WOYWW #365

I'm sorry I was so late getting to everyone from last week. We've had storms if not in our immediate vicinity, then close enough that I just left the internet off. As you'll see from my 'desk' this week, I kept busy. I also haven't finished my ATCs this week. I plan to mail them out on Friday when we go to town.

My desk this week has been all about getting every last embellishment I own categorized and into the ScrapRack system. I have sorting sheets like these for all of the themed and calendar year categories spread out on the floor in the office. I used this white table in the dining room to sort the 'rainbow' of embellishments.

These are shots of what I brought up out of the old office that needed to be sorted:

At the end of Day 2, those containers were empty and the sorting sheets covered. Here's a shot of the rainbow of embellishments after:

And a close up:

I had run out of zippy bags from the jewelry dept. to put some things in and redoing how I'm storing flowers so had to make a Hobby Lobby run today. 

I also got all of the stamp sets cataloged by category. I have that photo on my phone so will try to remember to pull it for next week.

That's my desk? What's on yours? When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Lunch Lady Jan where she has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you. We won’t touch.. just look. J  I can't wait to peek. Please leave your number and you'll be first on my list.

GET ORGANIZED - Week 4 - Photos!

This is half of the empty photo boxes I have to sort pictures into. I got them for $1 each last fall at Michaels knowing I needed to get a handle on my photos. I'm thinking I might color code at least 4 of the boxes with papers to match the girls - 2 for Adrian and 2 for Abby. Because here is the 3-drawer sterilite unit currently holding their photos:

Pay no attention to the stamp rack (air vent) sitting on top or the empty sterilite box (product of emptying a container) This is on my 'holding' table in the sewing room. 

Aside from the hard copy photos, I also have all of them filed digitally on the computer:

Each subject has it's own folder with sub folders by year or event. I always transfer the pictures from my camera memory card over to a computer file (which are on Flash Drives - not on the hard drive). The pics stay on my memory card until I've uploaded them to a Walgreens Album AND ordered prints. I just don't trust digital completely. I want a hard copy in my hands before I delete the picture from the camera.

I didn't get any sorting done last week as I spent the last three days of the week getting back into full-work mode now that Bob has gone out on the boat.

One of the projects has been to finish putting together the purge box for the Kindness Club group in MN. I first learned about this teacher last April (2013) and have known ever since I wanted to donate my purge to her great cause. You can read about Barb and her extraordinary endeavor to teach her children through practice HERE These first grade students are going to have so many new things to play with. Aside from the massive amount of ValuCS, I know they do not have a die cutting system of any kind so I've put together a few embellishments for them to add to their cards:

Two boxes of the ValuCS needing a home. I cut down all the full pieces into A6 card size. All they will have to do is fold them and add their embellishments.

Flowers of all kinds. The round centers on the flowers were stamped using 'For You' from the A Round Array stamp set and the mini scalloped circle punch.

I also stamped 'For You' from the matching rectangular set and tons of the mini butterrlies. The Daisy flowers were put together with 2 large daisies in monochromatic colors with a small daisy center and a brad.

I broke my MS lace punch as I was punching several strips in red (Wilton is replacing!) and lots of white strips in the scallop lace edge punch. Yes, there are a few layered pennants, too.  The little punches in the upper left are going in the box to add to their minimal tool supply.

If you would like to gift the Kindness Club with your purge, please email me KellyH (at) artlover (dot) com and I'll share her mailing address.

Creative Blessings!

Kelly

GETTING ORGANIZED - With Tiffany Spaulding

My studio is a disaster. There's just no way around it, literally, though I have been making progress the last three days.

Remember four months ago when I began the reorganization project? Well, most everything got pulled out and the sorting process begun when we had the flea infestation. I had a few in the office but nothing like we had upstairs. My office became a black hole while we focused on the extermination and the bedroom remodel. Now I have this mess waiting for me and I'm going to tackle it.

I had planned to run a 6-week Organizations class here in The Studio. But the awesome Tiffany Spaulding from ScrapRack is offering her class beginning January 21st. I've taken her class before but never really FOCUSED on the assignments. I also didn't have the G4 internet last time. Things are in better alignment to take something away from her class this time around.

So here's my plan:
Let's take Tiffany's class together!
Just go HERE to sign up. The class is FREE. Each week you have an interactive webinar focusing on an area of your crafting area as well as an assignment based on that week's topic. And best of all, even though Tiffany owns ScrapRack, she isn't pushing her product. She is sharing with you options for storage and organization - and not all of the items are ScrapRack. I've known Tiffany on-line for several years. I use to belong to her yahoo group and still follow her blog on occasion. She's even helped me with a freelance assignment when I needed some info. She's a neat gal with a passion for organizing and creativity.

So my plan is... let's take her class. The day after the class airs I'll post what I took from the class and how I'll incorporate my studio into the assignment. I will encourage you to share your perspective and progress as well. Let's turn this class into an AWESOME discussion and get our studios in shape for a Creative 2014!

Sound off if you're joining us!
Creative Blessings
~Kelly