Saturday, March 23, 2013

Craft Room Tour!

Happy Saturday! I'm back, and as promised, I have a little post today about my craft space.   It's nothing special I'm afraid. Just a little corner on the second bedroom of our apartment which shares the space with our home office. But I've tried to make good use of what little space I have. This post is heavy with photos...if you're not up for it turn back now! lol. So here we go...





This is how simple things are. No elaborate color scheme. No matching baskets or drawers. Just stuff from Ikea and Target that will hold and organize my craft supplies.
Oh and that hot mess under the table...cords!!! For my sewing machine, Cameo, and extension cord to charge my phone and tablet/laptop. I'm usually Skyping with my sisters while working on my projects so my tablet is always on my desk. I also use it to go through Pinterest and look for inspiration. 




My desk usually looks like this. I don't like to work with clutter on the work surface because I find that I can't think creatively. So when I work on more than 1 project, I usually clean up before I start on the next project. I like my most used items right in front of me. So my PTI cardstocks and pattered papers are right here for easy each. I use Ikea magazine holders to keep them organized. I always reach for my Cuttlebug so it's right there too. That stack of patterned papers are all My Mind's Eye 6x6 pads. I only have a small collection of Copic markers. I picked out the common colors that I use and that's it! 



This is how I store my PTI stamps. These shoe drawers from Walmart are amazing! They fit the cd cases perfectly. And since they're see through, I can easily find what I'm looking for on the side where the labels show through. Oh and that little color chart beside it...I had to make that when I first bought my Hero Arts Shadow Inks. I wasn't familiar with the colors yet and needed a reference to look at while I worked.



To my left is another shorter stack of the shoe drawers from Walmart. On the lower one I have my Spellbinder dies in cd cases, my stack of buttons, adhesives and baker's twine. Right beside the shoe drawers is a stack of Sterilite drawers and above them I have my little sewing machine and all my acrylic blocks arranged in a tray. They are placed in such a way that I can find grab the size that I need quickly without digging through a basket/box.


Those 3 ring binders hold my dies. They're attached with magnetic tape onto thick comic book cardboard. 


For now, my other PTI stamp sets are held in a basket from the container store. How do you guys store these? Do you still put them in CD cases? 


To my left, is the stack of Sterilite drawers that contain embellishments, 12 x 12 patterned papers, and punches. The book case holds more Sterilite drawers containing embellishments, magazines as well as cardstock that I have no space for on my desk.

 This drawer under my desk to the right is from Ikea. It holds my other brands of stamp set. They're also within reach because I grab them so often. So far I have two drawers for each brand. They're almost full so I have to make another trip to Ikea to get another one. They store a LOT of stamp sets though. I love it! 

 To my right is another item from Ikea. Above it I have my inks, Cameo, light box to name a few. That filing system is how I keep my scraps organized. They are arranged according to color. And each hanging folder holds two more folders within it, one for patterned paper and the other for solid colors. That little box with the CD envelopes in it...that's where I keep extra die cuts that I made previously. They're really great and saves me a lot of die cutting time. And if you're wondering why I have a cutting board there...lol...I use it for my pictures. The white boards as well.



Here's a peak inside that small Ikea Cabinet. Other things that I can't store in my drawers are stuffed in here. lol. :) And now to answer the request that some of you have recently asked me...how do I take my photos?

 This is it. No big set up going on. Just a wood plank, white boards and props. Most of my props are stuff I found around the apartment. The rest are cheap bits and bobs from Michael's. I just move the white boards around depending on the light. And I have three extra bright white lights that I use at the same time as the natural light from my window.  

I hope you found this post useful and if you have any questions about my photo set up just leave me a comment and I will make sure to get back to you. Thanks for stopping by today! :)






















15 comments:

  1. Amazing Jean, thank you so much for sharing. You have made such great use of your space and are in my humble opinion super organized! I am almost tidy enough to photograph my space and this post is inspiring me to just keep going, just keep going! Have a great weekend.

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    1. I always hope I'm organized. lol! I have a dream craft space that hopefully I will have one day! Don't we all? :)

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  2. oh, I've loved the virtual visit! Thanks for a peek into your creative space :) I store my new PTI sets in DVD cases by SU. I'm missing the cD size as the DVDs are trickier to store. Hugs ox

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  3. Thank you for a photo-report! Room remarkable! Especially I was overmastered by boxes with stamps and Washi Tape, adore them ))

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  4. Thanks for the peek inside your crafting space!! Oh yes, doesn't it make your heart happy to see all those things to create with!! Girl, you have some washi!!

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  6. WOWZERS ... holy cow, girl!!! You are so organized and neat! Thanks for sharing all of your tips and tricks with us :)

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    1. Hmm organized and neat? You're just being nice Debbie. lol! :) I TRY to be! :)

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  7. I've spent to last few weeks organizing my scrap room and all of my stuff is in similar totes. I have my roll cart with all my stamping stuff next to my table and its so handy. Those other PTI stamps I really havent found a storage box for them, so if you find anythng please let me know :-) TFS!

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  8. COOOOOL space, Jean! I love your photos, some of my fave in blog-land. So I have a few more questions about your supplies. Is that a piece of wood paneling or something...like from Home Depot? What about the whiteboard? I have this flimsy piece of warped metal covered in white paper that I position near my window, but yours looks way better than mine! One more thing (maybe 2)...type of camera and lights (brand, wattage ;))do you use? Gosh I am nosy! ;)!! Thanks so much in advance!

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    1. Thanks Kelly! I bought the panels of wood from Lowes. They're called craft boards if I remember correctly. I used wood glue to put them together. There's 5 on top and 2 underneath on each end that act like "legs" where I glued the 5 onto. The white board is actually a foam core board I got from Michael's. I bought one and cut it in half.

      Camera: Canon Rebel T3i - I use the kit lens for overhead shots(I stand on a foot stool to get the right height.)lol! and the 50mm for close up shots.

      Lights: GE Helical 26W light bulbs. They are absolutely bright! I totally love them. I have 3.

      I also ALWAYS edit my photos in Photoshop afterwards. :)
      I hope this helps! Let me know if you need more info!

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  9. What a great space. Thanks for sharing all the pics...I especially like the the binder of dies.

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  10. what a lovely look at your craft space. thanks for sharing

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  11. Awesome space Jean!! Thanks for sharing it with us!! I found that switching to a similar method as Jennifer McGuire for my PTI stamps has been a HUGE space saver!! I bought some of the sleeves that she uses and love them and store them in a container upright so I can just flip through them to see what I want!! In fact I'm switching all of my stamps to this method and then I'll put dividers in with the name of the company making my storage space needed for my stamps cut in half or more!! I just bought a Canon

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  12. Larissa thanks for the suggestion. I've been wanting to do that too! I think I will buy some to try out when I get back. :)

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