Made Marian: Oozing Crafty Goodness

A craft supplies revelation that is!  I am having difficulty organising my craft supplies in a way that really works for me and works for this 600 square foot apartment.  The real problem is that I have so many interests and I have lots of paraphernalia that comes with each one, crochet, embroidery, card making and all the crafts that I have attempted to get into, sewing, knitting, jewellery making, the list goes on.  Most of this is shoved into the spare room as follows;

Drawers mostly contain card making stuff but also buttons and stuffing for soft toys etc as well as some halloween and valentines decorations. And a box on top which contains fabric scraps. AND a box on top of that which contains napkin rings for the wedding (handmade of course), that pile of crap you see to the left is wedding related so I’m consoling myself with the fact that it will be gone in a month.

Shelves hold office supplies, pens, rulers scissors stampers and inks as well as household stuff like medical receipts, user manuals and some notes from work/college courses.

It’s not too bad I suppose but ultimately I don’t craft in the spare room as there is no suitable surface so if I want to make one card, I need to bring what I need out to the kitchen where I have more room, this is not ideal as I’m up and down every five minutes to get something I’ve forgotten.  I need some method of organising these things where the most used items are all at hand in one container so that I could bring them out in one go.