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Happy Organize Your Home Office Day!

Hello Friends,

Happy Organize Your Home Office Day!  Who makes up these bizarre holidays anyway?  Who doesn't dream of an organized home office/craft space?  To celebration this funny holiday, I thought that it might be fun to share organizational tips from the past.  I've taken random Craft Room Organization Tips from the past and combined them all in one blog post.

 

 

Let's start with a tour of my Craft Room/Home Office.

One of my favorite units is my ink pad, reinker, marker unit came from Stamp-n-Storage.  They have storage solutions for just about anything you can think of in your Craft Room. Browse the Stamp-N-Storage store Here.

Stampin' Up! offers some stackable storage solutions for Stampin' Blends and ink pads. 

 

Ink Pad & Marker Storage Trays  #149168
Stampin' Blends Storage Trays #149169

Storage Lid #149167

Storage Topper #149170

Open Storage Cube #149171

Compartment Shadow Boxes are a great way to showcase and organize small things is your Craft Room. They can be hung on the wall or they can be free standing or they can be used lying flat in drawers to organize lots of little things. This is oh so much better than rummaging through a drawer of this and that to find one small thing. You can buy compartment Shadow Boxes both used and new. Look for them in antique stores, online or in your local craft and department stores. 

Stamp & Die Organization Tips

Step One

Step one is a step that you can use to organize any room in your house including your Craft Room.  Sort your things into 3 groups:  Keep,  Give Away or Sell and Trash.  Hint:  Start small and work your way around your space.  Tackle the first cabinet or bin, then go on to the next sorting into your 3 categories as you go.

Step Two

Now that you have gotten rid of a lot of things, you are ready for step two.  Hint:  Getting rid of things that you are not using is essential.  Bless someone else or generate a little extra cash for you redo, but it is essential to move along the things that you are not using anymore.

Step Two is to rethink how you are going to arrange your room.  Even among the things that you are going to keep, some things (furniture and storage solutions), may be more useful in another area of your home.  For instance, my old office chair is finding a new home in my husband's hunting blind.  And that put a smile on Joe's face.  Erase from your mind how it it used to be and envision a whole new space.  Draw up a plan and go to Step Three.

Step Three

Now that you have your "big picture", begin working on how to organize smaller groups of craft supplies.  Here's an example.  Yesterday, I rethought how I was going to store my beautiful collection of ribbons.  In my previous room it was all stored on my ribbon rack collecting dust or stuffed in a drawer long forgotten. My newer or current ribbons still have a home on my ribbon rack, because they are easily accessible and pretty.  But the rest of my collection has been rerolled and is housed by color in trendy Mason jars that I found at my local Kroger Market Place.  Now my beautiful ribbons are safe from dust and they have become part of my decor.  How fun is that!   And...I eliminated a whole lot of space gobbling ribbon rolls.   Step Three is a process that may take a while, but it's worth the effort.  

 

 

Have a fabulous day,

 

 

How Do You Organize Your Dies?

 

How do you store your dies for die cutting in your Craft Room?  In today's 2 minute video I'll share 2 space-saving tips to organize your dies in your craft space.  Both solutions make your dies easily accessible so you will use them more often.  Plus, you will spend a whole lot less time rooting around looking for a particular die.

Our whole family is heading our way.  That's 30 or more of us together by this weekend.  I've prepared ahead some videos and blog posts for your enjoyment, but if I run out I may be missing in action a few days.  So stay tuned.

 

If you would like to see more Craft Room Storage Solutions, head on over to my Stamping Country YouTube Channel and browse the Craft Room Organization section.  Don't forget to subscribe while you are there.

 

Have a fabulous day,

 

 

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Space Saving Stamps & Dies Storage Tips

Hello Friends,

Do you dream of a well organized Craft Space?  A  beautiful place where all your craft supplies are organized and ready to use?   I don't have all the solutions, but today I'll share some space saving tips on how I store my stamps and dies for easy use.  

 

 

Do you have a Craft Room Organization tip that you would like to share?  What other Craft Room Organization tips would you like to see in the future?  I love to hear from you.  Share your thoughts in the comments below.

Stop back tomorrow for a tutorial on how to make the 3-D big magnolia flowers that I used on my tissue box above.

 

Have a fabulous day,