Back to basics ...

Anyone who has a boat load of craft stuff knows that it is very hard to oragnize. I have tried the plastic bins, I have tried to display things, I have tried to hide them, nothing seems to work. I end up with a big mess in my stamp area and then end up stamping at my dining room table ... then I hear my husband say ..."I thought that is why you have a craft area." *** rolling eyes ***

OK, here is the deal, I have too dang much shtuff! I seriously sat down in my little rolling craft chair in the patch work of a spare bedroom we have - what are my options ... well, experts say to remove everything and put it back where you want it, but I honestly don't have the time or patients to do that. What I really got to thinking about was placement ... me thinking feng shui?
So, as I started reading through some of the ideas of organization and placement the obvious, which was #9 in the article ...

9. Put it back!

My mom taught me this one, and it's so important it's mentioned twice! Now that your organized, once you're finished with it -- put it back.

Duhhh, really, that is all I need to do.

So, that said and done is not really solving my problem, but it is a start ... I do have some organizing themes going on. I started off by putting some of my favorite cards up on a bulletin board I got from Wally World (check), then I got the small curtain rods up to hold my craft punches (check), then I have sorted my cardstock and put them into bankers box magazine holders found at Advanced Liquidators (check), not pictured, I have cleaned out my heaping ribbon drawer and have some of my spools in a ribbon keeper and some never used, still in the containers are in a drawer ready to be noticed. I took some binder rings and put a slip not type jobby in the ribbon and hung it on the clip ... works good, and honestly I can look at the clips which I will hand inside my cabinet door and hopefully be able to find the right color and type I am needing.

This my friends is step 1 in getting my room back in work friendly order. I will soon be in this area trying it all out and working hard to remember step #9.