CindyS----

I too am totally amazed by Cindy's layouts :wub:.
and by her organizing skillz. I have so not been keeping up with my organizing :thumbdown:
 
This was posted when I was on vacation so I'm just seeing it now...

I've been working on getting everything organized in a similar way on my Mac but the one thing I always get stuck on is my CT stuff. Do you include your Sweet Shoppe stuff in with your regular organizing at all? Or do you just check in both places when you're looking for something? Is there a reason why the SSD kits are organized by designer instead of just in one folder?

I'm seriously amazed by your organization. :thumbup:
 
I want to organize this way..lol but I just get sick to my stomach when I realize how much I actually have to organize/copy/move over haha

Cindy is on vacation now so it might be a week before she gets to that answer but I wanna know too! My guess is b/c of CT stuff and the fact sometimes we have to have 100% SSD and it's a lot easier to find stuff based on how you organize it. My guess anyways
 
Wow I totally missed this thread. I thought I was the organizing queen but now reading this I bow down WOW! I have ACDSee and certainly don't use it to its full potental, it's all just so much work. I do need to incorporate some of what Cindy does into mine because my system just isn't working like it should.

So glad I saw this post today!
 
FlirtatiousBrat said:
Cindy is on vacation now so it might be a week before she gets to that answer but I wanna know too! My guess is b/c of CT stuff and the fact sometimes we have to have 100% SSD and it's a lot easier to find stuff based on how you organize it. My guess anyways
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Yeah exactly. Right now I have a separate SSD folder for that reason but it just has everything grouped together and when I need something specific for like a TOTM layout I spend a lot of time searching through folders. I thought before about making a separate elements organization for SSD so it's nice to see it's worked for someone else.
 
Nettio said:
Yeah exactly. Right now I have a separate SSD folder for that reason but it just has everything grouped together and when I need something specific for like a TOTM layout I spend a lot of time searching through folders. I thought before about making a separate elements organization for SSD so it's nice to see it's worked for someone else.
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Hey!
Yep I do have a separate folder for SSD elements (broken up into categories like I do for non SSD stuff), not quite as categorized, but very similar. I keep the kits organized by designer, but any element packs, alphas, etc are organized into the elements folders. So say I need a flower for my LO by a specific designer, I go to my flower folder and since everything is named by designer first, it's easy to find. I used to have everything just organized by designer, but i found it hard like you do because I always had to spend time searching for stuff. This seems like it works well for me though :)
 
I recently started breaking my stuff up very similar to this.. but I just create a "shortcut" for each item and leave my original kits intact so that I don't use space for duplicate elements.
 
cindys732003 said:
Hey!
Yep I do have a separate folder for SSD elements (broken up into categories like I do for non SSD stuff), not quite as categorized, but very similar. I keep the kits organized by designer, but any element packs, alphas, etc are organized into the elements folders. So say I need a flower for my LO by a specific designer, I go to my flower folder and since everything is named by designer first, it's easy to find. I used to have everything just organized by designer, but i found it hard like you do because I always had to spend time searching for stuff. This seems like it works well for me though :)
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Thanks Cindy! That makes sense and is along the lines of what I'd been thinking of doing. Guess I'll give it a try and see how it works. :thumbup:
 
Nettio said:
Yeah exactly. Right now I have a separate SSD folder for that reason but it just has everything grouped together and when I need something specific for like a TOTM layout I spend a lot of time searching through folders. I thought before about making a separate elements organization for SSD so it's nice to see it's worked for someone else.
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maybe I'll start out just doing it for SSD stuff since that's what I scrap with the most..then move on from there if I choose to lol...or just organize new things that way.. :)
 
OK, I'm totally into this thread! Since my EHD turned to mush I've been DLing a ton of stuff from stores who's owners were gracious enough to reset my DL links. SO, I have one folder filled to the brimm with zip files. Since I'm basically starting from scratch, I've decided to figure something else out. I DLd the trial version of ACDSee but just kinda stare at it once it's openend. And now I'm concerned from the comment about it slowing down the computer. I really like the way Cindy has her's set up and often thought of doing that, but was worried about the extra HD space it would use. BUT, if I just do the things I think I'll use again, it shouldn't be too bad right?

Who here breaks their elements down by color? ie...

Elements>Flowers>Pink etc
 
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i organized my stuff on my EHD using the similar system a few weeks ago, took me about 2 days and a half but totally worth it!
 
I'm a pretty new digi scrapper (and even newer poster lol) but I purchased ACDSee on the recommendation of some other scrappers and it is awesome!

I organize a lot like Cindy because I'm not a kit scrapper. I like to be able to say, hey, I need a string of beads to layer with this ribbon and search my ACDSee setup for beads. When you do that you can R click the preview and click 'go to file' and it will take you to the kit it is originally from. That has helped me a ton when I've been searching for coordinating elements for pages. :thumbup: I'm guessing it'll help me a lot when I start putting together credit lists when I finally start uploading to a gallery. :p

I'm loving this thread though to see how differently everyone organizes and what works for them. :)
 
welcome Heather!! Lets see some layouts :)

I wish I had started out with this organization method..I am a kit scrapper for the most part though but still love to pull in some flowers or ribbons here or there lol
 
I have my ACDSee tags set up a lot like Cindy's files. I just can't bring myself to duplicate things on my HD but I love that organization. With ACDSee I can just look up Ribbons ed - folded and all my folded red ribbons, from all over my HD, appear.

I'm a kit scrapper at heart and mostly use ACDSee to find alphas, stamps and doodles.
 
Ok I tagged this thread as "I am going to do this one day" and here I am....just to be sure Cindy - do you just put the elements in the folder that correspond to say for example Halloween (which is what prompted this because I can't find my stuff)? Or do you leave them in the folder and then copy it to the appropriate place? What do you do if the designer does not include the kit name in the elements - do you just do general credits without specifically naming which kit you got them from?

Oh I saw someone did a shortcut - do you have any problems with this?
 
CINDY I love you! I have mine organized, but not nearly this intense... it would really work well, because I love to be able to mix and match for the perfect look on a layout! Thanks so much for sharing! :)
 
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