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Show & Tell Saturday: Scraproom Tour

I think everyone enjoys getting to peek into other designer’s scraprooms, right? It's fun to see how others store and organize the same types of products and tools that so many of us have. And while many of us have totally different ways of setting up our spaces, or have totally different types of spaces that we're working with, you never know when you'll see a new way of storing or organizing products that you can incorporate into your own space.

Scraproom Tour, by Christin Grønnslett.

Hello. Christin Grønnslett here today to give you a little tour of my scrap room aka scrap basement. My scrap room is in the basement and I only have three small windows, two of them underneath a bay window and one between a veranda so I have very little natural light so it was important to paint the room white. I have two big fluorescents lamps in the ceiling, but it’s never enough. Although I am very lucky to have a big room, I really wish it was closer to the kitchen/living room, but at least I have a room.  

This is the first thing you see when you enter the room. I have and an Expedit and Bestå shelves to divide the room. To the right is the kids TV/gaming corner and to the left is my scrap area.

I have my scrap desks underneath two of the windows in a corner. To the left the kids can sit next to me and scrap/draw, but mostly my 6 year old daughter uses the floor to do that. I like to have most things very close and I like to see things to use them. All the black trays holds recent papers/cardstock for my different teams. The big white box holds lots of my stamp pads.

Recently I spray painted a pegboard to hold some of my Bella Blvd products. Now I can reach the stickers easily.

For once my desk is clean. Here I have all the mists that I use all the time.

Another bookshelf from Ikea (not sold anymore) Bonde. Here I keep some albums and papers. Behind I have out old Kitchen table. It used to be pretty dark, but instead of painting it I just used a white foil over the visible parts. That way I can use the desk to take a few pictures.

Another view from the entrance.

I have three Malm drawers where I keep Thickers, sewing stuff, dies.

Here is one of the drawers.

Here I keep the enamel dots and Bella Bows that don’t fit on the peg board.

The big Expedit shelf is a great divider between my side and the kids side of the room. Here I have layouts (I am soooooo behind with putting them in album), fabric, gift boxes, and different odds and ends.  

Underneath my white desk I have an Alex drawer, here is where I keep most my paint, embossing powders, etc. These things I don’t use that often and fits great in the drawer.

This ends the tour of my scraproom. Since I hate watching TV I spend a lot of evenings in my scraproom. Luckily the kids loves spending time down here with me. My 8 year old prefers the TV behind the shelves, but at least my 6 year olds loves keeping me company. I hope you have enjoyed my little tour.  

Show & Tell Saturday: Scraproom Tour

I think everyone enjoys getting to peek into other designer’s scraprooms, right? It's fun to see how others store and organize the same types of products and tools that so many of us have. And while many of us have totally different ways of setting up our spaces, or have totally different types of spaces that we're working with, you never know when you'll see a new way of storing or organizing products that you can incorporate into your own space.

Scraproom Tour, by Corri Garza.

My scrap room is a made up of a mix of old furniture and some new pieces that I just recently added. My room is located in a loft space above our living room. I love that I can leave things in a mess and no one can see from downstairs.

This shelf is the BHG version the Ikea Kallax. It fits perfectly on this wall and helps me keep my stuff organized. I keep everything in bins or baskets.

I have one that holds all my Bella Blvd goodies and then others for pens, tools, twine, mists, etc.

One of my favorite organization tricks is this awesome color box. My friend Heather told me about these. I sorted my embellishments by color in these 4 x 6 photo boxes. This is a great way to keep up with all those tiny bits.

I have a work surface to the left of my desk where I have my Cameo, my laptop and an old cassette holder where I store all my inks. I’m a little crazy when it comes to the white core in paper. I have to ink the edges of everything I die cut. Makeup sponges from the dollar store work great for this.

I have four filing cabinet drawers below this desk top. In one drawer I keep all my stamps and embossing folders. Another drawer holds all my ribbon. The other two are junk drawers.

Under my desk, I store all my current paper collections in these Cropper Hopper rolling carts. One cart holds all my Bella Blvd paper. I have a file folder for each collection. The other cart holds all my other paper collections. Extra-large zip lock bags are a great way to keep all the pieces of the collection contained.

