Kelly's Craft Room

More storage...

Directly behind where I sit in my craft room is this sterlite cart. In the bin on top is where all of my alphabets are kept in their original packages. Chipboard, rub ons, stickers etc. They are all in here. The top drawer is where my stamp supplies (blocks, baby wipes, cleaning pad etc) are stored. The middle drawer is where I keep some SU stamps and the bottom drawer hold my heat gun, glue gun, extra rubber etc. Originally I had this drawer under my workspace, and the bin with my alphas were on a shelf on the other side of the island, but I kept pulling the alpha bin over to the other side and decided that it just needed to stay there! I am thinking about getting a clip-it-up for my alphas.. but it will not work for all of the items in their original packaging (KI Soup, Paper Studio chipboard, Heidi Swapp Chipboard... just to name a few.)

Finished Layouts

When I finish a layout it typically goes on display in my craft room. I hung two curtain rods parallel on the wall, and have page protectors hung (with the opening to the left) from curtain clips. This allows me to easily add and remove layouts for display. Though I have been trying to be better about putting layouts away in the appropriate albums after they rotate off of the wall, it does not always happen that way. My second location for finished layouts is in an iron wall pocket that sits above my desk/ counter-top.

Other items on my desk include my favorite fairy lamp, a basket of cards given to me, my "project" basket (the green one), and my ink/ paint storage. This space is where I set up my cuttlebug and sewing machine when I use them.

Organization: Embossing folders

While browsing my blog list a couple of weeks ago I saw this great idea for organizing and referencing embossing folders. I do not have anywhere near as many embossing folders as Karli has, but it is still a great idea and easy to maintain as my collection grows. So here is my version. This did not cost me anything!

 

First I embossed a piece of CS with each embossing folder. I liked the little tags that Karli used, but wanted to see the entire pattern so I used larger sheets. Then I numbered the embossing folders with a sharpie, and numbered the coordinating CS "sample". The sample sheet fits easily inside the front of the storage box. Now all I need to do is add a label to the box!

 

Nestie Storage

I could have sworn that I already wrote this post...but I can not find it so here it goes again.

Amanda and I made these frames for our Nestability storage. Well, the frame was her idea, but the wrapping paper to cover the magnet sheets was mine! She has a great description already written up here, so I will not repeat it all. 

Here is my Nestie storage! I will need to make a bigger one soon!

 

New Ribbon Storage

**This was posted on the family side yesterday**

This weekend I cleaned up my craft room and painted my ribbon rack!  I saw a similar one (but much smaller) online somewhere and asked my Dad if we could make one like it. I wanted to be able to pull my ribbon on and off easily without having to thread/un-thread all of the spools from a dowel. This is what we came up with!

Yep. That is me with a nail gun. This is what it looks like now!

All of my loose ribbon is in the jars, and my spools are on the ribbon rack. I love that I have lots of room to grow, especially since I buy the new PTI ribbon every month. I figure I have a year or so before I will run out of room. The stray wire you see peeking out of the top is for a smoke detector that we have, but need to install. I still need to take pictures of the rest of the room while it is still clean!

More picture of my craft room

   

Ok, the wall color is REALLY off in this photo.. but I love it! (ETA.. I had to go in and edit the color so that it looked right. It was really bugging me!)

 

It was tough deciding where to put it. I have this HUGE wall of yellow to the left when I walk in the door, but I am not sure what to put on that wall! The decal fit perfectly above my fairy though.

Here are a few more pictures...

   

I put my curtain rod (and bought another) up, but I am missing a bracket for the bottom one. I also need to find the bag with the gold curtain clips in it so that I can hang up more layouts. I love having this display set up.

After I get everything put away I will take detailed pictures of my storage and the room. Here are some details about the island though.

It is 6' x 3' and is at counter height, and was custom built by my Dad and my brother-in-law Billy. They also built the bookshelf that is to the right of the window. I have ordered stools for the island (should be in by Friday) but I think that I will probably stand most of the time. Lots of room for me to spread out, and still some room for someone to come over and scrap with me. I also have the counter top that has my fairy lamp on it that is at desk height for someone to work at as well.