100 Things 2 Do: Craft Studio

Do you love looking at photos of other people's craft studios?
The gorgeous organization, cute little jars, rainbows of coloured paper or fabric or yarn.

image courtesy of Houzz.com

I LOVE those!

This - not so much.

I'm not sure the photo does it true justice - I have little piles of "stuff" everywhere. So much so that I can't close my sewing cabinet (dark cabinet on the left), my bookshelves are overstuffed and things are falling off and my cold air return is COVERED with dust-gunk because it's been blocked behind more crap I've had sitting there on the floor.

Since I was down here (my studio is in the basement), making catnip toys and thank you cards, I thought it was time to bring some organization back.

I found catalogues and order forms from when I tried to sell Tupperware about 4 years ago. Family photos I'd forgotten I had, tons of stamps that I'd forgotten about (and am ready to purge).

Got my ribbon organized and looking tidy and my stamp pads in order by colour. (Yes, the rainbow arrangement makes me happy)

Divided up my designed papers from my cardstock and got my scrap pile tucked away for later.

Punches, dies and accessories were all put back into their homes...

and I even found several card making books I'd totally forgotten about tucked away under my desk!

Bonus!

I managed to purge 2 bags to the garbage, 2 bags to recycling and another large bag full of crafting material that I can pass along to someone else to use.

The end result...