Where Bloggers Create

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Where Bloggers Create linky party hosted by Karen of My Desert Cottage!  I joined up for the first time last year and wasn’t going to originally because of the small size of my area.  It turned out to be a good idea because I found many other people that had quite small areas also.  You can read my post from last year here. 

I really enjoyed putting my little area together and I’ve added a few things since last year that I’d love to share with you.   To refresh your memory this is what I started with.  A little bit of space in our garage.

By the end of that post, this is what my creative space looked like.  You can click the link from last year’s post above to see the little details close up.

Before we get started, I thought I’d show you a picture of reality.  This is what it regularly looks like because I usually have about five projects going at once. 

Just to tell you a little bit about what I like to do ~ I like crafty, creative projects that can become home décor accessories or gifts and I mainly do any gluing type projects here and anything that needs paint applied with a brush.  I like to work with scrapbook paper, paint, and embellishments of all kinds.  I like to redo frames, wood scraps and even remake something that had a different purpose.

Because this area is quite small, I do any spray painting outside {or in a pinch I set up a “spray booth” in my garage} and any furniture projects I do in another area of the garage.

Since I have such a small area I have to make sure I keep myself in check.

Since the last party, I found this black and white chandelier curtain panel at Goodwill.  I used part of it to make a pillow and luckily had enough left over to replace the skirt across the cart that is my surface.

Yes, I know it is upside down, but I used the hem for the rod and, hey, it works for me!  I also grabbed a real chair that we had floating around and retired the stepstool. 

I painted a little shelf that wasn’t being used anymore and three little wood bins that I found at Goodwill.  They also got a paint job, some scrapbook paper and numbers and they now hold little bits so I can see and find them easily.

I’ve also added a lot more to the shelves in the way of supplies, and things to hold those supplies.  I’m still trying to keep it neat and organized though, plus I like that I can see everything.  If stuff gets shoved to the back and I don’t see it I either forget all about it or buy more because I think I don’t have it!  This tiered piece was something I added shortly after the last party. 

I found this tiered stand at Home Goods in silver and spray painted it Heirloom White.   Just above that I got this great toile box from my friend, Marsha, as a gift.  It works perfectly to hold some of my larger size things, like cards or rub-ons that I don’t want to get bent.

I got this 7 Gypsies holder from Blue Moon Scrapbooking after last year’s linky party.  It holds various scrapbooking embellishments and I like that I can see everything and have it sorted by holiday and season.  The dividers are labeled by month.

Here are some shots after I cleaned up a bit.

I still have some pieces to a project off to the left in the picture.

You can see the light {which I showed last year} that was attached to this table when I took it over.  It is great for when I need to have light on things close up and even for talking pictures.  My power is on that side, too, so my glue gun is always out in that spot and just waits to be plugged in.

I also like to keep a pad of paper nearby to write down supplies I need while it is fresh in my mind. 

I’ve also got a small silver tray {from Goodwill} that I keep on hand to hold small things when I’m working on a project.  This way they don’t roll all over or fall off the table.  The tray goes up on the shelf when not needed.

I am starting to feel that I am running out of space here though.  We are planning on moving in the not too distant future and I am hoping for a small room that I can take over.

So that’s basically it!  Not much has changed from last year except that I’ve acquired more supplies and more things to put those supplies in.  Thanks for visiting my little creative space and I’m looking forward to seeing everyone else’s!

 Kathy