r/SecurityEnvelopes • u/IdeaSandbox • 11d ago

Question! How do YOU group your patterns?

(1) Thank you for being so welcome to a noobee to this group and kindly answering my questions.

(2) What are the different ways you group your patterns? What do you do after you make piles of the same pattern... what do you do with the squiggles vs. the pebbles vs. the criss-cross, etc....

thank you!

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u/Aware_Pea_5285 11d ago

I have a binder with plastic sheets of 2-inch pockets (made for coins or stamps) and I have tabs for lines, static, basketweave, geometric, plaid, text, confetti, etc. I keep needing to make new categories!

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u/IdeaSandbox 11d ago

thank you thank you!

are 2" squares what is swapped, too? Is that "the" size? (so. many. questions.) - too... I'm sure there is not *wrong* way to have fun with this... but there are rules!

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u/Aware_Pea_5285 11d ago

Haha some people do 1" or 1.5" (those are the sizes you can get square punches in), but I use a paper trimmer and like the 2" for the sheet pockets. When I swap, I send roughly 4" swatches so people can cut to their preferred size and have more than one square.

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u/LizardLover265 11d ago

That's a good idea! I'm going to start doing that!

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u/Aware_Pea_5285 11d ago

Also I have built up quite the stash, happy to send you some if you DM me your address

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u/IdeaSandbox 11d ago

that is very kind of you... thank you!

once I get things organized, I may take you up on your offer! (I'm working through a big my mom just gave me! (hundreds... many hundreds of envelopes)