Organize And Purging Your Craft Space

 

Zoning your craft space is easier than you think ! 

Some folks have a totally organized craft space. But for most of us, organizing our stash and staying organized can be a challenge.

What has worked best for me is the idea of zoning all my craft supplies and tools. Now, you might think that you need a lot of space to do that. But everyone can create craft zones even those who have a closet or just a couple of boxes to store their supplies.

All zoning is, in the most simple way to explain it, is to keep things that are the same together. That means for example that all your glitter would be in one location. All of your paper would be together. All of your markers would be together-you get the idea. 

The idea is that you go to one place to find what you are looking for rather than spending time searching everywhere for a pair of scissors or a marker. Your zones, depend on the type of paper crafts you do. I do a lot of different things so I have a few zones.

Even with limited supplies, you can still zone !

It sounds complicated, but it really isn't. For example, I have all my embossing materials in a cardboard photo box. My glue guns and the glue sticks are in one draw. All the markers I own are in one space. So a zone does not have to be a big space, it just should be a specific place. So, you know exactly where to go when you need something.

Zoning can be a box, a basket, a shelf, an over the door shoe holder. It can be any container. It can be a drawer or a chest. It can be anything that holds all of the same things together. It can be one box or many !

It can be in a closet, under or in a desk, on a counter, just about anywhere!

Zone Ideas

Here are some zone ideas

• Scissors
• Rulers And Compasses
• Tools
• Glues, Tapes and Foams
• Card Stock and scraps
• Stencils
• Stamps
• Multimedia products
• Glue Guns and sticks.
• Embossing Supplies
• Inks pads and re inkers
• Dies
• Embossing folders
• Quilling supplies
• Paper cutting tools-paper trimmers.
• Glitters
• Foiling supplies
• Cricut and Cricut supplies and tools.
• Watercolors 
• Paint brushes.
• Acrylic paints 

So, today, really look at your craft space and start thinking about zones and how you can get started grouping your craft supplies. Take it one bit at a time, a little every day. Start with your markers and ink pads or anywhere you feel comfortable with. As you move along, I promise you will get great satisfaction from the time you spend doing it.

Until Next Time, Happy Crafting!

Linda