it off the list. Youll know youre done with all of the albums when your pockets are empty. Then you can reload the pockets and start again. You can store your holding album spinder in your TravelPack. Benefits of using a Holding Album Ease of access No duplication of handling materials Easy to go to a crop or scrap at home Perfect when shopping for coordinating products. You dont have to rely on your memory for multiple-albums with similar layouts.
Challenge #5 Checklist
Sort your memorabilia into a Filing or Storage System. Label memorabilia with location of coordinating pictures and journaling notes. Create an on-line Journal on your desktop so you can easily add to it. If you use a smart phone, include the journal in your sync function so you can add notes using your phone. Start a Holding Album for your next or current Scrapping project. Sort 1 container of stuff Sort 4 of Paper Post on FB When you complete this challenge, celebrate with reward #5
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The Challenges of Organizing these items. The different shapes and sizes of these products make it difficult to bring them all together. The little Cricut Cartridges, Wood mounted Stamps, Sizzix Dies, etc.; all seem to require a different method of organization. Or do they? We think not. They only require a different method of storage. Are you a Gottalittle or a Gottalot? Gottalittles have a few of a variety of different things. If youre a Gottalittle, you l ike the stuff you have, but youre not likely to accumulate large amounts of any of. Youre more likely to use the products available at your LSS when youre there to crop. Gottalots LOVE all these fun toys and feel almost like collectors. If youre a Gottalot, youre very likely to continue to add to your collection. Your cropping pals rely on you to a huge variety of tools/toys to share. If youre somewhere in the middle, you can choose either method of storage. Base your decision on where youre hobby will go in the future.
What are the methods? Gottalittles Youll integrate product representations and in some cases the actual products right into your 4 Section System. GottaLots Youll create a standalone catalog to keep with your 4 Section System. Gottalittles Representation: Youll create representations of each thing and put the representation into your 4 Section System. As an example: If you have this stamp of a gift box it will work in a number of categories, Birthday, Christmas, Hanukah, Wedding, Baby, Graduation, etc. in this case 6 categories, you would make 6 impressions of that stamp.
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Gottalittles Number, Label, and Integrate 1. Number the Stamp, Diecut, or Punch. 2. Write the number, in this case a stamp number on the impressions. 3. Separate the impressions, and put one impression into each of the six categories where it belongs. 4. Store the Stamp in its proper place. Why are we numbering. Numbering things like Stamps, Punches, Cricut, etc. prevents constantly re -arranging to fit like products into the correct area. Numbering allows you fast easy access when you need to find something and also makes it really easy to put things away in their proper place.
Gottalots - Create your catalog, Label and Store Creating a catalog thats an actual stand alone catalog of your stuff is the way to go. Your catalog is going to follow the 4 Section System its actually only 3 sections because you dont have the Rainbow section. The catalog can easily be transported to crops, classes, and even on shopping trips. Youll buy products that complement rather than duplicate what you already own. Gottalots: Step 1 Decide your catalog format You can use either a 12x12 format or an 8.5x11 format. Youll need paper, page protectors, hole reinforcers, tabbed dividers, etc.
Gottalots: Step 2 Gather If youre a Gottalittle you should bring all of your Stamps, Punches, Etc. together in one place. If youre a Gottalot start with on type of products, bring those together and work in small groups of products.
Gottalots: Step 3 Storage Decisions How and where are you going to store your sorted items? Get those items together: Boxes, ScrapRack Pages, Drawers, Shelves, Prepare an Organized Only space for your sorted items.
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Gottalots: Step 4 Create your Codes List Here are a few examples of coding: WB Woodblock WBK Woodblock Kit AU Acrylic Unmounted SU Stampin Up CTMH Close to my heart SZ Sizzix CC Cricut PN Punch PK Punch Kit SP - Spellbinders
Gottalots: Step 5 Start the Process Go through one container at a time, stamping, punching, copying, etc. onto the catalog sheets and coding and numbering the products, and their representations. When youre finished label the containers where youve stored the cataloged items. Start a catalog page even if you only have 1 thing that fits that category.
