My Latest Craft Room Organizing Tip!

[@kimjriley5463]

I just found your channel. I love your personality and your ability to help all of us that are challenged in organizing. Can't wait to see your other videos that I am going back to watch!

[@pattystamps]

So kind of you... thank you Kim!!!! :)

[@debpeterson3018]

I ordered some of the crates and sleeves. I also forgot I’d ordered that sort of stuff and tried different ways of organizing. Thanks for sharing!

[@pattystamps]

Thanks for ordering, and I hope you enjoy organizing!!

[@judyestrada1446]

Patty these containers & storage pieces seem to be a great solution for you. I think they would work for many people to use. thank you for sharing. I enjoy theses videos. Have a great week Patty. 👏👏👏💞🌻💐

[@amymarr3477]

Hello from Northeast Arkansas Watching Replay. Thanks for ALL the Helpful tips.

[@cathykirchner4578]

Hi Patty, learned a lot today. You are a wonderful “teacher”, you are very good at explaining everything! Thank you, have a great day!

[@jeffmorrison4598]

Hello Cathy, how are you doing?

[@DanaSullivan]

#replay: ooooooooh!!!! Now I DEFINITELY need to get that clear bin and those pockets! What a handy way to store all those cards & envelopes and such!

[@pattystamps]

glad you enjoyed the idea!

[@rosemariesoper5654]

Watching the replay in New Lenox Illinois. Great tips, Patty. I have purchased product from Stamp n Storage...love them!

[@pattiebrewer1407]

I just found stamp and storage. Love it. Magnetic stuff is great

[@lorettabuza3319]

Yes! I want to hear that story! :) Thank you Patty B!

[@wandaspencer9523]

#replay. Love your organization videos. As I watch I amazed at how much you have in your small space and what efficiency it displays. For years I have purchased magnet sheets, cut to fit inside my stamp set, and my dies are always at my finger tips when making my cards. There are a few that I can’t use this method for, so they are in a storage bin next to the stamp sets. Works well for me as a hobby demonstrator. Thanks for sharing your great ideas. I am leaning lots of great and helpful ideas.

[@pattystamps]

yes, that is an excellent way to store them, too!!

[@donnariemersma431]

I have a container store bungie chair i love it ...I even take it to crops. Ive haf it for many years also.

[@notesfrompatience]

thank you so much for taking time to show your tips. I love them and use a few that work for me!!

[@pattystamps]

THanks for watching!!

[@janncoats3446]

Love your videos. Could you tell me what you use behind you that you store your blending brushes in. Love it. Thank you soo much.

[@pattystamps]

Yes, it's from Stamp-n-Storage.. here is the info: pattystamps.com/2021/02/blending-brush-storage-options-for-your-craft-room.html

[@joannedonovan9489]

Thank you for showing us more on how you organize! I travel with mine, so I use 10x14 plastic envelopes to keep my papers safe. I've labeled them with a Sharpie, but I like the idea of a regular label on them! Thanks for the inspiration!!

[@pattystamps]

Sharpie is great too.. one think I forgot to say is that I like to peel off the labels and redo when I replace the product in the packet...

[@DianaDayDreams]

Lots of good sensible suggestions and rational reasons (e.g., retired die solution).

[@pattiebrewer1407]

I’m with you. I need to get those bins. Thank you so much 😊

[@kathys7325]

Awesome tips, organization tools and craft card ideas!! Thanks Patty!! 👍 and shared

[@vernalapp2306]

Excellent tips!! Thanks for sharing how to have less stress - I need that!!

[@kathymahon9609]

I love this video because I am having a dickens of a time staying organized. You have been very helpful. I also have been stamping since 1998 but only became a hobby demonstrator in 2021. I would love to have a techniques book so I am looking forward to your video classes and start my techniques book. Thank you, Thank you.

[@pattystamps]

glad you found it helpful! I am looking forward to sharing the Rock n Roll technique with you on Friday!

[@DianaDayDreams]

I’m totally with you on needing things to be cohesive to reduce visual clutter and stress.

[@pattystamps]

Thank you!! Sometimes it feels "selfish" to want to redo things to have them this way... but the stress of leaving them the other way is just not fun!!

[@norinemueller4588]

Great tips I’m like you have to have all my stuff out or I won’t use it but has to be organized

[@staroc8833]

#REPLAY; Patty loved your video I have picked up so many tips from your organizational videos and have purchased many of the items that you use and I love it and tell everyone where I heard about it. Thanks so much for taking the time to share with all of us. It is greatly appreciated.

