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Tracie's tips to organize scrap stuff

Posted August 16th, 2007 by Cynthia Townley Ewer

They're simple but profound: tips to organize scrapbooking materials from blogger Tracie Claiborne.

"The first key to being organized is DON'T OVER-BUY. I only allow myself enough stuff that I can keep organized and in sight. If you have already bought too much...PURGE."

Together with photos of her beautifully-organized scrap wall, they're sure to inspire you to clean house and cut clutter in the scrapbooking room:

Scrap Stuff Organizing 101

Spring Cleaning for Scrapbookers

Posted July 31st, 2007 by Cynthia Townley Ewer

organize scrapbooking We all know the story: products come and products go, leaving bits and pieces of "so-last-year" stuff behind them. What do you do with those out-of-style embellishments, stickers and tags?

Try these creative ideas from Scrapbooking.com. Creating mini-books and small projects with old-style page elements makes good use of them, and clears space in the scrapbooking area for this month's must-have product:

A Scrappers Approach To Spring Cleaning

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Tool Turnabout Storage

Kitchen organizers can do double duty in the scrap room! A Pampered Chef "Tool Turnabout", a lazy susan for kitchen tools, is my best friend on the scrap desk. It holds rulers, scissors, tools, glue sticks, pens, hole punches and decorative edgers. To find my tool, I just give it a whirl!