I’ve been putting my new craft space to work!  I used some gift card money to get one of these and it got broken in over the weekend.  I will have a tutorial sometime this week for my big project.

My mom also came to visit and we spent some time at the hardware store picking out different elements for several remodel projects at my parents’ house.  Lots of time spent in the tile aisle and lighting!  So fun to get to pick out some of the elements.  My parents’ built their house and I grew up in it my whole life so it is fun to still be a part of things.  We had the cutest cashier in the world.  His name was Bob and his cousin is from my hometown and my parents know him well!  Too funny.

In the midst of our crafting frenzy, Seth broke the news about Whitney Houston.  I loved Whitney and was saddened in the past few years by her struggle with addiction.  We took a mid-crafting break to belt out “I Will Always Love You.”

After my first project was completed, I dove right into the next one which is already showing promise.

Now I am giving my fingers a break and trying to mentally prepare for crosswalk duty tomorrow morning when it is supposed to be absolutely freezing and possibly snowing.  SICK.

Hope your weekends were fabulous!

It is still a work in progress, but it is getting there.  We’ve still got some stuff to hang on the walls (hence the clock on the nightstand), but it is currently functional should I choose to be creative!  The desk was my great-grandpa’s and has lots of storage space which is a major thumbs up.

I was able to move the majority of my craft supplies out of our spare closet which means 99% of my supplies are accessible in this space!  The bins and shelving to the left were originally in the closet.  I went through all the drawers and re-organized my scrapbooking/paper crafting supplies as well as pared down on some of the stuff I don’t see myself using.  The rest went into the desk drawers.

I was able to clear out a drawer to give my massive ribbon collection a new home.  No, it doesn’t bothered me that they are so messy.  I’m in and out of this drawer enough that it would never stay organized – even if I tried!

I cleared out a smaller set of drawers that used to hold all kinds of old pens and pencils.  Most of those got pitched or reorganized into another space.  I emptied out the contents of my sewing basket into the drawers and now everything is much easier to find/accessible rather than digging around in the basket.

But, because I love my sewing basket (it was hand made by a lady in Alaska!), it got a new life as my button basket!  My collection has been slowly growing and the basket is roomy enough that it makes it easy to dig around in.

The last thing to get a new home were my paints.  They had originally been crammed into one of those tiny white drawers you see under my scrapbook papers.  Talk about crowded.  I got a bunch of Martha paints for Christmas and there was just no way they were all going to fit anymore.  I found this bin at The Container Store and it nicely holds all my paints (with a tiny bit of spare room) as well as my watercolors and all my brushes and painting supplies.  It slides easily under the bed in here so they are just a step away from my corner.

So there you have it – a personal tour of my new favorite space!

We went home last weekend to take our Christmas decorations to grandma’s basement.  We came back with a desk so I now have my own little crafty corner!  While we were at home, I soaked up as much kitty time as I could.

We’ve been having some gorgeous winter sunsets around here.

After the most mild winter I have ever experienced (last week was mostly in the 60′s), we finally got a massive snowstorm.  Yuck.

Now that I have a craft corner, I’ve been working on getting every little crafty supply organized and into its new home.  No small feat when you dabble in just about everything!

Our past 2 weekends have been super busy, but this week is a short one at school so I look forward to the upcoming long weekend.  Hoping to get to spend some creative time in my new space rather than cleaning/organizing it.