I've spend the last weekend decrap-ifying my scrapbook room. I am having a scrappy-garage sale here at my house in a few weeks and needed to get things pulled out and cleaned out. Before we began, you can see where I purchased/came up with the basic elements of my room. Lookie here, but then come back to see my cleaned up space! :)
Here is a collage of what I started with.
One word, people: CHAOS. Nothing is really where it is supposed to be. Papers piled up. Things just*there* and not in a real spot. So I began clearing out! I sorted things into piles (trash, garage sale, keep, other rooms) and began sorting. And sorting.
And this is what I have now.
Let me walk you through my room....starting with the wall next to the bookshelf. You can't really see it any of the photos. Its a short wall because the door going to the rest of my home is on it.
Perpendicular to the 'creative' wall, is the bookshelf where I keep my buttons, ribbon, extra embellishments, sewing machine, alphabets, and books. Thats a ton of 'stuff' for one bookshelf, so my goal was to hide what I could, and make it look as pretty as possible.
This pottery-barn knockoff basket is on the top of the bookcase. In it is my ribbon, just tossed in. For me, the 'dig' is the best part of finding the right ribbon.
On the next shelf down is my Ball Mason jars, with my buttons sorted in general color families. Oh, and I have a jar for my thread. Then I use Milk Glass jars and bowls to hold pens, and odd and ends.
This next shelf just holds things I like :).
In this vintage bread box I keep embellishments, sorted by brand, that do not go in any current Studio Calico kit that I am working with. The black baskets holds alphabets, sorted by brand, then by color.
(close up of embellishment storage and alphabets)
My sewing machine shelf that also serves as a place for extra vintage books.
The bottom shelf holds photo boxes, magazines and my photography binder.
Are you still with me?? I promise the rest of the room is quicker to view :) Next up is my workspace. You can follow the link at the top of this post to see my worktable, which is countertop. I had a problem of how to store all of my studio calico kits.
The wall above my countertop is a photo gallery, so I couldn't really go upward with my storage. So instead, I went UNDERNEATH my countertop, and added a shelf the full length of my counter. The shelf itself is deep enough to hold my kits, but not so deep that my legs are cramped. In fact, the shelf in never in my way! Perfect solution, yes?! Here is what it looks like.
Its kinda hard to see my shelf in this photo, but its painted black. I store my cardstock in the 3-drawer unit (a drawer for specialty paper, a drawer for nuetrals, and a drawer for color). Next to it, I keep 4 plastic boxes for my Studio Calico kits. I add a removeable label on the outside of the boxes, with the kit name and date. Inside the box, I keep cardstock on bottom, then pattern paper, then embellishments. Here is the what the inside of the kit boxes look like:
On the floor, underneath my shelf, I have a vintage inspired wire basket, that has two clear boxes inside of it. In one box I have pattern paper scraps, and the other holds cardstock scraps. Again, the wire basket just pushes up again the wall, out of my way.
Since my workspace is an 'L' shape, the under-countertop storage makes an L also. This side of my under-counter storage holds vintage lockers holding extra chipboard letters, vintage embellishments, and my border punches I also store my stamp binder and paper trimmers on this side. Lots of room to add me, too! Something to notice is that I have used a kraft circle (punched out of scrap paper) and clip it on the outside of my baskets,labeled with whats inside. I used a mini-bullnose clip to hold it on.
Now, moving back up to my countertop, you will see I have a metal basket with adheasive and bling. I keep both in arms reach next to my IPOD docking station and candy :).
Right above that, I keep a vintage metal bucket with my nicer, fancier ribbons and trims in it.
Moving along the top of my L counter (on the wall), I store my punches on curtain rods. No real rhyme or reason as to how they are put on the rod...they're just up there! Above the punches is a shelf where I keep fun things to look at.
Moving along the same wall, I have an inpirational memo board that my wonderful hubby and dad made me. It is made out of wood trim and chicken wire. (Fun fact about me: I used to raise chickens in FFA for the Houston Livestock Show). The inspiration board is in the corner, and an exterior door going to out hottub in right next to it.
Now, for the final wall! Its the one with the door on it.
This wall is a short wall, so I've resorted to using old coke crates for storage. In the one on the left, I keep my mists, Mr. Hueys, and paint daubers. Also, I have larger stamps in there as well. The middle black shelf was made by my dad, and stores my wooden stamps. The coke crate on the rights holds my glitter and stamp pads. The cabinet undereath it all was purchased for my from my husband. LOVE IT. Inside of the cabinet, I store extra glue, chipboard shapes, cards - things are stored by type.
On the top I use Milk Glass containers to hold twine, pins, floss and little letters. My hatpins are all stuck into a cork and then put in the jar. Here's a close up:
Well, that does it. You've seen my room in all of her glory! I bet you're wondering what I have gotten rid of. Yeah, well, here are photos of that!
