Article: Keeping Kits Organized

by Samara Gugler

I’ve tried so many ways to keep my digital kits organized. I’d like to share with you how I do it. I’m certainly no expert, but sometimes it helps to see just how someone else does it.

Organization is key for someone like me as I have literally hundreds of kits on my computer.

I first created a folder called, Digital Scrapbooking. I then organize by site. I have a folder for each site that I’ve downloaded from. I name each folder by the site name. My Digital Scrapbook Place folder is named, DSP.

Within each “site” folder, I have a folder for each of the designers. My DSP folder looks like this.

You’ll notice that I have some extra folders, Brushes, Club Digital, DSP Designers, DSP Fonts, Misc, Misc DSP stuff, and Unused Kits.

I stick all my DSP Brushes into my brushes folder regardless of the designer. Club Digital holds all my club Digital Kits, DSP designers is a little tricky, let’s take a closer look.

In this folder I keep all my CD’s, Pass the Pixels, and charity kits.

My DSP Fonts folder holds all my fonts exclusive to DSP.

My misc folder is like a junk drawer! It holds all the misc stuff that I just don’t have a place for. Member kits, designer inspiration, etc.

My DSP misc folder contains all my classes, color challenges, inspiration chats, etc. I honestly could do without two Misc folders, but it works for me!

My most used folder is my “Unused Kits” folder. This is where I download all my kits to. I actually rename all my files to the first two initials of the designer and then the kit name. Angie Svoboda’s Bring on Spring kit was renamed to AS_Bring_on_Spring. This works well for me. As soon as I use a kit from this folder, I just drag and drop it into the correct designer folder.

I guess this wouldn’t be complete if I didn’t show you my secret folder, Samara Gugler!

I know it looks pretty boring. I have folders for each of the current kits I’m working on. My inspirations folder is TOP Secret… but if you’re nice to me maybe I’ll show that to you later!

Happy Organizing!

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