remember this wreck?

Well, I've been BUSY!

I've unmounted ALL my wood mounted rubber stamps and organized them in CD cases, with scanned copies of the images they stamp.

I got my wonderful hubby to relocate my armoire to my scrappin room and I'm almost finished with cleaning out the drawers too!

This makes such a BIG different in the space required to store these stamps. I have too much money invested to just throw them out, but don't used them near enough to justify them taking up so much room. This is defiantly a fair solution and economical too.

Dollar Stamp Storage Solution

We the first hint would be...STOP buying them (lol)...but that just isn't realistic. Who can pass up these lil gems at only $1.00?

A few days ago I came across the BEST idea for storing them, it wasn't my idea, but something I read on my favorite website and message board, 2peas in a bucket! I wish I could remember who posted it...I am still hunting thru threads, but if you know leave me a comment so I can give that AWESOME gal proper credit! Baseball Card protective pages...they have 9 pockets per page and fit the $1.00 sets perfectly~

I am already loving this new system. So cheap and simple. Life just doesn't get any better..ok, that's a little extreme I know. But to a crafter, stamper, scrapbooker...easy organization for your loads of stuff (aka crap) is HUGE!

I bought my pages of ebay...as many of you who know me IRL know...Ebay is my go to for everything but groceries! My friend Katy told me her mom buys the pages locally at the major office supply stores.

OMG! what was I thinking...

Tonight I was attempting to straighten my "tub-o-ribbon" from when I decided it would be better to take it all off the rolls (someone bad led me down that path). Once the rolls were gone, there was NEVER another good way to store them. TRUST ME...I've tried it all!

I have since, kept all my new ribbon on the rolls, but in the meantime, I was left with a disaster to deal with. Tonight I came up with something I THINK I can "live with" until it is gone!

...And if you happen to see me in the ribbon isles of your local craft store,

please tell me to GO HOME!

My Armoire runneth over...

Several years ago I got into rubber stamps really big. I love them but don't use them near enough to justify the space they are taking up in my life (and bedroom). Over the years they have filled an armoire and spilled out into the floor and a Rubbermaid tub - lol!

In an effort to get them out of the bedroom and into the craft room, I am unmounting them from their wood blocks and organizing them in clear CD Rom cases. So far - So good! I'm loving how much space it saves and I've already unmounted 24sets...and ran out of CD cases!

So I'm posting the "BEFORE" picture of the mess, and I will (fingers crossed
post an "AFTER" photo within the next few days showing the complete process!!!