Craft Room/Organizational Ideas Blog Hop (Crop Chocolate Design Team Farewell)

Thanks for coming to my blog!!! 

This blog hop is to celebrate this past year of being part of an extraordinary group of talented ladies. If you are joining this hop and this is the first site you have come to, slow down sweetie! You need to start at the beginning!! Go to Amber's blog site here and follow the list of blogs from there. Here is the order you will be going in...

Amber 

Paula I.-cricutica

Paula M.-JeepMama

Beth D.-bethd488

Jamie-LMissCrafter

Michele - Craft-a-holic Queen THAT'S ME!!!

Corrie-corriew 

DeeDee-D2

Jenn-Moon

Karen-ScrappyCanuck 
The Crop

Make sure you comment on each and every one of the blogs (and FOLLOW the ladies, too) because you may find that there is lots of blog candy out there waiting to be given away. 

Ok....let's get down to business!

Our design team decided to do a little something fun for our last activity as a design team and we chose.... A BLOG HOP!!! Yes....we know how much you all LOVE blog hops and secretly, I love them too...just don't spread it around, okay??? ::wink wink::  Anyways, after much deliberation, we decided an organizational tips/crafty area hop would be fun. I know when I have looked at pictures of other's spaces, it's helped me find ideas for storage and make my room easy to work in. 

So, without further ado, I present my craft room!

 

This is "Craft Central" where I do all of my work. I have two desks that have been put together to form an "L" shaped area, of which one side has an organizer where I can store those items I "always have to have nearby". 

 On top of the organizer is a little shelf I made to add a little more height AND to give me another place to put little things that I need nearby like nail clippers, my glasses, etc.

 I love the idea of having ribbon handy. If you notice, I use ribbon on almost all of my projects. It's a staple I must have around. Curtain rods work wonderfully as an organizing "tool" for ribbon as well as storing embellies by brand. Also, I found these cute little baskets at a dollar store last fall and just "had to have them". I realized I have A LOT of ribbon and not enough space for it all. So, I found some hooks and screwed them into the wall above my desk, filled my baskets with ribbon, used the "holes" in the baskets for the ribbon to pull through and hung them on the hooks. Talk about being HANDY!!!

 

This is the "supply" side of my room. I love to collect all kinds of baskets and use them for storage if possible. Don't be afraid to be creative in the types of containers you use to store your crafty goodies. There's no Right or Wrong!!

 If I have one suggestion for you all, it is....watch for craft stores that are closing! It's a sad thing to watch businesses close up shop but that is when you will SCORE BIG on storage items! I have a thing for paper and needed space for it all. One of our local scrapbook chains closed up the last of their stores a few months ago so I just HAD to go check out the deals. While I was there, I noticed they were selling their 12-slot 12x12 paper racks for $20 each. YES....$20 each! Couldn't pass that one up for a minute so I bought 4 of them. :) Seriously is the BEST INVESTMENT I have EVER made!

Ahhhh....This last year has gone by so quickly! I can't believe that it was this time last year that I was trying out for the design team for CropChocolate.com and hoping to be one of the lucky ones to be chosen. A year later, I DO count myself as one of the luckiest women on the planet. Not only did I have the opportunity to work with Jon and McCall (CropChocolate's owners) and Amber  (our design team leader and the buyer for CropChocolate) but I now have 10 wonderful friends who will all have a very special place in my heart! Each and everyone of them are so talented and inspire anyone who has the chance to work with them and see their creations. I love them all so much and will miss working with them all.

Now that I have gotten all mushy on you.....guess what??? After the blog hop is over, I will be drawing a name...maybe even two names....and will be sending off some special goodies for coming by. Don't forget to leave a comment so you can have a chance to win!!!

Now it's time for you to move on to Corrie's blog. Have lots of fun and don't forget to come by from time to time to see what's new on my blog!!! <3 <3 <3