[Nfb-krafters-korner] Tip of the Week - Organization of materials

Mon Jun 6 11:35:21 UTC 2011

Hi Neva;
You might want to save up and get a pen friend for about $100.  The labels are small and most likely could fit on your stamps with the whole descriptive on each stamp.  This woule eliminate the spread sheet.  I got one a short time ago and am getting used to using it.  
Terry Powers

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From: Neva Fairchild [mailto:nevafairchild at verizon.net] 
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 12:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Tip of the Week - Organization of materials

I use lots of different methods to organize supplies. 

1. Rubber band skeins of yarn, tubes of beads or anything else that matches together. Sometimes I don't need to know what color they are, I just need to know they match.
2.  Mark file folders with card stock, ink pads, stamp sets, individual stamps, etc. with braille labels. If the item is too small for the actual word, as in the case of individual stamps within a stamp set, I mark them with a braille number and have an Excel spreadsheet with the name of the stamp set and the number of each stamp associated with a verbal description.
I have to get help with these descriptions, and sometimes they are more detailed than I could ever put on anything with a braille label. I also use the number sign and the number so I am sure which way is up, and I place the label on the stamp so that I know where the top of the image is. 
3. Sort matching larger beads into small bowls, stack bowls that blend and use beads from them as they are strung for bracelets or necklaces. The same concept works with zip loc bags, paper sacks, Tupperware or any container that is the right size for the supply it will hold. Putting smaller containers within larger ones when the items can be used together works well for scrapbook embellishments, etc..
4. Use banker boxes to keep projects together. All my Christmas projects are in one box, all my baby projects in another, etc.. That way when I want to work on something I don't have to look everywhere for the pieces. They also stack nicely, are inexpensive and have lids and handle holes that make them easy to grab and carry. I also use bags for soft projects like knitting.
Sometimes it means having more needles or hooks, but it is worth it when I want to grab a project and go.

Neva Fairchild
972 416-7039 

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Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2011 4:54 PM
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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Tip of the Week - Organization of materials

Tip of the Week for 6/4/11

Category:  Knitting, Crochet, beading, other

How do you keep your yarn, beads, etc. organized so that you know what you have so that you can find it when you want it?  What about organizing and keeping track of 2 or more colors of yarn, beads, etc. that you are using in a project?

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Annette

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