Scrap Organization

Unlike some people, I keep pretty small scraps.  Since I do a lot of card making, these come in handy.  During the last organizational challenge, I put all of my scraps, by color, in file folders under my desk.  This method worked OK, since the scraps were right at my feet.  But there was a problem.  Any scrap that still had two 12" sides left didn't fit.  I know, I know...I could have trimmed the scraps down so they did.  But there were other issues, too.  Little scraps got lost at the bottom, and tended to fall out when I pulled the folders out.  So I came up with this solution:

These are old Memory Dock page planner protectors (unfortunately, they aren't available any more, which makes me sad).  They have a full 12.5 by 12.5 pocket on the back and four smaller pockets on the front.  I have one of these for each color of solid cardstock and each color of patterned paper.  Just looking at this makes me happy.  See all the combinations I could come up with?!  I got excited putting these together, because I could see how different papers from different manufacturers and lines could go together!  I put these protectors right next to the corresponding full sheets in my Cropper Hoppers.  So when I go to get a certain color of paper, there are scraps to look at right there.  I think this is going to work really well!