Hey everyone! If you haven't heard, this week Kerri Bradford Studio is celebrating her SEVENTH birthday! I have to say that I feel so grateful that Kerri has had me along for the ride for 6 of those 7 years, as part of her small design team. I absolutely love designing for Kerri, and it's been by far the best team to be on for me.
Kerri decided to mix things up a bit for the weekend celebration, and instead of sharing new projects, she asked us to share a bit about our scrap spaces, and where the magic happens. It was perfect timing, since I had just finished re-organizing my space a few weeks ago. I've been trying to re-work my space a little, as what and how I scrap has changed over the last year or so. I'm hoping to make some changes that work better with how I scrap now. I'm not totally done, but am making progress here and there, when I have time.
I've shared bits and pieces of my space over the last few years, as well as a few organization tricks that I use. Anything related to my scrap space, and/or organizing, can be found HERE. This includes posts on my old scrap space (in the upstairs loft and also featured in Creating Keepsakes magazine) and what my current scrap space looked like when I first moved back downstairs, a full eight years ago.
Here's a few peeks into what my space looks like now.
My scrap space is located in the downstairs bedroom. It's a small room, but I've made it work for me over the years. The room has a large window on one wall, and a closet on another wall, leaving me two walls to work with. I have two of the large Expedit shelves from Ikea, and those take up my two remaining walls.
I used to have my desk directly under the large window, but soon realized that I didn't like working with my back to the door. So I now have my desk coming out from the wall, and into the room, which also allowed me to add some white storage cube drawer units under the window. I am a daycare provider by day, so there's always a pack and play set up for napping during the week in this room. So I have to leave floor space for that.
This first Expedit shelf holds all of my paper, both cardstock and patterned paper. I also keep some of my older idea books, Project Life cards, a 3 drawer unit to hold all of my cardstock scraps, albums containing my publications, and some other random supplies. Along the top of the shelf unit, I have some large glass jars that hold ribbon, flowers, trims, and some other supplies that I don't use that often.
I store all of my cardstock in horizontal paper trays, and all of my patterned paper in vertical paper holders. I keep all of my papers sorted by manufacturer, as that's how I know my papers. If I have a lot of certain manufacturers, then I will often keep them organized by collections as well. I also keep an 8.5x11 page protector in each manufacturer's section, to hold any patterned paper scraps, as I do use them quite often.
The biggest pet peeve about my space is that I don't have a lot of working space, or counter space. My desk is basically the only "counter" space I have for spreading out and working on, and it's just not big enough most of the time. I store my sewing machine on top of the white storage cubes, and drag it out to do all of my machine stitching. And my Silhouette Cameo can often times be found stored on the floor, when not in use. My closet also holds a lot of my larger tools, and supplies that I don't use as often.
My second Expedit shelf holds the majority of my embellishments, most of which are organized by manufacturer. I recently did some re-organizing and freed up some space on my shelves. So I have been able to bring some of my albums-in-progress into my scrap space and have them handy for when I want to work on them. I also have one cube that holds all of my printed photos (most of which are from my film years), which I also recently spend some time organizing.
I have had these metal, mesh basket for years, and they hold a ton of product. Some baskets might contain just one manufacturer, and some baskets might have two or three similar manufacturers together. I also keep all of my chipboard, alpha stickers, and random embellishments on this shelf unit.
I mentioned that one of my pet peeves about my space was not having enough working space. Well, I do have a really BIG working space, right outside the bedroom, so it makes up for it. This large island was built by my mom (yes, my mom!), and is 4 feet by 8 feet in size. It was custom built to my specifications, when I had my scrap space upstairs in out loft area. Years ago, when I got more involved in the scrapbook industry, I moved my space back downstairs to the bedroom (more convenient), and this huge island ended up in the playroom (aka the living room/dining room area). I actually do most of my creative work out on this island, running back and forth to my room to grab supplies and tools.
And last, but not least, you'll want to check out the sale Kerri is having this week, as part of her SEVENTH birthday celebration! All downloadable kits and classes are 30% off and stamps are 20% off through Sunday. Stamps are already marked down. Use the code BIRTHDAY7 on orders of $10 or more at checkout on the download items. (Sale excludes the two newest Versed stamps from July and the two classes already discounted.)
wow had forgotten about the older scrappy space you had shared....does look different....love your shared with babies sleeping space....mine is also shared....with the lounge...so keeps me in check with keeping it clean for sure!!! thanks for sharing
Posted by: mandyb | August 04, 2017 at 10:47 PM