Scrapbooking is a lot of fun, but before you realize it you have piles and piles of materials that don't really have a place of their own. Well you will finally have a place to put everything because this article is going to show you how to make your own scrapbooking organizer.

Soon you will be able to keep all those fun supplies and materials in one place.

What you will need:

• A nice shelf you can clear out just for your scrapbooking space. If you don't already have a shelf, you can pick one up at any office supply store.

• 4 or 5 paper racks. The ones that lay down and hold your documents or paper flat without folding. (You can find these at office supply stores.)

• Pick up some sturdy bins or baskets that can fit on your shelf.

• Polaroid camera.

• Permanent markers.

• Some freezer bags to keep the beads, stickers and other supplies in.

• Hot glue gun.

Now it is time to put it all together:

1. The first thing you will want to do is find a great place in your home to keep your scrapbooking organizer shelf at. A few great places would be the basement, storage room or even your home office.

2. Put your bins on your shelf and put all your supplies in so they can be ready when you need them.

3. Label each bin for the types of materials it will hold. For instance, if you have 3 bins you can name them embellishments, stamps, cutouts, etc... Create a bin for every category of supplies. You can use more bins for stencils, paper, templates and the like.

Your last bin should be named miscellaneous for things that don't really go in any of the other bins.

4. Now it is time to put every scrapbook supply in its matching bin. Take a picture of these items with your Polaroid camera. Use the hot glue gun to glue the picture to the font of the bins. This a nice way to make a photo label. If you don't have a camera, you can always just make a label out of markers.

5. Gather your different papers and place them in the scrapbooking organizer paper racks. This will ensure that you are able to find a particular type of paper quickly for projects.

6. Now simply place the bins up on the shelf and you are ready to go. Voila!