With spring comes a desire to shed the layers of winter dust and find the bright shine of Spring underneath. I've begun that journey through the house and most particularly my crafty area. It's easy to do this because I love my craft area. It's my haven, my spot where I'm creative and comfortable and totally in my element.
I share my room with my youngest son's toys. I did that on purpose so we could be together where we're really comfortable. He can entertain himself with his plethora of goodies and so can I! The thing is, just like his toys, my supplies can get really messy. I mean REALLY messy. Hey, creativity is not a clean and pristine place. It's a place where small bits of paper gets left behind, paint splatters and tools and embellishments get tossed about. My creative process starts out very organized but the end result is hardly that.
To combat the mess, I do take a bit of time each week to tidy my space. Each Spring and Fall, I take a lot of time and go through my room and do much more than tidy. I purge and either RAK or sell those things I've not used and won't. I make sure things are still organized and functioning well. What isn't functioning well, I change it.
For instance... last year I was not really utilizing my stamps. I have a lot of stamps for a scrapper. They were being stored in my closet an on wire shelves that tended to get overlooked. In truth, they were sadly under used. A closet can be used for a lot of things, but things tend to be hidden away in there. I decided to change it up and put things I'll use often and frequently in the closet. My theory was that if I had my lesser used materials in plain view, I'd actually use them. They were now where I could be inspired by them more often. I also decided to better organize my stamps. I found beautiful decorative suit cases in which to store them on my shelves where they called out to me. They are arranged by categories and the containers are so lovely I can't help but enjoy looking in them for all my fun stamps. My theory has worked. I've used my stamps on far more layouts and cards in the past month than I did in the past year.
Why not take a peek into your scraproom and your organization methods and decide to clean, purge and get ready for Spring! You know you need the room. After all, the new CHA products are filling the A Walk Down Memorty Lane shelves and you'll be wanting to get all the goodies for yourself. You'll need to make room! Take some time to organize, purge, RAK, PIF and sell, but don't forget to place your orders first. You'll have plenty of inspiration to get busy and work hard getting your room ready for the product that will be arriving in no time at your front door!
(And to help spark some more inspiration to your organizing efforts, check out the "Scrap Space" gallery at The Scrapbook Site!)
