Simplifying Stamp Organization

I'm celebrating my 2012 One Little Word, which is simplify, in a different way every month in 2012. For January I'm focusing on simplifying all of my documentation.

My intent this month is to simplify my workflow in all areas of my life: my office daytimer and filing, the home organizing systems for everything from our taxes to permission slips and homework, as well as my memory keeping activities - from photo printing to journaling more on my pages.

One related project I took on at home over the holidays was simplifying the way I organize and store of all of my stamps. Pictured here are a few of the many wood mount stamps I have, along with my clear acrylic, red rubber, etc, etc... I've created an inventory list of these, sorted by category, making it so much easier to find what's there.

I'm no where near done, but at least it's started, and I have a system to help me locate that particular stamp I want for a particular project. It's already made me feel more organized and helped me to re-discover stamps I own that I had almost forgotten about! In the long run, this will definitely help get more memories documented more quickly.

Speaking of forgotten - yes, as part of my documentation goals, I still want to get my postal address list updated and get my Christmas cards into the mail. So if you were wondering - no, I didn't forget you!

I will update more details of what I simplify throughout the rest of 2012.

I also have details to post about the fun I've had on the past two weekends - I was lucky enough to have been scrapbooking during both of them, and I have plenty of pages to photograph and get posted. Stay tuned! :-}