Good morning, y’all, on this Memorial Day, 2025! I hope you have plans to spend some time with family and friends today – maybe burn a hot dog or two (and make some s’mores!). But – while you’re doing THAT – please take a moment to remember WHY you have a day off today. Send up a prayer for all those who bought our freedom and way of life with their blood. That’s a debt we can never repay.
Now – I spent my weekend – not today, cuz I got it done! – getting my craft room in order. And – not gonna lie…it was a bit of a chore! I had stuff…EVERYwhere! Piles on piles on piles. I was shoving stuff aside to find a little flat place to make a card.
That doesn’t really work for me, y’all! It was making me…whack-a-doo! So – I finally pulled up my big girl knickers and…dove in. And – I thought…it’s been a minute since I gave you guys a look at it so…here we go! Figured I’d better do it before it STOPPED looking so neat and tidy! 😂 And no – I totally didn’t take a “before” picture. It prolly woulda broke my camera!
Being a died-in-the-wool Stamp-N-Storage girl – there’s a LOT of it!
The main piece – my fave thing, really! – is my Super Combo Holder. It sits right in front of me – and holds my array of Ott Lights! Which I DO turn on when I’m working! Duh!
Part of the plan was to get the OLD 2023-2025 In Colors OUT and re-arrange my “rainbow” to accommodate the NEW 2025-2027 In Colors! This holder is the bomb – all my Ink Pads, Refills, Stampin’ Write Markers AND Stampin’ Blends all right together and right where I can get them easy!
I also pulled all the going-away Designer Series Papers and re-arranged my Cabinet Drawers – I used them for all my DSP – including the 6″ x 6″ papers!
I labeled each drawer – using one color (dark purple) for papers in the 2025-2026 Annual Catalog and a DIFFERENT color (light green) for the papers that are Online Exclusives.
No – I am NOT hyper-organized – it just…helps me keep track of what’s what and where what is! 🙂
You can see I have a few – okay – 7! – of the big metal tool boxes (from Home Depot, not Stamp-N-Storage!) – they’re all heavy duty with wood tops and wheels – and that center one is plugged into the wall so I can have a light on my cutter and Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine!
I do LOVE those tool boxes – they’re super stable and a really good height for cutting and embossing. And stout enough to handle the large amounts of weight on them!
My 8 1/2″ x 11″ cardstock – in the same rainbow order as my ink pads. Each of the slots has a Paper Sleeve – labeled for its color – so that I can hang on to scraps.
I use Creative Crates – Storage Pockets and Magnet Cards (all are 6″ x 7″ ) for all my die sets.
And I not-too-long-ago started using the pockets and crates for my Embellishments, too!
I have my completed cards in the Large Multi-Level Card Holder – near my photo “station” and “mailing center”! 😂
So – there it is! I can finally BREATHE again, y’all! It feels so good to have everything sorted and organized and put away where it belongs! It makes it so I can actually BE creative! Whoo-hoo!
I mean – it may not STAY that way for as long as I’d LIKE it to, but… 🤷♀️
And – not for nothing – if you’re needing a bit of a refresh in YOUR craft room…today’s the last day for Stamp-N-Storage’s Memorial Day Sale!
Happy stamping and organizing!
TTFN
M
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Finn Fan Fix 
We made a golf-cart trip up to the mailbox and back today.
Yup – all FOUR of us on the golf-cart.
See him??
He was enjoying the ride – but Addy was LOVING it!
She was just laughing and laughing! Had the wind in her hair and was loving life!
TTFN
M
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Thanks for sharing your craft room! I love Stamp-n-Storage too, they make awesome products!! Glad that you all enjoyed your travels from the house to the mailbox. 🙂
Thanks much, Amy! 🙂
Dear Mary and Wayne: Have a blessed Memorial Day. 🇱🇷
Thank you! 🙂
Why oh why do those craft rooms have to get so messy right away. Yours looks wonderful. Love your tool boxes for storage, I think they would be awesome for punches since those do get heavy. Now I better go and clean up my work space too before I loose some dies.
It’s SOOO easy to loose the little buggers – I have two really little ones that are currently AWOL – hoping they show up when (and where!) I least expect them! Thanks so much, Dolores! 🙂
Hello Friends! What a wonderful blessing you are to remind all of the sacrifice so many made for our country. I am always grateful for all of those who have fought for our freedom, and represented out country.
I LOVED the photos of your craft room! I’ve been waiting – for – ev – er to see the completed look after you teased the photo of Wayne putting things in. My question – what do you keep in all of the tool box drawers? I’m hoping at least one is dedicated to sweet treats – for humans. 🙂 And it’s always an adrenaline boost to have everything labeled and in it’s spot. GOOD FOR YOU!!
I also enjoy seeing the photos of you, Wayne, and the pups. Everyone looks so happy to be together and at home. I love the idea of “Where’s Finn” or “Where’s Addy”, since I have enjoyed seek and find books as a child, and my children enjoyed “Where’s Waldo”.
Hugs to you my friend!
LOL – glad you enjoyed the photos – and no…the sweets drawer is in the kitchen. At least I have to WALK a LITTLE ways to snack!! :). And I’m happy you’re enjoying the expolits of the our new addition! 🙂