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2016
Get Your “Craft”
Organized
Challenge
Workbook
Copyright - Tiffany Spaulding
Triple-T Designs, Inc.
(253) 284-9200
[email protected]
www.Totally-Tiffany.com
Table of Contents
organize or·gan·ize (ôr'gə-nīz')
To put together into an orderly, functional, structured whole.
Challenge #1
 Set yourself up for Success - Get Ready to Get Organized
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Challenge #2
 Be a Paper Organizing Powerhouse!
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Challenge #3
 Embellishment Overload – Take it a container at a time.
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Challenge #4
 Stamps, Punches, Embossing Folders and Cutting systems
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Challenge #5
 Color your World; Inks, Chalks, Pens and More
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Challenge #6
 Piles of Pictures
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Challenge #7
 Mountains of Mementos & Planning your projects
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Challenge #8
 Preparing for a Crafting Event
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Challenge #1: Set yourself up for success
The Psychology of Organization
Why Resolutions to get organized fail
• Goals are too big – there is a lack of instant gratification.
• When life becomes stressful our “Will Power” disappears.
• The Big Goal isn’t broken down into smaller goals and so becomes unattainable
• Set-Backs happen. Most “resolutions” don’t allow room for these.
• Most resolutions lack a “rewards along the way” plan.
• Lack of positive association with the end result. How will you feel when the task is done
– what is the BIG BENEFIT(S)? Emotion Motivates!!!
What’s the Big Benefit?
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I’ll be able to use both my crafting time and materials, joyfully and without frustration. 
I’ll be able to spend my crafting budget wisely, without buying duplicates of things I already
own. 
I’ll feel great about having friends over to Scrap. 
I’ll be able to go to crops and classes without spending hours getting ready to go. 
I’ll be able to get so much more done in so much less time. 
I’ll be able to create cards and gifts quickly and easily. 
I’ll be able to FIND MY STUFF!!! 
My husband will be able to eat his dinner at the dining room table. 
I’ll feel like I have control. 
Step 1 – Learn the 4 Section System
This is the foundation of your organization system. It is your mental map or plan for how to put
things away.
• Section 1 – Alphabets, Numbers, Punctuation
• Section 2 – Themes and Sentiments A-Z
• Section 3 – The Calendar Year
• Section 4 – The Rainbow (Roy G. Biv and his friends Neutrals and Metallics)
*****There is NO Miscellaneous!!!!******
Step 2 - Themes and Sentiments Index
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Write a “Themes/Sentiments” Index and put it into alphabetical order. 
Your “Themes/Sentiments” index is going to guide you through much of the
organization process. This is an alphabetized list of all the things you think you
scrap/craft/ make cards about or own materials to scrap/craft about. 
Create your index on the computer. 
Your mantra: “Keep things together I would use together.” This might mean combining
categories. 
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Step 3 – Gather Together
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Gather items that are floating around your work area. They may be piles of leftovers
from your last project, shopping bags from the last convention you attended, things
tucked away in closets or drawers. Unpack crop totes. As you’re pulling things out try to
group them together with like items. They can be added to existing drawers, boxes, etc.
Your goal here is to get everything in one area. Take a few “before” pictures.
Step 4 – Prepare to Purge
• Purging your crafting area of things you won’t use is a huge part of
organizing. Purging will be different for each of us, both in the types of things
we purge and the quantity of things.
• Decide what kind of crafter you are (and what you aren’t).
• Set a goal of how much you’ll purge and when it will leave your home.
• Find a place to donate or sell your purge
• Once something goes into your purge box it doesn’t come out.
Step 5 – Storage Tools and Space
The most important aspects of storage are visibility, accessibility, expandability, & portability.
• Put some thought into your space. How will you store things so they are the most visible
and accessible? This could mean removing cupboard doors or adding shelves.
• What tools will you use? A ScrapRack, binders, file folders, large zip-lock type bags.
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Challenge #1
1. Use your craft supplies to create a “Big Benefit(s)” reminder, and a reward list for each
of the 8 challenges you complete. Hang it up somewhere you’ll see it every day.