[@pattystamps]

So kind of you .. thank you!

[@donnagardner4310]

Loved the video and the storage tips. I agree with paper scraps. I had many and some colors were expired and yes, stresssful. I have ordered many items from Stamp n Storage. Amazing products. Thanks Patty.

[@pattystamps]

Thanks for watching, Donna!!

[@BCambron1000]

I always need organization tips!

[@pattystamps]

Hope you enjoyed them!!

[@judyfrank2551]

Loved the video. Thank you, Patty. I struggle with organization, so this was very helpful.

[@pattystamps]

So glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@kimnarveson5190]

Thanks for the tips. Got me in the mood to reorganize myself!

[@pattystamps]

have fun!!

[@ruthfleming8308]

#replay Thank you for showing your label maker. I have always wanted to see what you used. I'm not thrilled with the one I have but not a good app. person so I'll have to think about changing or not. Enjoyed this replay.

[@pattystamps]

Glad you enjoyed it! I know everyone loves it every time i show it.

[@michelleeaton5876]

Thank you, Patty. All the info and tips are so great and helpful. Love your cards and videos as you are so creative and a wonderful teacher. 🥰

[@pattystamps]

Thank you Michelle.. so super kind of you!!

[@justsimplieme]

#replay Hi Patty! My name is Terri Lopez & I am back to check out your other storage tips! Thank you!

[@pattystamps]

Thank you so much for watching, Terri!

[@CreativelyChallenged]

#replay, and new subscriber. Thank you for those bins from TJX! I transitioned over into this video, I love stamp N storage but too expensive for me so love some of the other alternatives your showing.

[@pattystamps]

so glad you enjoyed it!! And Welcome!!

[@patspath856]

I use my label maker to put the die with the stamp set on the stamp set and the stamp set on the die. Also on the magnet for the die I take a sharpie and edge all the dies like a shadow board so I know where each die goes and that I have them all.

[@pattystamps]

great tip!

[@MareBear20]

Great organizational session… really needed it!

[@twilahartford6837]

#Replay. Thank you for sharing your organizational tips. P.S. I made your 5 x 5 album card project to make a birthday card for my 96 year old mother-in-law. I put pictures of her and her family in it. She loves it!

[@pattystamps]

fabulous!!

[@vayes7958]

Congrats on your career with stampin Up... Great video. I store my card bases and envelopes by size in the top drawer of my bill file..... I like to have stuff out where I can see what I have too... Kind of an out of sight it of mind for me. Recently I stamped each of my stamps and cut out for each of my dies and put them in a binder so I can see what I have....I used my small scraps for this....#replay

[@pattystamps]

Sounds like you have great systems in place!! Thanks for watching!

[@ronanderson5790]

Yay for you on so few scraps! I use my larger scraps as a protective layer over my cards with embellishments. If under an ounce, most likely you won't require additional postage. -Gaye (Ron's wife)

[@pattystamps]

yes, GREAT idea!!! thank you!! I had been using some retired cardstock colors for that too.

[@kaymcclurg9881]

I store the stamps and dies together, very convenient

[@barbaraharrold5361]

I just recentlyfound you and I enjoy your storage ideas:) tfs:)

[@CreatingwithJovi]

Love this! I like the clear stuff so you can see through it.

[@brendagrouwinkel6129]

* replay* first time Watcher!! How do you store your punches? I don’t have the room to have them displayed

[@pattystamps]

Welcome! so glad you are here Brenda! I think someone else asked that on this video, too.. I store them in a drawer next to me.

[@theresakassa4889]

#Replay. Just stumbled upon your video and I have to say I really enjoyed it. I’ll be following you for sure!

[@pattystamps]

Thank you so much!! I appreciate you! I hope you'll join me on my blog for daily inspiration too!!

[@elizabethnetzer5633]

Thank you so much for sharing your problem with scrap paper. I have so much that I get so upset over keeping it because I will probably never use any of it. There is a preschool around the corner from me so I'm getting right on that this week. What if you don't have a cell phone (you know there are a few of us that don't even want one) how can you get the CUBE to work.

[@pattystamps]

Glad the tip helped!! Do you have a tablet/iPad that uses apps? It would work from there. If not, Brother makes label makers with keyboards so you don't need to use an app.

