Etceteras: new year organizing {craft box}

I’m still on the organization train. Don’t you love looking at photos of beautiful crafts rooms all neat and organized? I know, me neither – it just makes me feel like such a slob.

Like many of you, I have limited space. Craft supplies, fabric, and crafting tools fight for space with regular office equipment and paperwork. I try to be tidy and keep things organized in boxes.

I usually work a week or two in advance on my projects. If I have an idea, I start pulling out supplies and that’s when things start piling up. I may be working on several projects at a time while finished projects are waiting to be photographed.

There’s a side table by my desk where I place supplies I’m planning to use. I would “keep it real” and show you a picture but you can use your imagination. Twine, glue, embellishments, bits of paper with sketches and ideas and possibly a coffee cup or worse…

Part of my organization plan is to make a few pretty boxes for the supplies that I’m using. For this box, I used a cardboard crate. I unfolded the box and using an old light blue pillow case,  Mod Podged the fabric to the box. I’m not an experienced Mod Podger and once the box started drying, I could see the air bubbles under the fabric. 

I tried to fix the problem by poking pinholes in the fabric and applying another coat of Mod Podge {this is what was recommended on a few sites}. Nope, my air bubbles were there to stay. 

What do you do when you when you’ve spent hours on a project and it’s ready for the “craft fail” category? Wrap it in string!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carolyn

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