Create-a-Kit: Crafting shouldn't be a scavenger hunt.
One of the most important organizing principles I teach is simple: Keep together what you use together.
It sounds obvious, but so many of us unintentionally make our creative projects harder by storing supplies in different places. Paper goes in one drawer, embellishments in another, stamps on a shelf, instructions in a binder, and before you know it, starting a project feels like a scavenger hunt.
What if everything you needed for a project was already together and ready to go?
For project planning, our File Master product line really shines.
Why Create a Kit?
A project kit is simply a collection of supplies organized around a specific creative goal. Instead of organizing by product type, you're organizing by project. When inspiration strikes, you grab one File Master and everything you need is right there. No searching. No forgetting important pieces. No losing momentum before you even begin. No FORGETTING - what you bought for a project because it got stashed away in the wrong place.
Whether you're working on a scrapbook album, making cards, or creating a junk journal, a File Master helps you gather all the components for a project in one convenient place.
12x12 File Master: Ultimate Scrapbook Album Kit
Creating a scrapbook album often involves collecting materials over time. You may have patterned papers, cardstock, photos, stickers, die cuts, journaling cards, title ideas, sketches, and project notes scattered throughout your craft room.
Instead, dedicate a 12x12 File Master to a single album project.
Store:
- Album papers and cardstock
- Printed photos
- Embellishments
- Stickers and die cuts
- Layout sketches
- Journaling notes
- Mementos and memorabilia
- Project inspiration
Everything stays together from the first idea to the completed album. When you're ready to work, simply grab your File Master and start creating.
8.5x11 File Master: Perfect for Junk Journals
Junk journals are wonderfully creative, but they also tend to collect a variety of materials.
Use an 8.5x11 File Master to store:
- Vintage papers
- Book pages
- Printed ephemera
- Journal cards
- Tags and pockets
- Written ideas and layouts
- Project instructions
- Journal Book
- Washi Tape
Instead of piles of materials spread across your workspace, you'll have a complete junk journal kit organized and ready whenever creativity calls. If you're working with smaller bulkier items, consider adding an 8.5x11 Fancy Folio to your File Master. The gusseted pockets in the Fancy Folio are a great place for storing dimensional items.
The 8.5x11 File Master is 12" tall x 9" wide - it will easily accommodate standard A4 projects as well as 8.5x11.
6x6 or 4x6 File Masters: A Card-Making Project Kit
Card makers know how easy it is for supplies to become separated. A paper pad might be in one place while coordinating stamps, dies, embellishments, and card sketches are stored somewhere else. If you know what you want to create, gather all the pieces together and store them in a 6x6 or 4x6 File Master. Use our Creative Connector Tool to add a label to your card-making project. This is ideal for making multiples of the same card, like Christmas Cards or Thank You Card. (Bonus, these File Masters are a great way to store and protect your cards when they are completed.)
Create a card-making kit in a 6x6 or 4x6 File Master by gathering:
- Coordinating patterned papers
- Card blanks
- Card sketches
- Stamped images
- Die cuts
- Sentiments
- Embellishments
- Color inspiration
Having everything together makes it easy to sit down and create cards without wasting time searching for supplies.
5x7 File Master: Ideal for Mini Albums
Mini albums are often smaller projects that involve numerous components. This adorable 7x5 mini album is the perfect project to store & organize in a 5x7 File Master. Keep your page pieces organized by adding our 5x7 Flip Flap Tabbed Divider Pockets.
A 5x7 File Master is the perfect size for organizing:
- Mini album pages
- Photo selections
- Embellishments
- Journaling elements
- Interactive pieces
- Project plans and instructions
Treat your File Master as the project headquarters. Every piece has a home, and nothing gets misplaced between crafting sessions.
Organize for Action, Not Just Storage
Traditional organization focuses on where things belong. Functional organization focuses on how you'll actually use them. When you create project kits with File Masters, you're reducing decisions, eliminating clutter, and making it easier to start creating. That's the real goal of organization.
Not perfection.
Not color-coded shelves.
Not matching containers.
Organization should help you take action.
The next time you begin a creative project, ask yourself:
What would happen if everything I needed was already together?
With the File Master family, creating custom project kits is simple. Gather your supplies, choose the File Master that fits your project, and give yourself the gift of being ready whenever inspiration strikes.
Because when everything you use together stays together, creativity becomes a whole lot easier.