2. Read the 4 Section System article on the Totally-Tiffany Website. There’s also a video posted
on the General Craft, How to Organize page.
3. Create your “Themes/Sentiments” Index.
4. Gather your supplies together in one room or space.
5. Take a few “before” pictures.
6. Set your purge goals, get a purge box, find a home for your purge – where will you send
it, take it, etc?
7. Evaluate your space for Visibility and Accessibility. Make changes and prepare the
space for your supplies.
8. Join the 2011 Get Organized Challenge Group on our Facebook Page.
9. Post your progress on the FB page.
10. When you complete this challenge celebrate with Reward #1
Things you’ll need to complete the challenge:
1. Time to create your Big Benefit / Reward Board
2. Time to read through the 4 Section System article
3. A computer with a printer or a piece of paper and a pencil
4. An empty box that is larger than 12x12 for purge stuff
5. Time to search and gather supplies that might be “spread around”
6. Time to evaluate your space – send photos if you need suggestions.
7. Storage Tools / Supplies
Products we offer:
The ScrapRack is a perfect – “Store it All” for craft supplies.
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Challenge #2 Paper Sorting Powerhouse
At the end of this session you should…..
• Have a solid understanding of how to categorize your paper stash.
• How to do the Physical task of sorting paper
• Know what to do with “Kit Stuff,” “Stacks,” and scraps.
• Understand the importance of why you need to designate an “organized only” space.
What is an “Organized Only” space?
This is the area to the left or right of where you sit to work
that will be reserved for the items you have organized. If you
don’t have a dedicated area to work this will need to be an
easily accessible storage area.
You will actually begin sorting and storing products this
week, so you need to prepare a space that is ONLY for these
organized items.
How to sort paper – Mental
There are only 3 Sections of the 4 Section System used when organizing paper.
Themes, Calendar Year and Rainbow.
Themes and Calendar year are generally pretty easy for us to get our brains around.
Rainbow presents a challenge. What do we do with all of those printed papers, and what about
papers with multiple colors?
Prints, Patterns, and Multi-Colored
 A general rule of thumb for organizing your colored papers is to start with the solid
colors first and follow with prints/patterned papers.
 Sort your prints into groups within the color: Distressed, Dots, Flowers, Plaids, Prints,
Stripes, etc. – stay consistent. Store these behind the solid color.
 With most multi-colored papers there is one dominate color. Use that color.
 If you’ve got papers that are a “rainbow” of colors, you can add a Mulit-Color Tab to
the end of your Rainbow section.
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What are the exceptions?
Remember that one of your biggest goals is to be able to find things quickly and easily. That
means keeping things together you will use together. This is true with colored/printed papers
as well. As an example, if you bought pink floral paper for your daughter’s ballet pages, you
want to store that paper with the rest of the Ballet stuff so you’ll be able to find it.
What to do with “kits” and “Stacks”?
If you’re a member of a kit club like Club Scrap, you’ll get a pizza box full of goodies every
month. Instead of trying to take the kit apart, use the packing list to represent the kit in your 4
Section System. Number the box and number the packing slip so you can easily find what you
need when you’re ready to use it. You might want to print multiple copies so you can represent
the kit in more than one section. You may also want a section that is just kit images/lists.
Paper Stacks:
“It was such a great deal.” “I loved all the papers.” “It was a limited edition.”
Look around at the Paper Stacks in your collection. How many sheets of paper have you used
out of the stack? How much was the stack? Divide the number of papers you’ve used by the
cost of the stack. What are you paying on average for a sheet of paper from the “stack?” I
suspect most of you will find the price per sheet is no bargain.
How to organize the “Stacks” you’ve got.
Don’t spend time pulling these apart. Instead, try to put a label on them (use our SYF Tabs) and
incorporate them into your paper storage in the correct category. When you’ve worked your
way through the majority of the stack, then take it apart and incorporate it into your other
papers.
How to sort paper - Physical
Two ways to sort:
1.) Using templates – these will be used to sort your other materials as well. 12x18 works
best.