I just got this new Raskog cart from Ikea. I love it. I keep it right next my desk. The top tray holds all the things I use on every project … like stickers, burlap string, enamel dots and pop dots. The second tray holds my punches and the bottom is for journaling cards.

This little area is wear I take my photos. The slat wall is the side of a huge cabinet. I store my photo props, my alphas and photo sleeves on pegs. Under the desk, I keep all the kids artwork, awards and school pictures that I plan to get into albums someday. In the front of big cabinet, I have my albums and older paper collections that I can’t part with yet.

I hope you enjoyed taking a peek into my scrap room. It’s always fun to see how other people organize.

Show & Tell Saturday: Scraproom Tour

I think everyone enjoys getting to peek into other designer’s scraprooms, right? It's fun to see how others store and organize the same types of products and tools that so many of us have. And while many of us have totally different ways of setting up our spaces, or have totally different types of spaces that we're working with, you never know when you'll see a new way of storing or organizing products that you can incorporate into your own space.

Scraproom Tour, byKristine Davidson.

Hello Everyone! It's Kristine Davidson here today and I'll be sharing a peek into my scrapbook space with you! I recently just finished painting a new colour - it was a honeydew green prior to this and I love this new fresh look. I still have a few shelves to place but overall my space is ready and it's been awesome to play in.

I am lucky to call a spare bedroom my scrapbook room. I love to sit and stare at the walls, sometimes be creative, and on occasion just sit at my computer and play online. 

This is the entry to my room. It's in the north side of the house and often doesn't get much sunlight. It's frustrating at times because it's dark in there but I have extra lights that help. I usually don't scrapbook during the day so most times it's not an issue. I don't have curtains yet but I do enjoy that extra light thru the blinds. 

I keep most of my stuff in the wide shelving units from Michaels. The corner desktop on the left was a freebie my husband found online for me. I love it. It's huge! I have pegboards on both sides of my room to keep my scrap supplies. I use to spend a fortune on scrapbook supplies but in the past year or so that has stopped. I'm thankful to be on a few design teams that stock my shelves ;-) 

This next photo is of my computer desk and a place where I have my layouts displayed. I changed them around so often of my favorites for the current month. 

Yes, I love my pegboards and especially painted pink! Love It ;-) It used to be white but with my room update I painted it Bubble Gum Pink. It holds tons of stuff. It is 8 feet wide by 4 feet high. I have tons of products organized on it and I'll eventually add a shelf at the top for some extra storage. I have 2 extra OTT lights here, a sewing machine, and a few pieces of my painted pottery.

I keep my pattern papers in large Ziplock bags. I keep them organized by collection and manufacturer. I also have organizers with the company name on the front - you can see this on the left side of my desk. I don't have lots of pattern papers - it drives me crazy just having stuff sit there not being used. 

Here are a few close up pics of my scrapbook room. An old typewriter I got at an antique store in our town. It cost me $10! It needs ribbon but still works. I have these fake flowers that I love - they are colorful and I've had them for years. The Cats love chewing on them as well! LOL. 

I have a board that I keep some cute pictures, concert tickets, and signed picture of Rupert from Survivor that I met at CHA last winter. 

I keep my washi tape in a small bin, I really just use them for decoration ;-)

This is a shelf I picked up at Michaels for about $30. It was on clearance. I love that it holds extra inks, paint, wood veneers, and a few pieces I love for inspiration.

This is how I store my Bella Blvd products. Aren't they cute all lined up and on pink pegboard? I have issues with things being straight and organized, I literally change this every week. I love playing "store!"

I love little corners of inspiration. This is where I keep some paint brushes, a canvas I painting, little wood embellishments and my die-cut machine. 

This is my scraproom friends. I hope you enjoyed your tour into my little crafty space and any questions please feel free to contact me directly! You can find me at KristineDavidson.com and instagram @KristineDavidson.

Show & Tell Saturday: Scraproom Tour

I think everyone enjoys getting to peek into other designers scraprooms, right? It's fun to see how others store and organize the same types of products and tools that so many of us have. And while many of us have totally different ways of setting up our spaces, or have totally different types of spaces that we're working with, you never know when you'll see a new way of storing or organizing products that you can incorporate into your own space.

