Do you find yourself putting off using your Fiber collection simply because of the time it takes to locate the right color you need for your project, get the knots out, iron out the creases, or find the collection that matches? Using a simple system for organizing your Fibers will allow your complete collection to be visible to you so that you can access the pieces you need when you are ready to scrapbook!
Try these 3 simple steps to organize your fibers
Step 1 – Find your Fiber
The first thing you should do is find all of your fibers and bring them together. (Be prepared: this may take awhile for some of us.) Fibers tend to get stashed in any open and available space. Because they come in so many different shapes and sizes, they tend to end up getting spread throughout the house instead of organized in one place. So obviously the first thing you should do is the gather your fibers in one place. Search the house, go through your scrapbook supplies, and get those fibers out.
Step 2 – Sort and Categorize
Next you will need to separate your fibers into different categories.
The first category should be themes. I’m sure you have some sports related ribbon that would go into a “Sports Theme”. You could also have a “Birthday Them” with all of your birthday themed ribbon, and so forth.
Secondly you would group them by collection. Many of us scrapbookers buy our paper and fibers by collections, such as BasicGrey FRUITCAKE, and it is helpful if we keep these items together. So the second category I recommend is Collections.
The third category will be Holidays and Seasons. In this group you will place fibers with Christmas designs, Easter eggs, fall leaves, and so on. These ribbons will be any that display a specific holiday or seasonal themed design.
Fourth category will be Color. Use this category for any fibers that don’t classify for the other 3 groups. Group these last fibers by color.
Step 3 – Display and Store Your Newly Organized Fiber Collection
Once you have your fibers sorted and grouped, it will be easy to find what you need when you’re ready, even if you don’t have the latest tools to assist with organization. If you’re looking for a specific way to store them without having any fancy organizers, I used to use some sheets that I cut out from cereal boxes… notch the top and you can wrap the fibers around that way. whatever specific organizing method you use, When you’re ready to add fiber to your layout finding it will be as easy as Flipping to the coordinating section in your organization system.
We all struggle with keeping our fibers and other scrapbook supplies organized. The scraprack can help. It was a bit of an investment, but I don’t even know how many hundreds of hours I’ve saved since I got it… I enjoy scrapbooking but it becomes tedious when you can’t find what you’re looking for when you need it.Takes all the fun out when I have to spend half an hour looking for that bit of red ribbon I know I saw last month… Definitely worth at least checking out the best scrapbook organizers I’ve ever found.
Happy Scrapbooking Everyone!