2.) Using “dividers” – In a paper storage box. Chipboard, cardboard or unwanted
cardstock.
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SCRAPS, SCRAPS, SCRAPS
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Recommended – 6” x 12” or larger
Second choice – 6” x 6”
File in the proper sections – DON’T keep a separate scrap box, bin, drawer…
Toss out extras that don’t meet the minimum when your project is complete. 
How to Store - 3 ways to store your paper
The First: Use Paper Storage Boxes
The Second: Use a ScrapRack with pocket pages for scraps.
The Third: A little bit of both. Minor themes will have all their papers stored in The ScrapRack
and all scraps in The ScrapRack. Major themes will be in Paper Storage Boxes. (Stay in the 3
Sections!!)
Challenge #2
1 – Create an “Organized Only” space in your craft area or storage area.
2 – Choose a Storage Tool for your paper.
3 – Create Templates or Dividers for sorting
4 – Sort at least 8” of Paper.
5 – Sort your Scraps – throw away scraps that don’t meet your minimum requirement.
6 – Put your newly organized paper into the “Organized Only” area of your room/space.
7 – Post your progress to the FaceBook group or send us an email.
8 - When you complete this challenge, celebrate with reward #2
Tips for Success
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Do things in small pieces. Be sure you have enough time to complete the task
Set your “Scrap” minimum size before you begin.
If you’re using Paper Storage boxes and dividers to sort use “sticky notes” to label the
dividers. You may want to make changes before permanent labeling.
We offer several Paper Organizing Products – click here to see them all.
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Challenge #3 – Embellishment Overload –
Start tackling the small stuff.
At the end of this session you should….
• Understand how to combine your Embellishments for easy access.
• Understand why combining your embellishments is the best way to get the most
use out of the embellishments.
• Be ready to begin the process of sorting stickers, diecuts, buttons, brads, beads, ……
Step 1 – Gather the things you need
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Gather the things you need to complete the challenge. Sorting Templates, Ziploc bags,
file folders, ScrapRack Basic Storage Pages or ScrapRack Specialty Storage pages, totes.
Have a plan - where will the things go once they have been sorted, stored, cataloged?
This will be your Organized Only Zone.
PURGE box.
Sorting Templates
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Create them out of 12x18 paper if possible.
Write the main category in the top left
corner and your list of subcategories down
the side beneath it.
Step 2 – Start Sorting
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Spread your sorting templates out; across
the floor, over the furniture, on the counter tops where ever you have room.
Sort just one container (or less) at a time.
Once it is sorted, group the items in each category by size.
Put them into Storage pages, big zip lock bags, or file folders with the smallest items in
the front.
Put each storage page, bag or file folder into the appropriate section of your 4 Section
System.
Then start on your next container.
Why are we doing one container at a time?
• You want to avoid getting everything spread out and then having to quit.
• Work through an amount of supplies that you can finish in the time allotted.
• Avoid becoming overwhelmed or frustrated.
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Buttons, Brads, Eyelets
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The best way to store these items is in small zip lock type bags.
They’re inexpensive, reusable, lightweight, and easy to work with.
Ribbon and Fiber
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Don’t reinvent the wheel. If you’ve got Ribbon and fiber that are already on rolls you
don’t need to take them off the roll. You just need to get them into 3 sections.
Choose a storage tool that’s easy to work with, like our Edna EZ2O Buddy Bag. Much
like the paper stacks, before you buy another roll of ribbon, think about how much
you will use it.
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For loose ribbon, wrap it around a 12x12 or 12x6 piece of chipboard. Use a paper clip or
repositionable glue dot to hold the ends in place.
Stickers, and Diecuts
Start small with a stack; container, half a container, whatever is manageable in a short amount
of time
Challenge #3
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Sort and Store one container a day for 4 out of the next 7 Days.
Set a Purge Goal
Sort 4”-6” of Paper
Post your progress on the FaceBook group, or send us an email about your progress.
When you complete this challenge, celebrate with reward #3
There are several products in our catalog that will work for embellishments.
The ScrapRack is ideal for embellishments of all types.
