Organize Me Monday: Studio Tour

Organizing.  It's my thing!  Well, it's one of my things.  One of my favorite things!  It may sound weird, but taking an unorganized space and making it organized energizes me like few other things do!  Taking an organized space and making it more organized is pretty great too!

Recently we had our kitchen remodeled.  Prior to that happening, I had kitchen appliances stored all over the place.  One cupboard in particular, near the front door, was full of appliances.  Well, now that all of the appliances fit in the kitchen (!!),  I had an empty cupboard which I have been working to make into storage for my art and craft goodies! Today I finished that little endeavor and I thought I'd show you!

I have made two videos to share with you today.  You'll have to excuse the segments where everything goes blurry ... that's my lack-of-videography-know-how making itself known! Clearly, I need some practice! 

The first video is a tour of my "studio".  We don't have room in this house for me to set up a whole room as a studio unless I want that room to be the garage ... and I don't.  Initially, I  set up a section of the family room where I could work and that has sort of oozed around the corner ... which works perfectly now that the bread-maker and mix master are in the kitchen where they belong! 

The second video is showing you the inside of my art and craft cupboard ... how it is organized and looking inside a couple of the boxes. 

I mentioned in the first video that I was doing The Documented Life Project in 2016.  I did the second half of 2014, and a self-modified version in 2015 ... I'm hoping to complete an entire year of actual DLP this year!  Do any of you participate in this fun project?  I'd love to follow along with you!  Let me know where I can! I'll probably post some photos on my TrèsBonn Instagram and Facebook pages but mostly I think I'll share my weekly pages here on the blog ...

Wreck This Journal - Chew On This Page

The idea of tearing a page out of a book and chewing on it did not appeal to me in the SLIGHTEST. Gross! Since the instructions are open to interpretation, I decided to get the puppy to help me!  He would LOVE chewing on a piece of paper!  In a matter of seconds, 1/4 of the page had been ingested! (guess he didn't read the warning!) 

Wreck This Journal - With Washi Tape

Cover this page in tape? Ok ... will washi tape do?!

Washi Tape Holder

I have a small but steadily growing washi tape collection. I love it and I use it and I needed it accessible. Having it a drawer just wasn't cutting it. I'm sure I saw a similar idea floating around on the net at some point but one day Rory was heading to the hardware store and asked if I needed anything. I was like 'yeah, would you get me some long round pieces of wood and a big long thick piece?' I'm sure he appreciated my knowledge of wood.  Similar to how he appreciates my knowledge of car engines .... 

Anyway, he came home with the right stuff. 

I measured (by setting my washi tape on top of the wood) how far apart I needed each hole and how long I wanted the big long thick piece of wood and then he kindly used the power tools so I didn't have to.  He made holes and cut the wood to size.

I then used a hand saw to cut the long round pieces of wood and gave ends a bit of a sand with some sandpaper.  Popped each of those into one of the holes in my board and VOILA .... !

I love this thing!  It sits on the window sill beside my desk and is so easy to use and carry someplace else if I need a bigger crafting area.