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

Tue Jun 7 00:09:29 UTC 2011

That's a tool I have been thinking about, but I cannot figure out how it
would help me know which way is up on the image and if I want to find a
particular image, like a heart, I would have to open every stamp set and
with my spreadsheet I can search for a word and find the name of the stamp
sets that have that particular image. I also have a bar code reader that I
have been contemplating using, but I am not sure it would be faster than
braille either. 

Neva Fairchild
972 416-7039 

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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
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
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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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Annette Carr
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2011 4:54 PM
To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
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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