Scraproom Tour, byJodi Wilton.

Hi everyone! Jodi here today to share with my scrapbook space! We moved close to a year ago, and my room has been a big work in progress (and still is!), but I can't wait to show you what I have done so far! Running a home daycare has always allowed me to scrap during naptime hours, so I wanted a room that would be off of the daycare room. The space I use is a good size, the down part, is I share it with my non nappers, and my own kids as their TV room (or we like to call it the school age room!). As you can see from the photo below, there is a mish-mash of toys and scrappy supplies!  Here is the view from the double french doors from the daycare room.

My crafting table right now is our old kitchen table which I have dreams of repainting, but I haven't qutie gotten around to it yet! As you walk into the room on the lefthand side I have an old chest of drawers with cubes stacked on top. In the drawers I have punches, adhesives, tools etc. In the cubes I have paper collections or projects that I am working on. My wall unit hold many inks, mists and paints! In cookie jars I have all my washi tapes/designer tapes that I sort by manufacturer.

I used old mason jars on top of them to sort out my ribbon colors.

I am lucky enough to have a very handyman husband who created my peg board for my room! I love to keep all the things that I love to use a lot! If I don't see it, I don't usually use it!

To the right of the chest of drawers, I have a couple of scrappy carts. The first one I use to store twine, wood veener, dies, stencils, ongoing mini album projects etc. The second card is my project life cart. In that I have a whole pile of supplies that I use just for creating Project life.

Above the carts, I store more favorite products of mine! I picked this up in the garden section of a store, and thought it would be perfect for storing chipboard sheets, and sticker sheets, etc.

Next to the carts is my make shift sewing table, I use to set it up every time I wanted to sew, but then I wasn't using my sewing machine at all. So until I find a table that suits this space, I have my makeshift table. I store all my albums in a toy shelf, with the daycare toys underneath and on top.

Here is the view on the right side of the room. I have an IKEA expedit which I love and store most of my design team papers in thirty-one gifts file folders. I find these are easy to use and can pack them up in a hurry if I am going somewhere to scrap! I also have a variety of stamps that I keep in the wicker baskets. On top I have my clip-it up with many alpha stickers and misc stickers. I have a couple of paper racks on either side of my bookshelf. 

Inside some of the cubbies I store embellishments sorted by manufacturer for easy access for assignments too! I also share this cupboard for my daycare resources. Finally I have a kids art table in the corner (photo not shown... due to extreme mess!)

Thanks for letting me share my mish-mash of a room!

Show & Tell Saturday: Scraproom Tour

I think everyone enjoys getting to peek into other designer's scraprooms, right? It's fun to see how others store and organize the same types of products and tools that so many of us have. And while many of us have totally different ways of setting up our spaces, or have totally different types of spaces that we're working with, you never know when you'll see a new way of storing or organizing products that you can incorporate into your own space.

Scraproom Tour, by Leanne Allinson.

Mismatched furniture, hand me down storage and nothing on the walls. That's my space. But it is my space and I am so very grateful for it! Today I am sharing my little room for all to see. And I feel like I am baring my soul somewhat. LOL! I don't have a perfectly coordinated room. I don't even have clever solutions for storage and I am constantly going through my "stuff" to pass on to my children, their school and even friends who want to dabble in "scrapbooking".

This room used to be the nursery, but now that my 'baby' shares a room with his older brothers, this space has definitely been claimed as mine! As you enter, on the left is pretty much my bank of storage.

This is where I try to contain my product and work with my silhouette portrait. I also house my layouts in acid free sleeves and then place them in the baskets seen here on the first white (expedit-like) shelf.  

I try to use as inexpensive solutions to storage as possible. Apart from some core furniture pieces, most of my storage comes in the form of glass jars or oversized plastic baskets. My cardstock is kept in an MDF box kit from Kaisercraft (an Australian Manufacturer).

On the second white shelf, I store items such as my typewriter, my addiction for thickers, some clear stamps and my Bella Blvd designer tapes and ciao chip alphas. My storage solutions to date are a little quirky. I've found two oversized tea cups and filled them to overflowing with my designer tapes. 

