Papercrafting Organization in the New Craft Room Part 1

The big craft room reveal post got so long that I absolutely have to break down the decorating projects and organization into separate posts.

Here's part 1 of the papercrafting organization aka what's in all of those cupboards.

I'll start with the first base cabinet and work my way around the room.
The first section is for my die cutting machines, the Cricut and the Scan N Cut. This first drawer holds those cutting mats and accessories. I like a clean countertop so the cords live in here too.

In the door underneath, I keep my Cricut cartridges in photo boxes. The bottom shelf holds my essential oils and jug of water for my diffuser. Behind my EOs I have 3 12x12 cases that hold my vinyl rolls and additional Scan N Cut accessories.

The drawer unit next to that holds punches of all sorts, some random tools, and my chalk sets.

Up above the drawers is my only glass front cabinet. Of course, this is where all my pretty bits get to be. Buttons and flowers are on the top shelf; two baskets of embellishments are in the middle.

Enamel dots and gems are in their original packaging and tucked in on the left.

Sequin mixes are great in these little containers from Michaels (Recollections brand).

The bottom shelf holds 3 Ikea Birken jars (no longer available -- boo!) of washi tape and a lazy Susan with more buttons and pre-made paper succulents. 

The little tin holds handmade cards that friends and family have sent to me.

Turning the corner, this closed cabinet holds a box of extra supplies and a box of extra ATG tape. I keep my stickers and loose die cuts in 3-ring binders in here. The other side of the cabinet has ink cubes and dewdrops as well as EK success cases with embellishments, ribbon, and more washi tape.

That cupboard sits next to the paper palace. All rainbow-y. There are 3 separate units side-by-side, which hold all of my 12x12 and letter-size paper.
Unit 1 has pocket scrapbooking page protectors, old calendars (for memories), and 2 albums that hold the padawans oversize memorabilia on the top; 12x12 patterned paper on the bottom. I used to split stacks apart, but found I like keeping them together. The first couple of 12x12 holders have mixed brands of paper, then they're kept as stacks.

Unit 2 has my branded, heavier cardstock from Papertrey Ink, Stampin Up, Taylored Expressions, etc. on the top shelf. I broke down how I label my paper in this post. The bottom shelf has more patterned paper 12x12 stacks and then my 12x12 cardstock.

Unit 3 has the remainder of my heavyweight, branded 11.5x8 cardstock then my store brand cardstock on the top shelf. On the bottom, I have 12x12 sticker sheets, a couple of mini album projects, and the scrapbooks I'm working on currently.

One last spot I'll share in this post. We have this ruffled curtain because there is piping and a radiator heater in this corner and we (1) couldn't fit a cabinet in this space easily and (2) it's better to not block off the mechanicals. It ended up being a great place to hide this super cute little cart.

I tend to do my stamping and coloring and assembling while sitting. It is much more convenient to pull this over to my desk-height counter than have to dig things out of drawers and be standing, sitting, standing, sitting. Plus it's one of my favorite colors... and it's cute. #therealrationale
I keep my Stickles, Nuvo drops, stamping blocks, stamp cleaners, Taylored Expressions blending brushes, full-size ink pads, and basket of dry adhesives on it.

When I'm not using it, it gets tucked away right in here.

More cupboard organization pics are on their way. Stay tuned!
Do you have one of these carts? What color did you pick?

More craft room posts: 

The Craft Room Reveal

Sewing Projects for Craft Room Decorating

Gallery Wall in the New Craft Room

Sewing and Office Organization

Papercrafting Organization Part 2

Die Cut Organization

Paper Organization

Stamp Organization

Craft Room Sources

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Sewing and Office Organization in the New Craft Room

The big craft room reveal post got so long that I absolutely have to break down the decorating projects and organization into separate posts.

It's organizing time! Today I thought I could show you my office stuff and sewing area organization.

The office is pretty simple. At my sitting-height counter, Bass made a laptop stand that has space for my DVD player under using leftover mdf from the paper palace.

He also made a tissue/pen/remote holder out of scrap wood. I painted it with some leftover paint from the ombre dresser, which is the same palette of shades for my wall paint.

That parks right between my laptop stand and essential oil diffuser.

The rest of my countertop stays pretty clean, if I can help it. I do use my file cabinet to help with that. The top drawer houses office minutia.

The middle drawer has all of my current Bible study and Bible journaling supplies as well as some reference books for work that I need regularly, but not enough to keep them on the desk.

In the file drawer on the bottom, I have files for work stuff and other random things that I need that aren't related to the household, plus file folders for each year so I can hang on to memorabilia until I'm ready to scrapbook that particular year. Not exciting enough to photograph. 😁

Way on the other end of the room is my sewing area.
I have one base cabinet that helps to make up my cutting/ironing station.

Above I have two open shelves for decor and a basket of fabric scraps and/or mending that needs to be done, depending on current projects.

In the cabinet, I keep larger Sterilite bins of utility fabric, fabric with larger yardage, and a quilt project that's in the works. I also have a stackable container that holds other less-used sewing tools and notions (like elastic, snaps, pinking scissors, sewing feet, etc.)

The drawer holds the all-the-time, most-needed sewing items. Quilting templates, bobbins, pins and needles, thread, good scissors (you know what I'm talkin' about), and sewing machine cord. I don't sew often enough to want the cord just hanging out. If I'm doing a bigger sewing project spanning days, I'll leave it out and the machine plugged in. Otherwise, it's tucked away.

