Fashioned In Faith: OBSESSED WITH LABELING!

HEY Y'ALL! I HOPE YOU ARE ALL OFF TO A GREAT START TO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. OURS HAS STARTED OUT PRETTY GOOD, PRAISE GOD!

I WAS WONDERING... IS THERE ONE PARTICULAR TECHNIQUE/PROCESS THAT YOU ARE OBSESSIVE ABOUT? LIKE PERFECTION WHEN MEASURING, ORGANIZING, SORTING, ETC.?? WELL, I'VE FOUND OUT THAT I HAVE QUITE A FEW "OCD" HABITS. IF YOU KNOW ME WELL, YOU KNOW THIS ABOUT ME ALREADY! ...LOL... I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU MY LATEST OBSESSIVE PROCESSES. LABELING EVERYTHING!

I RECENTLY WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE MY HUSBAND FINALLY BUILD THE SCRAP-DESK OF MY DREAMS!! HE IS GREAT AT WOOD WORKING/BUILDING STUFF. I HAVE A PLAN, WE TALK IT OUT, MEASURE, JOIN IDEAS... AND VOILA! IT COMES TO LIFE.

THE PEGBOARD ON THE BACK WALL NOW HAS WHITE PICTURE MOLDING AROUND IT TO FRAME IT. I COULDN'T DEAL WITH THE RAW EDGES OF THE PEGBOARD. I TOLD YA, OCD! ...LOL... DIDN'T HE DO A GREAT JOB! THANKS TEDDY BEAR. WELL, AFTER WE GOT EVERYTHING FINISHED AND I GOT ALL OF MY SUPPLIES RE-ORGANIZED, EVERYTHING NEEDED TO BE LABELED - OF COURSE!

I'VE HAD THESE BASKETS IN MY CLOSET FOR SOME TIME. THEY FIT THESE SHELVES PERFECTLY. I OPTED TO GO WITH PHOTO BOXES MOSTLY BECAUSE THEY ARE CHEAP BUT REALLY STURDY - I FOUND MOST OF MINE AT MICHAEL'S ON SALE FOR $1.66EA. I HAVE FOUND THEM TO BE REALLY HANDY FOR ORGANIZING. A COUPLE OF POSTS AGO, I SHOWED HOW I USED THESE PHOTO BOXES AND SIZZIX PLASTIC ENVELOPES TO ORGANIZE MY WAFER DIES AND EMBOSSING FOLDERS.

ON THE TOP SHELF HERE, YOU SEE HOW I HAVE MY CLEAR STAMPS ORGANIZED. EACH STAMP COLLECTION IS IN A CLEAR/OPAQUE DVD CASE. I STAMPED ALL OF THE IMAGES ON WHITE CARDSTOCK TO PUT IN THE FRONT COVER FOR EASY FINDING. THE LABELS ON THE OUTSIDE ARE REALLY SIMPLE, EASY, & ADD A NICE TOUCH TO THESE INEXPENSIVE BOXES.

I STARTED DECIDING WHAT SIZE I WANTED MY LABELS. THEN, MEASURED AND CUT ENOUGH WHITE CARDSTOCK FOR ALL OF MY BOXES AND BASKETS. AFTER PUNCHING ALL OF THE CORNERS WITH A DECORATIVE CORNER PUNCH, I MATTED THEM ALL WITH BLACK CARDSTOCK. NEXT, I USED A CORNER ROUNDER PUNCH TO HELP THE CORNERS FOLLOW THE DESIGN OF THE DECO PUNCH. WHEN FINISHED WITH THOSE, IT WAS AS SIMPLE AS PUNCHING HOLES IN THEM ALL & ADDING TIM HOLTZ JUMP RINGS (LOVE THOSE BTW).

I DIDN'T WANT TO PUNCH HOLES IN THE LINING OF THE BASKETS, SO I ATTACHED THE TAGS BY PUTTING A STICK PIN THROUGH THE BACK, THROUGH THE RING, THEN BACK AGAIN. IT'S NOT VERY NOTICEABLE AND WORKED GREAT!!

IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW I ORGANIZE MY CLEAR STAMPS, JUST LEAVE ME A COMMENT ABOUT IT AND I WILL GET A POST TOGETHER FOR THOSE TOO. AS ALWAYS, THANKS SO MUCH FOR VISITING "FASHIONED IN FAITH", I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK!! UNTIL NEXT TIME...

HAPPY SCRAPPIN',