Learn more about the products we offer for embellishment storage – click here.
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Challenge #4 – Stamps, Punches,
Embossing Folders, Die Cutting Systems
Goal for this Challenge
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Establish a system for sorting, storing and organizing your Stamps, Punches, and
Cutting Systems that enables you to get the most use out of them with the least frustration.
The Challenges of Organizing these items.
The different shapes and sizes of these products make it difficult to bring them all together.
The little Cricut Cartridges, Wood mounted Stamps, Sizzix Dies, etc.; all seem to require a
different method of organization. Or do they? We think not. They only require a different
method of storage.
Are you a Gottalittle or a Gottalot?
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Gottalittles have a few of a variety of different things. If you’re a Gottalittle, you like the
stuff you have, but you’re not likely to accumulate large amounts of any. You’re more
likely to use the products available at your LSS when you’re there to crop.
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Gottalots LOVE all these fun “toys” and feel almost like collectors. If you’re a Gottalot,
you’re very likely to continue to add to your collection. Your cropping pals rely on you
to have a huge variety of tools/toys to share.
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If you’re somewhere in the middle, you can choose either method of storage. Base your
decision on where your hobby will go in the future.
What are the methods?
GottaLittles – You’ll integrate product representations, and in some cases the actual
products right into your 4 Section System.
GottaLots – You’ll create a standalone catalog to keep with your 4 Section System.
GOTTALITTLES
Representation: You’ll create representations of each thing and put the representation into
your 4 Section System. As an example: If you have this stamp of a “gift box,” it will work in a
number of categories: Birthday, Christmas, Hanukah, Wedding, Baby, Graduation, etc. In this
case 6 categories, so you would make 6 impressions of that stamp.
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Number, Label, and Integrate
1. Number the Stamp, Die, Embossing Folder or Punch.
2. Create an impression of each item (multiples if necessary).
3. Write the number on the impression(s).
4. If multiples, separate the impressions, and put one impression into each of the
categories where it belongs.
5. Store the Stamp, Die, Embossing Folder in its proper place in numerical order.
Why are we numbering?
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Numbering things like Stamps, Punches, Cricut, etc. prevents constantly “rearranging” to “fit” like products into the correct area. 
Numbering allows you fast easy access when you need to find something and also
makes it really easy to put things away in their proper place. 
GOTTALOTS
Create your catalog, Label and Store
Creating a catalog that’s an actual “stand alone” catalog of your stuff is the way to go. Your
catalog is going to follow the 4 Section System (it’s actually only 3 sections because you don’t
have the Rainbow section). The catalog can easily be transported to crops, classes, and even
on shopping trips. You’ll buy products that complement rather than duplicate what you
already own.
Gottalots: Step 1 – Decide your catalog format
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You can use either a 12”x 12” or an 8.5”x 11” format. 
You’ll need paper, page protectors, hole reinforcers, tabbed dividers, etc. 
Gottalots: Step 2 – Gather
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If you’re a “Gottalittle” you should bring all of your Stamps, Punches, Etc. together
in one place. 
If you’re a “Gottalot” start with one type of products, bring those together and work
in small groups of products. 
Gottalots: Step 3 – Storage Decisions
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How and where are you going to store your sorted items? 
Get those storage items together: Boxes, ScrapRack Pages, Drawers, Shelves, etc. 
Prepare an “Organized Only” space for your sorted items. 
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Gottalots: Step 4 – Create your “Codes” List
Here are a few examples of coding:
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WB – Woodblock
WBK – Woodblock Kit
AU – Acrylic Unmounted
SU – Stampin’ Up
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CTMH – Close to my heart
SZ – Sizzix
CC – Cricut
PN – Punch
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PK – Punch Kit
SP – Spellbinders
Gottalots: Step 5 – Start the Process
Fill one container with products (stamps, punches, etc)
Number each item in the container.
Go through the container and add each item to your catalog, indicating the item
number next to the impression.
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Label the containers. 
Start a catalog page even if you only have 1 thing that fits that category. 
