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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Maggie's Cat House

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend.  Mine was low-keyed.  I did get out to a baby shower on Saturday for the daughter of a good friend.  I didn't have any plans yesterday so I thought I'd take advantage of the day off from work and clean up my stamping space.  My room is one of the old bedrooms that I didn't have any use for.   These are just 2 shots of my room.  This one from the doorway is of my stamp tables.  I usually work with stuff piled all around me so I can just grab it.  You can see in the background that there are books on those shelves over to the right.
 These are my stamp drawers where I keep all my stamps, most of which are from Stampin Up, but there are many others that are being added.

To the left of the draws is a unit that has 3 pull out drawers that holds some of my 12 x 12 dp, some grunge chipboard, and other stuff.

Now on to the clean up.  Here are my stamping tables all cleaned up.  The cabinets below the tables hold hanging file folders with my 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock.  The bottom drawer to the far right also has a lot of my magazines and all my Copic magazines and class books from my 2 classes.

Here is a close up of my stamp pad storage - holds all my Stampin Up stamp pads, markers, and some of the reinkers.  The unit on the left doesn't have room for all the reinkers, so they are all in a box on one of the shelves.


 Above are my stamp drawers all cleaned up and organized.  They are all marked as to what is inside them - flower stamps, nature, backgrounds, birthday, Christmas, etc.  Makes it a little easier to find something that I'm looking for.

Here is that shelf unit.  I removed most of the books from it, put a few of my trinkets that I wanted to keep out to show and opened up the bottom shelf to put some of my boxes of ribbons - have you noticed how many boxes of ribbons that I have????????   Can I just say, I'm addicted to ribbons.
Up close photo of some of my ribbon boxes.  Each one is organized by colors.



 This is another shelf unit that holds more ribbon, boxes of embellishments, plastic sleeves with my Stampin Up designer paper which is sorted alphabetically and also some plastic sleeves for my 12 x 12 cardstock.  On the bottom shelf are large binders with pages that hold some of the cards that I've received over the years that I don't want to part with. 
 This is up close of the boxes of embellishments and some other supplies.

This is upclose of the dp, cardstock, and binders.






 One day when I was out shopping I found this over the door shoe holder with double pockets.  I thought it would be a great addition to my stamp room to hold all my large punches.
I have added to this by buying some Cricut cartridges to use instead of punches.  I have no room in my stamp room for my Cricut or Cuttlebug, so I keep them out on the kitchen counter.

This photo is the inside of the closet where I put shelves to hold more supplies.  Most of the boxes in here hold flowers all sorted by colors.  Did I tell you that I'm also addicted to Flowers??  I love using flowers on my cards and haven't mastered the art of making my own yet, but I keep practicing.
Almost done.  These last photos show the other shelf unit that holds bottles of Prima flowers and just a lot of other supplies.  To the right is my new Air Compressor which I have not had time to get out of the box.  On the floor to the left are some of my Christmas stamps.  I make Christmas cards throughout the year, so they are kept pretty much close at hand.  I do have some large 2" plastic paper keepers that hold all my Christmas designer papers.
This is the last photo.  Shows some of my smaller supply drawers that hold labels, brushes, gel pens, my distress ink pads, etc.  

It's not exactly the way I would do it if I were starting over, but I used what I had or what was available that would fit the room.  No matter, I love being in here and creating cards or other altered items as gifts for my friends.  Hope you enjoyed seeing what Maggie's Cat House looks like.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous day.  If you're ever in my area, please stop by.
Have a fabulous week.



25 comments:

  1. Thanks Maggie, wow, another space quite full of what we all " need" . It sure looks nice, and yes mine is a mess right now... I hope to clean it up soon...

    I love all of your small drawers to help keep things organized ... Looks Great, now Happy Creating ...

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  2. That is a lot of ribbon Maggie! Great space for crafting. I like how you displayed cards in your mini blinds!!

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  3. What a wonderful room, Maggie! I also like how you showcased the cards on the blinds!
    I really thought I had a lot of stuff until I saw this wonderful room.....one of these days I'll have a room and know it will be just as full. LOL!
    Great job on clean up too!
    Lynn

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  4. Great space, Maggie! LOVE it! Can I come play at your house?! :)

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  5. I love Maggie! It feels so right, so full of inspiration. I really like how you used what you had. That's what I do too and I enjoy looking at other "real" rooms!!

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    1. Thanks Carole. I guess that's one reason I like it; some of the furniture pieces are personal to me so it makes it more "homey."

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  6. Wow Maggie! That was some work, and oh what a great creative space to play in! Have fun, which we know you will! :)

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  7. Love what you have done with the room!!!! I know I need to organize my ribbon. I only have half of it done!!!

    It shows organization with a personal touch!!!

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  8. Great room! You sure are organized. Love the shoe holder idea! I just started my stamp room this weekend..Hubby started painting..I am currently in the basement, and it is toooo hot down there.. and no storage. Can't wait. Thanks for sharing your ideas!

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  9. I want to come play at your house!!!! Looks like you had a busy day. I need to clean up my room too :)

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  10. WOW Maggie, I would have LOVE to play with you in there!!!. Lady you have a wonderful well stocked place in there!!!. Too bad we all live so far from each other... Well done in the cleaning Maggie!!!

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    1. I know. It's so sad. Wish you could come play with me. Wonder how much stamping we'd get done. ;)

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  11. When my husband comes in im gonna show him yours and then he wont complain I have too much and don't know where anything is. I dont think i'll ever catch up but im looking forward to trying <3

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  12. Wow! Big clean up! Great job, Maggie!

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  13. Hi Maggie! oh wow! So fun to make progress! Love seeing pictures of your stamp room! hehe I am forever starting an organization project but not getting it finished before I need to create something for a deadline.... it's always so hard to get back to it! ugh! fun to come be encouraged with your progress! TFS!

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  14. Great space! I love all the storage! I can feel the inspiration oozing in there! Have fun!

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  15. Holy smokes Maggie, do you have stuff! Thought I did but noooooo... your art room looks like a store!

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    1. That would be cool to make money, but I don't think I could part with any of it. ;) Someday maybe I'll sell some of my creations!

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  16. Great room! I love all your shelves. That's what I need in my room!

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  17. Thanks so much for such a thorough tour of your creation space!! You have several ideas here that may work in my room. LOL on the ribbon, you should see my boxes & bags of ribbon-yikes!
    This is a great space, no wonder you make such amazing cards!

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  18. Holy moly, I want to come and play at your house :) You have so much cool stuff.

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    1. Come on over anytime Lou! I'd love to have a friend over for a play date.

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  19. You are very organized- love all of your storage ideas!!!

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