The small envelope thing has worked great for me. I have one box with most used parts: 1, 10, 100, 1k.... 1M resistors, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10 uF capacitors, 2N3904, 2N3906, etc. Then one box with all other resistors. An old Velveeta box is the perfect size for the small envelopes.