Dusty Monk that's a great suggestion. Why not pm one of the mods, Pam or Metro for instance, and ask them to do that. They like keeping things organized and it would organize these little problems. Of course, this thread could be used for that purpose since I did not mention a specific glitch in my title.
As for the items never running out if they are in your backpack, I think it could give you a false sense of security. I stock my crafting tables to the max, 99 items each, for two reasons. One it keeps my backpack empty so I know if I wind up with something unexpected in it, or can easily find a quest item to make sure I have it, and two I know if I have a lot of extras I can sell them for some ready cash. It also tells me that unless it is a daily responsibility I don't have to take time doing any collecting.
If I had not just completely stocked my crafting table and had an empty back pack, I would not have known this was happening. My first reaction, the first time I saw it was, "Huh? I thought I had put everything in the table. Guess I can sell these." Of course I checked first and when I saw there was a need for the three items in that recipe I put them back in the table and watched to see what would happen with the next recipe I made. It wasn't random either. It was specifically the items required for a specific recipe that wound up back in the back pack along with the completed elixir.