Snow Day Organizing Mission

Whoot! I got a snow day today!! And Z2 did not! The boiler could not manage to get the house up to temperature today with the sub-zero wind chill, so I had two choices: stay in bed under the covers and waste a day, or keep my self moving to stay warm and get something done. The progress I've made the last few days has me motivated to keep moving, so I went with option two. 

 As I said yesterday, I had this dream of a craft closet developing as I worked on the bedroom closet. I had pulled a lot of craft items out of the bedroom closet that there really wasn't anywhere to put. Rather than trip over it for however long it took to find someplace to put it or risk having it end up back in the bedroom closet, I thought I should take a stab at that new craft closet while I was child-free. This is what I started with:

This closet held everything from office supplies to craft supplies to DMX cables (it's a musician thing). I figured my best bet was to empty the closet out completely. I sorted as I went, making a pile to donate as well as piles of each category of item that I found. A few things were able to go to a new home immediately, like the games on the top shelf that have a cabinet they belong in. Once it was empty, I moved the cube shelves that used to hold some of my work goodies into the closet.

A blank canvas is a beautiful thing! 

The next four and a half hours were spent digging out, sorting out, and figuring out just how to arrange it all. The end result amazed me!

It's so nice to have everything grouped together. My next crafting mission will be so much easier! I am sure that I've still got some odd things floating around the house, but there is still room to add things. I even have a few extra bins tucked in here just in case. There are a few things I am rather proud of figuring out here.

These paddle punches are awesome, but storing them has always been a pain. I love that they fit along the edge of the shelves like this!

 I can't be the first person to come up with this, but I have not seen it posted anywhere so I thought I would share. This is a Little Carry All from Thirty-One. (I am addicted to their products!) I discovered that four plastic frozen juice concentrate containers fit perfectly inside of these. So handy!

Dreams can come true!