First let me say I am so happy to hear that there are other like-minded stackers out there! :)

And Michele L. left me this comment yesterday...  (my other blog)

But my question is this: how do you stack brads, buttons and flowers? LOL

Love your sense of humor!  I did imagine taking a photo of brads somehow all stacked up just to make you laugh but then realized that I would probably spend too much time on it...:)  

Obviously stacking doesn't work for everything but I do have a few more tricks up my sleeve. ;) Today I thought I would show you my storage for my scraps.  You know, those little bits of paper that as a scrapbooker we all feel the need to hang on to?  I try to be "tough" with my scraps and only save what realistically I will use but I make a lot of scraps!  For the longest time I used something like this except that mine was one big pouch - not divided into three sizes.  It was 12x12 and had a handle on the top so I hooked it on the back of my chair.  It worked for me for a long time except that the small bits always slid to the bottom and I was constantly digging out each section of the pouch to see my options.  Eventually it was time for an upgrade.  So off to Ikea I went and found this.  Super cheap and just right for my purposes.  

Remember I scrap on a dining room table so I decided to utilize all that wonderful empty space under it with my little rolling cart from Ikea.  The unit has three drawers so I divide my paper scraps as follows - warms (reds, oranges, yellows), cools (blues, greens, purples) and neutrals (blacks, whites, browns, greys).  The cart sits right next to me (my chair is to the right of the cart).

And you know what?  I use my scraps all the time now.  They are so easy to grab and since the drawers are big it is easy to rifle through looking for just the right piece.  My kidlets also know that this stuff is fair game for homework (Harper) or random cutting/crafts (Magnus).  I really, really love this system.  I think what always happened to me before was I tried to put my scraps into too small of a space and it made looking for scraps feel like a bit of a chore.  Not now.  It is so easy to grab something from here and get right to work.

For me organization needs to be easy to maintain but it also needs to be easy to see/use.  If I don't see it, I don't use it.

That's it for today.  Seems a bit more normal than yesterday doesn't it??  LOL  Back tomorrow with more :)