Challenge #4
1. Catalog 20 things a day for the next 7 days – 140 items over the course of the
next week.
2. Sort 4” of Paper
3. Sort one more container of other supplies.
4. Post your progress on the Facebook Group or send us an email.
5. When you complete this challenge, celebrate with reward #4
Continuing the process:
You can continue through the process by doing a little each week until everything is
cataloged, or you can catalog things as you use them. Two schools of thought on
“catalog as you use.” First is – If I haven’t used it, I don’t need it. Second is – I didn’t use it
because it wasn’t in my catalog, so I didn’t remember that I had it. You’ll have to decide
which is best for you.
We offer a large variety of storage products for your tools.
Embossing Folders
Punches
Stamps
Dies
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Challenge #5 – Color Your World; what
to do with Inks, Chalks, Pens and other
coloring agents.
A good tip from Ginny H.
I have completed this Challenge over a period of several months.
I had read about it on the ScrapRack site last fall and decided to try it. I
already had a ScrapRack set up in the 4 categories, so it seemed like the
logical thing to do. After taking the class I set up a station to enter new
items into the system easily. I have a 12” x 12” plastic box with scrap paper, a small ink pad,
pens, glue, extra catalog and ScrapRack sheets to add when needed. Now, it is easy to shop,
bring home and immediately or soon after, add the new samples to the system!!
Challenge Goals
 Have quick, easy access to your inks, chalks, pens and other “coloring” agents.
 Be able to purchase new products without duplicating what you already own.
Step 1 – How will you store your items?
Challenges:
Different sizes and shapes.
Variety of products
Options Included:
Baskets, Cases, EZ2O Bags, 5 Drawer Supply Case, Stamp & Supply Suitcase or creating a
“Color Cart” that will move along with you.
I support things that are easy access like baskets with no lids. Things you can bring to your work
table.
Step 2 – Gather your Products
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Gather all of your products together.
Sort them by brand and product type.
Give each of them a number – some are already numbered by the manufacturer. You can
incorporate a code and use the Manufacturer number if that works for you.
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GOTTALOT? You may want to give your products a manufacturer code as well, i.e. Quick
Quotes = QQ
Step 3 – Create Color Catalog
Group products by type, record the number and manufacturer name; Chalks, Pens, Inks, and
even colored pencils. You may want to create 2 of each, one to stay in your Rainbow Section
and one for your “shopping” adventures.
Step 4 – Create Manufacturer Catalog Sheet
Gottalots – Creating catalog sheets by manufacturer/product type will really help when you’re
shopping for new products.
Step 5 – Store Products
Store products together by type.
Gottalittles? – Store products by color, an option for Gottalittles
Other Options – Ideas
Get product lists/grids from manufacturers.
Companies like Tsukineko and Copic Markers have lists you can use to keep track of the
products you own.
Challenge #5
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Decide on and purchase a Storage Tool – Baskets, Clamshells,
Towers, etc. 
Gather all of your coloring agents together by type and
brand. 
Create catalog sheets by color & by manufacturers 
Post your progress on the FaceBook group or send us an email.
When you complete this challenge, celebrate with reward #6
Our EZ2O Collection works great for; Pens – Debra Bag, Inks bottles & Glitter Glue – Teresa, Sue
and Irene are perfect for Ink Pads. See the full EZ2O Collection.
Try using a Color Cart to keep all of your coloring agents together.
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Challenge #6 – Photo Organization
What will you need?
• Software for storing and sorting your digital images.
• Photo Storage boxes for printed photos
• A Perpetual calendar either physical or on your computer
• Paper / sticky notes for labeling.
Step 1 – Gather your Photos
• Your first step is to gather all of your printed photographs together into one place.
• Gather all of your digital photos together into one place. Microsoft Office Picture
Manager is easy to use and may already be on your computer.
• Picasa can help you too.
Step 2 – Physical Photos
• Label each of the boxes of photos you’ve got.
• To and From Dates – Sorted
• To and From Dates – Need to be Sorted
• Need to be sorted.
