Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Scrappy Storage & Walkabout Wednesday

Hello again friends, here we go with some of my storage stuff, ie inside the draws and boxes....



The tall Ikea robe to the left holds 12 x 12 paper pads and some cardstock - nice and flat....



The first tall set of 9 draws is embellishments by company - Little Yellow Bicycle.....



Pink Paislee...



7 gypsies....



There's also draws for Teresa Collins, Graphic 45 and Bo Bunny.

The bottom three draws of this unit hold extra tape, glue, etc....

The 6 draw units in the middle hold stamping stuff - inks, blocks, etc....

And more embellishments by company (don't want to put too many photo's on the post) - Kaiser, Creative Imaginations, Tim Holtz, K & Co, My Mind's Eye, Making Memories...



The 9 draw unit to the right holds more stuff by company - Tattered Angels...



Zva and Prima bling and pearl flourishes....



Prima flowers.....



There's also draws for Webster's and Melissa Francis in this unit...

Some wood block stamps.....



The tall unit to the right holds my Bazzill cardstock, by colour, nice and flat....

These units came with six shelves each, not near enough. So, hubby cut some shelves from the doors of a couple of old units we had, and the cupboards now have 12 shelves each, as you can see at the top of the cupboard. One day these shelves will be painted white.....don't hold your breath...LOL



On top of these cupboards are some small storage ideas. On the 9 draw shelf to the left is my Cricut cartridge storage....



This is a 9 draw storage unit from Kaiser. Painted white, covered with Kaiser paper - voila...

Each draw holds 12 cartridges, in alphabetical order of course...



The little box to the left is also Kaiser, in which I store the Basic Grey Bling It's - perfect fit....



Over on the 6 draw units is another Kaiser project - bookends with 6 draws in each....



These little draws hold little things like crochet doilies, fancy buttons, stick pins, etc....

The wee handles are - wait for it - cheapie earrings....

I kept them intact, just removed the butterfly. Pushed the steel post straight through the draw front and bent it at the back. They don't move, and no need for glue or tape - too easy....

I have great intentions for the bare books held by the bookends. One day I might actually get them decorated....



Next is one of my favourite storage ideas. Spellbinders Nestabilities....

I have tried numerous ways of storing them, but still with ease of access - I use them a lot....

Every storage idea I tried just became too much hassle. And then, a light bulb moment....



Why not store them the way I store my clear stamps.....

The packaging the Nesties come in is no good, but the clear bags card makers use to package their cards is perfect....

One set per bag, along with their original packaging insert (got to remember their names, how many label sets are there?)

Decorate a little cardboard box, and I can flick through them in an instant for the set I need. It's not too much hassle to open the bag they're in when I need them...



On top of the 9 draw unit to the right is an Ikea 3 draw unit....

Painted white again and covered with beautiful papers - and I can't remember who made this paper....



These 3 draws hold, top to bottom, masks - must use these....



Specialty trims.....



Glitter....



So, that's the main wall of my Scrappy Room. Another post I will show the other storage stuff - this is going to be photo heavy already....

Meanwhile.....



Here is a sneak peek of my Walkabout Wednesday post today over at Scrappy Go Lucky....

Using the Teresa Collins - Sophisticated cartridge, Teresa Collins papers and a sketch from Inspired Blueprints....

Would love to see you over there.....





And, yes, I remember I said I would show you photo's of what the room REALLY looks like....

These are not too bad actually, because I had a really good tidy up for the photo's posted last week.....

Maybe in a week or two they will be more realistic.....LOL










Thanks for dropping in again to my humble space on the Net, leave me a comment and let me know what you think - I really do appreciate your feedback....

Until Friday, for SOUS reveal day, take care, and....

Happy Scrapping...

Hugs






Friday, August 26, 2011

My Scrap Room!!!!!

Hello folks - here it is at last - My Scrappy Place.....

I would love to have made this a video, but methinks I might have had a few problems actually getting it onto the blog - I'm hopeless with technology - maybe one day.....

So, here it is....

This is the view as you walk in the door....



The draws and cupboards are from Ikea....



A closer view....



The huge black frame is also Ikea, which I just put a beautiful piece of paper in.....

The smaller frames underneath were cut on Cricut - I'll put them on the Scrappy Go Lucky Blog soon....



Turning right, there is a storage cupboard (built into room) and Ikea wall cubbies....



The coloured trays hold my ribbon....



Continuing to the right, on the same wall as the door, facing my table, is an Ikea cube storage thingy....



I LOVE pretty boxes.....



In towards the corner - my Curtain Call Corner.....



Love it.....



Closer view.....



My prize project - JUDY.....



The window wall - the window is huge, so not a lot here, two Ikea units underneath....



How did that get here? Should have been towards the top of post...!!!



My paper storage.....

This works for me - the 12 x 12 paper bags you get from the scrappy store when you purchase papers.....

I store my papers by collection, in alphabetical order (most of the time...LOL).....

The boxes are - wait for it - nappy boxes!!!!!

When oldest Granddaughter Rebekah was a baby.... just wrapped them in wrapping paper - $2 a roll....

Stored underneath my table - too easy.....



Another close up of stuff......



More stuff......



Different angle - are you starting to get a feel for my Happy Scrappy Place.....



The chandeliers on the wall are from - wait for it - Avon!!!!!



A little church by Twiddleybitz I'm working on (have been working on for weeks....LOL) I'm terrible for starting a project and then leaving it for a while (back and forward KWIM)....



My ribbon storage trays - love rummaging in these draws....



The boxes to the left of picture are from Ikea, which I have painted white and covered with papers - these draws hold my cardstock scraps - by colour.....



The beautiful boxes hold distress inks, stamps, lace, roses, bling, pearls, etc - next post I will show more details of what's inside.....



The four wee draws on top of the Ikea cube, to the left, holds my pens.....



And back round to my Curtain Call Corner.....



A few close ups.....





Underneath the window are two more Ikea units and my CRICUT.....



Another Curtain Call project - can you tell I l0ve Graphic 45's Curtain Call....



My Cricut sits to my right hand side when I am crafting, and the draws underneath hold all my Cricut paraphanalia.....



My workspace.....




My little DVD player for company - hubby works away from home a lot.....




So, there you have it.....

And, yes, you're right - it's NEVER this tidy. I had a special spruce up to get the photo's....

I would love it to look like this all the time - but that just doesn't happen, as you all know....

Next post I will show you what's inside the draws, cupboards and boxes (not all of them, hee hee) how I store my Cricut carts, etc. and a photo of what the room REALLY looks like on a normal scrappy day.....

See you then....

Hugs