It's Here!
About a month ago, I took the plunge, and decided to join the Clean Up, Fix Up Your Work Space Blog Hop. This event is the brain child of Sharyl of Sharyl's Jewelry.
She had the brilliant idea of getting a group together to push ourselves to reorganize and clean our work spaces, whether we had a spacious studio, or one end of the couch and the floor under the coffee table.
Being the couch and coffee table person, I decided to start my reorganization with a little craft table that sits at the end of said couch, and is a major part of my work space when it is accessible. And it has not been accessible for a while.
If you can believe it, this picture shows my table after I did a little preliminary removal.
Toward the end of the process, I did a little project that went better because I had cleaned quite a bit off the table.
Most of these were in bags and containers that were hidden on that bead board. Don't ask me where that tiny silver dagger came from. Maybe a night time visit from a tiny pirate.
Hey look, it's clean! See the little steel can? That's one of my favorite tools. It's a trash container, and it's great for little trimmings and bits of wire...you know, craft table stuff.
I hope to continue this project to the area under the coffee table. Stay tuned.
While you are waiting, take a look at what others have done.
Host: Sharyl McMillian-Nelson … http://sharylsjewelry.blogspot.com
Donna Millard http://fyrebeadz.blogspot.com/
Beda Hendrix ... https://www.facebook.com/SasijuhlsThings
Ann Schroeder… http://www.beadlove.wordpress.com
Pamela Rachelle… http://crazycreativecorner.blogspot.com
Kristin L Oppold… http://www.yayjewelry.blogspot.com
Heidi Kingman ... http://heidikingman.blogspot.com
Andi ... http://strungoutjewelry.blogspot.com/
Patricia Buchanan Click “Blog” on the menu bar athttp://www.braceletstoo.artfire.com
Helen Simon… http://helensharvest.com/
Kashmira … http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/
somethingunique ... http://somethinguniquebylana.blogspot.ca/
Renetha ... http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com
Kathy Lindemer ... http://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com
Swapna Dinesh … http://www.swardaa.com
Linda Landig ... http://lindalandig.wordpress.com/
Ann Schroeder ... http://www.beadlove.wordpress.com/
Beti Horvath ... http://stringingfool.blogspot.com/
Sam S ... http://samsbeadshopandjewelry.blogspot.com/
Christina Miles ... http://wingsnscales.blogspot.com/
Islandgirl ... http://islandgirlsinsights.blogspot.ca/
macmillanmarie ... http://www.macmillanmarie.blogspot.com
Emma Todd … http://www.apolymerpenchant.com
Neena Shilvock …
http://www.capriliciousjewellery.com/3/post/2014/02/neither-ship-shape-nor-bristol-fashion.html
Dee Clark… http://biz-e-bead.blogspot.com/
motidana ... http://kalaabhushan.blogspot.com/
Here Bead Dragons ... http://beaddragons.blogspot.com/
Carol D. ... http://dillmansdallies.blogspot.com/
Pam Sears ... http://crazycreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Nan Smith ... http://wirednan.blogspot.ca
AliMc ... http://northwoodscreativestudio.blogspot.com
Kari Asbury ... http://hippiechickdesign.blogspot.com
Shirley Moore ... http://www.beadsandbread.blogspot.com
PyxeeStyx ... http://travelingsideshow.blogspot.com/
Jayne Capps … https://mamasgottodoodle.blogspot.com
Louann Elwell
... https://plus.google.com/117746558861718110652/posts
Rain ... http://honeyandollie.com/
Lori Bergmann ... http://www.LoriBergmann.blogspot.com
Helen Simon… http://helensharvest.blogspot.com/
Arlene Dean ... http://aglassbash.blogspot.com
Sandra... http://city-of-brass-stories.blogspot.de/
Alicia ... http://www.allprettythings.ca
Natalie Pappas ... http://blog.nkpdesigns.com/
I've found my projects going much better (and myself more willing to work on projects) now that my space is cleaner too. I didn't find any pirate gear, though. :)
ReplyDeleteLove the little pirate knife, now we all know what you love to do in your spare time, play pirates! ;)
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to get to that special Nirvana where the project goes smoothly because everything has a place and is in it. So happy to hear you've had that success. Must..get. crackin!
ReplyDeleteI find odd little things like the pirate knife every now and then. Usually things like a Barbie shoe or Lego piece. :)
ReplyDeleteNice, looking forward to more posts. The knife is neat.
ReplyDeleteIn the end, it's cleaning up those tiny mis-matched beads that proves the hardest work of all, don't you think?! Nice work, Beti, and I think your tiny dagger is a hoot! Thanks for pointing that out! ;-) Love your container with a hole in the top too! Very clever! (If it had been me, I might have been tempted to put all the beads in one like that! I do actually keep a cup where a few left-over beads can go.)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for participating in the challenge! Hope you enjoy the tidy space! --Sharyl
Beti you did a great job of organizing your space. I work in my livingroom too for stringing and stitching. When I need to pound metal and do messy stuff. I use the kitchen table. I am working on organizing my shop so that I can enamel and do lampworking there.
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