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<\/p>\na few weeks ago, i hosted a craft club meeting at my house.\u00c2\u00a0 it was the perfect excuse to finally clean out my craft room.\u00c2\u00a0 my craft room is my happy place.\u00c2\u00a0 it’s where i go to re-charge my creative batteries.\u00c2\u00a0 but usually when i’m in a creative mood, i’m not in a cleaning mood and can’t be bothered with finding new, appropriate homes for my current crafting obsession (whatever that may be) so… things pile up.\u00c2\u00a0 hide your eyes–here’s the before shots:<\/p>\n
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check out that huge stack of flannel prints on the floor!\u00c2\u00a0 and the overflowing wicker basket of “in progress” projects (and also a bunch of wool sweaters in need of felting).<\/p>\n
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and here’s my beading table.\u00c2\u00a0 i haven’t really done much beading lately, so it’s getting a little dusty (gross!).\u00c2\u00a0 there’s also a giant pile of “i’ll deal with this later” between the table and the door.<\/p>\n
and after enough hours of working that the sun is no longer shining through the windows and the lighting for my camera has gotten really weird… the after shots!<\/p>\n
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hmmmm…. maybe, to the casual observer, this doesn’t look a whole lot better, but… trust me!\u00c2\u00a0 you can see the floor!\u00c2\u00a0 that’s big news in my craft room!<\/p>\n
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and here is my stash–sorted to better accommodate my most recent crafting obsession–quilting.\u00c2\u00a0 hidden away are the felted sweater scraps of yesteryear.\u00c2\u00a0 buried deep are the silky and velvety fabrics from my wrist-rest and eye pillow sewing days.\u00c2\u00a0 granted, i do still have an entire shelf of flannels (the only shelf with no blue plastic bin) which i use for things other than quilts, but the shelf below is stacked with fabrics appropriate for quilt backs.\u00c2\u00a0 and the blue bins are filled with quilting type materials, sorted by color.\u00c2\u00a0 the bottom shelf houses decorator weight fabrics and “waterproof” (vinyl, oilcloth, etc.) pieces.\u00c2\u00a0 and the best part?\u00c2\u00a0 no big stacks on the floor, blocking access to the stash!<\/p>\n
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and my beading table–all beading materials put away and covered for dust protection.\u00c2\u00a0 and that big blank space between the table and door?\u00c2\u00a0 helps me to breathe more easily.<\/p>\n
it’s no perfect yet (ahem, don’t look in the closet.\u00c2\u00a0 and i’m not sure what all of that stuff on the corner of the table above is doing there), but i can once again relax and let the creative muses lead me where they will without tripping over anything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
a few weeks ago, i hosted a craft club meeting at my house.\u00c2\u00a0 it was the perfect excuse to finally clean out my craft room.\u00c2\u00a0 my craft room is my happy place.\u00c2\u00a0 it’s where i go to re-charge my creative … Continue reading