However, my Bella Ciao Chipboard has a more conventional solution. A perfectly sized plastic storage basket. In this basket I can flip through them easily and yes, I do have them stored in their colour groups!

In between the two shelving units, I have situated a second hand table against the wall. Above it I have fastened a café style cutlery holder, to keep my paint tubes, decorative edge scissors (remember them!) and sponges.

On the opposite wall I have seating for guests and a little area for my four year old to sit and scrapbook too. On the wall I have a hanging gallery of my favourite layouts. The other corner is where I have my absolute favourite piece of storage equipment. My Ikea Alex drawers. In here I hide more clear stamps, flowers, bling, 6x6 paper pads and my kids' artwork masterpieces. 

On top of my drawers I keep my Design Team patterned paper collections. The latest and greatest at the front of these plastic storage baskets and the excess/double products to the collections, underneath.

On the front of the basket I use a simple clip system to display the paper pieces and candid cards. The smaller baskets keep all my Bella crochet hearts, flags, buttons and  stickers in a nice convenient area, without me having to sift through boxes or storage containers until I find the item I need.  

My second table/desk is where I sit and create. It has the best natural light, provided by the large and only window in the room. It is to this point, where I will gather the supplies needed for my next project. Sitting permanently on my desk are my most frequently used tools - double sided tape, scissors, wet adhesive, mist, date stamps, trimmer...etc. However, having a desk to sit at, doesn't always stop me from spreading onto the floor. Often, when I come to the end of creating a project, you can see the trail of "options" I've left behind.

On a side note, when I do scrap at night or I just need that little bit extra light during an overcast day, I have used a "day light/natural" light bulb in my desk lamp. It provides me with a more natural lighting than florescent. I always prefer to scrap with natural light so I can better match the colours and collections I am creating with.

So there we have it. This is my space. Thanks for taking the tour with me and I hope you can take some inspiration with you.

Show & Tell Saturday: Scraproom Tour

I think everyone enjoys getting to peek into other designer's scraprooms, right? It's fun to see how others store and organize the same types of products and tools that so many of us have. And while many of us have totally different ways of setting up our spaces, or have totally different types of spaces that we're working with, you never know when you'll see a new way of storing or organizing products that you can incorporate into your own space.

Scraproom Share, by Nicole Nowosad.

I don’t really have a scrap room of my own. Truth is, I have a wall in our family basement. So, most of my items are organized and kind of hidden as they are in plain sight. You can see that I have just a fold up table set up in front of our computer desk, with a wall of IKEA Expedit shelving behind it. Whoever invented IKEA is amazing. I have 2 Expedit shelves side by side and pretty full with my scrap stuff and albums.

On one side, you can see that I have several paper holders that are organized for each of my DT’s and a few for my own growing stash. I love paper and these Cropper Hopper holders work perfectly for me. Since I can have 4 holders in one square of the shelf, they don’t take up alot of room and the paper rarely gets damaged. Win Win.

On the other end, I have lots of baskets, clear jars and spice holders for smaller embellishments, like flair, sequins, twine and wood veneers. These too are from IKEA. The wicker baskets are not so deep and very easy for me to dig into when needed.

My daughter loves to “pick papers” with me, so she has her own table at the end. Right now on our treadmill. Lol. She likes being up off the floor slightly and it keeps her up in her own area.

I have most of my Bella stash in a wicker basket for the embellishments and in a few Cropper Hopper holders for the stickers, chipboard and paper lines. I don’t organize the papers as I like to mix product lines as much as possible.

My favorite organization item is this storage cart from IKEA. I love that it matches my bookcases and it holds SO much stuff, you cannot even imagine. I have all most used punches, stamps, inks, tools, paper pads, etc in this cart. I am able to wheel it around to where I need it and hide it behind our computer desk when we have company and the scrap table disappears. You can see I have several small baskets and trays from IKEA that fit inside so I can store brads, tags, etc. It really is handy and holds SO much. Like a lot, seriously.

That’s it for my scrap space! thanks for popping in to see it – now I am off to make it messy again.

