Organizing again

I was working on cards the other night and realized as I kept getting up to get stuff from shelves, that what I'd really like is something that allowed me to put my most frequently used stuff right next to my desk, but wasn't so big that I felt it would loom over me. The book shelf in my room would feel that way if it was right next to my desk. I basically wanted to create an L shape around my chair. I was at Costco yesterday picking up groceries (and two new scrapbooks) and found a cart like this one. The only difference is that my cart only has 12 drawers instead of 20, and it was $26.99 (I had debated whether to get it, but after looking at costco.com, it looks like I got a good deal). It's just the perfect height for what I was looking for. I started organizing it last night and so far I love it. I use the cropper hopper vertical paper organizers and they were sitting on my desk taking up a lot of space. I moved them to the top shelf and they look good. I moved the tools I use most to one of the top drawers, and now my desk isn't littered with the tools. Last time I scrapped, I barely had room on top of my desk for 2 papers side by side. Yesterday I moved most of the stuff on my desk into this cart, and my desk looks so clean.

I put all of my eyelets and brads in one of the drawers. I put all my adhesive in another draw. I organized my paper scraps into page protectors by color and put all those in one drawer. Patterned paper scraps are in another drawer. I originally had them in a crop-in-style Paper Taker that just lived on the floor by my desk, so this makes my room visually cleaner also. I put all my embossing powders, my embossing gun, my acrylic blocks, and my little tray to keep the embossing powder from leaking over everything into another draw. Looking at the picture I'll post later when blogger is working, it looks like so far I've filled 6 drawers.

So far I love this little cart. We'll just have to see if it actually keeps me organized and if it helps when I'm actually scrapbooking.

Danielle

This is my cart. Imagine all the stuff on the top on my desk. Yeah, it made the desk kind of crowded. Not to mention a bunch of other little stuff that is now in the drawers. I love that the cart is exactly the right height for what I wanted it to do. I know that scrapbook companies sell stuff like this, but it usually costs a lot more. Point of fact, on the costco.com website, they have a cart by this same company that has 10 drawers (here). And they have one by Cropper Hopper, exactly the same, except all the drawers are black (here). It costs $7 more for the Cropper Hopper one. Drives me nuts that you put the word scrapbook on something and it automatically increases the price.

My desk (well, really a table from Ikea). It used to be, before I bought the cart, that the only area without stuff on it is where the two white pieces of paper are. Not a whole lot of room to create with. I had so much stuff on it because I hate having to get up to get everything. Hopefully the cart will allow me to keep it clean like this.