There are 3 parts to it.
1. The storage portion.
I have drawers that I have them sorted by categories. You will notice the different colors. The CTMH Idea Book is divided into sections. Sentiments, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Alphabets, Celebration, Everyday Life etc. Each category is a CTMH color on the sleeve in the stamp envelope. So in this picture the pink is Blush and that means Sentiments, the next one is Alphabets which is Indian Corn blue and the last one showing is Spring in Buttercup. The colored sleeves give a quick reference to the group of stamps you are looking for.
I also have them in order by the item number within there group.
2. The Binder
Shown here is an album that I have the picture of each stamp set I have in a sleeve. You see the colored tabs along the side? Those are the actual color cardstock that matches the sheet in each stamp set. So I have Sentiments and then all the stamps I own following that tab. There is a tab for each group that CTMH sells.
3. The Notebook. It is a notebook that lists each of my stamps in the same order as shown above.This notebook also holds all the other products sold by CTMH so I can check if I have it and know what I still want to buy. I used the same card stock tabs to identify the stamp set categories.
This system is working really good for me. I can find what I want easily and quickly. It is really nice for discovering all the stamps within a stamp set that I don't know about or remember they are in the set.
Thanks for looking.
WOW! Let me be the first to tell you that you are amazingly organized. GREAT job and ideas. I have mine sorted by category but yours goes even further. One day I will follow in your footsteps.
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