Show & Tell Saturday: Scraproom Tour

I think everyone enjoys getting to peek into other designer's scraprooms, right? It's fun to see how others store and organize the same types of products and tools that so many of us have. And while many of us have totally different ways of setting up our spaces, or have totally different types of spaces that we're working with, you never know when you'll see a new way of storing or organizing products that you can incorporate into your own space.

Scraproom Share, by Jen Chesnick.

My craft room has moved several times it's a running joke among my friends at this point. I moved into my current room when my daughter turned a year old. It was flaming hot pink! I couldn't take all the color so I painted it white for the time being. The room itself is only about 10' x 6'. It used to be our walk-in closet that's how small it is. Even with space constraints I still seem to cram it all in and a toddler to boot.

On the left side of my room is a large expedit from Ikea. I use it to store my albums, altered items and mini albums.  

Up top is closed storage to hide "the ugly stuff" adhesives, chipboard, extra mini albums and such. The white boxes are from Ikea. I use them all over my house! They are inexpensive and super handy.

I store all my pattern paper and card stock that is not design team related in the expedit as well. The paper holders are exactly the correct size for the expedit and they are from AC Moore made by Display Dynamics. 

Behind the expedit is what I call the Monica closet (from Friends) I have so much stuff shoved in there its embarrassing! The highlight of the closet is my hanging storage for my camera lights. I use them when filming videos and when I need an extra boost of light for projects.

On my desk I use all kinds of bits and things for storage mostly from Ikea and Target. The white stands are from Ikea, the bins from Target and the washi holder is from Micheal's.

The large white shelf is actually a ribbon holder I got on clearance from Michael's. I use it to hold my Bella Designer tape.  I like keeping the little bins in front full of my most used items. Adhesive, twine, pens and dots. On the top I keep liquid glue and all of my tools. 

 

Under my desk is where I keep all of my design team items. I have 5 bins on rollers with each filled by team. I keep each collection in large ziploc bags and label them with washi tape. I found this to be the easiest way for me to keep track of everything. When I have a specific assignment I can pull out one collection and work with it rather then digging through everything. I tend to make projects by line rather than mixing items anyway. Discontinued items get filtered into my regular stock of supplies. 

On the other side of the room I have all of my mist, glitters, paint, embossing powders etc and my punches. The shelves are from Ikea (no longer made) you can get picture shelves similar to these just a tad bigger. The punch holders are towel racks also from Ikea.

Under the longer of the two desks I house my embellishments, random cords and things and my machines. I used a closet system from Ikea for this stuff and plastic divider trays that come with the system. Are you seeing the Ikea trend? 

Finally I added in a little persons desk yet all she wants to do is sit at mine. I can't blame her with all the pretty stuff!  

Thanks for taking this tour with me. I hope it gives you some great ideas for your own space!

Show & Tell Saturday: Scraproom Tour

I think everyone enjoys getting to peek into other designers scraprooms, right? It's fun to see how others store and organize the same types of products and tools that so many of us have. And while many of us have totally different ways of setting up our spaces, or have totally different types of spaces that we're working with, you never know when you'll see a new way of storing or organizing products that you can incorporate into your own space.

Scraproom Tour, by Kelly Holbrook.

My scrap space is also our entry way. The front door is to the right of the computer, which you can kind of see part of in the lower right hand corner. What you can't see is hooks filled with coats, and a cubby filled with shoes :) It was the best place for my craft stuff, as the room was kind of empty before I claimed it...now it's a little crowded for my liking, but it works.

The cabinet that holds the majority of my scrapbooking tools is actually an office/ computer cabinet. It was my parents' while growing up...and when they wanted to get rid of it, I had the perfect purpose for it. Although, I have to purge often for lack of space, it beats hauling everything out to the kitchen table when I want to work, which was my previous arrangement.

It opens up with a fold out table, a large filing drawer, a tray that's suppose to be for a keyboard, and mail cubbies...which I've re-purposed to fit my craft storage needs. This is what it looks like the majority of the time...I almost never close it up.

