I mentioned in my earlier post about a scrapbook organizational class that I was taking. It is actually through the Scrap Spaces Challenge group at Simply Scrapping Crafts and there is still time to join. Participate in the challenges, discussions, share with your scrappy spaces, problem areas, storage suggestions, tips, solutions, ideas, products, and questions.
The weekly agenda for this 24 week program includes:
- Week 1 - Overview
Inventory your space. What bothers you the most? What is your biggest Storage issue? What would you change first
- Week 2 – Vision-Your Dream Space
What does your perfect space look like?
- Week 3 – Let’s get a MOVE on
Get boxes, your favorite beverage, great music, and lets getting packing. Everything you don’t NEED.
- Week 4 – Purge the Paper
I have paper everywhere. Stacks and Stashes, Scraps and more Scraps. We are going to organize your paper
- Week 5 – Pieces of Scraps
What are you keeping? What are you Tossing? How are we going to organize those pieces we can still use.
- Week 6 - Embellishments
Solutions for your Small Embellishments. Brads, Buttons, Clips, Beads, Flowers, Gems, Jewels and more.
- Week 7 – Incomplete pages
Let’s brainstorm on how to organize your projects that you have ½ completed.
- Week 8 - Ideas
I have ideas all over-stacks of printed off ideas, papers with written notes, magazines pages, and more. We need to get these in order.
- Week 9 – ABC’s
Let’s put our heads together and come up with ways to store our letters.
- Week 10 – Rub Ons & Stickers
When you box runs over and stack falls over. They are getting bent and coming off the sheet. Or worse stuck to something else.
- Week 11 – Ribbon-Fibers-Stitching Threads
Our beautiful adornments.
- Week 12 - Ribbon, Thread and Fibers
My pretty little things!
- Week 13 - Stamps
Organize and put away. Know what you have and where they are at.
- Week 14 – Ink, Ink Pads, Embossing supplies
What do you do with these when they take up a lot of room and space. I know you have ideas.
- Week 15 – Paints, Stickles, & Pearls
How to deal with these little things that take up so much room!
- Week 16 - Punches
Border Punches, hand punches, big punches, little punches.
- Week 17 – Adhesive
Glue dots, Glue Bottles, Tabs, Foam, Tape, let’s get it all together for easy reach.
- Week 18 – Chip Chip Chipboard
Let’s get our raw chipboard in one place.
- Week 19 – Pens & Pencils
From Copics, to Journaling Pens.
- Week 20 - Templates
By theme and by color
- Week 21 - Dies & Die Cutting Machines
Sizzix, Cricut, Quickutz, Cuttlebug
- Week 22 - New Items and Keeping it Neat
How to keep your space neat and not get into this MESS again.
- Week 23 – Cards & Card Supplies
The box is full, you have enough cards to send for the next 5 years. What to do with them?
- Week 24 – Décor
Spring Spruce up. Let’s make our space cozy and pretty.
Don’t worry if you do not complete your assignments. Just start at the beginning and remember there is NO deadlines to complete this.