[@carmenbyrne4088]

That was a great ,love your storage ideas, I’m in Australia so I’ll have to see where I can purchase the plastic containers #replay 🙂

[@pattystamps]

Thanks for watching!!

[@cathywalsh7473]

#replay thank you for freeing me from feeling like there’s something wrong with me that I have to have all my stuff around me.😅

[@pattystamps]

Glad you enjoyed it! :) Cheers to having all our goodies surrounding us!

[@judidempton5096]

#replay. You are so great at organization!

[@janicem9188]

#replay -- I an the same - if I put it in a drawer, I will forget about it. Thanks for your tips!

[@donnasuej]

brilliant solutions

[@BCambron1000]

I am with you! Out of site out of mind.

[@jeffmorrison4598]

Hello Barbara, how are you doing?

[@suziec9959]

Their retail store is in Hutchinson, MN

[@marlareames2170]

#replay I hope this is the correct place to ask organizing questions. I get so frustrated looking for the name on the alcohol blends. At 75 my eyes aren't the greatest. So do you have a place where you get those little lableing circles or strips with the name of the blends?

[@pattystamps]

I don't label mine.. you can see them in this post/video: pattystamps.com/2022/09/before-after-video-of-my-craft-room-redo.html

[@melinda1182]

#replay. Thank you for ALL the helpful tips!!!

[@pattystamps]

You are most welcome.. thanks for watching!

[@jeffmorrison4598]

Hello Melinda, how are you doing?

[@marjblack9688]

#replay Do the horizontal pockets hold pkg of cardstock? Would white crate be good for storing cardstock? Does stamp n storage ship to Canada?

[@pattystamps]

You will need to contact them about shipping. Yes, there are horiz and vertical pockets sized for 8-1/2x11 on their site.

[@marjblack9688]

@@pattystamps thank you so much Patty. I so enjoy listening to your videos. I am trying to organize my cardstock and scraps together as my eyesight isn't that great since my cataract surgery. I will check the website. Thanks again

[@Jillehenn]

#replay. Not sure if you post this at the end but what do you use for dividers in the 6x6 containers?

[@pattystamps]

I can't remember where I got them... but you can use plastic file folders or the white cardboard that comes in the DSP packs.

[@susankolkmeier2276]

#replay Thanks for all the links.. Can you show what you store your locking punches?

[@pattystamps]

They are all in a drawer beside me.. I'll show that again in another video and post soon.

[@wendymeinhardt8295]

#replay. I am having a light bulb moment! I have the same issue with all the M&M cards/envelopes, note cards, kraft bases/envelopes….I’m going to order this today! Thank you.

[@jeffmorrison4598]

Hello Wendy, how are you doing?

[@roseruddy9121]

#replay love your organizing videos keep doing them

[@pattystamps]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. I've linked to all of them here: pattystamps.com/how-i-organize-my-craft-room-with-patty-bennett

[@bettysuhr7803]

My dsp is in 12x12 pockets and any larger scraps are stored in the same pocket.

[@pattystamps]

Fabulous idea!

[@cherylgulden6156]

Hi Patty! From Waterloo, Iowa

[@tammymhein]

I include a picture of the die set from the catalog with my dies. In case I am missing a die, I can look at the picture and know right away which one I've misplaced.

[@pattystamps]

Great idea!!

[@cindypurvis2485]

Replay/Questions: how much do the tall pockets expand? Does the white crate storage have holes on the side for easy pick up? Thanks so much for this video. I am moving and downsizing and these tips will def help me reconfigure my new smaller space.

[@pattystamps]

The crate is solid on all sides - no handles. The pockets, as you can see in the video, hold lots of cards and envelopes in them.. definitely a whole pack of the Stampin' UP! cards/envelopes.

[@lyndaa8901]

#replay - Love your bungee chair - have one from Container Store. Comfy!

[@pattystamps]

yes, that is where mine is from too!

[@jkmickle87]

Can you tell me the Avery pocket number you use for your embellishments? I can’t fjord your video that where you mention it! Thanks!

[@pattystamps]

Hi Kim, here you go: Pockets for embellishments: on Amazon search Avery 74806 Top-Load Clear Vinyl Envelopes from this post: pattystamps.com/2022/12/craft-room-organizing-finds-video-with-patty.html

[@jkmickle87]

@@pattystamps - thanks so much Patty!

