I can’t believe it! I worked hard today to try and make one whole area nice and pretty… and I did it! At least to me it’s pretty! It’s pretty organized, pretty streamlined, pretty clean, and pretty efficient. I can get to just about anything on these shelves and not have to move anything…
I’ll tell you what I ended up with on this bookshelf…
Starting on the left side and going down…
* I have 3 snap compartment containers with my jewelry findings, beads, etc in them. They ARE stacked so I’d have to lift one to get to the second one.
* Beside them are all my glues, fabric stiffners, fabric fusion, etc.
* Below them is a butterfly box raised up on a wire stand. I have all my silk and parchment flowers and millinery items inside it. I use what’s inside this box to decorate my straw hats.
* Underneath the stand that the butterfly box is on is a larger container of my jewelry things…my tools, memory wire, and some larger containers of gold and silver and pearl beads.
* Beside them on the right are my dog nail trimming tools… They are like little sandpaper rolls on a Dremel too…I use them to trim down the rough edges of my leather doll shoe soles.
* On the next shelf are some linen fabrics, gingham checked fabrics and my Patriotic fabrics. They fit on the shelf nicely so that’s why they are there.
* On the bottom shelf are the containers with my embroidery floss, a Cuddlebug machine for embossing, and another single layer compartment container with more embroidery floss.
On the right side of the bookcase I have these things…
* On the top shelf I have a little leather container that I hold all my receipts in. I am going to try and NOT let it get so full this year! :o)
* The two compartment containers is what I refer to as my Dolly Toy Box. It has all my little teddy bears, kitties, tiny dolls, furry animals, etc.
* The next shelf down has 4 containers with snap lids that have various things in them… the top left is empty! WOW… I better find something to put in it!
* The container below it has some shoes that I’ve made in the past, and a few that I’m not finished making…
* The container on the right side (top has the stretch lace I use to make my fingerless gloves) and the container below it has some extra cone thread for my serger.
* In between the containers is a little pink suitcase with a Valentine’s dress and some pieces that go with it for the Dianna Effner Little Darlings. It even has some teeny tiny Valentine Cards. Someone gave it to me in a swap…
* The next shelf down has lots of my different white fabrics… it’s not super organized, but it works there…I may move it somewhere else.
In fact, I may move several of these things… like have the dog nail trimmer tool over on my leather shelf… or put my thread in that container in another one with some other thread I have.
I see I still have one open spot on the bottom right. I don’t want to put fabric down so close to the floor as it gets too dusty, so it will need to be something in a zippered storage bag, or a box, or so many other things I still have to find homes for.
I didn’t even get finished with “this” redo session before I was changing things up a bit.
Remember this… thinking my tulle up on the top of my 21-drawer dresser in the long white wood box would be great?
Well, as I looked at it, there was a lot of wasted space around it, so I had my hubby take the box down and I just put my tulle in the bags up there… They are very light weight and can easily be reached and pulled down. I also put a few bigger pieces of fleece down at the end and a couple small rolls of batting.
I still have room on the right side to add something else up there. Something else lightweight…
When I find a home for everything, I might find I can spread things out more, but for now, I am just trying to get everything off the floor and on a shelf somewhere.
Well, we have to get up early tomorrow as it’s my hubby’s “big day!” We would appreciate your prayers…
See you Monday… I might even have something for Valentine’s Day… but it might cost you! :o)
Blessings, Jeanne