Hi bloggers! Gosh, it sure seems like it's been a while.
My youngest kiddo began to have some medical problems in September. So far he's undergone 2 surgeries and is looking at one more sometime next year. I took some time off of crafting so I could take care of him. He's doing much better and is finally on the mend. He even gets to go back to school on Monday! :)
Prior to that, I had been busy reorganizing my craft studio and it's finally done! I was able to do a little de-stashing, but it seems like I still have a ton of scrap supplies. But now that it's all done, I hope to be up and crafting soon. In the mean time I figured I'd give you all a little peek into my craft studio (viewer beware: upcoming photo overload!!)
I finally made a trip to Ikea to stock up on some Kallax units for my studio. It's about a 3 1/2 hour trip, and I thought I'd never get them. But I was able to drag my hubby and our boys around for a little bit, as long as that was our only stop. I wasn't allowed to go to any scrapbook stores! For my desk, I used two of the 2x2 Kallax units for each end and then just put an Ikea table top on them.
I also have some of these Office Depot bookshelves in my studio. I've had then for nearly 8 years and they have held up wonderfully. The Ikea Alex drawer unit holds some sprays, mists, and a ton of little extra goodies!
The tall shelves hold my Project Life supplies, 6x6 paper stacks, and 8 1/2 x 11 card stock.
I use the long bookshelf for my stamp storage (well, my smaller stamp sets). I have accumulated a TON of stamps and have already filled it up and am using the top of it!
I also have adapted the stamp storage that
Jennifer McGuire uses! I absolutely love it! You can see her original blog post
here. :) I am using a different style of
Fridge Binz and the
Avery Elle stamp storage pockets. The smaller stamp storage products are from
Simon Says Stamp. I have not yet labeled all of my stamps (that will take forever!) so I have kept the inserts with them until I get that done. Here are some of my favorite stamps.
Most of my supplies now fit onto this Kallax unit. This is a 4 x 4 unit with a 1 x 4 unit stacked on top. I purchased some organization products from
Stamp-n-Storage to fit in the cubes. These are the best organizational products I have found! They have a ton of products for ink pads, punches, paper, and even a fabulous desk! You can find all of their products
here!
The 12 x 12 paper packs in the middle of the Kallax are stored in the new
Cropper Hopper style vertical files. While all of my individual 12 x 12 paper fits into these Stamp-n-Storage
Paper Holder for Ikea.
Whew! Well, I think that's it!
Have a wonderful day!
