I may have gone slightly umm product crazy on this tag - but I had sooo much fun creating this! The stamp is one of a new line by one of my favourite people Jane Davenport. She has bought out 3 stamps so far and I hope more to come - I'm crossing my fingers her Panda Hug image from her sidekick collection will be next! What I used: Little Birdy Jane Girl Stamp Distress Markers: Forest Moss, Shabby Shutters,... Read more →

I know some of you will have seen the gorgeous work of talented artist Roben-Marie Smith over on her blog Every Life has a Story, well today we are lucky enough to have Roben-Marie as our Guest Desk! Roben-Marie makes wonderfully unique art, often using the supplies themselves as inspiration. She has been published in numerous magazines and books. Living and working in the USA Roben-Marie teaches all over the country and also online where she is currently teaching 5... Read more →

Wow - I love Col's work - I mentioned him and his online business 'ColCraft' before when I had my wall mounted spray storage created and here I am again with another ColCraft creation. Now this one isn't entirely finished as I'm still mulling over it all - but couldn't wait to show you how it looks and what I'm doing with it. I've learned a great deal from this Craft Room Cleanse and one of the most important things... Read more →

Sorry to have been so quiet recently - my poor computer died (5 motherboard replacements and still not working right!) and so for the last 4 weeks I've been waiting for my replacement machine to arrive - thank goodness for 3 yr warranties. In the mean time, I really have been busy and have continued with my Craft Room Cleanup. I have made, painted, decorated everything so that I can move it in the future, so even things which may... Read more →

OK - I just found the best score in the rubbish bin at work - yes I know that sounds really yucky! I've been wanting to do an altered suitcase for ages now, I saw something created by Tim Holtz, I can't remember what right now, but it sparked an idea in my head, ever since a steampunk altered suitcase has been on my To-Do list. I was so excited to snag this - the case is wood covered in... Read more →

OK I have this amazing space and gorgeous looking desk - I was determined to create something equally useful and gorgeous to go with it. I had been speaking in a previous post about buying a hutch - I looked high and low and couldn't find anything 'just right' for me, what I did find was too small, too big, too expensive, cost too much to ship and most of it would not make very good use of the space... Read more →

I LOVE my sparkly sprays, Starbursts, Glitz Spritz, Moonshadow Mist, Dylusions, Glimmer Mist, Maya Mist, Mr Huey's, Perfect Pearls - the list goes on, and on, and on...... I'm thinking you may know I love the Starburst Sprays from Lindy's Stamp Gang most of all! I've been keeping them in a large plastic drawer unit - you can see my old way of storing sprays below: It became clear that this was no longer going to work for me, I'm... Read more →

On my list of things to do in my craft room clean up, was altering my old brown craft desk. Don't get me wrong this desk has served me well for over 15 years now, I rescued it from a closing down office for $80 and have been using it ever since. The desk is nice and big, sturdy and has 4 drawers on one side which are nice and roomy, I like my desk - I just dislike the... Read more →

OK - I'm back with another update, letting you know how my redecorating, remodelling, revamping of my craft room is going. After moving everything out of my desk space and having the light bulbs swapped over the first thing I did was add my wall art (you can read about where I got these on my previous post). The velvet blooms and the tree stick well, are easy to remove and didn't leave a mark when I moved and re-applied... Read more →

Here is my first update for my Craft Cleanse / Craft Room clean up - Oh my what a mess! So before I could do much of anything I needed to move my craft desk. This meant moving everything off the desk so the desk itself could be moved. You don't realise exactly how much stuff you can fit onto a desk until it's sitting on your bedroom floor - my craft room/bedroom currently looks like this. I'm continuing to... Read more →

Welcome to my very 1st Guest Desk post. I love looking at the places art is created, some spaces are organised, some messy, others completely colour coordinated and a few totally minimalist! I'll bet you all enjoy having a look inside people's craft spaces as well, which is why I have asked a few of my very favourite artists to share their work spaces with us! I have a 'thing' for seeing the space which leads to such beautiful art.... Read more →

I have spent the last 30 days scouring the internet, searching for storage ideas and inspiration, making decisions, sourcing items and scavenging supplies (yep me scavenging! Mrs I-Must-Have-It-Now) and I (and hopefully some of you) am now ready to put some of my plans into action. As I found out relatively quickly this task was never going to be quick or painless. Re-organising is messy, difficult, time consuming and often frustrating as you come across things that cannot be changed,... Read more →