Step 3 – Create a family timeline
Step 4 – Create sorting guides
• Use regular sheets of paper
• Note dates and major events on the sorting guides: Ages, Events, Trips, Etc.
• Sticky notes work great and can be transferred to the photos once the sorting is done.
Step 5 – Sort into /onto your sorting guides
• Start with the year
• Don’t worry about groups of pictures from particular events unless they are already
together – Just get everything in the right “year” pile.
• This is a completely “subjective” exercise. You can recruit family members to help – it will
be FUN!
Step 6 – Sort stacks into “events”
• Sort each Year Stack by event; Christmas, Easter, Birthdays, Vacation, etc.
• Create folders for each event you will scrap about.
Step 7 – Decide how many layouts you will do for each event.
• Write the number of layouts on the folder.
Step 8 – Decide how many photos you will use for each 12x2 page.
 Select the pictures you will use for the layouts.
 Put the photos you will use into the folder. Put the remaining photos into your
chronological photo storage box. Use sticky notes to tag/separate them.
 Put the folders into a box labeled “Ready to Scrap”.
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Digital Photo Storage
 Download into the right folder – The First Time! 
  Inside the My Photos file create files for each year. 
 Within each year, create files for each event. 
 Microsoft Picture Manager is an easy to use option that is included on most PCs 
Tagging Photos
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Choose the number of Layouts you will do for each “event” prior to looking at the
pictures. 
Choose the photos you are going to use for your layouts. Move all of the remaining photos
into a “just okay” folder or DELETE them. 
Tag just a few of the images in your folder. Just be sure you’ve got at least one tag with
each person’s name, place, event, etc. 
Tagging Tips
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Use a perpetual calendar to “aid” your memory. 
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Be consistent – Date 20100709, Main Subject, or Event, People 
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Keep keystrokes to a minimum 
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Don’t do ALL of the pictures – it’s not necessary 
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Be REALISTIC! 
Not every group of photos needs to be sorted and
organized. Worry about the things that are Most important
to you
Perpetual Calendars make it easy to stay consistent. Create one on your
computer or purchase one from your nearest Close to My Heart rep. 
Challenge #6
1. Establish your physical and computer filing systems.
2. Sort 2 boxes/piles/drawers of photos. Add one additional box
for each “family” helper you recruit.
3. Sort one year of Digital Photos.
4. Sort 1 container of other supplies into your 4 Section System.
5. Sort 4” of paper
6. Post your progress on the FaceBook group page or send us an
email.
Our Fab Files and Flippin’ Storage pages are the perfect solutions for photo storage – Learn More.
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Challenge # 7 – Memorabilia, Holding
Album, Journaling Notes
Goals for this Challenge
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Make it easy to find Journaling Notes and Memorabilia
Adding Journaling and Memorabilia to your Digital Photos
Learn to create a “Holding Album” for maximum efficiency.
Start a digital journal.
Step 1 – Gather
 Gather your memorabilia together in one spot. 
Step 2 – Choose your storage system for memorabilia
Options:
• Use a file folder
• Use oversized manila envelopes
• Use the flat 12x12 boxes you’ve emptied during the sorting process.
• Scan it and add it to your Digital Photos file
Step 3 – Sort and Label
• Add labels to your chosen containers (file folder, manila envelope or plastic
boxes) and put them in chronological order.
• Sort memorabilia into “containers” by event.
• Create a note to include: event name, date, location of pictures (physical and/or digital),
location of journaling notes
• File or store chronologically.
Step 4 - Creating a Holding Album
• What is a “Holding Album”
• What supplies do you need to create one?
• How do you organize it?
• Tips on how to keep track of multiple albums.
A Holding Album provides a place for everything you need in one easy to access “book”.
When creating multiple albums (family, grandparents, individual children) use a chart to
reference main events and number of layouts.
Sort pictures into page pockets as actual layouts – I use 6 pictures per 12”x 12” page as my
guide. Add a label indicating the album and the number of layouts you are planning.
Use pocket pages to hold all of your memorabilia.
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12x12 pocket pages work great for adding any “special” products you’ve purchased to
go with your pictures and memorabilia.
