A common dilemma of paper crafting is what to do with the leftover paper scraps. How small is too small to save? And how do you organize them? By color, size, what? I'd love to hear your ideas!
I used to save any scraps that were about 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" and tried to organize them by color. I've tried clear expanding sorters (such as for coupons), zipper storage bags, etc. I found out, though, that I was so overwhelmed with all of the paper so much that most of the time that the scraps just piled up on my work table. I'm now keeping scraps no smaller than 3 x 3 and just toss them into clear Sterilite Snapware bins. I use one of the bins for the patterned paper and then the other three bins contain everything else. Now I'm no longer obsessing about what color category teal paper would go in (is it blue or is it green?) and my work table is now a lot cleaner!
I also had a "crazy" idea about what to do with the scraps that I do throw out. Why not recycle them instead of mixing them in with the regular household trash? I keep a paper grocery sack under my work table now and toss the paper scraps into there. When it gets full, I put it in our recycle bin. (Make sure your waste disposal service allows you to recycle paper first!)
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