I thought I'd plan a little decorating today. Now I cant really paint a feature wall, most of it would be covered by furniture, so when I saw these wall decalsit was perfect (I bought a few different kinds - velvet and vinyl). I bought a solid black orchid, a bird & tree and a velvet hanging vinyard bloom. They are supposed to be really easy to apply to the wall and to customise the pattern so you can fit... Read more →

Come on we all have them and usually not just one or two! The question becomes how do we store all those flowers and leaves? Do you sort by colour, by brand, by size, by packaged or non packaged - the choices are limitless. Here are a few of the interesting ideas for storage I have found: Queen Be1 has this neat little unit on Flickr - so it's not going to fit in my room, but gosh isn't it... Read more →

Wow don't metal dies multiply when you're not looking! I was suprised to find I owned 20 when I bought this cute little purple Spellbinder Wizard Die Carrying Case case! Then I discovered it wouldn't fit the large Spellbinder labels dies I wanted to store in it - so I moved to these great magnetic binders. I don't remember where I first saw them in use, but I know Jerri Kay also uses them - the only thing I know... Read more →

WOW - these are the things that seem to be very easy to get into a mess. When I look in my embellishment drawers all I see is confusion, there is stuff everywhere, this is what it currently looks like below. My charms and small metal embellishments are neatly organised in Craft Mates Lockables Organiser, I've mentioned these before and they are amazing - my favourite small embellishment storage! BUT my larger items, chipboard die cuts, stickles, large metal embellishments,... Read more →

OK - so I can't be the only one who has things they want to display in their craft room, favourite cards, beautiful embellishments, special memento's - currently they are all sitting in front of things on my bookshelves - guess what you need to move to get to anything - not a great idea! Problem - I can't put anything in reach of my 2 active cats - so I saw these and thought they would be perfect. Set... Read more →

Choosing the colour scheme for my craft room - this was the easiest thing I've had to do this month. I have black storage drawer units, I have green drawer units, I have white walls and I have purple folders. So my colour scheme is black, white and green with a tiny bit of purple as an accent. This might explain why I liked this craft room so much, it's almost where I want to be... I also have kind... Read more →

While some may doubt you - so far this is what cleaning up looks like.. Desk has some new components (copic holder) but is covered with items being sorted in preparation for culling, moving and sorting. I know eeeek! Spare room has bed covered in stuff being sorted into piles for sale (no I am not able to take over this room as a craft room, my family like to sleep here). Cupboard has bags and boxes of items to... Read more →

Paint dabbers - I have almost all of these little beauties produced by Ranger and they are making the drawer which I have them stored in rather heavy and difficult to open. I have them all upside down in an effort to make them easier to use (and for some reason I thought it would help to keep them from drying out). I am also now collecting the Jenni Bowlin colours - so the drawer won't be getting any lighter... Read more →

Now this should be easy for me as I have hardly any punches compared to some others I've seen - wow some people love punches! Me I have a very weak wrist, the kind where too much use causes it to kind of go numb and I have trouble holding things - very annoying - so I much prefer my Vagabond, but even I have around 20 punches of varying styles and sizes (of course very few are the same... Read more →

Templates, stencils and masks, 6x6, 12x12, long, skinny, square, round, decorative, plastic, metal, cardboard - there are so many to choose from where do we all begin? Ideally I'd love 'one unit to hold them all!!!' (a little Lord of the Rings humour there - yes I'm a nerd), but I'm having trouble finding 'sexy' stencil solutions - or many ideas at all. So here are some I found, followed by some of my own. The most common stencil storage... Read more →

I can't be the only person out there with almost 100 ink pads to organise - yes I know that's a lot of ink pads, I also KNOW I am not alone (go on count yours, they add up faster than you expect!). It is now the time to figure out how I'm going to store these little guys as presently they are all over the place, draws, shelves, stacked etc. So I've done a little browsing and here are... Read more →

LOL - it seems I was underestimating how long this may take - I didn't give enough thought to the fact that I first have to find the right storage solutions, then track them down, buy or make the solutions, then put them in place and then transfer my stuff into them! 30 days will not be long enough so I am extnding my Craft Room Clean Up/Cleanse until the end of May - giving me (and YOU) 60 days... Read more →

Do you make PILES in your craft room - I admit it, I make piles, not just one or 2 but many many piles, and when the piles threaten my life or limb (or the cats) only THEN do I put them away - hanging head in shame :O( So I decided to excavate one of my craft room piles - not quite what I expect my Archaeology Professor expected I'd be doing with that skill - but hey -... Read more →

Sooooo I have rather a lot of pens, pencils, markers, inks etc - not as much as some (EG: the lovely Jane Davenport) but perhaps more than the average crafter - I tend to hoard and I rather like my markers, pens, pencils, crayons, pastels, neo colors, you get the general idea! Some of these items can be stored standing up (eg: Pencils or crayons) others need to lay flat (eg: gel pens). So what to do with my space,... Read more →

Hi to all of the lovely people following this blog as I try and make my little space more useful, more organised and more 'me'. I have to say a HUGE thank you for all of the amazing ideas you are all sharing via the blog post comments and via email - I've had so many wonderfully generous people take time out to send me photos and suggestions, I'm totally overwhelmed by it (this means I've had a few tears... Read more →