Hi! Well I've cut the ribbon on my new crafting corner and now announce it officially open so here it is!! Hope you like it! This first photo (above) shows the spare room as it was used before ie basically as a dumping ground for everything- including some of my craft stash!
And here it is all shiny and new! The desk, bookcase, stamp storage, desk tidy and magazine boxes were all from Ikea. The purple trolley was from Argos. If you click on the photo, you can see I have labelled everything in more detail to show you how everything is organised:
1- Up here I store my craft tote for when I go to my local craft club and the most recent cards I've made
2- Storage jars
3- Craft books
4- Files
5- Magazine box containing cards I've made
6- Big Shot- this space is actually big enough for me to use the Big Shot actually on the bookcase
7- Files
8- Storage for colouring and various craft mats
9- Sentiments including rub-ons & stamped images
10- Various tins containing Stickles & glitter; Liquid Pearls; Pearl Ex & Alcohol inks; Friendly Plastic; shells & wire
11- Magazine box containing Sizzix dies, embossing folders and nesties
12- Beading boxes (I don't use these as much)
13- Xyron machine
14- Magazine box containing ribbons stored by colour in self seal bags
15- Embellishments
16- Embellishments
17- Magazine box containing felt, sewing bits, odd material scraps (I don't use these much)
18- Painting & beading caddies (I go to a painting class & sometimes take beading stuff to my craft group)
19- Card
20- Paper
21- Desk tidy
22- Stamp storage
23- Storage containing punches, card blanks & less well used tools eg light box
These storage jars are from Ikea and are a lovely way to store my flower and buttons.
This is the top left corner of my bookcase which I thought I'd do more of a close-up photo so you could see everything in more detail.
1- Craft books. Hopefully you can see I've got books on everything from watercolour painting, beading, stamping, felting to drawing and art journalling
2- Files containing articles I've saved from magazines, card sketches, templates etc
3- Files containing magazines I want to keep indefinately eg Stampers Sampler, Craft Stamper & some beading supplements plus my order book
4- Here I store my colouring equipment. In the box is less well used stuff like pastel pencils, sketching pens, felt tips etc. Then for easy access I store my copics, brush markers and watercolour pencils on top so they're ready to hand. I also store my craft mats here so I can get to them easily. I always use my Ranger craft mat to craft on.