[@donnah7264]

#reply I store my scraps in a freezer bag marked with a sharpie and put it in the file folder the card stock is in. I also have a 10-draw storage system that I use for scraps of Foil, vinyl, and glitter scraps by color. One draw is also set up for my DSP that is not 6x6 I am trying to go through those and put them in baggies with the correct set. I understand the stress, I have spent over a year reorganizing my room.

[@pattystamps]

That sounds amazing!!!!

[@shelleywood4117]

Hello from Shelley in Duluth MN

[@jeffmorrison4598]

Hello Shelley, how are you doing?

[@nana-wz9il]

Re scraps. I store my card stock c vertically in pouches like you have. And my scraps go in the corresponding color envelope

[@jeffmorrison4598]

Hello Nana, how are you doing?

[@friscotx09]

#replay Loved your video! I want the chair and P-Touch Cube and the larger storage envelopes from Stamp-n-Storage :)

[@pattystamps]

Thank you!

[@joanbeck7063]

#replay. How do you store your die cuts. I struggle with that. Keeping them in the package doesn’t make it easy to find what I am looking for.

[@estherelliott412]

Thank you

[@starzlmom28]

#replay Just wondering how you store your swaps from different events. I am overrun.

[@pattystamps]

Hi Lynn, I typically never do swaps. I make about 50 cards a week for customer thank you cards and mail them all.. so I never have extra cards. I send everything I make.

[@beckieblumenstein8985]

#replay So you think the verical storage folders from Stamp and Storage will hold an entire pack of 8 1.2 x 11 cardstock?

[@pattystamps]

The ones I am using in this video are smaller.. 9 x 7, so that doesn't hold a piece of 8-1/2 x 11. They do have cardstock storage pockets and yes, those do hold a pack of Stampin' UP! cardstock

[@pauletteberkshire4226]

Yes Patty, they still have your chair for $219. It does look so comfortable.

[@pattystamps]

awesome!

[@jillwilson4894]

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[@nana-wz9il]

#replay Great ideas patty. I do have a question about Your die storage. Do you store your dies with their corresponding stamp sets or separately

[@pattystamps]

I keep them separately.. you can see the info here: pattystamps.com/2022/02/organizing-my-dies-with-stamp-n-storage.html

[@diyMelissaIRL]

I am just like you Patty - it must be visible and within reach in order to use it. Drawers and cabinets are a disaster for me and finding something in that “SAFE” place 😆 #replay

[@pattystamps]

Oh yes... those "safe places"..... ugh... :)

[@JesusIsLoved-wn2hr]

#Replay I am sorry, I was not talking about the product, I was talking about the storage units that you replace with new ones. I put them in my closet and in a years time, If I haven't used it, I donate them to a good will store.

[@pattystamps]

Oh I have only replaced a couple of them to the white and I sold or gave away the others to local team members.

[@kathylally3357]

Do they have the sizes smaller for Studio g pockets

[@pattystamps]

Sorry, not sure about Studio G pockets

[@pamelapruett7833]

How do you keep your dies in one set together? Mine gets separated From my classes then I don't know which set it goes to. SU used to put the number on each die in the set it goes to but they don't do that anymore.

[@pattystamps]

If I am uncertain, I check the catalog or online store to make sure all the dies are in my set. You can also trace around the dies on your magnet sheet with a silver sharpie marker so that they each have a spot to go back to and you can see if you are missing anything.

[@lisagoodwin8051]

#replay… the drawers under your table are from where? Under your paper storage?

[@pattystamps]

It is ELFA brand from the Container Store.

[@johnsheehan2261]

Hi glad I found you.

[@prorich9805]

#Replay Thank you for info on the chair! I have one almost like it that I got at a container store called storables that is no longer around and mine must be at least 10 years old and I wanted another one for my new craft desk and now I may go get it, yay!

[@pattystamps]

You are most welcome!

[@helenburnley1650]

#replay: how do you store your paper pumpkin stamp sets after completing your kits?

[@pattystamps]

thanks for the great question... I don't keep my sets, I give them away, because I only keep current merchandise.

[@conniearias9763]

#replay. Does anyone keep the die and the stamp on the magnet side/reverse side in the plastic sleeve?

[@pattystamps]

I'm sure lots of people do. I just prefer to have all my stamps on my shelf behind me, and the dies at my die cutting station.

[@shelleywood4117]

#replay: what is that unit or stand holding up the blending brushes? And where did you purchase it?

