Where Bloggers Create ~ 2015

Gosh, I can’t believe it’s been 6 years that I have been participating in the Where Bloggers Create blog party!  Thanks so much to Karen of My Desert Cottage for putting this together. It is a lot of fun to share our spaces and see what everyone else’s craft rooms, sewing rooms, and studio spaces look like.

So, let’s get started with this year’s tour.  I am always looking for ways to pretty up and organize even better in my small space.  Lots of pictures ahead so grab a drink and a snack and get comfortable!

Welcome to my craft/sewing room.  This year I made a sign for over the entrance.  This Atelier sign!  Easy, quick and inexpensive to make.  If you’d like to read that post, you can find it here.

I have my mannequin here to welcome you all in!  She wears a thrift store skirt that I’ve been debating cutting up, one of my crowns, a cool necklace, as well as the broaches I’ve come across over the past couple of years at flea markets, yard and estate sales.

As always, I’ll start to the left and will bring you around the room.  Here is the screen that I added fabric to and it not only works to hide the water softener, heater, etc., but it also holds some of my Etsy items like tags and totes.

My small “work” table.  I keep little things like plastic and glassine bags, my Exacto knives, and a couple of other little bits and bobs in the drawer.  I don’t exactly get to work on top of this table, since I tend to put things that need to be put away on here.  So work table is not quite an accurate description ~ it should be called the catch-all table!

On top I have my tiered baskets, my Exacto mat, and another little basket.  I did have a non-working lamp on this table previously, but I took it off to give me just a little bit more room!  Every little bit counts in a small creative space!

It is a hard little worker though!  Besides using the little drawer, I also utilize the shelf on the bottom to hold other supplies and pending projects. 

My shelves have not changed much since last year. 

The only part that did change is where I had my fabric bins.  I now have my fabric down below on one of the bookcases.  I reorganized that here.

My bookcases are still quite jam packed with things I hope to use in some way to create with ~ peat pots, small “dollar spot” frames, empty boxes of all sizes, etc.

My sewing table, which has been a pleasure to work at.  I’ve been doing a lot more sewing this year both for my Etsy shop and for gifts and items for myself.

I’m still loving the toile fabric I used to skirt it and my check chair slip.  It also conceals more supplies that I can keep hidden and out of the way, like batting and fiberfil.

I’m also still loving my lamp with the lampshade I recovered a few years ago.  This little lamp really does add some nice task lighting to the table for me {especially when I’m trying to thread a needle!}. 

I added the button wall décor last year.  I found them unfinished at an online craft supply store and painted them up with paint I had on hand. 

There is a shelf above the sewing table and I continued with creative inspirational quotes to the ceiling.

A new addition this year is the shoe organizer I got for behind the door. 

I have started to decorate it a bit with lace, fabric, old hankies, etc. to dress it up.  It does hold a few things already.

Above the door I have my plate clock with the chandelier bling.  It is very easy for me to lose track of time when I am in here sewing or even just straightening up and moving things around.

Here are a few random close up shots of the different items I have on my shelves, both decorative and functional.

I love my little creative space and I love that my granddaughter thinks of it as a treasure trove.  She is always wide eyed when she comes in here ~ as am I, when I’ve got some inspiration to create!

I hope you enjoyed the tour of my creative space again this year.  I’m looking forward to seeing everyone’s again.  I always come away with some great ideas and inspiration when I visit other’s creative spaces.