Organizational {Friday}

I thought we should talk Stickles again today! Many people are asking about the new Distress Stickles. Well, I bought a good supply of them, and then of course I had to organize them. So, I will tell you what I found and how I organized them.

First, the Distress Stickles are a little chunkier than the regular Stickles thus the opening is a bit larger. However, when they dry, I can't tell a whole lot of difference. I pretty much just choose the color I like and use it. I don't choose by the bottle name--Stickles or a Distress Stickles--I choose by color.

To organize them, I of course organized by color. I first went to the Ranger site and typed all of the Distress Stickles, Stickles, and Liquid Pearl names into a Microsoft Excel document. On the Ranger site, you can find the Distress Stickles here, the Stickles here, and the Liquid Pearls here.

Once I typed in all of the names, I organized them by color and printed out my document. Then I put a sample of each on my paper and let dry overnight. I will keep this in a notebook for reference when choosing colors. It is much easier to choose what I want to use by an actual dried sample than by looking at the bottle. Here is what my pages look like: So, can you tell a whole lot of difference between the Distress Stickles and Stickles by looking at these pictures? I love them both the same but I will say that having the larger opening on the Distress Stickles bottle does make them a bit harder to work with in smaller areas.

Once I my sheets were done, I put the bottles in that same order in my Stamin Thing Elite Organizer which I posted about here.
This organizational method works great for me. I hope it will help some of you too, and I hope it helps you see the minute difference between Stickles and Distress Stickles. Happy Organizing everyone!

Edited to add a link to my Excel file if you are interested. You should be able to grab it from here. Hope it helps! :)