The 2013 Blogger Party Has Totally Inspired Me!!

While exploring many of the 164 blogs in Karen Valentine's 5th Annual Blogger Party, I have been totally inspired with ideas to repurpose the space that I have available to keep my crafting items somewhat more neatly stored, organized and just inviting me to create!!

As it was previously, I really haven't had one centrally located space, ever, to keep all of my crafting supplies stored, organized and just inviting me to create.  I had a couple of places in the house, and then a couple of areas in the garage.  I would have to gather everything and take it to the area in which I was going to create.  Which I showed you all these places in my July 11th post.

As I said, many blogs I have visited have inspired me with ideas for being more organized.  However, one stands out "THE" most so far.  It was Tina at her "Beansie Babbles" blog that most inspired me!  You just have to check out her site http://beansiebabbles.blogspot.com/ and her July 12th post.  She has taken a 61" x 54" walk-in closet and used every square inch of space for her little crafting heaven on earth!!!

You ROCK Tina!!!  

The way she has used every square inch of space to not just store and organize her crafting items, this space totally invites no beckons us to, 

"Come on in the water's fine!"

So here we go with my space!  

Not quite up there yet with Tina, 

but it is 

almost
 my little crafting heaven on earth!!

I really can't believe I let you in to this space previously, 

seeing how organized many of you are in your crafting areas!  

Okay, so this is the before picture.  So sad.

I did spend a good 3 hours working on organizing all my colored scrap paper

and some other things last Sunday evening.  

It is amazing how much scrap paper a person can simply just not let go of.

I ended up with an entire 9 x 12 x 3.5 inch tote of scraps all organized by color.

Then yesterday I spent 5 hours doing this!

Welcome!!

To my newly stored, organized and inviting crafting space!!!

I am so excited!!

I not only have everything in one centrally located area,

I still have room for MORE stuff!!!

Just in time too, my nieces are coming over tomorrow to do some crafting with Aunt Laura!!!

What you do not see in this picture and why it took me 5 uninterrupted hours, I might add,

is there was a double bed in this room full of "stuff" needing organizing too!

That is even a way more sad picture that, thank goodness, I did not take.  

Anyway,

the other thing that came to me after I was all finished,

the bed can actually be used now by a guest!

Also,

this stand alone closet really can be used as well for that guest.

Before,

I would have to grab the pile of stuff and plop it somewhere.

Now, 

I can just grab a stack of totes and place them in another room!

So,

this area is way more repurposed than I had thought!

Again,

a great big THANK YOU to Karen and Tina 

for your inspiration behind my newly repurposed crafting space!!!