Finally, after who know HOW many 30 minutes sessions, I got my craft room clean!! It's so inspiring to not only have a clean space, but to have unearthed all my cool stuff that I forgot I had. I really want to craft all sorts of things, but I also just want to sit on my spinny chair and stare at the one uncluttered, organized, all MINE room in the house without messing it up.
Remember that craft table before? The one that held all the crap that I had NO idea what to do with?
Well, here she is now!
And I didn't just shove any of it into the cabinets either!
Now I have a nice place to organize all my batting, interfacing, scraps and random 'not pretty enough to display' fabrics! (Notice my brand spankin' new Silhouette that doesn't work :( I'm waiting for a reply from tech support.)
Fabric shelf pretty much looks the same
All my photography stuff tucked away waiting to utilize that blank wall at a moment's notice
I'm not used to having an organized closet, so I just couldn't bear to shut the curtains!
My little helper Georgia guarding the door from room trashing munchkins!
Are you sticking to your 30 minutes a day? I'm thinking of moving on to my laundry room since it will probably provide me with MONTHS of 30 minute sessions :P
{What I had}
What has 29 receipts, 2 packs of gum, 9 lip glosses, 2 granola bars, 3 suckers, a first aid kit, $140 that I didn't know I had, a pound of change, wet wipes, a tape dispenser, recipe cards, and an emergency peanut butter cup? My overstuffed purse of course!! The funny thing is you don't know HOW MANY of those things I've wanted but "didn't have" since my purse was so messy.
{What I needed}
Target won the award for oldest receipt from 11/16, and I had coupons for shampoo that expired on 10/30. I'm still missing a $30 Target gift card that I'm hoping will turn up, but it's so nice to want gum and to actually know where it is!
{All tucked away!}
I've been moving my craft crap back into my old craft room and spending my 30 minutes of organizing in there mostly. I don't have a before picture since it wasn't in this room before, but picture the dumpster behind a goodwill store and that's pretty close.
I was proud of myself that I organized as I brought things into the room instead of my normal plan of dumping everything in a huge pile on the floor and sorting it out "later" with later never coming. All the stuff left on the craft table are things that don't really have a home, but I still have some cabinet space left to fill, and I guess I could get rid of some stuff... if I really had to.
I was also proud that I ACTUALLY used an idea from 'My Favorite Things' by making the mini fabric bolts from foam core board. I swear I don't live in as small of a town as people think, but I bought the last 2 pieces of foam board in existence and still need more to wrap the rest of my fabric. Also, I've never been pissed that I owned so much felt until I had to unfold, smooth, refold, stuff and organize it to make it look cute. Don't be holding your breath for any felt projects any time soon either since I'd rather buy new felt than unfold and refold those babies.
All my neglected scrapbooking supplies, clothing for repurposing, and other crafty stuff that isn't "cute" found a home in the closet. I'm thrilled to report that the shelves were $90, and the foam board was $10, so I only spent $100 to transform my stuff from a pile of crap to a cute (and hopefully functional!) space. I'm also hoping that having all my fabric out in the open will remind me to use it instead of buying new fabric for every single project that I think I'll "someday" finish.
How are you doing with your organizing?? Are you tackling a giant space or a different little space every day?
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