Sanity saver trick of one designer’s trade
November 8, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under how to, quick tip, tutorial
I’ve been earning my living as a designer, fiber artist, writer, workshop presenter, and other wild and wonderful ways (professional puppeteer included) for more than 35 years. Over those decades, I have come up with some handy ways of organizing my work.
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When I am working on a new book,
(like I am right now)
I have dozens of projects in the works all at once,
and each of the projects has heaps of iterations.
I make a project over
and over and over,
refining and honing it.
Lots of the versions will simply
get frogged as soon as I recognize
a problem and note what I
have to do to fix it.
But, some of the versions of the
project are worthwhile keeping,
so I can end up with a whole lot of variations on a theme.
It is absolutely essential to have each piece labeled with basic information.
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The system that I have developed over the years
is a simple one that works beautifully for me.
I recycle lightweight cardstock boxes
by punching out hang tag labels.
Then, I punch a hole in it,
and tie a cord to it.
I number which iteration it is
so that I know what the progression
was, date it,
write the name of the project,
info like yarn and hook size
and anything else that’s relevant.
Then, I attach the label to the project with a lark’s head knot, and place all the projects together in a box or bag in a larger container.
I have other designer/author ’sanity saver’ systems that I can share if people are interested….
Oh excellent – I love those little labels. Yes please, more ideas would be lovely and very helpful!!!
Hugs,
Terri
I think that any shape would work for making the hang tag labels, but because I was able to find the classic label shape punch at my local craft store, that’s the shape I went with. I like having the continuity of using one shape for the basic info hang tags, as I use other shapes of hang tags for the pieces that go off to editors.
Alrighty! I’ll post about some more of the tools that I use to organize the design process!