I've been stamping since 1998, and have probably given away at least twice as many stamp sets that you see here. I don't have room to hoard, so if there is something that I find myself never using...it finds a better home. The baskets hold:

Top Left: extra adhesives, ones that I don't use on a regular basis, like sticker makers, Modge Podge, glue sticks and hot glue gun refills. Top Middle: spools of ribbon, baker's twine, washi tape. Top Right: extra embellishments like die cuts, brads, and gems that go with certain paper collections.

Bottom Left: punches, Bottom Middle: more punches, and decorative scissors. Bottom Right: Ink refills, glitter, and paints.

Here's the little roll out tray that's suppose to hold a keyboard...it holds my paper trimmer. These baskets hold: Top Left: ink pads; Top Right: miscellaneous chipboard and flowers; Bottom Left: embossing folders and dies; Bottom Right: miscellaneous tools such as paper crimper, Crop-a-dile, stamp scrubber, paint tray, etc.

Here, I'll start at the bottom with the cubbies from left to right: The first one hold long tools like rulers, a hammer, and a 12x12 trimmer; next is rub ons; the third is letter stickers ( I keep 12x12 sheets with my 12x12 paper), and the last one is envelopes, notecards and tags. The little set of drawers hold every thing I reach for the most: the bottom is pens and markers; the middle is things like my paper piercer, pencils, erasers, stapler, double stick tape, foam tape, needles, etc; the top is staples, paperclips popsicle sticks, mini clothespins, etc. 

The black basket in the back holds all of my clear stamps, the little Rubbermaid container in front of it holds gems and tools that I need to keep together and handy for DT work. The next shelf up holds flat tools like a big circle cutter, Coluzzle system, stencils, and cutting mats.The top shelf from left to right holds: More tools that I need to keep together/handy for DT work; a basket of my printed photos, and embroidery floss containers that actually hold brads/eyelets, beads, and ribbon left overs.

Under the table there is a big filing drawer. The shelf on top of it holds recent papercrafting magazines, and a basket of cards.

The big filing drawer holds all of my 8.5x11 cardstock sorted by color.

This cabinet was made by my husband's best friend as a wedding present. It used to hold books, but we aren't big readers...so up those went to the attic, and now it holds my 12x12 paper.

I keep all of my 12x 12 paper together by collection...it's just easier for me that way. If any of the collections come with bulky embellishments...they go in the embellishment basket from photo #4. The big basket has all of my Bella collections and embellishments because they're special :) But, I'm quickly out-growing it.

I also store all of my Bella paper by collection, and have all of the like embellishments stored together in bags. Then, if I have in mind what I want to use, I can just grab a collection or two, and the embellishments that I want to use with it.

This shelf has all of my albums...don't be fooled, only about half of those are completed. I try to have an album for each year of my kids' life, except for the girls (twins). I started out doing theirs together, because they were always in pictures together. So, that's just the way I've kept doing it. I'm actually kind of glad, because I don't know where I would put 12 more albums if I had started each their own books.  Albums are expensive, and since I do so many...I actually use 2 1/2 inch office binders, which explains my preferred 8.5x11 style. They're only a few bucks, and I can customize the outside myself.

Thanks for touring my favorite spot with me! I hope I've been able to share some ideas for those with limited storage.

Show & Tell Saturday: Scraproom Tour

I think everyone enjoys getting to peek into other designers scraprooms, right? It's fun to see how others store and organize the same types of products and tools that so many of us have. And while many of us have totally different ways of setting up our spaces, or have totally different types of spaces that we're working with, you never know when you'll see a new way of storing or organizing products that you can incorporate into your own space.

Scraproom Tour, by Wendy Antenucci.

Welcome to my scrap space! We recently moved and my lovely room became a space. I did a lot of purging to get all of my stuff into my space and now I am in love! My space is in the loft that overlooks our family room and kitchen allowing me to keep tabs on everything that is going on. My scrappy area shares the space with the Wii TV and with an extra bed so I do have to keep things somewhat neat (most of the time).  

My scrappy style and my space hold a lot in common - I LOVE white space! I try to keep everything neatly put away and purged so that I can think and actually enjoy the scrapping process. I do definitely make a mess while creating, but then I clean things up as soon as possible. The best place I found to store my scrappy goodies are in the closet!  I was able to place a few of the sterlite carts stacked and a bookcase into my closet which holds the bulk of my stash.

