CindyS----

[Amy Carey]

makes me tired just looking at it....but then again...look at the RESULTS she gets with that system.....makes me want to try it!

[BrattyMeg]

I think when I get another EHD I'm going to copy some of my stuff over using that method..I'm a pretty standard kit scrapper but occasionally I do like to pull pieces from here or there to make the LOs work

[breakingbrie]

Originally Posted by MizAmyLou

makes me tired just looking at it....but then again...look at the RESULTS she gets with that system.....makes me want to try it!

Exactly!! I'm an organized freak, but I'm a kit-keeper-together kinda freak! lol. I think maybe I'll start slow, just mix a few(copies, no way I'd take them completely out of the kit folder!!!LMBO) I know I'd use a lot from different kits, and see how that works for me.

[cindys732003]

I agree, it does take a lot of time initially, but once you are caught up, not so much. I don't copy all the elements, just ones that I know I will use again. When I'm about to organize and pull elements out of a kit I just make a copy of the kit, drag and drop elements into the right folder (which is super quick) then delete what is left of the Copied kit.
I still like to keep the kits all together cause that's what I usually start a page with, and then I add extras from there.

[Paula]

I do that as well Cindy, but I have a Mac so I don't copy the files, I just make aliases.

[crystalbella77]

Cindy, you are so my hero!! I have been wanting to do this so badly!!!! I just haven't had the energy to do it yet. Plus I am going to need an EHD. Awesome organizing!!

[Tracyfish]

Wow...so that's the secret. lol

I have been wanting to do this for so long and now that my EHD went out and I lost (purposely didn't save) all the old freebies and stuff that I never used I might just have to start this when I reload my new EHD. Although I tend to be more of a kit scrapper too.

[**Holly**]

This is an awesome method!!! When I get my EHD in a few months I am going to try this!!

[mrs_jb]

That is really interesting Cindy! I love the idea of pulling the previews out, that way you can see what you have without digging like crazy!

[pomi]

Wow, that's amazing, thank you for sharing your secret, Cindy!
I think I'll try that. After all, it's a way I can "cuddle" a bit with my stuff...

[rochelle789]

Wow, that's quite an impressive system, Cindy! I like your idea of pulling out the previews. I have a good handle on what I have, but having the previews all in one spot is a really good idea. I'm like Meg, I'm a kit scrapper, but occasionally I do use other things too.

[Tracie Stroud]

Cindy, when you copy some elements into your "elements" folder from their original kit, do you rename them or label them somehow so you can find where they originally came from (for credits)?

Thanks!

[cindyg]

Oh I'll just have to jump in here and tell you how much I love Cindy's work too - she is simply amazing!

[cindys732003]

Originally Posted by psalm149

Cindy, when you copy some elements into your "elements" folder from their original kit, do you rename them or label them somehow so you can find where they originally came from (for credits)?

Thanks!

Most stuff nowadays is labelled with the designer name, then the kit name, then element name: eg.....hroselli-tikiboom-flower1.
If it wasn't I would probably rename it with at least the designers name in it....
HTH!

[Sheana]

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.

[Brooke W]

Originally Posted by MizAmyLou

makes me tired just looking at it....but then again...look at the RESULTS she gets with that system.....makes me want to try it!

LMAO, that is EXACTLY what I thought when I saw that list Except I know I'm not going to try it, because you'd have to toss me in da ward after about an hour trying to organize as beautifully as Cindy does.