Challenging myself - you benefit

I've been wanting to organize or alphabetize my cricut cartridges and handbooks for a while now. I finally did it with the help of my computer (since it can alphabetize in seconds) I created a list of all my cartridges and HOLY MOLY was I surprised to see how many cartridges I have. 77! Really? 77!?? That's everything from original cartridges, gypsy cartridges and imagine cartridges. Holy Moly! If my husband asks, they were all free! ;)

I can honestly and pathetically tell you that I have not used nearly half of these, not even once. SAD! Apparently I'm a COLLECTOR not a USER. :) So I am challenging myself to use each and every cartridge. By putting this challenge out here for the world to see I'm more likely to actually do this! :)
I am going to go thru each cartridge and make 2-4 projects (mostly cards). My plan (which is subject to change) is to post a project everyday Sat./Sun. and Weds./Thurs. - so theoretically I could do a cartridge a week or ever 2 weeks depending on how inspired I am by that cartridge.
So let's see, 77 cartridges at a cartridge a week means I would have enough content to post for the next year (or longer if I do more projects =2 weeks for a cartridge).

Do you think I can do it? I'm not 100% sold, but I'm going to give it a shot! At least once a week you should see something . . . stay tuned!!

Since I organized my cartridges, I thought you might like to see how I store them.
I take them all out of their boxes (with the exception of the imagine cartridges) and I keep them tucked away in a drawer like this . . .

I keep the handbooks and overlays (alphabetized) in photo boxes, and the cartridges in a Stampin' Up! punch box tin. A friend of mine had given me these plastic divider things with sticky on the bottom, and that's what I used to keep the cartridges in nice rows. This tin will hold 50 cartridges with a little room left for things like blade refills or markers (or carts turned the other direction).

As you can see, I take a sharpie marker and write the initials for the cartridge name on the top of the cartridge - this way I can easily identify which cartridge I want.


If you are interested in storing your carts this way, and don't have access to one of the SU! punch tins, please send me an e-mail- I've got 2 left. :)