since it's all about organization on the creating keepsakes blog this week, i thought i would do a post or two about it as well. i wish i was prepared enough to do a huge video tour of my scraproom, or type up a huge post on every nook and cranny. the fact is, i'm not that prepared. maybe someday ;)
excuse the mess that you see above. this is a rather neat version, of what my scraproom has looked like the last few weeks. there is a TON of creativeness going on in there, with CHA stuff :) anyways. a couple of months ago, i moved my desk over in my scraproom. it had been in the middle of the room, and i sat with my back to the window. it was a tight fit, moving around that desk. so i finally tried turning it to the side, so that it comes out from the window. i LOVE it.
edited to add: i've gotten a ton of emails in the last day about my desk. so i thought i would share where i got it. i ordered it online from target, and you can see the info HERE.
the bonus to moving the desk, is that it freed up a little bit of wall space. my two main walls are taken up with my ikea expedit shelves. one wall has a closet. and the other is mostly all window. so even just the tiniest amount of extra wall space was huge to me. i wanted something that wasn't too high, since the window is pretty low. these storage cubes ended up working perfectly. i picked up four of them, and spent forever putting them together. seriously. they took forever and a day to assemble.
i really don't have that many drawers in my scraproom. it's more baskets, bins, and jars. so the drawers were really appealing to me. my first thought was to make this sort of a "techniquey" area. a spot where i could keep all things technique related. all the messy stuff. i ended up working some other things in here too, since these drawers ended up holding much more than i thought they would.
i thought i would let you peek into my storage cubes, to see how i ended up organizing them. these are from left to right, from top to bottom.
what a great start. an empty drawer. lol! i still can't decide what i want to put in there. in the drawer on the right, i have blank cards and some envelopes.
on the left, i have more envelopes. and on the right, are all my finished cards. i have never had a good spot to store the cards i create, and they fit perfect in these drawers.
the drawer on the left holds all my misting sprays. i know what you're thinking. "we've never seen you mist anything". lol! i'm getting there people. trust me. in the right drawer, i have all my bottles of glitter and stickles. i have this huge adversion to glitter, and yet i own a huge amount of it. it's because it's so stinkin pretty!
the drawer on the left holds all my pop dots. i keep telling you all that i'm addicted to pop dots, and this proves it! the drawer on the right holds a portion of my adhesive. i actually have 2 large drawers in the closet that have adhesive too. you can never have enough. and yet, oddly enough, i'm always running out of glue dots. go figure.
this drawer has some roller stamps from stampin up, magnetic stamps from making memories, and some other random stamps. honestly, i can't remember the last time i have used any of these.
i ended up with three drawers on ink pads. so i'm really not sure why i stuffed so much in this drawer, when the other two aren't that full. this holds my distressing inks, acrylic blocks, super old tiny bazzill inks, and some other random ink pads.
this drawer holds my embossing powders, versamark ink, and heat tools.
another drawer of ink pads.
this drawer holds all my chalk. some of this is really old chalk, and some is newer pebbles chalk. i have the little pompom things to apply chalk, some chalking templates, and some colored pencils.
this last drawer holds all my stampin up ink pads. on the left side of this drawer, is a little clear plastic divided tray. i found these at target, and have them in a few drawers. an easy way to keep the smaller things in the drawer from getting lost.
on top of the storage cubes, i have this wicker basket. i have been tossing newer embellishments and goodies in there, that i have received, and don't want to forget about. right now, i have a lot of studio calico, jenni bowlin, pink paislee, and october afternoon in there. the nice thing, is that i HAVE been using this stuff. way more often than if i had tucked it all away on my expedit shelves.
i also have one of the making memories carousel's. the one on my desk holds all my tools and some adhesives. this one is more for random embellishments that just don't have a home yet. or havn't made it to where they belong. or things i want to use, and not forget about. just a random mix of product.
and there you have it. most of the stuff in these drawers had been in my closet. so i didn't always think to use it all. i'm really liking having things out. even though they're still tucked in drawers, they come to mind a lot more now and i love that i'm using them again.
Wow how fun this post is, love seeing what's in your space and how organized it is. I can't believe how many adhesives you have, do they all do something different? I only have my one creative memories tape runner from 6 years ago when I started scrapping and 2 refills in my drawer. Yep, this just proves that you could write a book my friend and it would sell like hotcakes. Thanks for sharing this and can't wait to see what's next.
Posted by: dawn | January 19, 2011 at 03:08 AM
By the way laura I keep forgetting to tell you how great it is that you have a section just about your layouts/projects so that we can go back to look them up easily. I really appreciate the time you take to do this.
Posted by: dawn | January 19, 2011 at 06:34 AM
Thanks so much for sharing!
