You make me feel normal, I love the idea of categories. Thank you!

I need to start living by your words... keeping stuff in my house will not save the planet! I need to just start getting rid of all my junk lol 😁.

No one touches the cupboard of shame..🤣 that is how it gets it name. Happy you made some progress in sorting, grouping and discovering all you have. Go, go go. 🥰

I'm new to your channel and I agree, I was also a scrapbooker and made cards then discovered junk journalling in the Covid times. I also did slow stitching quilts with so much material. I now find that it is too overwhelming for me to sort. Thankyou for the tour and tidying.

I always get such helpful tidbits from your videos. My hubs is always telling me to set up a table and pull things out to sort them. In my head it was too overwhelming. I’m doing a project of reorganizing in my room. Moving books to one bookcase and filling shelves with stamps and dies. I’m so glad to see you set up a table and work it into sections. I don’t feel as overwhelmed by the thought of it anymore. Let’s say we won’t be going after that project for awhile though. Temps are well up into the 90s with no A/C in that room. It used be an old horse stable!!! Can’t wait to see what else you’ve been up to! Keeping you in my prayers as I know you lost 2 dear family members recently. Hugs.

I LOVE craft room organization videos! I like to see how others organize items. I recently emptied some iris bins which I've repurposed for my junk journal items. My bins are very similar to your groupings (envelopes, bags/pockets, journal/tags, etc.). I appreciate you emphasizing that it's okay to denote/recycle/trash items. 💛💛💛

I just found you and am so grateful!! Love that you have a real, grown over time craft space!! I recently returned to crafting after forgetting i was a crafter. Began with jewelry then turned to JJ as a creative outlet. 🤣😂 I've learned how to make my own watercolors, make paper, dye paper, sew paper... I've just started organizing my craft room after a long break from crafting but not buying. 😜 I have a huge collection of napkins, envelopes, papers, books.... This video (& the comments) have given me hope and made me feel normal. TY

Your journal supplies are like my scraps! You could craft forever with them!😆

Hi Sarah, I found this video very helpful. I’ve come to the realization sometimes things just need to go 😆 tfs💙

Love this video and wish you could see my garage and craft room. You would feel much better!

Scraps, collecting everything.. Nehh. Me? No way!😁😚😜

Oh boy just shows us JJ people are all addicted to "might use that".

Been trying to figure out how to categorize my JJ stuff…. My piles keep growing and morphing…. This was helpful and gave me some ideas how to use and store some of these items! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for this video. I thought I was alone. Lol exactly like me!

The struggle is real! I miss my crafty space. Currently renting a room from my sis & & a majority of my stuff is in storage. Thought I brought enough stuff to continue crafting while here but I’m missing all my ink pads, dies i& colored card stock. Will need to whittle down what’s in storage, and had donated a ton before the move, but the thought exhausts me. I’m like your neighbor - organized, but the move was in haste & thrown all the stuff into boxes & into storage - chaos! Good luck!

Maps are great to make envelopes for happy mail.

I am still stuck on trying to save the planet one scrap at a time. I also started out as a card maker with rubber stamps. I have iver 4,000. I discovered journal making and my amount of supplies is out of control. I still mostly make cards and keep my craftroom in order by putting everything away before i start a project. I love your video and your craftroom ❤❤❤

Hi Sarah. I found it interesting to see how you sort things. You did well to get through all of that. See you again soon. 😊 PS. I loved "the cupboard of shame". Ha ha ha. 🤣

Tip; I always use the Dymo Label Writer for making my labels.😊

I think this was really helpful, Sarah. I like your categories and I find them useful. I also recently basically did what you said to at least part of my craft room - take everything out and put it back. I’m not quite done putting it all back and my husband is less than thrilled with that as the part that is not back in the craft room is in the hall. Still. I told him it does no good to just shove it back in the craft room Willy Nilly when the whole point was to go through things, make room, and organize, which takes longer than just removing and replacing. But he s running out of patience, lol.

Color the coloring books with watercolors or oxides, easy coloring and look beautiful in junk journals. Also look nice with mixed media.

Hi Sarah. If it were me, taking into account that you can't pick up heavy items, I would consider putting my items in 12x12 plastic cases clearly labelled. If it doesn't fit into the case tough. Either I take things out of the case that I was maybe on the fence with and swop it with what I really like or I have to get to a point of I can't add more until I've used more of what's in the case. Just a thought. I think that's how I arrange my things because I can't handle clutter. TFS your video. Sending love and hugs. 💙🤗💙🤗

Oh boy, I really struggle with this too. You made great progress. My junk journal stuff seems to keep expanding every time I turn my back on it. 😂 I really liked your ideas about getting rid of things that we may have collected at the beginning but now either aren’t needed or have been replaced with “better” finds. I also smiled at your single deck of playing cards. I have a shoebox-full (more than I’ll need in a lifetime) because I keep finding ones with great designs. (And you get 52 at a time, when I really just need a few! It might be time for me to pass some along to a new home). Have a great weekend.

Organizing is so important. It seems like something you always have to do because it is!!!! I think labeling is very important in order to help control the clutter. I am working on decluttering my quilting space in addition to my paper crafting space. I would love to find time and space to do gell printing and watercolor. Keep up the good work!!!

