Ephemera love

I am so excited about the vintage ephemera swap I'm doing (see the button on the right sidebar); the packages should be in the mail this week!  I had so. much. fun. putting ephemera packets together for it -- 17!!

I had I promised I'd show you my newly stored ephemera, which I completely organized when I worked on my craft room:

Here it is!  Three tubs, and several clear, lidded shoe boxes full of art supplies!

Each of these folders contains paper ephemera.  It is separated by different criteria.  Sometimes it is by type (pictures, ads, postcards, etc.), sometimes by size, and sometimes by age.  It works really well for me.  When I get ready to put together a journal, I sit down and go through the boxes, choosing pages or whole folders that will work for whatever it is I'm planning to make.

This box contains the overflow, or odd-sized, or special stuff -- like those full ledger books.

Here's one of the boxes that contains some of the smallest, chunky pieces that I use for art, or for book covers, or as tag baubles.  I keep larger non-paper ephemera in the clear shoe boxes.

The craft room is working out so great for me!  It's organized and there is SPACE for me to do stuff!  For example, when I was looking for blue buttons to finish this pillow, I poured the blue button jar into this footed bowl and was able to poke through so easily...

and I just love using the separated glass bowls for button sorting!  Bliss!

How do you store your ephemera?  I'd love to see!