Use “Sticky Notes” or our Shut Your Flap Tabs to tag each event in your holding album.
Put your chart in the front of the Holding Album. When you complete each layout you
can cross it off the list. You’ll know you’re done with all of the layouts when your
pockets are empty. Then you can reload the pockets and start again. You can store
your “holding album” spinder in your Craft Binder.
Benefits of using a Holding Album
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Ease of access
No duplication of handling materials
Easy to go to a crop or scrap at home
Perfect when shopping for coordinating products.
You don’t have to rely on your memory for multiple-albums with similar layouts.
Challenge #7
1. Sort your memorabilia into a Filing or Storage System.
2. Label memorabilia with location of coordinating pictures and
journaling notes.
3. Create an on-line Journal on your “desktop” so you can easily
add to it. If you use a smart phone, include the journal in your
“sync” function so you can add notes using your phone.
4. Start a “Holding Album” for your next or current scrapping
project.
5. Sort 1 container of “stuff”
6. Sort 4” of Paper
7. Post your progress on the FaceBook group or send us an email.
Products that might help:
Memento Binder
Craft Binder
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Challenge #8 - Preparing for a Crop
Goals for this Challenge
 Set yourself up with a great strategy for attending events.
 Figure out the best ways to pack and unpack
Too much stuff equals too little production. Avoid “Paralysis by
Analysis” The less you pack the more you’ll get done.
Step 1 – Gather information
Before you can prepare efficiently, you have to have some basic information.
What is being provided by the crop host?
What are your friends bringing? Tools and equipment that can be shared doesn’t
need to be duplicated. Who has the easiest transport system?
What tools can be left at home and used to “finish up” projects?
How many hours will you be….Cropping, Shopping, Dining, …..Sleeping?
Step 2 – Decisions, Decisions
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Is your motivation for this crop “photo-based” or project based?
Project Based:
If your plan is to complete specific projects rather than scrapbook pages (like minialbums), you will likely need different products. Think these project through by
gathering the basic pieces for the project, i.e., the mini album, spray adhesive or other
special adhesives, special tools needed, etc. If the project includes photos, then move
on to the “photo based” options.
Photo Based:
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Choose your photos.
Sort them by layout or at least by number of pictures you will need to complete the
layouts. This requires choosing the number of layouts first!!! Don’t take ALL the photos,
just what you need.
Gather the memorabilia.
Put the photos and memorabilia together.
Don’t take ALL the photos.
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Step 3 – Gather Supplies
• If you’ve completed all the previous steps of the challenge, this should be an easy step.
You’ll be able to pull together the right themes, colors, etc. in just a couple of minutes.
If you haven’t completed the challenge, you may have to “hunt” through your stuff for
the things you need, but once you’ve gathered everything, you can integrate into your 4
Section System – so you’ll be moving forward with organizing.
• Label your tools with your name/initials so you don’t lose them at the event.
Step 4 – Pack it up
• Pack in reverse. Think about how you will arrange yourself at the crop.
• Layout a packing table, the same way you would lay clothes out when you’re packing for
a trip.
• When you put things into your tote, be sure the things you need to “set up” your
cropping space are on the top.
Keep an empty Paper Storage Box just for going to crops – it makes it easy to pack up the
papers you need
What do I use? I’m a minimalist and usually limit myself to one tote.
Challenge #8
1. Find a tote you want to use for going to crops – exclusively for crops if
possible.
2. Create a packing list of crop “must haves.” These are the things you
will take every time. Spend some time thinking about how to pack
these items and how they will be used. Keep the list in your tote so
you can use it every time you crop. If you find that there are things you
always take, but never use, cross them off the list.
3. Decide how much you can do in an hour a crop. Add 20% to that amount just in case
you are able to skip eating and sleeping. This should include the number of “pages” or
quantity of projects you can accomplish – cards, mini-albums, etc. Use this list as your
guide for packing to go to an actual crop.
4. Post on FaceBook group page and let us know how you’re doing.
Products that might help: Ditto Tool Organizer Craft Binder EZ2O Bags
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