The New Addition!

Ha! You thought I was gonna say Baby didn't you? I know you did!

Well, this is as exciting as a baby but it's diaper-free, doesn't cry or keep you up all night. Although I am up all night. But well, that's besides the point.

I've been looking all over for some wire coated shelving to use for my bath & body supplies on. Mom and I went to Lowes and I found this! Woohoo! Although, I may need another one soon. As you can see I am running out of room already. And I have 3 shipments coming in this week!

The top two shelves are used for curing my soaps. I also have a small wicker basket that holds some packaging supplies (ribbon, business cards, labels, etc.)

I also have a basket full of wax and butters but they're being obscured by all of the soy star tart samples. There's another wicker basket for all of my bottles of fragrance.

The third shelf holds empty and full lotion bottles, the wicker basket with the tarts (I ended up moving this here for more room for soap on the 2nd shelf) and yet another basket full of tools like my digital scale, safety goggles, ruler, pigments, etc.

The bottom houses my mold (wrapped in a towel) that's hiding in the back, bags and bottles of various oils, my stick blender and Tupperware bin with soaping tools (gloves, thermometers, measuring cups, etc.)

My studio smells SO much better now. Not that it was stinky or anything in the first place. Just sayin.

You can see all of the notes, plus more studio pics over on my Flickr account.

Monday, Monday

So after waking up with a killer sinus headache, I took some Tylenol extra strength and spent the morning and the better part of the afternoon working on my studio. The photo above was taken after I had been working on it for about 20 minutes. I had to focus on one thing and one thing only, otherwise I would've gotten too overwhelmed and just said screw it.

I actually started on the desk last because I was using it to pile all of the other crap I was going through on it.

I decided to take down the Ansel Adams prints. They had been up for so long and I just wanted something different. I also stripped all of the cork tiles.

I used to work at an environmental lab a few years ago and we used these 40mL vials for samples. We had a box kicking around that hadn't been preserved so I ended up with them. They are PERFECT for storing beads. The only downside is that when they're all nicely stored in the box, I can't tell what is in each vial. Problem solved. I went down to Lowe's and purchased some trim that I'm going to spray paint white, cut to size and nail to the wall, kinda like a little shelf for the vials to sit on. That way, I'll be able to see all of the vial and their contents.

Seriously love these things.

Ribbon time! I found these plastic containers at Staples, which I got on clearance for FIFTY CENTS! And they work perfectly for my ribbon collection. At some point in the future I plan to move them over to glass cookie jars (or at least that's what I call them.)

I tackled this sucker first thing after my Tylenol kicked in. I ended up going through all of my paper. Whole pads and whole loose pages are in the slots on the left. All of my scraps are in the slots on the right. I need to go through all of my scraps and organize them somehow. I saw on a blog how one lady purchased an under-the-bed storage bin with wheels and she put all of her scraps in that. Great idea, but for the moment I don't have anywhere in the room to put it. My yeti ended up in a Christmas mug on the bottom shelf. :) The white plastic basket and blue container on top hold all of my embellishments (stickers mostly, but also die cuts, chip board, brads, rhinestones and sequins.)

The photo boxes I snagged at Michael's ~ 3 for $5.00. The top one holds my Cricut cuts. The bottom two hold my rubber stamps, acrylic stamps and ink pads. I used an old sauce jar to house my buttons. I also have my Prima flowers, my soy Pomegranate candle, a crapload of mini scrapbooks that need filling and my Nantucket basket full of more supplies.

My Cricut is now on my desk, within easy reach along with my cartridge boxes. It came with Don Juan and I picked up Celebrations at Wal-Mart. After doing some browsing on eBay, I think from now on I'll buy from there. So much cheaper! You can also see all of the ribbon containers hanging up. Also, please excuse the lighting. I need to get a shade for my lamp :)

And finally, the end product. Well, the end for now. I've run out of steam and am in need of a cup of tea! I hope I've at least inspired some of you to get off your rear and get in gear!

Happy organizing!

Organization

So I'm sure you're all wondering why I've posted photos of my incredibly non-organized studio. I thought perhaps by sharing them with the world, it would shame me into cleaning things up a bit. I usually tend to have a few things going on at a time, which is clearly the case here. Somehow I've managed to get tomorrow off so I think I'm gonna get up a little early, throw on some Gaga and get to work. You can head over to my Flickr account and see all of the notes I've placed on them :)

Updated photos coming soon!