| Whether you create cards or layouts, paper crafts | | | | Here are a few tips to get you started designing |
| can be a lot of fun and a stress reliever too! What is | | | | your area: |
| not fun has to deal with finding all that stuff you | | | | Be creative when you are looking at products, |
| have bought, or that you can use for your fun | | | | instead of getting something to put your stickers in, |
| projects. This is all about giving you tips to organize | | | | find a binder and page protectors instead. Categorize |
| your stuff in an easy to find manor, cheaply! | | | | them by theme, or whatever. As your stash grows, |
| Of course, there will be a few costs involved, but | | | | find something that can grow with you, then using |
| the key here is to do things as cheap as you can, | | | | the binder for your "ideas" instead. |
| and find products that you can use in different areas | | | | Plastic drawers have been necessary at my |
| as you find the perfect organizing products for your | | | | house. I have three 3-drawer small organizers that I |
| stuff. You do not want to spend your time finding | | | | have small things in, such as adhesive, scissors, or |
| everything - that defeats the purpose of creating in | | | | other small things like that. |
| the first place. | | | | Larger plastic drawers also help to keep larger |
| I have had an entire room to use for my creating, | | | | things in, and they are small enough you can place |
| down to a closet and a small area, but have been | | | | them in a closet, or small area for easy use. As you |
| able to create darling things either way it goes. | | | | grow with this craft, use the drawers in a child's |
| Having a closet, such as I have now, makes it harder | | | | room, or other area of your house for storage. |
| to find things or to organize stuff...but with a bit of | | | | Shoeboxes help to keep the costs down in |
| unique tricks, I can still create what I need to! To get | | | | organizing. Find paper or something to cover them |
| you started, here are a few things I would like you | | | | with to make them look better. |
| to do first. | | | | Cans altered in paper (to match the shoeboxes) |
| 1. Start to find all that stuff you have bought, such | | | | also make darling holders of things, such as pens and |
| as paper, stickers, ribbon, embellishments, etc. | | | | pencils, scissors, small utensils, or paint brushes in |
| 2. Get your toolbox put together, with scissors, a | | | | them. |
| ruler, pencil, black marker, paper trimmer, adhesive, | | | | Glass jars make great ribbon scrap holders, either |
| and whatever else you feel you need. | | | | separated by color or just thrown in for use later on. |
| 3. Put your photos in another box, or locate where | | | | Multi-drawer cabinets are great to fit little things |
| your photos are to start to create layouts and cards. | | | | in, such as eyelets, buttons, punch pieces, staples, |
| Now that you have all the stuff you have bought, | | | | and other small embellishments I need handy. These |
| you can start to look for ways to organize them | | | | are great to hang on the wall, so they are up and |
| now. I started out with one thing, and as my craft | | | | away. |
| grew, I purchased other products to store things in, | | | | Look at things you buy for little containers you |
| thus giving me another product to use for something | | | | can stack or put things in your drawers. Label the |
| else. You will want to come up with a budget for | | | | boxes with what is in it, for ease when you need to |
| yourself to be able to purchase a few products. | | | | find it when you are creating. |