My irl friends are going to see the title of this post and wonder if I have a recent head injury. How on earth could I write anything about organization?
So that you can understand why I feel so passionate about it right now, I present some photos, untouched:
The sun flare does not, sadly, disguise the piles. Oh, the piles.
I think this pile contains picture frames, a shipping box, and a sweater than needs to be taken apart, blocked, and re-finished.
My desk. At least I'm pretty sure that it's still under there somewhere.
When you can make the "Ikea thing" look messy you're way out of control.
I have lots of excuses, but I do want to offer one right here. In our last apartment all of this stuff fit into my old craft room very comfortably. I had a walk-in closet, the whole room was full of stuff, and yet it was organized, had a place, and looked good. And then we moved. My current craft room is half the size of the old one. We intentionally decided to move into a place less spacious, but I didn’t think about what this would mean for the supplies. I just told myself that somehow it would all fit! It does, but I can’t necessarily move between the stuff.
There are quizzes available online that can help you figure out whether or not you need to get organized, but I suspect you know. And you know where you need to. My living room and bathroom are very clean and organized, my craft supplies are a disaster. Since this is FasterCraft, let’s focus on your crafting supplies/area with a few questions.
- How do you feel when you know that a guest will see the area where you will craft?
- Do you ever buy a craft supply and then get home and realize that you have it already?
- Do you find the duplicate supply a long time later?
- Do you ever find that you can’t use a key piece of furniture (couch, dining room table, bedroom floor, bed) because there are craft supplies on it?
- When you think about your craft supplies and how they are organized are your feelings positive or negative?
- When you think about your craft supplies do you have any negative physical feelings (headaches, stomachaches, dizziness?)
- Have you ever injured yourself stepping over, tripping over, or slipping on a craft supply?
I think you get the idea. This week we’ll be focusing on making the craft supplies and their storage something we feel better about.
The Craft Insanity or Organizing week! (Or my tale of woe.) by FasterCraft, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
