Craft Paper Storage
Organization and Action Steps to Organize Your Craft Paper
Craft paper can become a big source of clutter. There are methods for decluttering and maintaining control of your collection that help you become better at knowing what you have. Organizing craft paper can be overwhelming, but once it’s done, you’ll feel so much better and use what you have accumulated. If there are some patterned papers you love and want to keep, but know you won’t use, one tip is to frame them to decorate your craft space instead of throwing them away. Look to The Uncluttered Life’s Declutter Deck® for tips and tricks about home organization.
Organization
Never organize a stack of paper you plan to declutter. It’s a waste of time, even if you plan to donate it.
One of the reasons it’s difficult to declutter paper is that going through it is tedious. Paper is so thin that after spending a lot of time decluttering it, you may barely notice a difference. Remind yourself of the time this takes. Marie Kondo is very quick to say that paper takes up more room than you actually realize.
Although patterned paper is beautiful, there is a slim chance you will actually use it.
One reason paper storage is difficult is that the sheer volume can often overwhelm traditional storage solutions.
You may end up collecting rather than using some papers because you are afraid they will no longer be available. Either use or discard them, whichever suits your needs.
Action Steps
Declutter papers where you don’t have matching card stock, too many to ever use, have gone out of style, or ones you don’t like any longer.
Have a regular declutter schedule. Put it on your calendar.
Practice mindful accumulation and limit purchases to what your storage system can hold.
Store papers vertically in files or horizontally in drawers.
Use a digital app to keep your inventory straight. Or use an inventory system that is manual. Choose which one works best for you.