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I do mine by year/store/designer. I clean up the files (get rid of _mac, Tou, etc.) in my downloads area then I move everything else as I said. Previews are on Pinterest in almost the same order: store/year - preview (previews are linked so I can easily find credits).
 
Tree City said:
Cath, I want to answer this question but I also want to ask you: how do you scrap? To me, how you look for stuff on your computer/hard drive affects how you organise your supplies.
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I'm with Sara here.
I have folders for KITS- by year, like 2016 Kits and then I used to have separate sub folders for my CT designers.
Same with LOs.
but that has to do with the way I scrap.... also in Mac, when I do a search it searches the whole network I have (2 external hard drives....
When one of my EHDs died.... it took me I think almost 2 weeks to get all my stuff recovered, but I wasn't in a hurry as I have online back up... so I brought things back slowly and in order of what OI need the most to scrap
You have got really great answers here with the girls, hope you can get it organized soon!
 
How I store it on my EHD, and how I use kits to scrap are two different things.
Here's my TLP folder on my EHD:

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If a designer moves stores, I simply drag their folder to the new store. You can see my template designers have their own folder. I've committed to Adobe products (either CC or PSE) so I don't keep .pngs or .page or any of that. I only keep the .psd files, and the preview (I know there's a debate on .psd or .tiff, I like having Adobe's native format).

TLP - Month Kits: Memory Pockets, Planner, and Mixed Media. BYOC goes into the designer.
 
Mine is almost exactly like @bestcee except that I have a couple other stores under my Parent Folder which is called WHAT I USE. Not all TLP designers have their own folder because i have only 4 or so products from some designers. If some of them every get more I'll make a folder for that designer.

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At this point, BYOCs are still on their own under TLP as , 1605_BYOC, etc. I put the color palette image on the folders, and at some point will also batch-keyword '1605_ BYOC' etc on each file and then refile in the designer's folder. Unfortunately, I did file my earlier BYOCs into the designer folders. It is what it is! My stash for TLP is still manageable so it's easier to keyword things monthly. (see TLP 1606 at the top. No not done yet...) I use Lightroom but this is how it looks on my EHD. MPM has been my biggest sticking point so right now it's just like this - MPM_1606_Promise. btw, the feature of putting an image on the folder is Mac only I believe.

Finally, to do designer challenges I go to the designer's folder and/or look in Lightroom by searching for the designer's name. That will pull up items that could be in BYOC or MPM also that wouldn't be in their folder. It's a big project to get from zero to up to date but by picking a day weekly do do some or even taking time each day to do 30 min or so it gets done. Don't look at the whole but rather concentrate on the bits you do designer by designer. You can start with your biggest designer stash though I recommend one that you have fewer products so you feel a sense of ...Ok, one checked off! And if you have to start by sorting them into folders by designer, then that's one basic step to get done!

"A nover or dissertation is written a word at a time." Be patient with yourself and back up often!
 
I do designers name_storename, then kit name. I store all collabs as if it was a designer TLP Collab_TLP/Adventure as kit name. For Just Jaimee's storyteller I use year and then by month. Same for MPM.

I am a single kit scrapper so that works well for me. Templates are also be designer. I also use links for collabs of 2 designers- choosing the primary by the designer I most often gravitate towards.
 
22 gig left of mis to put into some other category to further delvope
then start with non lily stores

did take the stock photos, cute vintage emph over to other drive tonight with pictures

I never be done to work with my lily
 
I have a similar system to many others who have posted here. I file by designer, except for collabs like BYOC, MPM, etc. those I keep together. I like to have a lot of stuff to choose from when making a page, so that method just works best for me.

I posted more about my organization here https://the-lilypad.com/forum/threads/how-do-you-organize-your-stash.41500/page-2#post-706487, which may help. Really, it helps to organize in a way that best supports your scrapping, so it would probably help to start with thinking about that.
 
I keep everything by store, then designer. It's just easier for me this way. And I haven't tagged anything, because I don't really search. I pretty much kind of know what I am looking for and then go from there. Granted, it's not perfect!!!
 
two days straight...... grr ..... so glad designers here are only here, then all over my hard drive
20.6 gig mess yet then the work begins
 
k -- put m3 together, 89 products, but 19 are to be retired

leave susy and quirky heart in there?

did previews separate, but don't see how that help me find something
 
i just making one hell of a mess, i more a mess then i started with
about ready have him copy it all off and start a new
but that been better when i had all i got in a month together then this confusing site
 
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When I first started scrapping I had everything on CDs/DVDs - that was a nightmare, because I had a DVD for each store, then files for each designer. when they moved, I was screwed. When I transferred over to an EHD, I went with folders by designer, then just dumped the kit or element pack folder into there.

The only extra thing I do is on my laptop, I have a "Saved Products" folder. It has folders for all my CTs (at this point only the Lilypad), then folders by element (papers, frames, flowers, etc). When I have used a kit and it's saved to my EHD, I delete any product I don't think I will use. Anything else gets moved over into my Saved Products folder. So then, when I need a specific element, like a flower or a piece of word art, I can go into my saved stash and pull a couple of needed items from there.
 
@mrs2a50 I swear one day I will delete all the buttons I have as I don't care for them but then some challenge etc needs a button so....

(otherwise, most all my elements are tagged in Lightroom. Fortunately, I started this long ago...)
 
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