workspace wednesday

Hi! I'm very happy to show you all my little craft space today!

I do NOT have very much space to spare in my home, so I craft in the corner of my bedroom. Over the years, my space has grown and grown from that corner and you have NO idea how much I would love a space of my own! Haha! But for now, it's my little, happy corner of the house!

The first thing you'll notice is my bed in the bottom left corner and my husband's dresser to the right. This is very much my bedroom... you can craft from anywhere, people! :)

You'll also notice the lovely phone and headset sitting on my desk- I use this area for my day job, too. I'm currently working part time as a call center agent from home while I finish school- I spend A LOT of time at this desk.

Since my space is fairly small, I am really strict with myself about what I keep- if I don't have an immediate use for an item, it gets donated! My son's art teacher LOVES me.

I LOVE these wall shelves that I found at Michael's a couple of years back. They aren't exactly the same (the shelves are different), but they are just right for what I use them for. On the one to the left of my desk, I store ribbon, twine, washi, buttons, and some other miscellaneous things. Love how colorful and pretty everything is on the wall, and it makes it super easy to find things!

 

Ribbon makes me happy....

I also love the little wooden spools that I store extra twine and ribbon on- they were really inexpensive (I think I got them from Ribbon Carousel) and they are perfect for those little bunches of twine you can get!

I got the idea to store my buttons in these little jars from Dawn McVey. The jars are PERFECT for small embellishments like buttons and the lids are wide enough that you can easily dig through to find just what you want.

 
On top of the shelves to the left of my desk I have a carousel caddy that I keep markers, pens, scissors, and ribbon scraps in and an organizer for my "TO USE" products! This is the really fun stuff, folks! This is where I keep all the current kits for the month and any other products that I blog with for the month. It's the happiest spot in the room.... sigh.... makes me smile. Ha! Gotta love new stuff!

To the right of my desk is a shelf that is literally FULL of ink and markers... lol! I have *a little bit* of a problem when it comes to ink pads- gotta have them all! I also have my Copic markers, Distress markers, Distress Stains, Mister Huey's, and embossing powders up there. I reach for this shelf OFTEN!

I created these very helpful little color labels for my ink pads with coordinating cardstock- love the way they look all lined up in a row...

I keep all of my Project Life supplies in a basket that tucks in nicely under my desk. I very rarely work on Project Life at my desk because my desk is pretty small. Keeping the stuff in a basket makes it easy for me to tote out to the kitchen or living room to work on it.

I keep all of my page protectors in clear envelopes that are labelled with which design it is and a small sketch of what the page looks like. This has really helped me to use the pages that I don't reach for as often.

And above my desk I have a board where I display all of my projects for that month along with some family photos and notes from friends. I love looking up to see what I've made for the last release- so much fun!

I hope you all enjoyed the tour of my bedroom/office! Thanks for stopping by! :) 

-Stephanie Washburn

Comments

[sherry c]

can I just say I havent read thru the post yet, just got to the part where you said "you can craft from amywhere people" and I cant stop laughing. so true, so true. this is my life, however, I am no where near as organized as you. :) off to finish reading!

[sherry c]

awesome space, i love it!!

[faith]

Love it!

[Margie Visnick]

Love this-drooling over your ink shelves!

[Aisha Overstreet]

I too craft in my bedroom. I need more shelving units tho.

Thanks for sharing.

[Luciana]

Looks SO FRIGGING awesome!!!

[Laurie H.]

What brand of ink pads are those?

[Ruby]

Lovely space!! I could take lessons from you!!

[Crystal V]

Love the space. Where did u get your carousel caddy?

[Michelle Johnson]

I love your little corner. It is so organized and it looks great. I am also very jealous of your ink and marker collections. :) Thanks for sharing.

[Monica Blain]

I have a scrapbook corner in my bedroom, too! It's actually funny - I have basically designed my bedroom around scrapbooking! I think the most helpful thing in a small space like that is WALL SHELVES! They have been a life saver. I see you get a lot of use out of your wall space, too!

Thanks for sharing :) Love your space!

[Gina]

This looks fantastic! What a great space! What kind of organizer do you use for the "TO USE" products? It looks nice and wide for 12x12 papers.

[Sweetsteph612]

Thanks so much for the sweet comments! @Laurie H.- they are pigment inks from A Muse Studio- LOVE them! @Crystal V- the carousel caddy is from Michael's- pretty much all of the shelves and that caddy are from there! Easy to pick up with a 40% off coupon! @Gina- that organizer is Martha Stewart- picked it up at Staples!

[Karen L K]

Very nice organization! Great you could fit it in a corner of your room.

[Judy Estrada]

Nice way to organize a small space! It looks great!

[Pat Goddard]

Cute space. I had a 6ft x4ft space behind my sofa in the family room but now I have my spare bedroom back, YEAH! May I suggest al few things. Have your husband drill holes in your ribbon space so you can use a Dowel to put them on and gives you more room. I had my husband cut a piece of foam for the Carousel that side where the scissors are on (he used door insulation and it was sticky on one side)to place on the bottom and this way the scissors did not nick the carousel!

[Joy Taylor]

Love your sweet space Steph, it looks as though it is a perfect space to work in and design those beautiful cards of yours, hugs

[Crystal]

Lovely space, so very organized. Wish I was half so organized. One question, though, where do you keep your paper?

[stephanie washburn]

@Crystal- believe it or not, I keep very little 12x12 paper because of storage issues. My favorites are kept in the filing cabinet section of my shelves and I have all of my cardstock in magazine file boxes. That's all I have! I donate a lot of stuff to my son's art teacher!

[Deirdre]

Thank you for sharing this peek! I love seeing work spaces that don't look like a craft store---with tons of space to make everything pretty rather than easy to use. I was too influenced by those images for years and have finally gotten smart and more productive.

One question---where did you find the plastic envelopes big enough to hold the page protectors? I don't like digging to find the size I want and this sounds like a great idea.

[~ŠǿƒŧβŖñ™~]

Love, love, love your space.. don't mind that's it is your bedroom at all!.. I started out that way too,lol..

[Jasmine Marie]

Love how you've made this space all your own. Great ideas. Thanks for sharing!

[S D]

Love this post! I also craft in my bedroom and love seeing ideas like this to help me. I've got to get some of those button jars, fantastic.

[Karen]

Love your little corner. It is so organized and it looks great. Wonderful corner desk too!! ...and your ink collection... Wow!! Delicious!! (smile) What do you use to store your Copics in? It looks so neat. Thanks for sharing your ideas ...and enjoy your corner!! Blessings Karen xx

[Bronwyn]

Love this space as well! So the organizer that you hold your project life page protectors is Martha Stewart? Where did u find the clear envelopes to fit the page protectors?? Would love to use this same system for mine!
Thanks!!