I didn't really have a system before - I just found something I liked and saved it and randomly rotated things, but with no order and with no proper keywords or crediting.

So I have slowly started sorting through my 500 icons and putting them into folders - BAMF, Happy, Twinks, Dean Winchester, Entourage, The West Wing, Winchester Brothers, Great Fic, etc... And then, instead of loading them all at once, I just load them as I talk about them.

I was just talking about Leverage with someone the other day and before I replied to the thread, I loaded my Leverage icon and I named it "leverage icon". So now, if I want to switch it out and use a different one, I just name the new one "leverage icon" as well and it won't default all my old comments where I used the leverage icon - it will just automatically switch them from the old leverage icon to the new one.

And I keep a backup folder where the icons all have the icon-makers name on them, so I won't forget where I got them.

That sounds really confusing but it's totally not, lol.

My only complaint is that I can't have all the icons all the time, so I will have to randomly switch them around from time to time.