Crafting Mess

The shelf above our kitchen table complete with cookbooks I haven’t opened in a year and a giant stack of craft supplies (I believe there is more behind the cookbooks). Aside from the cookie cutters, crayons and ribbon that you can easy identify in this picture, I honestly have no idea what’s up there. What a waste of space!

Piles of felt and bags full of stuffing. The top stack of felt, above, I bought from a local crafts resale shop for $1. Yep, I feel pretty good about that purchase. Now, where to store it?!

One of several spots where we store different types of paper. A neat stack, yes, but completely inaccessible. And it’s in our living room.

Drawers stuffed to the brim with craft supplies, packed so full that it’s challenging to open and close the drawers, although some are more organized than others. Yes, these drawers are also blocking our thermostat. It’s a disaster. I’ll post more about this soon.

Lots of embroidery floss (thanks to my in-laws for this great present!) in the process of being organized (thank you to my toddler for endless bobbin winding and color organization in the storage box, above!). I honestly feel best about this part of the project because I have a storage plan that’s in progress and it’s a perfect activity while chatting or watching movies (i.e. mindless). Two giant bags of embroidery floss, my, what a project! Want to take dibs on how many floss containers we’re going to need? I’m thinking five.

What’s not pictured: boxes of colored pencils, sticker books, paper dolls, beads, sewing notions, edged scissors, embellishments, stamps, and so many types of paper piles: blank, colored, patterned, textured, watercolor, sketch, etc. Plus we have more boxes buried in the garage that I’d really, really like to dig through, as well as an assortment of craft related books that I need to make more easily accessible.