To be a power scrapbooker, you need to have supercharged organization resources. After all, unless you want to put together one scrapbook and then be done with the whole idea, you’ll probably be storing memorabilia, scraps, and photos from many years that will go into scrapbooks. When you add on top of that all the paper, cutting tools, and adhesives, you’ll really have a lot of materials that you’ll need to store. Staying organized is key to keeping your sanity and an important part of any successful scrapbooker. In this article, we’ll take a look at a couple of winning ideas for scrapbook organization.
If you like to get creative and be flexible with your organization, you can visit home organization stores like Ikea or the Container Store for modular home-storage. You can fairly easily adapt these home storage units to your scrapbooking needs. Keep in mind that drawers are handy, as are shelves divided horizontally and vertically. Filing cabinets are also great so that you can store the components of a scrapbook page together before you use adhesive to stick them to the scrapbook page.
My favorite way to store scrapbooking supplies is the portable storage system. Crop in Style sells a wheeled scrapbook organizer that will fit anything you could imagine needing for scrapbooking – paper, page protectors, scissors, adhesives, and even full sized scrapbooks. It’s so well designed that it takes up far less space than a traditional modular home-storage system, so you don’t have to feel guilty that your scrapbooking hobby is taking over your house. When you want to work on your scrapbook, you can wheel it over to the kitchen table or even the couch, work as long as you’d like, and then, when you’re done, pack everything away in the portable scrapbook storage and wheel it back into a closet or corner.
Whatever you get for your scrapbook supply organization, make sure it has ample room for all your supplies and in progress scrapbook materials.
