WOYWW #194 ~ Clear Stamp Up Heave All

Happy Wednesday to WOYWWers and All!

My desk is big ol' pile of piles.

 

I mentioned earlier this week that I had begun the process of organizing my clear stamps by theme.  It just works better for me and the way my brain works (or doesn't!).  For instance, here is my cabinet of older wooden stamps, organized by theme:  birthday in one drawer; thank yous in one drawer; hearts and anniversarys and get wells in a drawer; backgrounds in a drawer; trees and leaves ... you get the idea.

 

 

 

When I first ventured into the world of clear stamps, I left them alone in their packaging, or transferred them to CD cases or SU! cases, but kept them in tact, so as to be diplomatic.  Now, however, my collection of clear stamps has grown to the point where I can no longer keep track of all the little bits and pieces the manufacturers so generously "toss in" as part of the deal. 

For instance, here is a set from SU! calling Moving Forward:

It's a perfectly nice set and I like it a lot.  But several things make me batty about it.  I think the crow and the frog and the wee flowers and the bee-line are "moving forward" stretches of the imaginarium.  I would never think to look for a crow in my "moving forward" set.  But I would look for it in my "Birds" container.  You know what I mean?  Also, in this set, the words are stuck there under the pictures, all-in-one.  That's a patootie pain if I want to use that sweet "hello, dear friend" sediment with a different image, which is very likely.

 

So I cut this whole set up.  NO!  Yup, I did.  I put the sail boats with other sailing images, I put the tricycle with other biking images, I put the blimp with hot air balloons, the frogs with frogs, etc., and I put the sentiments with like sentiments.

 

Ah, yes, the sentiments.  Lots of the clear sentiment packages contain birthday and anniversary and get well and sympathy and love-life wishes all together. 

There is no way I'm going to remember which sediment is in which package.  So say I want to make a card, I'm rather old and the memory, she ain't what she used to be, and generally life is too short.  I can't afford to spend 25 minutes every time I want to make a card flipping through, or pulling out, case after case to see whether it might contain "just" the bird, or the dog, or the sediment I want for my card.  In the end, the only flipping is me (out) and the only pulling is me (hair).  SO not good.

 

In preblog days, with my woodens, I didn't care who the manufacturer was.  Now with this blog, I realize that it is nice to be able to give out that information so I'm taking the time to include it with the image.

 

It's time-consuming and it's going to take me until next Wednesday's WOYWW to finish it up.  My "system" might make you  flip out and pull out your hair (in fact, most likely!), but that's what happening at Zee Playhouse this week.  I'd love your thoughts and would enjoy seeing what system works for you.

To join in the fun and see more desks, and to show us yours, click over to Ms. Julia Dunnit's What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday.  I'll visit as many desks as I can and if you stopped by, please let me know, so I can return the flavor.

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Finally, our granddog Duke, warmly dressed for the car ride back to his own home, wanted to say goodbye!

"I'll miss you!"

 

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Enjoy your day!   No, seriously, enjoy your day.   LITS!

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