Crafting Supply Management

Crafting Tips!

I often have friends tell me they would craft more often if they did not have to hull supplies out of closets throughout their home.  Storing supplies in functional containers (see my post on Craft Room Spring Cleaning) alleviates some problems.  Having supplies readily, and easily available so you can use them encourages crafting and makes the whole experience more enjoyable and productive!  

Enjoy a few tips which we put to use in our craft room!   

1.  Designate a large, plastic bread board for messy crafts, 
cutting, and hot glue projects.  Store it near the glue gun!

2.  Drawer dividers or silverware trays inside drawers 
store and sort stamps and stamp pads. 

 It is easy to locate a favorite pad color or stamp.

3.  Jars, jars, jars!!!  They allow you to see what is inside!  

Mason jars are my favorite.

4.  Cupcake pans are great for sorting little items while creating.

5.  Suitcases look nice, fit on top of high shelves or stack on top of each other, and they keep contents dust free.
(Cover your eyes to my dust under the suit case above!)

 They hold a lot, as well.

6.  Scissors with decor = FABRIC ONLY!!  

Save your sharp fabric scissors!  Tie a fabric strip (Fabric strips again! See my obsession with them in my previous posts.) or yarn to the handle.  
Let it be known that these are for cloth ONLY!

Happy crafting!

Craft Room Spring Cleaning

     

ORGANIZING!!!

I have a deep appreciation for organizing!  Luckily, my daughters do, too!  We cleared out the craft room and created nothing short of a disaster!  When I organize (redo a room, in this case), I find it necessary to empty the room as much as possible.  I then am able to rearrange furniture, begin cleaning, and fill all the spaces again!  Everything seems new and exciting when positioned in its new place.  Also, projects and oodles of ideas pop into my head while sorting through all the stuff!!!! 

The partially empty room:

When my organizing juices get going there is no stopping me, 
which usually results in a late night and tired, but ever so fulfilling morning.  

My girls are tremendous helpers.

We wound skeins of yarn into balls while watching old "Brady Bunch" reruns!
The beauty of all these colors and textures!

Sophia sorted and rolled ribbons!

Julia labeled

The DYMO LetraTag is great for making labels.

Miscellaneous supplies were labeled, thrown into boxes, 
and now rest on a closet shelf.

Who said cleaning out the fabric scraps couldn't be fun?!

It feels more inviting already!

I find baskets, cans, buckets, jars, pitchers - you name it, around my home and repurpose them.  
It is sort of like a treasure hunt, seeking the perfect container!  

 Old, galvanized buckets, baskets, suitcases, jars, tins are my favorites.

 Their beauty and usefulness makes me smile.
Jars

More jars...

Galvanized buckets...

Some things are too pretty to be contained...

Some things are just pretty!

The new and improved sewing corner...

The organized supply shelf...

The newly positioned craft buffet!

We accomplished the task of 
reorganizing our craft room! 

Spring cleaning is done for today! 

We are off to play!