Sunday, January 17, 2010

My Scrap Space

I have been down in my scrap space for the past two days trying to clean and organize it. What a job!

My little corner had started to become a catch-all area and I couldn't even find anything anymore. It got to the point where I would just stand in the middle of everything and say, "Now if I were a snowflake punch, where would I be?" Then in trying to find what I needed, I would make an even bigger mess! It was clearly time for some major organization. I had all the bins, jars, boxes, shelves, hangers, and drawers. All I needed was some time to do it. So with yesterday being a day off work, I made my way in. It wasn't pretty, but I knew it had to be done.

A couple garbage bags and many hours later, I came out victorious! It is now a wonderfully neat, inspiring space that I can actually create in. Here are some photos.

One of my favorite things to do is use old canning jars, milk bottles, flower containers, etc. to put my ribbons, buttons and flowers in. I love how I can see at a glance what I have and I enjoy the variety of shapes and sizes of the containers. I also like to keep items in my creative space that I have a special fondness for: photos of special people and places, my special 'sisters' teddy bear (Bayfield), my Grandmother's tea cup, one of our dog's collars. Personal touches that provide inspiration.

I don't know how long it will stay this organized, but it feels good in the meantime. I think I just might go and create something! ♥

15 comments:

  1. oh.. I always find it so cool and fun to check out other peoples craft spaces! It all looks so very pretty! Great Job and shows us so many different forms of organization! Thanks for sharing!

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  2. I did some organizing and picture taking this morning as well! My space doesn't have all these little interesting things in it though! It looks awesome!

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  3. I love your scrap space and all those fantastic different containers!! Just lovely!

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  4. nice Joanne....where's my invite????

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  5. i always feel more inspired when my scrap space is clean and organised, i need to tackle my space too..

    i love those containers you are using for your stamp storage, may i ask where i can find them?

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  6. Karan - I actually got those boxes from Audrey. They are Close To My Heart:)

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  7. Feels good to be organized again. Something I need to do again but can't get at it at the moment. Very cool scrap room you have!
    ~sue~

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  8. looks so fresh and airy, very inspiring! bet you can't wait to play in there!

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  9. Hmm, you need to come over and organize my stuff. Looks great!

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  10. Your space looks so organized!! Have fun creating!

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