Challenge #6 Checklist
Catalog 20 things a day for the next 7 days 140 items over the course of the next week. Sort 4 of Paper Sort one more container of other supplies. When you complete this challenge, celebrate with reward #6 Continuing the process: You can proceed through the process by doing a little each week until everything is cataloged, or you can catalog things as you use them. Two schools of thought on catalog as you use. First is If I havent used it, I dont need it. Second is I didnt use it because it wasnt in my catalog, so I didnt remember that I had it.
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GOTTALOT? You may want to give your products a manufacturer code as well, i.e. Quick Quotes = QQ Step 3 Create Color Catalog Group products by type, record the number and manufacturer name; Chalks, Pens, Inks, and even colored pencils. You may want to create 2 of each, one for your rainbow Section and one for your shopping adventures. Step 4 Create Manufacturer Catalog Sheet Gottalots Creating catalog sheets by manufacturer/product type will really help when youre shopping for new products. Step 5 Store Products Step 5 Store Products ore products together by type. Gottalittles Store by Color Store products by color, an option for Gottalittles Other Options Ideas Get product lists/grids from manufacturers. Companies like Tsukineko and Copic Markers have lists you can use to keep track of the products your own.
Challenge #7 Checklist
Decide on and purchase a Storage Tool Baskets, Clamshells, Towers, etc. Gather all of your coloring agents together by type and brand. Create catalog sheets by color Create catalog sheets by manufacturers When you complete this challenge, celebrate with reward #7
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Step 1 Gather information Before you can prepare efficiently, you have to have some basic information. What is being provided by the crop host? What are your friends bringing? Tools and equipment that can be shared doesnt need to be duplicated. Who has the easiest transport system? What tools can be left at home and used to finish up projects? How many hours will you be.Cropping, Shopping, Dining, ..Sleeping? Step 2 Decisions, Decisions Is your motivation for this crop photo-based or project based?
Project Based: If your plan is to complete specific projects rather than Scrapbook Pages like minialbums, you will likely need different products. Think these project through by gathering the basic pieces for the project, i.e., the mini album, spray adhesive or other special adhesives, special tools needed, etc. If the project includes photos, then move on to the photo based options.
Photo Based: Choose your photos. Sort them by layout or at least by number of pictures you will need to complete the layouts. This requires choosing the number of layouts first!!! Dont take ALL the photos, just what you need. Gather the memorabilia. Put the photos and memorabilia together. Dont take ALL the photos.
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Step 3 Gather Supplies If youve completed all the previous steps of the challenge, this should be an easy step. Youll be able to pull together the right themes, colors, etc. in just a couple of minutes. If you havent completed the challenge, you may have to hunt through your stuff for the things you need, but once youve gathered everything, you can integrate into your 4 Section System so youll be moving forward with organizing.
Step 4 Pack it up Pack in reverse. Think about how you will arrange yourself at the crop. Layout a packing table, the same way you would lay clothes out when youre packing for a trip. When you put things into your tote, be sure the things you need to set up your cropping space are on the top. Keep an empty Paper Storage Box just for going to crops it makes it easy to pack up the papers you need What do I use? Im a minimalist and usually limit myself to one tote.
Challenge #8 Checklist
Find a tote you want to use for going to crops exclusively for crops if possible. Create a packing list of crop must haves. These are the things you will take every time. Spend some time thinking about how to pack these items and how they will be used. Keep the list in your tote so you can use it every time you crop. If you find that there are things you always take, but never use, cross them off the list. Decide how much you can do in an hour a crop. Add 20% to that amount just in case you are able to skip eating and sleeping. This should include the number of pages or quantity of projects you can accomplish cards, mini-albums, etc. Use this list as your guide for packing to go to an actual crop. Post on FB When you complete this challenge, celebrate with reward #8
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