My Craft Room & DIY Ink Pad Storage

Happy Monday Everybody!  I am very blessed to have my own crafting space in my home and I thought I would share that space with you.

Isn't it great!

Modern Kids design by Dallas Design-build Ellen Grasso Inc

OK, OK.  This is not my REAL Craft Room, but I really want it to be.  I try not to complain because I know there are so many out there that are lucky if they have a closet that they can store all of their stuff in.

I do have my own room, it is small and I have ALOT of stuff.  Last weekend I wanted to work on a project and realized that I could hardly walk in the door.  So I decided it was time to clean up and organize a little.  So this is my REAL Craft Room, mess and all.

This is what you had to step over just to walk inside.

 

And my not so usable work space.

When I was finished cleaning up I was looking around and couldn't help but notice some of my favorite things about this room.

I have an awesome Storage closet that my husband built shelves in and this is where I keep a majority of my stuff.

I have a TV on the wall so I can watch some of my favorite movies while I am playing.  Can you guess this movie?  You get an extra point if you know!

Awhile ago I made this Create Banner.  I hung it directly above one of my tables so I see it every time I sit down.  You can see my Creater Banner Tutorial here.

I love all of my ribbon.  You might say I have an obsession with ribbon.  This is such a great way to store ribbon and shared this DIY Ribbon Storage Tutorial here.

I also love rubber stamps.  I have A LOT!  I hated having to go through all of my sets to find one specific set and I also didn't really know what all I had.  So I created this catalog system that has really been working well for me.  What I have done is put a different colored sticker on the outside box of the set.  I also used that set and created a catalog of all my stamps so I can flip through my binder and find the perfect stamp to use.  In the catalog I put the same colored star sticker next to the stamped images so when I know what set I want to use I only have to sort through those boxes with that colored star on them.

Now this next one is something I am really excited about!  Because I have a lot of stamp pads I also have A LOT of ink pads.  I had been storing them in a wooden case meant for cassette tapes, but I had filled all of the slots and since I bought the case at a thrift store I knew I would have a hard time finding another that would match. 

I had been looking for something else that I could use to keep my ink pads in and I found Media Stix.  They are intended to hold Cd's or DVDs but they work perfectly for ink pads. I had to do quite a bit of looking around for them but I finally found them at Target and they are about $12.00 for 1 package that will hold 60.

Again, I asked for my husband's help and he installed these on my wall.  (I actually had to buy two pacakges because right now I have about 80 ink pads.)

Aren't these awesome!  I even arranged them dark to light in the colors of the rainbow.  It totally makes me smile when I see them on my wall.  They are just so pretty!

Plus, there is room for more!

I love how my Craft Room looks and feels when it is cleaned and organized.  But I know I wont stay that way for long.  My husband actually teases me that I spend more time cleaning and orgaizing my room then I actually do creating. 

So what should I make next in my Craft Room?

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