Storm Warning!

Hi all!

Well, I seem to be in a major, major, gigantic storm.... lost at sea, tossed around by a tsunami of STUFF,LOL!

I am in the midst of creating 20 Thank You cards for a friend, went on a buying binge and now have even more piles to deal with. It's all okay, I know I will emerge unscathed from this storm, but boy, it doesn't take much to throw a wrench into your plans, does it?

I am still wrestling with a comprehensive way to consolidate rubber storage because I would really like to have them in only one or two places. I've seen ideas where people have organized their cling mount stamps in filing cabinets. I really like that idea, but my filing cabinets are full, and there is no more room for another. We have had back to back house guests and I needed to take off quite a bit of time to clear out space for them. Another guest this weekend for the Indy race, and then I think it will be safe to start organizing again.

Currently, I store all my Tim Holtz stamps in his binders. Clear stamps are kept in their packages and in bins that fit in my filing drawers. Other cling mount stamps are in zippered notebooks or regular 3-ring notebooks. Wood stamps are all over the place in different Iris type carts or drawer units. When company is gone and my Thank you cards are done, I think I may free up drawer space to put all my wood mount stamps into more accessible drawers. Then, I can see my wood stamps much more easily. I also have a ton of Stampin' Up stamps that are on one bookcase shelf, but double-layered and I would love to have them in single layers so I can find the stamp set I want!

I did find a small cube shelf on sale at Staples the other day. It will hold 6x6-inch fabric totes that my copics will fit into, and I am hoping to have a few more totes left over to store my adhesive tape runners in. The cubi has hardware to hang, or I can set it on the desk, so I have  some leeway in arranging it's permanent place. I will probably elect not to hang the unit as I know my collection of Copics is quite heavy, but I will have space on the top to store extra fabric bins or my jars of extra supplies.

I love what Kate's doing to her desk and her new 'faux' hutch idea, but I trying very, very hard to find useful items I already own to use. Not hard, as I tend to be a packrat, what is hard is finding where I stuffed it after I stopped using an item. I should probably have started a 'garage cleanse' before I started the craft room cleanse, LOL!

So... not too much progress for me... I am really still stuck in the planning stage. I have not given up much of what I have, since I love to play and am trying to avoid re-buying what I might give away.

The fun part for me is getting to touch stuff and try to remember to write down ideas that pop up and maybe even take a break and actually play with stuff I have!

Keep watching Kate's amazing progress, her room is going to look fantastic when she's done, I just know it!

Hope everyone in the challenge is progressing along!

Cathy