For The Love Of Paper
Hi Guys!!! It’s been forever, but if you can believe it I’m back with a new video. This one is for the Scraptember hosted by Laura Alberts, Miranda Webber and Natalie Bowers. Those ladies have done a video every day all month. I’m super excited to be guesting for today. Please come check it out!
Good day everyone and welcome to week four of the craft room challenge! This week we were focusing on craft supply organization. This is my favorite part of clean up. I LOVE to organize and I have several ideas to share with you that I think are just great! If you want to see where I started in this journey be sure to check out week one.
The first thing I want to share with you is how I store my bling and most used tools. The bling includes, enamel dots, stickles, gems, single colored brads, etc. Each color (or color family if I don’t have many) gets their own white basket*. The baskets come in a set of three from Dollar Tree. so it is very affordable to separate them this way. When I want a certain accent piece I can now just pull out that color basket and everything is right there. I also placed some shelf liner* on the bottom of the drawer so nothing slides around.
The tools are the ones that I used the most – think tape runner, sticker maker and tiny attacher. This is the top drawer of my Alex cube so it’s very accessible when I’m creating and easy for clean up after.
I store my washi tape and glitter. The storage is VERY similar to the bling, but I use long baskets again from Dollar Tree. I attempt to keep them color organized, but this drawer is our 22 month olds favorite to play in. I figure if arranging washi keeps her entertained for 20 minutes it really doesn’t matter what order they are in!
The glitter is in tiny bottles also from the dollar tree. I find these are perfect for putting a spoon in to scoop glitter out and the opening is large enough that pouring back in is easy. There’s less mess this way for me.
This is one of my favorite storage tips. I bought a bunch of 4×6 plastic photo cases off eBay (it was the cheapest place at the time) and each collection gets its own case. If I have two collections of the same topic, and from the same company, they will go in the case together each in a zip top bag to save space. I am still toying with how I want to label these. I don’t really care for the post it note as it block me from seeing what’s in the case, but I don’t want a permanent level either since when a collection is done the case will be re-used. Any tips for me?
I have been using this method for a long time, and it’s still working wonderfully for me.
I hope those tips gave you some ideas, and now it’s one to week five! This week we are to clean and decorate…if that’s your thing. Vacuum that floor – dust the shelves and hang some things up that make you happy and inspire you to create. I can’t wait to share the reveal with you!
Before you see the rest of the crafty spaces, please meet our lovely hosts:
Marie & Aleisha from The Inspiration Vault • Pam from P.S. I Love You Crafts
Yami from The Latina Next Door • Jolene from Create Pray Love
Habiba from Craftify My Love • Lyne from The Paper Addict
Megan from C’Mon Get Crafty • Erlene from My Pinterventures
Shirley from Intelligent Domestications • Valerie from Val Event Gal
Michelle from Our Crafty Mom
Now, let’s take a look at their craft rooms and spaces!
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Welcome to week one of the craft room challenge! If you haven’t seen our intro videos you are in for a treat. They are really cute if I do say so myself.
Each week our group of bloggers (12) will share our progress with you as well as share what the topic of the week is so you can work along with us. Feel free to join us on social media using the hashtags #craftroomchallenge and #confessyourmess. Now on to my mess!
Normally, my craft room is very tidy, but with the holiday things got away from me. I received some new furniture, made some Christmas gifts and then there was keeping us with December Daily…cleaning up just got away from me. I mean look at my desk!
There are also a ton of things in the space that aren’t mine…mostly kids things. Obviously I’m not the one playing with the Pokemon things…or am I…haha All kidding aside my desk becomes the catch all for anything the kids don’t know what to do with immediately, or are just in to much of a hurry to put away correctly.
There is also just to much furniture in the space for the size that it is. I need to find new way to store what I have and get some of the things either off the walls and/or up off the floor. Anything that isn’t scrapbook or office related needs to leave this space as well.
My goal for this challenge is to have a more streamlined space. I want to stop feeling like the walls are closing in due to stuff everywhere. I find I creating easier when not overwhelmed with things. I also need to let go of things that I have decided aren’t my craft. For example, I’m a very simple stamper, and not a colorer, so things that don’t match that need to be re-homed either via donation or sale.
Our goal for week one is cleaning off our work surface. Go on and find that missing desk or table. Make the flat space clean enough that you could create something if needed. I can’t wait to get myself in order and see how you use this challenge to get your space in order. Don’t forget to come back next week to see how I did and see what the next challenge is!
Welcome to the 2018 Craft Room Challenge! From January 3rd through January 31st, 14 crafty bloggers will be sorting, organizing, cleaning, and decorating their craft spaces. Each of us has a very different craft space to tackle, so chances are you will find one similar to yours. We’d love for you to join in on the fun challenge and clean right alongside us. Follow along and join in on social media by using #craftroomchallenge and #confessyourmess. You can also find us and the challenge via our social media accounts you’ll see listed on each of our sites. We’ll also have 15-minute mini daily challenges for you in case you have limited time to dedicate to the challenge. We hope you share your messy spaces and progress with us so we don’t feel alone this month!
Before you see the rest of the crafty spaces, please meet our lovely hosts:
Marie & Aleisha from The Inspiration Vault • Pam from P.S. I Love You Crafts
Yami from The Latina Next Door • Jolene from Create Pray Love
Habiba from Craftify My Love • Lyne from The Paper Addict
Megan from C’Mon Get Crafty • Erlene from My Pinterventures
Shirley from Intelligent Domestications • Valerie from Val Event Gal
Michelle from Our Crafty Mom • Rebecca from The Moments at Home
Stephanie from Crafty Ladybug Creations
Now, let’s take a look at their craft rooms and spaces!
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