I tear up books, take out what I will use and save it in those stackable archive boxes that are used in offices. I found a lot of them for 2 euros a piece, so I bought 20 and stacked them in 5´s. This helps me enormously to prevent bulk. I use the covers too, the rest of the books go out the door.

This video is wonderful but I have to admit I had to watch the beginning twice, the first time I was mesmerized by your die storage on the wall. I have been trying to organize my stash this year so this video hit home with me. This week I opened a very old box and found a great bead stash which was perfect since I am working on shaker cards and beads make good filler. Thinking of you and sending hugs!🥰

Yep! Still watching.

I don't think you'll ever have a paper shortage😂 Us none KZfaqrs make 20 thou journals when we start then 1 a year, so I've got rid of my under bed storage bins of stuff. You need all of yours. I have an idea, a hammock!!! Love from Yorkshire England.

Your video was timed perfectly for me. I am reorganizing my dinning room. Yes…my dinning room has craft stuff in it. Actually I have been able to move it out this week. The only stuff I am leaving in there is my Etsy Shop items and my stash of books. It was great to organize along with you!

Craftalanch. I love it.

ROFL My You Know What Off! I had to pause this video until I quit laughing and to write down your comments, " Cabinet of Shame" and "Craftalanche!" Who can't relate to those images? Those comments should be in a Junk Journaler's Book of Quotable Quotes! Enjoyed your video very much and thanks for the laugh to start my day! Going to my Craft Room shortly and diving into my "Drawers of Shame!"

My craft room is just the same thanks for the heads up.

I've been doing a lot of de-stashing not just craft stuff. I bought a set a bed risers to put under a long table like yours. I planned to use them when I start quilting. That hasn't happened yet but I use the higher table to sort with. I don't know what I was waiting for to use the risers and wow what a difference its made for my back.

Great video. lol. I tried MJ to use my scrapbook stuff up. Little did I know how much I would hoard. And how it has travelled through out my house. I am going to go through my piles. Pull out pages of my books and let the books go. Thanks.

Great job girl! The first thing to do is exactly do what you started...got through and group like items and declutter (be very honest with yourself....am I going to use this? Or is this my fantasy self speaking???) Getting rid of items is the fastest way to make sure you use the items you like and that you don't forget what you have. I need to come over and practice organizing with you and Nonie!!! Sending you a great big hug and stay cool this week!!!

🤣🤣🤣 you've totally descibed my current situation with my craftroom!! Too much jj "supplies"...lol

Progress over perfection I say! I think it was wonderful that doing this project got you inspired for your current project - you found stuff you wanted to use right now. Using it should always be the goal in my book 😊 and you came to terms with stuff that would be better off on the bin or another crafters stash. I say this knowing that I’ve just helped a friend declutter and come home with two big bags of stuff that I have nowhere to store 😂 it got me inspired though, and I made a couple of quick art journals so there’s that.

Great topic!! It’s overwhelming how many times I try to sub categorize my JJ SUPPLIES😍😍😍

nice video

Hi there how’s your space looking? I discovered JJ 2016 and yes it grows and grows and i reorganize and reorganize. For me zones 1. Location keep like things together and if the container is full no more collecting I don’t create enough random journals to use up all the random stuff I’ve collected 2. Visibility I like open or clear 3. Labeling THIS is the most important because I’ll forget why I have something grouped together and then it becomes 1 of 10 hodgepodge containers 4. Create more 😊 use it up or give it away I’ve mailed so many RAKS yes pay postage to not throw away 😂😅😊 I also try to find other local crafters to give away to as well

When the Hoard is so big that it has gotten away from us it's because we are imputing more than we are outputting. And at that point our output is less and less because stuff is in the way we don't have it handy we know we have it but we can't locate it or we forgot we had it. All this and more is time consuming out of our craft time. So why do we keep on shopping for more stuff when what was our "me time relaxing hobby" has been replaced with another thing that makes us feel good. Shopping became part of the therapy. When I figured out that it was taking so much time out of my craft time to shop, process, organize, de-stash, research, shop some more online, get ready for tomorrow's estate sale, look at how others were using their items, look for ideas on something before I threw it out, etc. it was no wonder I was not getting down to crafting. So guess what I started selling ephemera myself. Well that was the wrong solution it's an excuse to keep it. Well not any more. I'm quitting the whole thing. I started watching de-stash videos to get ready to throw it all (almost all) out. I'm moving. Learn from me I got disabled and couldn't do anything about the piles for months.

I think sorting is a great idea. It seems like you have junk journal, art journal and collage things all mixed together. Would 12 x 12 boxes keep things neater and you van separate things better? You probably need to sort every few months because ideas change and preferences change.

@Sara. I have a TON of rubber stamps from my stint of “I have to have them all” stampin up. I see your stamps are in drawers? On the wall? What a great idea! Where do you get them ands what are they called??

I just had a light bulb moment for me when you said "when I take it to the beach". I too like to take travel journal supplies and sort, organize a box or something along in the car ride. But I just thought that's not how life is supposed to be. I have to stop engaging with this stuff and notice more of the world outside enjoy the car ride, the conversation. I'm going to feel naked going out without my bag of goodies as my husband calls it. But we don't have many years left so it's time to stop and hold hands again.😥

Make envelope journals❤🙏🏻🕊💯 set a goal to make three journals a month. 🕊💯❤️🙏🏻