New Paper Storage Adventure

For today's posting, I wanted to share a little from my reorganizing of my craft room.  

Before I start, here's today's card ~ one of the results of this project.

After many years of scrapbooking, when I turned to card making I had an endless supply of 12 x 12 papers and pads.  My huge floor to ceiling bookcase was crammed full, yet I started buying the convenient 6 x 6 pads. I found that the shelves or paper, although organized by color, were hard to see, hard to get just one sheet out, and just overwhelming for the most part.

So, as crazy as it may sound, I started cutting the 12 x 12 papers into 6 x 6. Yes, it didn't take long before I was saying to myself, 'Who's bright idea was this?  I'll never get to the end!".  But I kept working each day until I had most of the patterned paper done!  I elected to leave the solids as now I had them down to a manageable area and could see those shades.

8 1/2" x 11" and 12" x 12" papers

I also found that the priority mail mailing box (shoe box size) worked perfectly to hold the newly cut 6 x 6 papers. They are easy to see now, and the trays can even be pulled out and moved to my workspace if necessary.

 Eventually I'll go back and cover the boxes ~ 

6" x 6" papers 

The results have been amazing!   Now it's not a chore to find the right background paper AND I'm using the huge stash of paper on hand!  

So back to today's card - a sketch challenge - This adventure was certainly worth all the time it took. 

Happy crafting my friends! 

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I’ll be entering this card in the following challenges:

 Crafters Cafe ~ November 

Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper ~ November 

Crafter's Castle ~ November

 

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