Avoid Making These Craft Room Organizing Mistakes Plus My New Organization Method

Today I am sharing common craft room organization mistakes to help you plan your craft room and tackle the clutter. Get organized with these simple tips so you can scrapbook and create cards more effectively. I am the first up in this series so tune in tomorrow for more craft room organizing fun!

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[jopicker]

I had all kinds of diecuts laying around so yesterday I was looking after my grandson and his little friend so I pulled them all out and some old stickers. Put them all out on the middle of my table and gave them paper. They made some very creative pics with all the diecuts and stickers. They are 8 by the way.

[lisaleone]

Organizing doesn't create space.... but it does make a space more efficient so I think you should regularly reevaluate what is close at hand. My tips:
- Function before aesthetics. I'll take an ugly container that fits my things over a pretty one that takes up extra space any day.
- Store things together that you use together, even if it means having some things like scissors and tape in more than one spot.
- Separate seasonal items and swap them out. There's no sense in them taking up prime real estate all year.
- Plan an area close to where you work to keep cleaning supplies at hand. A lot of people forget this.
- Keep a swatchbook, or multiple swatchbooks. Then you can quickly pick a product and a color without having to pull things out.
- Keep any excess die cuts with the die, so you can see them the next time you go to use that die and can save yourself from dragging everything out to cut another one. For me this is more efficient than keeping the extra cuts in an album.
- Don't over-organize. Sometimes the packaging a thing came in is already an efficient way to store it - like bead hanks and anything in a ziptop bag.

[SewSewClassic]

I love that you posted a video at a Joann fabric store. I work there and every time I put stuff away I always think “oh my gosh I really need this!”I have had to seriously keep myself from buying many things that are a very good price, but ultimately I don’t have space or use for lol

[coraliecampbell]

Fabulous tips! I too have yet to work on my wedding album. It’s been 23 years.

[crchekouras]

Great tips, Erin. I donate my stuff to school art teachers and church rummage sales. Hey, don't you want to keep those kids stamps for upcoming grandkids? Just saying.... Ha! Ha! :)

[terrypoff]

My biggest issue is what to do with projects I've completed. Store them, give them away, sell them, donate them? Many times they are so pretty I dont want to let go of them.

[scrappinkaty]

LOVE hearing the mistakes to avoid...i was holding my breath on each one wondering if im making one 😂 i do a lot of stuff-shifting 🤦🏽‍♀️

[krisvanallen]

For containers, bins or acrylic, etc, I look for those with straight vertical sides. If the sides flare out at the top, they might not fit next to each other on a shelf. Ask me how I know.

[AzaleaLala]

The idea of storing die cuts in the folder with the die cut in it is genius. I always forget I have them and then I make more and later find the ones I already cut out. I'm fairly new to die cuts, so I'm probably the only one here who has never heard of storing them this way. lol. This video was very helpful. Some of the storage ideas I've done and some I haven't. All great ideas.

[abbystone]

This is the first video of yours I’ve watched - I love the binder idea and will set one up right away! I use binders to organize most of my bills and important paperwork. SO much easier than a filing cabinet. Plus, in an emergency, I can just grab my binder with insurance information, birth certificates and passports, banking and credit cards, etc.

[valeriehadfield]

Thank you for these great ideas. I have too much stuff not stash but stuff. I have decided to give away half of it so that my craft room is easier to organise. My friends are coming to visit and the first thing they say to me is "No, I haven't got the space for any more stash" I'm slowly managing to give stuff away, church, disabled people, retirement homes and so on. Give it a try, it's liberating. Blessings

[pamwaldron]

For storage, I try to focus on shape and size and appropriateness for the items being stored.
I worry about color last because I buy cans of spray enamel in my favorite color and spray paint everything to match. There is even paint for those plastic bins.

[kathymcdougall]

Great ideas. I bought a dream box a few months ago to solve my problem of storage. $3000 later I love my space now. Purged a lot, found a lot of things I had forgotten about. I have an Etsy shop and really need to produce orders daily. It took a week to build it, sort supplies and get comfortable with it all.

[meridahoude]

Erin, thank you so much for your organizational tips. I am in the process of reorganizing my craft room to accommodate a larger desk. When you mentioned keeping most used tools handy I almost panicked realizing what a big mistake I had made and immediately ran upstairs fixed my error. When I had reassembled my most used tools I had a big sigh of relief and thanked you! I would have been so frustrated with having had all those items in different places. Thank you Erin!

[faodail]

I've added some "s" hooks to my trollies and I now hang up a lot of items on those e.g. pen and marker sets, packets of stickers and fussy cuts etc. I use the bag they came in but strengthen the bits that woud tear from use with cellotape, plus the hole at the top if it is only cellophane. I'm finding I use them more often and I'm careful to put them all back when finished (adnormal for me!!!). Plus remember, you don't need every colour of every item. You are never going to use 100 stamp pads etc! Ask yourself, "when did I last use this" and be tough on yourself. Don't shift piles, like I do, LOL.

[brendagriffin]

When my Cricut mats are just about done, I try to wash them to bring back a little sticky. I cut them into 4 pcs, same with the plastic clear cover and I add my left-over paper embellishments onto these, cover with the clear sheet and place in a bin. I can then flip through them for items.,

[erinwood]

Hi Erin from another Erin. Us Erin’s need to stick together 😂.
Great ideas. I’m definitely guilty of the shifting piles 😊

[trumbleslum]

Hi there (from England) just a word of warning with the binder storage, I have found in the past that if you leave them stuck in too long they rip.
The reason I know this is because I used mine for photographs. When trying to remove one after a long period it stuck to the back and ripped the photograph. Thankyou for the video, most informative.

[christinef]

I love these ideas, I always learn something new even though I've been scrapping a long time. I just started collecting dies, they're something I've never used before. While I like the idea of keeping the extras in a binder, I know I'd never keep up with it. I really like your original idea of keeping the extras in the actual die envelope. I know me pretty well at this point! 😉

[colettecollett]

Getting ready to organize a new craft room. Thanks for sharing and all your ideas