Help – Lost in Beads! Need a Better Bead Organizing System

by Tammie Adams.
(United States)

I guess you can say I am a newbie to beading as I’ve only been beading for a year now.

I’ve read the posts here and love how everyone is so helpful.

I do have a question to ask my more experienced beader friends.

I bought these plastic drawers to store my beads in. Each drawer has one color in it.

The problem I have is, I have so many beads now that in deciding which beads to use on a project, I literally need to dump each drawer on my desk to see exactly what I have.

Nine times out of ten, I come across beads I’ve forgotten I had.

They’re all in little zip lock bags inside in these drawers and it’s just not working for me.

Buying copies of beads I already have is the norm for me.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated as it driving me crazy not knowing what I have.

AND, it’s time consuming hunting through them each time.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Tammie Adams