Having a well organized craft room or craft area is extremely important to a serious crafter. How else will you know where all of your stuff is? Without a good organizational system you will be forever searching for where you put that scrap of flowered cotton or where you put your bag of buttons.
There are a lot of little tricks you can do to keep your stuff organized. Above is a photo of a simple microwave cart that was adapted to have a large flat top to use as a cutting table.
Another trick is to use old furniture and update it to fit your needs. Above is an example of a movable island being used as an art center. You can get cork from craft and hobby stores and install it on the inside of the doors to create a nifty "idea center" to keep track of ideas you have.
Finally you can create interesting storage containers from things you might already have. Here are old-fashioned straw dispensers used to keep ribbon organized.
And now that I've introduced you all to the importance of being organized, I'd like to introduce you all to my own crafting area...
...Yes, this is my shame. I do have a good reason for why it looks like this though. In addition to all the sewing I've been doing recently I also just made a birthday card for a friend this morning using my cricut machine. So now it makes sense why I have a sewing machine, a serger, a cricut machine, a paper cutter, a box of scrap paper, pieces of cut paper, glue sticks and scissors, and a plate of donuts on my table.... well at least it kind of makes sense.
I'll post photos later of the card I made. I'd hate to ruin the surprise of it if I posted the photos now and my friend who it's for saw the post before she received the card.
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Dez's birthday party tonight was tons of fun. We played Taboo while we enjoyed our meal and Henry's Hat in Burbank. Dez loved the card I made, so here it is for everyone else to enjoy. (the green plumb-bob in the corner represents her gift- we ordered her a copy of the Sims Medieval)
Inside the card I added a little "kick stand" to hold the card open while it sits on the table.
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