Taking Charge of Tools
Get Organized Challenge 5: Tool Organization
Did I ever mention that I am detail-oriented? Making check lists and marking off my accomplishments to feel productive makes me happy! I’ve always wanted to catalog my expensive supplies so I would not purchase duplicates. Think about it… Why would you want to waste your money on something you already have? DUH?!
- Challenge 1: Set Yourself Up for Success
- Challenge 2: Paper Organization
- Challenge 3: Photo Organization
- Challenge 4: Embellishment Organization
- Challenge 5: Tool Organization
- Challenge 6: Color Organization
- Challenge 7: Memento Organization & Project Planning
- Challenge 8: Travel Organization
Focus of the Week
For this week, my assigned task is to catalog and sort 20 things a day for the next 7 days (140 items over the course of the week!)
How Did I Do?
This week was all about sorting, storing and cataloging your tools, so I put my efforts into selecting an electronic catalog tool and a physical version. Since I’m waiting on additional supplies to arrive, I jumped right into sorting my stamps! Can you say “Stamp Junkie?”
Being a visual person, I like being able to recognize a category of stamps from across the room. Over the past year, I purchased decorative boxes of various sizes from JoAnn’s and Michael’s to prep for this part of the challenge. So far, I’ve successfully sorted and cataloged 5 boxes full of unmounted stamps in DVD cases and 3 boxes full of wood-block stamps stored in clam shell cases. Almost 150 individual cases of stamps!
These stamps were cataloged by listing them on my Evernote app. I love the fact that what I enter from my PC can sync up with my phone app version. Halloween themed stamps were placed in a Halloween themed box, Christmas in a Christmas themed box and so on. Note to self… I definitely need more Christmas boxes!
While cataloging is a tedious task, it’ll be so worth it! I ‘m enjoying the data-entry aspect of this task and look forward to getting the next box. Once I complete a stamp case and file into the box, I print out the details or NOTE and store in my physical 3-ring binder tool catalog.
What’s Next?
- I shall continue to sort and catalog my stamps, dies and embossing folders.
- Sort and add paper, scraps, embellishments and stickers into the Scrap Rack.
- Add-on my expansion base and adjust storage space as necessary to accommodate the larger size of the Scrap Rack.
