View to the right of the room. The fabulous table was at this house when we bought it. I LOVE IT! It was left downstairs but it is the perfect fit for this space. It is the perfect height to stand at to do projects but also for little girls to sit on stools at and craft it up (as Mya and Sydney love to do)!
This space has all of my gift-wrapping and card-making supplies, along with other officey items (like paper clips, rubber bands, a three-hole punch, etc.). The peg board was already there - I just painted it a fun color. The fabulous grey organizer-thing (I have no idea what you call it) on the table was given to me (thanks Angie C) but it originally came from the ISU surplus sale, of course!
The card stash.
Card-buying is not in the budget so I usually buy packs of general cards on clearance. My should-be-professional-card-making-sister inspires me to try making my own cards. Now that all of my supplies are easy to find and I have a place to work on cards, I am beginning to try to make some. I will never be like Kate, but it is fun to see what you can make out of old cards that have been given to you. :)
Office supplies. 
The little glass and silver containers were less than a dollar at Hobby Lobby when they were 50% off. The round metal containers I bought in Thailand when I lived there more than a decade ago!
Random supplies in Target dollar bin containers (middle shelf). Gift wrapping supplies in square Target clearance containers and plastic (look like glass) containers from Hobby Lobby (50% off of course).
Organized writing utensils. (I am quite aware that this room could also be called my OCD room!)
I have to do a little promo for the best glue gun ever. My sister and my mom have sworn by glue guns for years - they use them to fix and make everything. I have never really thought they were that necessary . . . until recently. Kate got me one this year for my birthday. But, not just any glue gun . . . this thing is awesome! It has its own stand which means you don't have to find something to catch the dripping glue.
Also, it also easily comes off the stand for you to take anywhere in your house to use for a little bit. Finally, you can leave it plugged in and just turn it on and off with the switch. I had previously not cared that much about a glue gun but I use this thing all the time! Ironically, I just bought Kate one for her birthday this month. They are at Hobby Lobby and if you print off a 40% coupon online, they only cost about $12.
Here is the left side of the room/closet.
The floor is left-over bamboo flooring from our old house (7 years later). We had a few boxe left over so we brought it with us and my brother installed it here to cover up the old linoleum. I love it!
Organized writing utensils. (I am quite aware that this room could also be called my OCD room!)
Gift wrapping supplies.
I have to do a little promo for the best glue gun ever. My sister and my mom have sworn by glue guns for years - they use them to fix and make everything. I have never really thought they were that necessary . . . until recently. Kate got me one this year for my birthday. But, not just any glue gun . . . this thing is awesome! It has its own stand which means you don't have to find something to catch the dripping glue.
Also, it also easily comes off the stand for you to take anywhere in your house to use for a little bit. Finally, you can leave it plugged in and just turn it on and off with the switch. I had previously not cared that much about a glue gun but I use this thing all the time! Ironically, I just bought Kate one for her birthday this month. They are at Hobby Lobby and if you print off a 40% coupon online, they only cost about $12.
Here is the left side of the room/closet.
The floor is left-over bamboo flooring from our old house (7 years later). We had a few boxe left over so we brought it with us and my brother installed it here to cover up the old linoleum. I love it!Very left: Storage for Bibles, fabric, sewing kit, project-y stuff and extra craft supplies. Underneath is our filing cabinet.
Lots of foam and felt letters/things in the buckets on top, electronics/batteries/CDs in the black photo boxes and more crafty storage in the middle. I personally would rather organize craft supplies than make things with the supplies, but one of the primary ways I plan to spend time and bond with my older adopted daughters is to do crafty-stuff. Therefore, all the craft supplies (which were largely donated to us!).
The home school storage shelf!
Lots of foam and felt letters/things in the buckets on top, electronics/batteries/CDs in the black photo boxes and more crafty storage in the middle. I personally would rather organize craft supplies than make things with the supplies, but one of the primary ways I plan to spend time and bond with my older adopted daughters is to do crafty-stuff. Therefore, all the craft supplies (which were largely donated to us!).
The home school storage shelf! I honestly don't know what to do with half the stuff on this shelf - but I'm okay with that. Since our girls are 7 and 8 years old, they will have to be officially registered in home school. But, fortunately (for me!) home school is going to be very, very simple the first several months. Lots of me reading to them, practice drawing letters and just learning English in the every day things we will do. That will be school. We will be focusing way more on bonding and attachment than school, but doing simple school stuff will be a great way for me to spend time with them.
Lastly, pictures of my nieces and nephews when they were each one year old. They will forever be like my first babies so I can't part with having these pictures somewhere in my house!
7 comments:
Repenting of my craft-room envy. :)
Thanks for the shout out!
Love it! :)
Can I move into your craft room? It's amazing. Great job.
i know this was not the point of your post! :), but could you at some point let us know how you decided to homeschool/whether that's your long-term plan or a year-to-year decision, etc? jon and i've been thinking through this a bit, and love to hear others' perspectives.
laughed really hard at your " I would rather organize my supplies than craft with them" comment. :)
Ok, I've never read your blog, but I saw this post on MandyBee Photography's FB page, and let me tell you I'm in love with your room. Super organized and cute. Very Martha Stewart!
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