Posted by: {vicki} | January 19, 2011 at 06:46 AM
Thanks for sharing! I love your desk and the drawer unit (and all the goodies in them!).
Posted by: Becca Ferrebee | January 19, 2011 at 07:03 AM
Thanks for sharing your organizational process. I have the clear plastic trays too from Target. Great minds think alike! LOL
I thought I had a ton of adhesive, but I think you are the queen of adhesive! LOL
Have a great day!!!
Posted by: Suzanne Sergi | January 19, 2011 at 08:07 AM
Thanks for the tour ... OMG glue dots, and the rest of your adhesive. I too use my carousel as a catch all for now with things I need to find a permanent home for. Enjoy the day!
Posted by: Laura T. | January 19, 2011 at 08:51 AM
Loving your storage cubes... they are the greatest but man what a nightmare to put together. I have one wall in my scrapbook room filled with them 3 high.... I think 21 total. Looking at all your organization of them makes me think I need to go though mine and reorganize them... Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Monika Sham | January 19, 2011 at 09:11 AM
Don't you just love reorganizing? I just did my desk and added some shelves this past weekend. It reminds you of all you have to work with. some things I forget I have. Like you I hardly use my stamps anymore. Thanks for sharing your room with us, it is always intersting to see how others organize there scrap space.
As for the empty drawer, I am sure something will find it's way into it! LOL
Posted by: wendy | January 19, 2011 at 09:55 AM
amazing! I love organizing!! We are about to do a huge organizing of our craft area too. We should do a post on that!!
Posted by: Whitney Dewell | January 19, 2011 at 01:11 PM
oh-how-fun!!! I love seeing the inside of people's drawers ;) Especially crafty ones! I have those as well and some also have those dividers in my adhesive one and one for my stickles/embossing. Funny at how many pop dots you have!
I like the basket idea too! I just purchased a valentines basket from Michaels last week to use for my most recent favorite purchases when I found that I would put stuff away and then forget about it, lol.
Posted by: Carla | January 19, 2011 at 03:17 PM
I like all of the ideas you did about organizing. I bet it is easier to be organized that unorganized. I was wondering what kind of adhesive so you use the most? I just used my last Duck Adhesive and I will not go back to those.
Thank you
Posted by: Mary Lynn | January 19, 2011 at 04:56 PM
wow, what a lot of things! we´re going to move soon and I hope to fit all my supplies into the rolling tote. lol, you will need like ten of them. I am so jealous now :)) it looks amazing together :)
Posted by: Warholette | January 19, 2011 at 05:59 PM
So fun! Can I move into your scrapbooking room for a few months?
Posted by: Lynn | January 19, 2011 at 06:02 PM
HA! I just bought another of these cubes today! I like how you use the 4 drawer for your cards. Too funny how you don't like to use glitter but have so much of it! Thanks for showing us your "drawers"! LOL!!
Posted by: Sara Rossi | January 19, 2011 at 07:03 PM
LOVE LOVE LOVE your desk, where did you get it from (not that they are probably anywhere here in Australia), love your blog, just stumbled upon it.
Selena (Melbourne Australia)
Posted by: Selena | January 20, 2011 at 06:00 AM
dang girl! - all that adhesive!! lol
Posted by: danni p | January 20, 2011 at 01:56 PM
I, too, LOVE your desk. You've probably talked about it before. Mind doing so again? Would love to know where I could find a similar one for myself! :)
Posted by: lesley | January 20, 2011 at 06:46 PM
Thanks for this post! I am organizing my new scrap room that does not have a closet. I will have two matching clothing chests that fit nicely under a window, and I'm going to turn them into work surfaces by adding butcher block counter tops. I was stressing about what to do with the big drawers, but you've inspired me with what you've done with your smaller drawers! Thanks again!
Posted by: Penny | January 20, 2011 at 09:56 PM
Wow, Laura, those drawers certainly do hold more than meets the eye. Perfect organisation in there - very handy indeed! And one extra! Can't wait to see what you decide to use that one for. Your desk is massive! I wish I could have one that size but it's about the size of my whole room LOL. I did smile when I saw all those mists as I thought just what you said - can I ever remember seeing misting?!? I have been really inspired by the CK blog (and yours!) this week & am definitely going to get into my studio as soon as I feel better!
Posted by: Helen Tilbury | January 21, 2011 at 10:47 AM
hey!
I have that desk!
and
that carousel
and
that mat
and
that zing
and
those stamps
HEY...is that my scraproom?
LOL!!!!
:)
Posted by: wendy bretz | January 21, 2011 at 12:59 PM
i'm jalous your scraproom is so extra i love
Posted by: scrapenfolie2jen | January 28, 2011 at 12:47 PM