You can see my cutting mat hanging out in this pic. Usually it lives under the ironing board.

Next to the cabinet, hiding behind that cute ruffled curtain, I keep my travel scrapbook bag, a stepstool (because I'm short), and my longer quilting templates (hung on a Command hook).

I also have my yardsticks hanging from a Command hook on the side of the craft "pantry."

 

Moving along that wall, above my sewing desk, I have an open cabinet where I store my scrap yardage in photo boxes. (And yes, I'm OCD enough that I have a thick piece of cardboard that I use a template to fold the fabric into the same height and width.)

The armoire holds random crafting supplies: my acrylic paints, candle-making, sewing patterns, my beading storage, the bowdabra... lol. If it's not papercrafting or sewing, it's in here. 😁

More craft room posts: 

The Craft Room Reveal

Sewing Projects for Craft Room Decorating

Gallery Wall in the New Craft Room

Papercrafting Organization Part 1

Papercrafting Organization Part 2

Die Cut Organization

Paper Organization

Stamp Organization

Craft Room Sources

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Tutorials and Tips

Inspire Me Monday

A Morning Cup of Joe 

Flaunt It Friday

Gallery Wall in the New Craft Room

The big craft room reveal post got so long that I absolutely have to break down the decorating projects and organization into separate posts.

Today is all about my fun (and full) gallery wall over my office desk/counter.

I have pieces that I've collected over the years along with art and gifts from my padawans, several Hobby Lobby finds, and a couple of craft projects.
I knew I wanted some wood elements on the wall to add warmth so I added the shelf from Hobby Lobby, had Bass hang a piece of pallet wood to create a floating shelf, and then I painted a piece of pallet wood with Romans 12:12.

The other big wood piece is a pallet wood shelf unit that Bass made to hold my still-growing Funko Pop and Funko Pocket Pop collection.

Totally free. Well, the shelf was free. The Funkos...not so much.

Other than painting a bunch of random frames white to coordinate them, I also wrapped an old hook with twine to make a ukulele hanger.

The fabrics I chose for my new space, to match with my existing area rug, are from the Moda Granny Chic and Farm Girl Vintage collections. I had just scraps left-over after sewing other things so I made this cute hexie hoop for my gallery wall.

I ironed the pieces on to fusible interfacing and then top-stitched over the seams, using a zig-zag stitch.

I'd still like to buy an air plant for my shelf, but that'll wait until our stay-at-home orders are lifted. I like having all my pretties above my desk! What do you look at when you sit down to work?

More craft room posts: 

Sewing Projects for Craft Room Decorating

Sewing and Office Organization

Papercrafting Organization Part 1

Papercrafting Organization Part 2

Die Cut Organization

Paper Organization

Stamp Organization

Craft Room Sources

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Tutorials and Tips

Inspire Me Monday

A Morning Cup of Joe 

Flaunt It Friday

Sewing Projects for Craft Room Decorating

The big craft room reveal post got so long that I absolutely have to break down the decorating projects and organization into separate posts.

Up today are my sewing projects!
First the utility sewing...
We have two gaps in the base cabinetry. One to create a longer cutting counter for the sewing area:

We didn't have another base cabinet to use in this space, which is okay because the doors wouldn't have been able to open anyway with the craft "pantry" sitting perpendicular. The curtain hides the gap and allows me to store my scrapbook travel bag. I used old Ikea flat sheets to create the base curtain and all of the ruffles sewn on top.
The other gap is in the corner at the other end of the wall. On the wall is access to some pipes and the radiator heating so rather than block it off with something solid, I added another ruffled curtain. Tension rods keep them in place.

The rest of the room got fun, bright fabric. I had this rug in my "before" space, and it was relatively new. (It may have been a desperate attempt to make the old space not-so-bad. It didn't work enough. 😜)

So that new rug informed my new space's color palette. I tried to pull out the aqua, pink, and deep rose tones. The Moda collections of Granny Chic and Farm Girl Vintage had the slightly retro vibe I like with the right colors. They let me introduce some yellow and green into the space too.

Here's what I made:
A new ruffled curtain

An ironing board cover (we started with a piece of smooth plywood, added poly batting, and then silver ironing board fabric before covering with the Moda print. On the back, I folded the edges over on some cream denim I had on hand to create a smooth back to the whole board.)

A sewing machine cover (batted and quilted)

A lumbar support envelope pillow cover and a loose seat cushion cover with ties and a ruffle (The cushion cover was a gingham at the store, where I got the Moda fabrics, that matched really well.)

A curtain inside the armoire

Covers for my Cricut and Scan N Cut machines

A new backing fabric on my upcycled window ribbon board (new ribbon and buttons too)

This window was one that we replaced in our last house

My hexie hoop on the gallery wall

and my favorite, a rag wreath with all my scraps plus some ribbon from my stash

Do you have a favorite Moda collection?

More craft room posts: 

The Craft Room Reveal

Gallery Wall in the New Craft Room

Sewing and Office Organization

Papercrafting Organization Part 1

Papercrafting Organization Part 2

Die Cut Organization

Paper Organization

Stamp Organization

Craft Room Sources

Linking up at:
Tutorials and Tips

Inspire Me Monday

A Morning Cup of Joe 

Flaunt It Friday