I have journaling pieces in one drawer, paints in another, stickles/inks in another, punches in another, border punches in yet another. In the other set of drawers I keep kits I am working with right now, layouts that haven't been put away yet, products from other manufactures that I am enjoying working with.

My bookcase is a wire piece from Home Depot; it holds my paper from the different Design Teams I am on, my box of photos, and tools.

I just bought a new piece from IKEA, it is probably my favorite! You can see the one drawer holds a lot of my Bella embellishments/stickers and here is another drawer with my washi tape collection.  

I have my most used things in this cabinet - ink pads, newest embellishments, sewing templates, needles, thread and the list goes on.

I have 2 bookcases that hold up my desktop and they are filled with items I use constantly - mists, dies, stamps, tapes, pens, etc. The last picture is of my work area, I have a box (from Target where most of my items came from) that holds my most loved tools and pens, they are right in front of me when I create. I always put these items back because I can't stand spending time searching for my scissors or ruler when I am on a scrappy kick. My hubby also built a box for my PL pieces - it resembles an old tape box, but he built it to fit what I wanted to store!

To make my area my happy spot, I hang my completed layouts on the wall - these are my favorites that just make me happy (and my kids love to see themselves) and remind me why I scrap. Thanks for joining me in my scrap space; I hope it has made you as happy as it makes me!

Show & Tell Saturday: Scraproom Tour

I think everyone enjoys getting to peek into other designer's scraprooms, right? It's fun to see how others store and organize the same types of products and tools that so many of us have. And while many of us have totally different ways of setting up our spaces, or have totally different types of spaces that we're working with, you never know when you'll see a new way of storing or organizing products that you can incorporate into your own space.

Scraproom Tour, by Diana Fisher.  

My studio is the third biggest of four bedrooms in our home. It is upstairs and the windows look out onto the front yard and gets great light in the mornings. I had been in the smallest bedroom, but quickly outgrew that space a couple of years ago. I now have the space for two tables, two chairs and a bigger closet.

I usually sit at the desk facing the windows when I work from home for my job or use my Cameo, and I sit at the desk with the green chair when I scrapbook.

One of my favorite things about this space is all of the wall space. I have two Pier One frames with wire and clothespins that I hang many of my favorite pieces on before I put them out of sight.

Since I obviously like to keep my projects around for a little while, I also hang my layouts on hooks in the closet before I put them into albums. There aren’t too many hanging right now because I just went through a purge and filled up the albums. As you can see, the top of the closet is full and I’m going to need a plan B — I didn’t anticipate filling up the top shelf as fast as I did.

This is also where I keep my Canon, magazines, more supplies and lots of storage is in this closet. Papers and materials from past design teams, mixed media projects, felt, fabric … you name it, it’s in here.

The items I use most are kept on the desk first, then the two-tier wire basket on the shelving unit or in the little basket by the printer. I shuffle things around often so that what I am using most is always at my fingertips and I don’t need to sift through drawers or bins.

Plus it keeps my supplies fresh and I don’t use the same things over and over again.

Here on my desk I only keep a few mists and inks and supplies that I’m in the mood to use now, or are color-coordinated with projects I am currently working on. Then, with the change of seasons or holidays, they will swap out with others.

Here is my storage for the Bella Blvd goodies. I have them right near my desk facing the window in a 6-drawer roll cart.

It can be really easy to mix these drawers up, so one thing I like to do is use clear or glassine bags and binder rings to organize the items by type. Here you can see how I use the binder rings to connect all of the crochet flowers. I just grab the ring and then I flip though the colors. Easy peasy!

Stamps, chipboard and the tall sheets of stickers go in this drawer.

This one holds all of the cards, stickers, washi, buttons and flags.

And as a card maker for Bella, I wanted to show you how I store my cards. I use this small basket. It keeps them neat and ready to go for when I need them. When the basket gets too full, I go on a binge and send out a bunch of smiles to my friends and family, or I take them to work and hold a discounted trunk show and my co-workers by them for half the cost I would normally sell them at.

So, there’s my studio… Thanks for taking the tour and I hope you got some new and fun ideas for your space!