And one last view of my room:
Now, for the fun part! When I cleaned out, I found Studio Calico stamps, a Martha Steward All Around Punch (the circle one) and lots of Studio Calico exclusive papers. Leave a comment with your name and email address and I will send you a priority box full of SC Goodies (with other brand name good stuff!). I will draw a winner on Friday!
xxoo,
M
Ha! I stole this photo of my brother and his girl off of facebook...and then used the photo to complete a challenge for Sketches! {By Tamera}. The challenge was to use buttons, circles, and a bird. I did all three! I just love this photo of the two of them....this one was taken over Christmas while my brother was home from Kwajalein.
Anywho, had a couple layouts picked up for publsihing this week. Thats good :). Its always great to hear that someone likes what you do!
Off to go watch 'Pawn Stars' -- have you seen this? I don't know if its the redneck in me or what, but I love this show!
xxoo,
M
On my way out the door, but wanted to leave this with you to think about while I am traveling. This weekend is sure to be filled with good laughs, being creative, and lots and lots of food and shopping!
xxoo,
M
ps. I made it to round 2 in The Treasured Scrapbooking Treasure Hunt Contest! When I get back, I will have to get in gear and get my next layout done!
I made this layout earlier in the week, but wasn’t sure I wanted to share it or not. For those who know me, know that this journaling came hard for me to write – much less share with others. The more I look at it, I like it. I originally created it for Treasured Scrapbooking’s Treasure Hunt contest – but have come to realize that this layout is more for me than any contest. Here are the requirements for the layout:
Challenge requirements:
- Create a ONE page layout (paper only - no digital) CHECK
Layout must include:
- at least one circle (3 inches or bigger) CHECK
- torn paper CHECK
- only ONE photo CHECK
- journaling....and the journaling must include "I wish someone had told me that..." It can be as long or as short as you like but must include those words. CHECK
And here is my layout. The very tippy-top 1/16” got cut off when I scanned it in, but you get the drift.
Journaling:
I wish someone had told me that we wouldn't have forever with you. I would have done things differently. I would have held you more and cleaned less. I would not have worried about bad photos like this one. Instead, I would have taken millions more of us together, snuggling and just being happy together.
So, what do you think? You likey? I actually just got the papers in the mail this past week. I had ordered them from A Million Little Things. I love this store. Jill, the owner, is such a sweetheart & keeps her store stocked with all the new items in scrapbooking. For this layout, I used Bo Bunny’s newly released Kitchen Spice Collection. I love it…
This week is going to be busy. I am leaving Wed for Dallas (going to METROCON with my girlfriends), and I have a bucket-load to get done before then. Trips to the vet. A couple of projects. The painter is coming back. You know, fun stuff!
xxoo,
M
Oh yeah baby!! I am participating in Treasured Scrapbooking’s Treasure Hunt over on their website, and I have made the first round of eliminations! Seriously, there was some awesome layouts, and I am over the moon that I made the first cut. To qualify, we had to submit our favorite layout. Here is my entry.
This layout is OLD, but it is one of my favorites. Glad to see they thought it was worthy enough to get me through the first round. From here on out, they will issue a challenge on Monday, and then we have a week to get it down. So anxious!!
xxoo,
M
….and this is my creation! I based the title off a Bon Jovi Song, Always. The journaling says: In a time when many parents don’t stay together, you two have always stayed together. Happy Anniversary – 41 years and counting.
Got to run. Alex is bribing me with a coke to come ride around with him in the Jeep. Now how can I resist that?
I have more layouts to share (I made 5 this week alone!), but they will be for another day.
xxoo,
M
Oh where has the month gone to With the end of July comes the end to the TMS Blog Hop! I am working on my contest entry and will post it after I complete it and get it submitted.
What's that?? You haven't entered yet?? Oh my! Let me give you all the details! Here goes!
Well, you have made it to the last stop on the Blog Hop. If you want to play with our hop, you will need to start at the TMS Blog. Click HERE to go to the first stop!
For my challenge, I want you to use two different fonts as well as some distressing somewhere on your layout!
To submit your new, never before seen layout, email it to [email protected] before July 26th at midnight. The winner will be announced no later than July 28th.
Now, to the fun stuff….what you will win if your layout is chosen! If we pick your layout, then you will win a prize pack from Nikki Sivils. Nikki has just released a brand new line of scrappy goodies from her new company!
Now lets get scrapping!
xxoo,
M
Well, you have made it to the last stop on the Blog Hop. If you want to play with our hop, you will need to start at the TMS Blog. Click HERE to go to the first stop!
For my challenge, I want you to use two different fonts as well as some distressing somewhere on your layout!
To submit your new, never before seen layout, email it to [email protected] before July 26th at midnight. The winner will be announced no later than July 28th.
Now, to the fun stuff….what you will win if your layout is chosen! If we pick your layout, then you will win a prize pack from Nikki Sivils. Nikki has just released a brand new line of scrappy goodies from her new company!
Now lets get scrapping!
xxoo,
M
Somehow, someway, this little altered canvas didn’t make its way to my blog. I made it for a challenge at the Mosy Scrapper (Give A Little Gift Challenge). I, however, am not the original mastermind behind it. I saw on the Fiskars website one similar, then I just added a little more to it (because more is always better!)
xxoo,
M
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