Crafty bliss.

So today I can cross off two items on my 101 Challange, at least somewhat....

My craft stuff is all in one place and reasonably neat and ordered now... stayed up until midnight getting it all done on Tuesday so that my office was clear for work day on Wednesday.... WHEW!!!

Now thats my craft stuff all piled up.... about a year or two ago I lost my crafty groove and got rid of about two thirds of it, but now that I have started up a craft circle with a group of friends I am starting to enjoy crafting again, and really enjoying teaching what I know to others, and opening my home to allow others to teach what they know and just generally feeling good about craft again. I posted this on facebook and a lot of people said WOW you have heaps of stuff, but to me, this is a small pile... I want to keep it that way though as for awhile there I had so much and so many projects on the go it was overwhelming. Now I am feeling I have it in a better perspective and a much more manageable load. I have also started "specialising" in just a few select crafts instead of trying to do everything. I dabble in this and that, but I mostly just stick to scrapbooking, knitting and embroidery and even knitting is really just a bit here and there...

Really looking forward to making these skirts for the girls for Christmas though :-)

 If I can find some cool tops and short tights to go with they will all have a gorgeous Christmas outfit to wear for the day :-)

I mean HOW CUTE ARE THEY!!!! And sooo easy, take scraps of fabric in different colours and lengths, and a length of  elastic, sew the elastic in a circle the right width and loop-tie the fabric pieces on! Viola!!

Loving it.

So anyway, back to the story...

After piling all my craft stuff on the floor I started thinking about what to do with it. We have a beautiful tv cabinet just shunted into a corner of the living room, behind my office nook, which has sat there for almost a year now, we have been listing it over and over on trade me and NO ONE WILL BUY IT which is odd because we think its one of the most beautiful pieces of furniture we have ever owned.

Isn't it???

And I thought, well its just sitting there, doing nothing... I may as well use it. And all my craft stuff being stuffed in boxes in various locations around the house is really starting to drive me (and my husband) insane, so out came my graph paper and pencil and i measured, and thought, and measured and planned. Then I went browsing, and took my tape measure, and measured and planned, and priced. And got rather depressed, because to make it EXACTLY what I wanted to make it was going to cost a little bit more money than could justifiably spent. So I thought some more.

Finally, I thought well, I cannot (CANNOT) keep trying to work with a pile of craft stuff in my office, its so crowded and distracting that NOTHING is getting done. And so I went searching throught the house, turns out that there are bits and bobs from previous attempts at organising my craft clutter about, so I brought them all in (washed most of them) and looked, and thought. And came up with a plan. And got to work.

THEN my dearest mummy took me birthday shopping on Tuesday and let me choose some baskets to use for storage, which I so desperately wanted. and so I came home very inspired. And the next day (after my midnight doings) it was done!

Final results:

So I am rather pleased to at least have it all in one place, It will be (as many things often are) an ongoing project as I slowly get the rest of the wicker baskets to match and make the unit really look awesome. A work of art, that doubles as my craft space, which is functional, inviting, and ORGANISED I love feeling organised.

The other thing I can semi cross off my list is my notebook with Rockchick:

Happened to find the same one as Paisley Jade and it was the ONLY one I could pick as it was so right for the job!!! Was only $2.99 from The Warehouse!

Its meant to be secret but I couldn't help sharing her first letter: Dear Mum, How did the unicorns really die? So gorgeous!! And it gave me an idea for a childrens story I can write for number 26) Get a childrens book published. 

Ohhhh yeah, got my creative groove on now!! See me pumping!!!

xx The Ramblings of Another Mother.