[@pattystamps]

You probably already heard your answer in my video, and here is the link: pattystamps.com/2021/02/blending-brush-storage-options-for-your-craft-room.html

[@annfafard9436]

#replay what container are you using for all of your brushes behind you?

[@pattystamps]

You probably already heard the answer.. from Stamp-n-Storage. Here is the post: pattystamps.com/2021/02/blending-brush-storage-options-for-your-craft-room.html

[@susankolkmeier2276]

#replay I love you ideas! I am using the same clear bins! I stalk the Hone Goods store for the best prices on the same bins.. Could you tell me what label maker you use? Thanks so much!

[@pattystamps]

I'm sure you already got your answer, Brother P-Touch Cube as shown/mentioned in the video.

[@susankolkmeier2276]

@@pattystamps Thanks so much! I will get one!

[@sharonberkner9714]

Hi, Sharon from Brainerd, Mn.

[@stampwithcandi]

#replay I LOVE this video. I've struggled with Memories & More and card bases. Your solution is fabulous and I'm going to order as soon as this video finishes. Some of the other tips were great too! I'm about to start doing mystery boxes and I never thought of just leaving the dies on the magnetic cards and buying new. But, like you time is money to me. I work full time in addition to doing Stampin' Up! so I need time savings wherever I can find them! And, like you, I need to be able to see what I have or it doesn't get used. Do you have any tips for organizing the packaging produucts from SU? That's my next thing to conquer as I opened a drawer last night to find tons of old cello bags and other packaging. Out of site out of mind and money wasted!

[@pattystamps]

Glad the tips were helpful!! Thank you for your kind comment. In the beginning of the video I kind of pointed behind me to some 6x6 plastic bins.. those actually have the SU boxes and bags in them. I did have them mixed in with all these card bases and it was just too much.. so that helps. And my cello bags are in a box .. you can just see them sticking up on the left side of the screen.. they are at the edge of my desk as I tend to reach for them often.

[@stampwithcandi]

@@pattystamps Thanks for the reply. I think I remember you mentioning those boxes in a previous video so I'll check them out. My craft room is large because it's part of a great room with my kitchen. And I like everything visible. However, it has to look good because when I have guests, they see the craft room. Plus I have a big screen tv and my class room. My DL help me setup for class because there's furnitue moving involved. Thanks, again. Your tips are super helpful.

[@janelle14541]

Watching replay

[@leattaleake8756]

#replay: I too love stamp and storage but I live in Canada and I get dinged at the border for taxes and duty and it ends up costing me almost the same amount as my order did which is very frustrating and expensive. I just can’t afford it anymore.

[@pattystamps]

Sorry Canada does that.. frustrating.

[@marjbr9572]

#replay. I label my dies and in ( ) I put the stamp set and on the stamp set, I take out the paper and label the dies so I know there is a bundle

[@pattystamps]

Great system!

[@anntaft7808]

Hello, from Ann in NE Ohio!

[@BCambron1000]

Right place!

[@BCambron1000]

Hi, Patty !

[@rhondaprice6602]

What are the brushes in.

[@pattystamps]

My Stamp-n-Storage holder: pattystamps.com/2021/02/blending-brush-storage-options-for-your-craft-room.html

[@rhondaprice6602]

we did. came back

[@marylucretiafogarty6848]

Hi Patty

[@paulashattuck5983]

Do you live near Marcie? My son lives in Visalia.

[@pattystamps]

Not sure if you mean the Marcee on my team.. no.. we are in different states. I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area.

[@paulashattuck5983]

@@pattystamps oh. I thought you lived is southern Cal. My husband and i grew up n SF. When we got married we moved to Thousand Oaks. We have a son in Livermore and a brother in Walnut Creek.

[@pattystamps]

@@paulashattuck5983 I grew up in So. Cal but have lived up here since the 80's :)

[@judidempton5096]

What did you use to make your dividers?

[@susankolkmeier2276]

Also please put the link for the tall pouches and the horizontal pouches.. I find stamp and storage is hard to navigate..thanks!

[@pattystamps]

Yes, they were linked yesterday and again today in my blog post.

[@susankolkmeier2276]

Thanks so much!!

[@kraftymomma1979]

I too have to see what I have. If it is put away, I may never use it.

[@conniearias9763]

#replay. I also label “DSP” on the die and/or stamp set when there is coordinating DSP.

[@melanies218]

watched replay - tks

[@pattystamps]

thanks for watching!!