May 31st, 2020
Inside: how to organize your craft papers in 3 easy steps! If you are like me and you have been making paper crafts, scrapbook pages and cards for the past few years then you, like me, have way too many papers. If you are one of the lucky ones and you are fortunate to be an organized person then your paper stash is probably organized but again. if you are like me then your papers are in a mess! The problem is not just that your craft papers are not organized it’s that organizing them seems like an impossible task so you avoid it, at least I do. But over time the problem grows and I find myself spending more time looking for papers instead of actually creating something with them! MY FOOLPROOF METHOD TO ORGANIZE CRAFT PAPERS Organizing craft paper can be an overwhelming task but if you follow the TRIPLE S …
December 27th, 2019
Inside: what happened when I decided to organize my craft paper stash and how I did it I went into my craft room all inspired to start working on a new project. A new scrapbook page idea was rolling in my head and I wanted to finally make it. It was just a matter of finding the right 12×12 cardstock to start my page. I started going through my piles of paper looking for that one specific page I knew I had… 20 minutes later… I couldn’t find it! The entire idea was based on that paper and once I couldn’t find it I lost my inspiration and ended up never making that scrapbook page. Sure.. I could have come up with another idea for that page but I just lost my crafty feeling… So what happened? MY CRAFT PAPER STASH IS TOO BIG What happened was I couldn’t craft because I wasn’t organized! We all …
October 18th, 2019
Inside: useful tips on how to make your craft supplies last and work longer I have a problem with brushes… I always forget to wash them and as a result I have to throw most of them away because they dry up with all the paint on them and they’re unusable. Does this ever happen to you? Got any craft supplies you can’t use anymore or dried up ink pads, paints or stamps? I once had a Martha Stewart border punch which broke after only using it twice! They sent a new one but it was days after i needed it for my project. We spend so much money on craft supplies and tools only to throw them away when we can’t use them anymore. It’s not only waste it’s also really frustrating when you need to use them and can’t. MOST USED CRAFT SUPPLIES Our craft room is full of supplies, some we use often …
August 9th, 2019
Inside: 11 craft room myths you might still believe and can easily be broken to get your creative mojo back! I’ve been crafting for a long time but I recently realized that I and all of us crafters are prisoners of some craft myths that are simply not true. These myths not only get in the way of us crafting they also influence the way we shop for craft supplies and organize them. I think it’s about time we break these myths and go back to doing things the right way! LET’S BREAK THOSE CRAFT ROOM MYTHS ONE BY ONE WE DON’T CRAFT MORE BECAUSE OUR CRAFT ROOM IS NOT PERFECT You probably heard the phrase: organizing craft supplies and crafting are two different hobbies. That’s actually true and you likely don’t have time for both. It’s easy to think: “if I only had…” More space Better storage New furniture A different space And …
March 15th, 2019
Inside: 3 easy steps to organize your craft room Organizing our craft room is a daunting and usually unpleasant task. I don’t know but I try to avoid it as much as possible 🙂 The problem is that over time our craft space looks like a disaster zone and we can’t find anything. Today I want to share with you my 3 easy steps to organize your craft space and get rid of the clutter and mess once and for all! STEP 1: DE-CLUTTER CRAFT SUPPLIES Say what?! Getting rid of stuff? Yes… you read right… getting rid of some of your supplies is the first necessary and sometimes painful thing to do. WHY GET RID OF SOME CRAFT SUPPLIES? If you answer yes to one of these questions then you definitely get rid of some of your supplies: Do you spend more time organizing supplies than crafting? Are you having problems finding …
