Organization - part 2

I have many Longaberger baskets and prefer my baskets to be "working" and not just decorations. I love using baskets with lids because I can store things in places you wouldn't expect.  For example in my family room a basket holds those odd kitchen gadgets that you only use once in awhile - and no one knows that is what is in there. Love it.

This is a "lunch box" basket.  In here I have my favorite adhesives.  My 2 ATGs (adhesive transfer guns), one is for regular adhesive and the other has acid free tape loaded.  I also have some liquid glues in here for attaching smaller items.  My stamp cleaning pad is also in here - just because it fits. LOL

This is my SU! ribbon - I keep it separate from my other ribbons so I remember what colors they are.  The ribbon holder is off of a crafting table I have from years ago, it just happened to fit on here. Then the larger rolls are in a "catch all" basket.

Another lunch box basket holds my color wheels, ribbon iron, a jar of ribbon scraps and a jar of flowers.  I prefer white or off white fabric or paper flowers so I can dye/color/spray them to match my project.

This "tea basket" holds my stickles, glitter catcher, and small vials of speciality glitter.  If my supplies are special or expensive they get put some place special so my daughter knows not to touch those items. ;)

I can't remember what basket this is but it has my 3 lonely bottles of paper paint (no idea why I purchased these because I've never used them nor do I even know what I'd use them for!), and my Crafty Fluff.  Love using that on baby cards to make little ducks fluffy.



I think this is a "small gathering" basket and it holds my acrylic stamp mounts.  A great thing about using baskets is I can just grab it and bring it to my table.

This tall basket holds all my rulers.  I have pebbles in the bottom of the basket to prevent it from tipping over.

Another tiny basket that holds loose rinestones.

This tiny basket holds my rinestones that are still on sheets.  If they are in here I know I have enough for a project, the other basket then I know I only have a few.

This "address basket" holds my rub-ons and pre-printed sayings.  At some point I found a bunch on clearance and bought them all, and here they sit.  Must learn not to buy stuff just because it is on clearance! LOL

Here are sheets of ABC and misc strips of card stock.

And lastly, the spring basket I made at the Longaberger homestead.  This holds my most used items - pencils, pens, scissors, brushes, blades, etc.  It sits right on my craft table in easy reach.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my uses for baskets in my craft room.  If you have great ideas for storage/organization please share!!!

Organization

I love organizing my craft supplies - sometimes I think I do it so I don't have to be creative.

This is a cart I purchased at Michaels - I can not remember what it was called nor can I find it on line, sorry.

As it comes the top is open - my DH cut a piece of shelving to fit the top so I can sit my Cricut on it.  This way when I want to use the Cricut I can just wheel it over to my desk and not have it sitting on the desk taking up space.

This is the inside of the top.  It comes with pieces of wood to make the storage areas how you want them set up.  I keep my Cricut stuff in here.

The bottom drawer holds my light table -- finally it has a home!  I've never had a nice safe place to put it before due to its size.

I used the extra 2 wood dividers from the top and a piece of foam board to make the sections on the right.  These hold my Gypsy and Cricut manual.  The left side has 2 acrylic boxes.  The top one holds extra pieces I cut out for future projects.  The bottom one has my embossing folders.

This is the last of the fabric drawers.  I made the sections using foam board - I've never worked with this stuff before but now I'm in love!  I could not find a container to hold the 6x12 paper I've precut for use with my Cricut and Big Shot but now I can easily store them here.  I have neutrals, warm and then cool colors.  The right side has 6x6 paper.

On one side of this cart there are 2 rods to store spools of ribbon.  Unfortunately the only ribbon I have on spools is my SU! ribbon and the hole in the center of these spools is to small for the rods.  I've opted to hang towels on them instead.

Operation Write Home cards finally done!

Today I finished my tiny stack of cards to send to Operation Write Home.  All that is left is to tuck them into their envelopes and mail off to OWH (operationwritehome.org).  I hope these cards bring joy to someone out there.

Day One - what am I doing?

I have no idea what I am doing but this could be fun!