people.... in this posting - you are going to see how I truly work. This is very scary for me. The corner of my bedroom is my "crafty corner". It's a total CHAOS!!! But as you can see from my BLOG how BUSY my blog is, I totally LOVE the CHAOS - you can understand how busy my Crafty Corner can be as well, right?!?!! I have TONS and TONS of things running through my mind day in and day out which always put the "organizing" part of my day on the back burner. I can't believe that I am doing this... but I think it will also put others "at ease" knowing that their spot isn't as "crazy" as mines. That lil' space in front of my table is actually where my chair goes. 
I took it out of the way so that I could get a shot of the entire corner. OK - notice how I didn't say my spot is "messy". Well, it really isn't... cause I know exactly where everything is at. Well... not everything, nor exactly - but at least "about" where it's at. Hahaha.... Maria said that we must also let her know what our "Calm n' Peace" item is in our work area.... you'll have to look closely! In one of the photos, you will see a can of drink. That is my "calm n' piece" - it is usually a can of Pepsi. But the photo shows a can left behind by my "non-calm n' peace" named Cyrus. That pillow on the table is in case I fall asleep while crafting. At least my head won't hit so hard.Those four 3-ringed binders shown here in the photo is usually a family of 5
folders, and all together they are filled with 150 of my unmounted stamp sets. I still have many more stamps that haven't been unmounted yet, and they are in containers under each table. You can kinda see them under this one, if you look closely. YIKES!!!! This is the actual table that I work on (the one with the lamp), I also have my ribbons right in front of me, and more ribbons in the 3 containers that are stacked on top of each other to the right of the photo. That big drawer with the "Stampin' Up!" decal is filled with all of my scraps.Way back when, my girlfriend Jean had asked to share my "studio" and
where I take photos of my creations - so there you have it.... it's actually a baby blanket given to me when Cy was born, and my lil' ol' lamp that does the trick. I have a photo of my set up here. It's basically the baby blanket throw over the "CHAOS" and eliminating everything around it. I will be posting that card that is sitting in my "studio" in a later posting. (Thanks Nancy!!!).I do not have a photo of my "table of machines" posted here - because that is in a totally different room. Yes, I need to go to the dining room to use my machines, because if I want to use in the middle of the night, that is far enough so I don't wake the family.
When an IF I ever decide to organize
this crafty corner of mines - I'll be sure to take some pictures, cause it ain't going to last very long being tidy!!Hope you all had a good laugh today.... what CHAOS huh??!?! But I totally LOVE IT!! It's cozy, and it's where I get my mojo going... If you participate in Maria's challenge, and post your crafty corner, please let me know so that I can check it out too!!!!
Hey Jen! Woah! Gutsy of you! LOL!Actually, to have a messy . . .uhhhummm, I mean "chaotic" desk means you are busy crafting. LOL! It actually isn't that bad, I had a few that submitted more chaotic craft area. Fo' real! Your area looked like what my craft room looked like until I started stepping and tripping on everything and decided to cleaned it up.
ReplyDeleteI have a similar table as your desk and I found an ingenious way to make it look pretty! I bought a heavy fabric that was on sale at Walmart . . .you know, curtain type fabric. Attached snips of velcro to the table and stapled the other part to the fabric and covered up my table. I stuff EVERYTHING under the table but it's covered by the "curtain". When I need something, I just unvelcro the fabric off the table. I'll send a picture of my covered table. You'll see what I mean.
Thank you for participating in my challenge. I know it's was a difficult challenge!
Maria
p.s. if you add a bamboo plant you don't have to water it daily. Once a week or so and it'll survive . ..even without sunlight. I have a bamboo plant because I heard that if your plant thrives, money will always flow into your life. That's a good reason to have a bamboo plant. Besides, I like looking at it.
ReplyDeleteDid you say your "pepsi" is your calming item?
Maria
A "chaotic" room means that it is being used - don't worry, there are many of us who have the same room.
ReplyDeleteI love this room! And I love how you just throw a blanket over everything to take a photo, lol!
ReplyDeleteHaha!!! My whole downstairs craft room looks like your craft space. And I can never find anything. At least you know where to find your stuff.
ReplyDeleteWow, girl, if it works for you, who cares what it looks like! Creative juices flow real good in your crafting corner!!! Thats all that counts right? Your happy, & we're happy with your great creations!
ReplyDeleteI'm just impressed with the amount of things you have , do still really buy anything else?
ReplyDeletelol :)
I thought about the whole room photo and could not open the door. I had dumped some stuff in the middle while cleaning out a few bins and I think the cat was playing (she has all my ribbon out)
ReplyDeleteMaybe when I actually get the kitchen table cleared (last time I saw that was last Dec 25-not good huh?
Now that is the sign of a true artist! I had to look twice because I thought it was my room! Oh my Gosh! I have cleaned my space time and time again but I can't work unless it is messy. I think that's how we do our best work... you go girl!
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