SBQ: Freebie Organization
29 March 2007 10:45 sbqThis week’s SBQ was suggested by Cindy and is:
Do you have a system for organizing freebie charts in your stash? If so, what is it? Do you print out copies of all of the freebies that you find on the web (that you think you might actually stitch) or do you maintain electronic copies of them until you are ready to stitch them?
My organizational system for Internet freebies has changed a quite a bit in the past year.
When I first discovered online freebies I saved them to my hard drive and then spent three or four days (and an entire color cartridge) printing them out. After they were printed out, I put them in protective sleeves and organized them in three-ring binders more or less by the website where I found them.
I never deleted the freebies from my hard drive and in fact, I kept adding to my collection; though I did start printing them out only when I thought I might stitch them.
However, when I got ready to move back to the US last summer I made the executive decision to leave the three-ring binders and all their contents behind. I did that for three main reasons: Number one, those binders were heavy and were going to cost more to move than I thought they were worth. Number two, my tastes have changed quite a lot in the past few years and I had plenty of printed freebies that I knew I would never stitch. And number three, the freebies were printed on A4 paper and wouldn’t fit in an American binder.
On top of all that, I decided it would make more sense (and save a couple of trees) if I just printed out the freebies as I stitched them, so after I went through the freebies on my hard drive and deleted a bunch of stuff that I know I will never stitch, that is what I do now. The freebies on my hard drive are organized by designer and when I do print them out, I still put them in protective sleeves and in a three-ring binder.
29 March 2007 at 11:07
Mine’s up.
29 March 2007 at 11:57
Mine’s done.
29 March 2007 at 12:14
Mine is up
29 March 2007 at 12:47
Mine is up - this is the first time that I participate
29 March 2007 at 13:02
posted
29 March 2007 at 13:49
Answered.
29 March 2007 at 14:18
I’ve answered it!
29 March 2007 at 16:13
My first SBQ answer has been posted!
29 March 2007 at 16:46
Very good question and I’ve answered it on my blog.
29 March 2007 at 18:51
Loved the question! Thanks for doing this!
~Kim~
29 March 2007 at 18:56
Question answered.
29 March 2007 at 19:29
Answered.
29 March 2007 at 20:13
Got it and it’s on my blog, thanks!
29 March 2007 at 20:46
Posted!
30 March 2007 at 02:02
Answered! I look forward to reading about everyones storage systems!
30 March 2007 at 08:13
Mine’s up!
30 March 2007 at 08:28
Mine’s up too. Have done some catching up in the last couple of weeks too - I missed a couple in there!
30 March 2007 at 09:36
Answered!
30 March 2007 at 15:18
Yay.. I’m receiving the questions in my mailbox again, Renee! Mine’s up and answered! Thanks much!
30 March 2007 at 22:21
Well it’s a day late, but finally up!
31 March 2007 at 06:59
Done!
31 March 2007 at 10:30
I keep forgetting to post here… but I’m up!
31 March 2007 at 22:35
Done
02 April 2007 at 01:28
Mine’s done.
02 April 2007 at 08:04
Publicado:
http://nelapx.blogspot.com/2007/04/sbq-freebie-organization.html#links
05 April 2007 at 00:08
here I am, late as usual…
http://retta.blogspot.com/2007/04/sbq-freebies.html