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