I'm an organization junkie, I'll admit it, but I don't like to waste what little stamping time I have hunting for supplies, so a week or so ago, I embarked on some organizational endeavors. I don't have a lot of space, and must stamp in my kitchen, so the supplies also had to be easily portable from the spare bedroom, where everything is stored, to the kitchen.
I have one plastic tool box which houses all of my inks (mostly small
1" square pads), glitters, and embossing powders.A second tool box now houses other small supplies (bone folder, markers, punches, paint brushes, dry embossing stuff, glitter glue, adhesive dots/tape, etc.).
All other supplies are on a small utility cart (has casters/wheels) that has four shelves. It's small - about 3' high, shelves approx. 9" x 14". Supplies include fiskars circle/shape cutters and templates, embellishments, all stamps (admittedly not super easy to access as they are in baskets except for the Stampin'Up plastic boxes, but I don't have space to keep them spread out), baby wipes, eyelet kit, big ColorBox special edition multi-color pad, etc..
My cardstock is in a wheeled file cart I bought for $10 in office supplies at Wal-Mart. Each color is in a hanging folder (a few large bulk stacks had to be stacked on the shelf on the bottom of the cart). If I have scraps, those go in a manila pocket folder in the hanging folder. Now I can see all of my colors, and I can easily see if I have a scrap of the right size before cutting into a new sheet of cardstock. I do have one folder for colors where I only have 1-2 sheets of a color, since I couldn't see the sense of a whole folder for one piece of paper or cardstock. Envelopes are also on the shelf at the bottom of the cart, as is my acetate sheets and sticker paper.
Barbara