Wednesday, June 8, 2011

WOYWW #105

Hope everyone has had a chance to recover from the wonderful party that was the 2nd Birthday Anniversary of What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday last week. I made it around to every blog and really enjoyed reading and snooping around the sites. Blogger wasn't functioning up to par and occasionally I couldn't leave a comment. If you want to find out more about what I am going on about pay a visit to the Queen of Snoops site and meet Julia Dunnitt and join in the fun.

This week has been a very busy week for me. I had a class teaching Tim Holtz style tag making to a group of 8 awesome women. They were all pleasantly surprised that they too could do that grunge and Steampunk stuff. We did three tags total, one using Ranger color wash, one using stains, and one where we made a stamp out of the Elegant Flourish die. I made these tags in April for a class last month but because of 3 deaths in the family/friends didn't get to do it till this month. Everyone had a blast and told me that they were looking forward to next month.

Another thing I have been busy trying to get done is get the house and my craft room/studio reorganized. That isn't an easy task for me with some of my health issues but I have been plugging away pushing the limits to do a little bit each day. I have decided to stay in the small bedroom and reorganize it rather than to transform the larger spare bedroom into a studio. I like this room and get good vibes when I am in there and I think I would rather the bigger room be used for guests. I don't know might change my mind next week but this is what I have done so far. This is my desk this week! Messy much? Yeah a lot! I spent two days putting together this drawer unit, actually 2 units, to store my stuff in. Unfortunately you can hardly see the unit. I got them at IKEA and I think I am going to love it/them.



Another view of the drawer unit. There are a total of 3-3in deep and 3-4in deep drawers in each unit giving me a total of 12 new drawers to store stuff in! I bought these about a year ago and was waiting till I got in my new room and after deciding to stay in this room I spent 2 days off and on putting them together.






Thought that you might like to see what is in the one drawer! It is all my border and corner punches! I actually have 3 drawers full of punches and when I was putting them in the drawers I thought OMG! I am a hoarder but I don't think this qualifies cause I use each and every punch through out the year and God knows it is the tools of my trade. Cross my heart!!




Now this is the big bargain find for my 'new' craft room. My nephews wife (guess that makes her my niece-in-law I think after this she will be just niece!) is a garage sale/thrift shop shopper and a while back she called and then she texted me a pic of a paper rack and wanted to know if I wanted it! Did I want it? Are there cows in Texas? Still a Pope in the Vatican? Long story short I told her "sure if it is reasonable" all the time expecting to pay $25-35 for it. My darling dear niece got this rack for the outrageous price of $6. Awesome huh!



Well I guess that is enough chatter for this week. I hopefully will have things organized and some thing nice to show you next week! I am off to snoop around WOYWW blogs! Have a good week!

27 comments:

  1. Great draws but the paper rack!! OMG! it is fab!
    Thanks for the snoop :-)
    Hugs xx

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  2. Those drawers look great, not too deep so you can't get to stuff at the bottom but not too shallow so you can fit things like all those punches in!! paper storage rack is fab!! thanks for sharing.

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  3. Those drawers are great, I love the new paper rack. You are looking very organised. Thank you for the nosey around xx

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  4. Hi there Vickie I am totally impressed at your new craft room storage and also your clever niece what a bargain,... how good is all that well done and thanks for popping over! Love Shaz in Oz x.

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  5. WOW - love the paperstand!!! I've seen them around on eBay etc and would love one but don't have the space at the mo.... LOL Thanks for stopping by!

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  6. gorgeous draws, beautiful workspace, Thank you for sharing your workspace, Happy WOYWW 105, #22 (please do check out my blog candy for charity)

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  7. Wowww great workspace!!
    Happy WOYWW 105.
    Hugs Marleen ;-)

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  8. Oh..... those punches, I am so jealous. All the Martha Stewart punches are on my wishlist. Your storage looks so good, and especially that paper rack.

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  9. I am so jealous of the paper rack and at auch a good price too!!!

    Your desk looks great I get most of my ideas for classes when I am tidying up!!

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  10. Wow, wow, wow, on getting that paper rack...what a boon! And I love your new drawer unit, and that hangy thing on top of it. You have amazing storage! The class you taught sounds like great fun, too! Do you have tutorials on your blog? I'll have to look around and see...Happy WOYWW!

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  11. Just got through swooning at all your punches and then youy hit me with your paper rack!!! Love it. Hugs Mrs A. #101

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  12. love the paper stand I need one of those!! Your new (almost, from last year) storage is fab too, your crafty room is looking so different Happy WOYWW
    ((Lyn)

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  13. What an amazing find that paper stand was ...love all your other storage too ...and that drawer of punches ... wow.
    I know what you mean about smaller rooms having the right feel ...sort of cosy and friendly ...and yes sorting takes me 10 times as long as it should as I keep getting side tracted looking at what I have forgotten I have. lol

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  14. Love your paper storage. Have drawers for paper but still seem to have piles every where.
    Thanks for visiting me
    x Tricia (39)

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  15. Slowly slowly - you wanna be well enough to make the most of your refined space! I agree withyou about staying in the smaller room - not least because more room just makes more mess, really and once you've rearranged, I bet you'll find space. Lovey to have a gaze at what you've got - the drawers are ace..the display of ribbons is enough to spark your mojo every time you step into the room I should think!

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  16. What a fab desk for the start of the 3rd year of WOYWW Vicki.
    Looks like you have a lot going on there, as usual!
    And how fab is that paper rack….I never find any gems like that in my travels.

    Thanks for stopping by this week and………..
    Happy Crafting!
    Sue
    x

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  17. Love your crafty corner. And wow for getting a bargain ont he rack. :) Happy WOYWW!

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  18. Ohh I love your drawers. Great price for the paper rack. I have deliberately stayed in the small room as a way of controlling my stash!

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  19. I totally agree with Julia, the bigger the space, the bigger the mess quite frankly. Love those Ikea drawers, perfect for storage. Love all the ribbons hanging up and what an amazing bargain. Take it easy and I hope you get to enjoy your "new" room soon.

    Hugs
    Brenda 90

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  20. Ooohh, love the drawers and the paper rack! I do love me some storage! And the cip it up is awesome! Thanks for showing us your storage and for stopping by my desk last week! I'm a bit (a lot!) late in cruising desks. Gotta get my priorities straight here! :)

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  21. Hi, late visit from me this week! your room is looking lovely and organised - I keep all my cardstock in proper shop trays too - keeps them all nice and neat and easy to find too (hopefully no more bent corners for me!) - hope you had a great week - love all your punches :)

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  22. Just having a late snoop....a really good one too. Lots of goodies and great storage . Loving you new rack that your niece acquired for you. What a snip!
    Love your funny story on my blog! Even more so as here the young women actually go out in the day time in their jimjams and big hair rollers, even to town to the shops.
    JoZarty x

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  23. Fab paper rack I could do with something like that x

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  24. Thanks for showing your drawers! lol
    ohh please come and sort me out! lol

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  25. Wow, that paper rack is awesome. I need me one of those!! Your room is looking great Vickie, the drawers are cool too. I did chuckle at all your border punches as I have a similar amount too!


    Sorry I'm late popping over, but better late than never!

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  26. You have some great storage going on. I have my eyes on these same IKEA drawers. Do you have 2 units stacked together then? Great paper rack!

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