52 Weeks of Mail

52 Weeks of Mail

Monday, June 8, 2009

Closer look at my workspace

So here's the second part to my blog about organizing my workspace. As you can see, I reuse alot of things I had laying around the house and repurposed them to hold other things! Hope it helps you guys out a little. :)




I got this at Home Depot...it's supposed to hold nuts and bolts!


but I put all my embellishments in them (in alphabetically order)



I repurposed this box to hold my more frequently used adhesives



A top view of my stash of adhesives





These are two little containers I put my thread



A top view of my thread




A tin box I got with something I bought a long time ago...now I keep all my word chipboards.



As you can see I Xyron'd the chipboard so it's already for me to use when I feel the need.



These are the repurposed boxes I used to keep my thread in as a child...now it holds my buttons.



This came with a set I bought on QVC, now I use it to hold my spillover of buttons. It was made to orginally hold something else.



My button box closed up.




I can't remember where I got this clear plastic case from...but it was like the thing above, came with something else and I repurposed it to hold my many embellishments!



I have alphabet transfer, tiny buttons, flower buckles, metal party hats.....it goes on and on :)



And these little plastic tins come right out!



I bought these at Michael's I think.



They hold my ribbons now....



And one holds all my alphabets.


I put all the A's in one compartment, B's in another...that way when I need a letter I don't have to go searching.




This is where I store my stamps. I had these trays as a little girl too, don't remember what I kept in them.



but what's nice about them is that they accordian (or spin) so that I can access the bottom ones. They also lift off of each other if need be. I stamped all the stamps in a notebook, though, so I could see them all at a glance.



where I keep my sharp little scissors that I use all the time, my pens, chapstick, little eraser...



this is like the first picture, but littlier drawers. I keep all my embellishements here that i use the most....


...like mini brads



just another pic of my most frequently used things.


This is a standing plastic folder that I got at Orential Trading Magazine for really cheap. This one holds all the projects I'm working on, my notebook that has all my ideas in, the stamp notebook with all my stamp pics in.


These ones hold my 8 X 10 papers that I got at Hollo Papercrafts (this awesome store that sells paper by the pound so you can get TONS of papers for only a couple bucks. And they have great texture and heft to them)



these ones hold my 12 X 12 papers. Put in a rainbow order.



this is a filing cabinet one of parents had laying around....


...it now holds my 8 X 10 pics in rainbow order....


and the bottom drawer has folders with things like "seasons", or 'Halloween" papers, in alphabetical order


an old plastic container with drawers. As you can see it has my scissors, glue, .....


closer look of a drawer


an according folder that holds my 12 X 12 scraps


an inside view


this is how I hold my ribbons that came on a spool thingy . I got this at Joann Fabrics I think


closer look at my ribbons


this used to be my mom's cookie jar. Now it holds my silk flowers!


this is a tin container I got as a gift. It had lotions in it...i use it to hold my fabric paints!


This is a shoebox I use to hold the envelopes I got for free at Hallmark and American Greeting (did you know they will give you envelops for FREE!)


A basket my mom had that now holds all my envelopes


baskets I got at Michaels on sale. They hold my inks, chalk, some projects, pictures....


closer look inside the basket of inks and chalk


another old plastic container drawer. It now holds my pens and punches.

where I keep all my scrapbooks and idea books

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

my new and improved workspace

Here are the pics for my new workspace. After 2 years of being in the cold, dark basement (shared with unwanted spider friends!!), I've been moved to our Family Room (thanks to the understanding and help from my wonderful Hubby! :). I know it's kind of weird to be using space in our living area, but we do have another Living Room that we can entertain in. And I'm a very organized crafter, so I don't think it will be an unsightly problem. We decided that it's our house, so who cares what others might think...if it's going to help me create, than let's do it! Now I have a window to look out of to help inspire me, and I can create while me and Eric watch TV. Plus, I'm not that far away from Molly while she's napping. So take a gander at the photo's and let me know what you think!



(my workspace from when you walk into the Family Room)




(a closer view of my table)





(the view from my desk!!)