DIY IRON BOARD

 

My iron board was starting to fall apart and would no longer stand up on its own. It also took up a lot of room. I have seen several tutorials on how to make them and decided to give it a try. I took a piece of wood that hubby had laying around the garage. I covered it first with an old towel. Then I covered that with a piece of flannel and lastly the same fabric that I made my curtains and bench seat pillows out of.

 

 

I made it just the right size to fit on the shelve unit that I have at the end of my sewing/cutting table.

 

 

CRAFT ROOM MAKEOVER

I was feeling a little cluttered this winter so I asked hubby to help me out with more storage room. I wanted a place that I could sit and read on those days I am not feeling to crafty. I had an idea and went to work. 

I searched the web all over and just knew what I wanted. A SEAT BENCH that was in front of my windows over looking the lake. You can't see the lake as the picture were taken at night but trust me it's breath taking. 

The bench was made with 2 x 4, bead board and trim. The top lifts up for tons and I mean tons of storage. 

I made all of the pillow cases YUP the cushion is made up of 5 pillow with 1 up against the back wall. The two lime green ones are just a perfect combination for the print which by the way is my favorite print I bought at Wal-Mart. I know right Wal-Mart!!

The little corner closet is full of shelf's from floor to ceiling in an l shape

This is my creating nook. Yes my little corner of creativity that I can spend days in. All my friends tease me and some hate crafting with me because I craft neatly. I clean as I play. 

I bought these shelving units at Mardins for $21 for the two tall ones each and $16 for the short one. Hubby screwed them altogether and presto a wall unit. I used spring tension rods for the ribbon. and lots of mason jars for my ribbon and trim. The baskets are full of fabric.

A better view of the corner nook

I will try to get better pictures of the room as these were taken at night so they do not do the room any justice at all. 

RIBBON STORAGE HOLDER

Once again "JACKPOT" at "MARDENS" I found many styles of ribbon for .25 to .50 cents a spool so I of course bought SEVERAL this only shows a small portion of what I have. I then had to think of a way to incorporate some type of ribbon storage for my shelves in my sewing area in my craft room.

I came upon some spring curtain rods at Family dollar for $3.00 and thought hhhhmmmm  would that work!!!!!

By GOLLY GEE it did. I did however have to put a staple right under each end to stop it from slipping down due to the rubber ends and smooth service.

This keeps all my ribbon organized by color. I have 3-4 more to add to the shelving unit and will also have some little bins to store some misc ribbon items on the shelf.

I have some ribbon in jars on top of the spooled ribbon shelve. Most are pieces that I have cut for projects or ends of the spool salvages.

STORAGE SOLUTION

With all the new Ric Rac, Trim & Ribbon I bought from "MARDINS" great prices I had to come up with a storage solution. I wanted to be able to keep them handy and close to my sewing table. So I looked all around the house and found my old stash of canning jars and jars I saved over the years for just in case. I also used some vases.

This miss match of jars and vases work just perfect for each of the different styles of Ric Rac, trim and ribbon.

This is my sewing side of my studio. I like to have everything handy and reachable from my table

I took a 8 x 8 picture frame and backed it with a pretty piece of Cardstock. I then used my cricut cutter and cut out the quote and applied it to the top of the frame. I bought a black dry eraser pen and TADA I now have a dry eraser frame.

I place my Ric Rac in vase and any fat quarter bundles in baskets. The boxes are full of "This & That"

All my quilting rulers are placed in a bill organizer I bought for 1.00. It works perfect

 

My Fat quarter single pieces are nice and tidy in this cute little basket at the top left.

I have my most often used patterns stored in Magazine holders and a basket for those I am using for projects in progress. 

The basket in the bottom left corner is some projects I am working on that need to be finished with a two week time period.

The bottom right hand are all my patterns I print from the internet saved in each a gallon storage bag. Under that are all my magaizenes and instruction booklets

The top left is my rolled fabric pieces I have bought, the little vase is full of ribbon flowers already made.

The top right mason jars are just the perfect size for any Ric Rac I have on hand.

In the lower left is just some of my threads. They are the most common used colors I use. The little basket is full of bobbins.

The bottom right is some more material I have on hand.

I have a beautiful view of the lake looking out the two front windows.

This little corner closet actually does hold a lot. I have all my batting and my scraps of material stored in there. Mt scraps are saved by color in Ziploc bags. My scrapbooking scraps are also saved the same way on the bottom shelf's. I have more patterns and all my notions stored in little drawers and storage units.

The other side of my studio is my scrapbooking section

Not only do I love to sew but I also love anything paper crafting. SoOOOOO of course I have a side for scrapbooking.

The table was made from an old counter top my hubby had

The card holder is a very old picture "Home Interior" picture I had that I took and convertered it into this great card display.

I store a lot of my supplies in jars and small and large vases

Hubby made me the cup holder for my many colored pencils and gel pens. I used just plain white plastic cups.

My nestabilities hang ready to be used on my little dry eraser board.

I took an old wood spice rack and painted it black. This holds all my scrapbook embellishments like my brads and eyelets along with my hodge podge collections.

MY STUDIO

SEWING TABLE

I love sewing but I am also a big scrapbooker so I needed to incorporate the two crafts into one room. I did not want to take out my long white table I have in the room for when my girlfriends come over to scrapbook for the day. I did however want a sewing table to work on. Hubby had a piece of 3/4 inch thick of solid white plastic sheet that is 30 x 60. He sanded the top to make it as smooth as he could and then drew the ruler measurements on one long side and one short side. I designed two magazine / book holders for the table to hold up all my patterns in the magazines while working on them the Measurements for the magazine stands you see on the table can be found HERE.

I took a 5x7 picture frame and placed a printed piece of pattern paper in place of  photo. I then cut out the top heading and side decor from black vinyl with my cricut and SCAL program. I love taking notes and write many of my measurements down while I work so having many whiteboards to work on is a plus for me.

NEW STUDIO LOOK

POST UPDATED: Empty wall solved

I did a little bit of rearranging in my studio to give me an area for sewing. I also came up with an idea to fill in the empty wall behind the table. All items were found around the house and with a little bit of creativity I was able to create the two bulliton boards. They were both old home interior picture frames of animal prints that I took and spray painted black and covered with black material. I then decorated them with scrapbook materils. didnt cost me a penny ;-)

The view looking out while sitting at the table

I spent most of the morning rearranging my studio yesterday so that I can hold my classes in there and fit 8-12 comfortable. I used to have a day bed in there and took it out.

I love the new look as all my guest can now look out over the lake as they are creating. I do need to come up with an idea to showcase all my finished cards and projects on the back empty wall behind the table.