Organizing My Spice Drawer

I like storing my spices in a drawer instead of the cabinet.  I made the change about a year ago.  I label the tops of each jar so I can put them in the drawer alphabetically.  Well, so of anyway, I find it hard to decide where to put spices like crushed red pepper.  Do you file it under c or p?  Anyway you file it, I like them in a drawer.
Target has many of their Archer Farms spices in a jar on clearance this week.  I love the jars!

<^..^> Lori

Big Lots Laundry cart has other uses

I saw this laundry cart ad for Big Lots for $24.

I decided to try it.  I have other laundry carts and they are getting worn out.  That sounds funny doesn't it.  The fabric is torn from too much laundry stuffed in them.  They have been in my basement for many years and are starting to rust a bit.  Plus I had a $5.00 off coupon from my Buzz rewards card from Big Lots to make the replacement deal even sweeter.

Turns out they have a great feature where there is a wire rack underneath the baskets that keeps them from sagging and eventually the baskets getting dragged along the floor like my old ones.  Each basket can be removed individually unlike my old one.  That is super for moving dirty clothes from the laundry cart to the clothes washer.  I am really liking this laundry cart.  I bought a second one to replace my other laundry cart...then I got crazy and bought a 3rd one.  Why?  Well, good question.  I got another Big Lot coupon in my inbox.  Coupons are a good thing in my book.  Plus, I decided that the cart would be useful to organize some other items than laundry.  I put my gift wrap into it.  I don't know how original that is but it works for me.

My old laundry carts have been washed and sewn up.  I will recycle them at church to hold gym equipment for Awana games.  I think it would work great for dodge balls or bean bags and the like.

<^..^> Lori

Organizing my stamps and supplies

I have so many stamps, punches, and other supplies that I cannot remember what I own.  It's a blessing from The Lord to have all my crafty supplies but I feel awful that I don't use them as much as I could because I forgot what I had on hand.  I have searched the blogs on organizational tips.  I have seen some great stuff out there.  For my stamps, I tried creating a three ring binder where I stamped on card stock and filed the pages alphabetically.  I Thought I would go through the notebook when I as searching for the right sentiment.  I did for awhile but then the notebook got heavier and I would forget to post some pictures of some stamps...well it wasn't ideal for me.  I am trying something new and it is working for me so I decided to share.  I have a Pinterest account.  I created a board called "supplies that I own".  I have started posting pictures with links to stamps that I own.  It makes it so easy for me to search my stamps on my iPad.  I love it.  I am using more of my stamps in the process.  I don't know if I will put all of my crafty supplies on Pinterest.  I started adding my hand punches.  I love having my stamp inventory at my finger tips.  Let me know how you use Pinterest to organize or your iPad to organize your supplies.

<^..^> Lori

Organization...is it a dream?

I often think I use the same stamps over and over because I cannot remember what other stamps I have. I get in a rut. I have decided to do something about it.
I have scanned in all of my CTMH stamp sets and printed out a copy to put in a 3-ring binder. For my stamps from Verve and Papertrey, I printed out the stamp set picture from their website. Papertrey gives tips and has a gallery for most of their stamp sets so I printed those out for my binder, too. When I finish, I hope to be able to easily view my stamp sets without pulling them all out. That should help me use more of my stamps. At least I hope it does! :)
I blogged that I am un-mounting my SU! stamp sets. That is a long process and I am still working on it. I think they will take up so much less space when I am done.
Have a tip on how you have organized your stamps?
Have a good Columbus Day weekend! I hope to visit with all of my siblings this weekend.

I am going to unmount my rubber stamps

There...I said it...I have even started doing it! I read from Michelle Zindorf's blog how she doesn't mount her rubber stamps on EZ foam or blocks. She puts a thin coat of Aileen's tack again on the back of her rubber stamps. She lets them dry for an hour then stores them on acrylic sheets. I think this is a great idea. I am going to store mine on 3 ring binder sheets that I got at Sunday Internation. I have some EZ foam and it works well but Aileen would be a cheaper method. I am going to do it! I would love to get my stamps organized so they don't just sit in a box collecting dust.
Have you unmounted your stamps? How did it work out? Any tips to give me?