craft rooms and organizing

Organization Inspiration: Store Ribbon Scraps on Clothespins

Organization Inspiration: Store Ribbon Scraps on Clothespins

Have ribbon scraps in your craft stash? Clothespins make great bobbins for pretty project leftovers! Keep your crafting space clutter-free! Store those extra ribbon scraps on peg-style clothespins for easy, tangle-free access with this smart organization tip from Katie at The Casual Craftlete.

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Flashback: Colorful Canvas Containers

Flashback: Colorful Canvas Containers

By Sonya Nimri For those of us who have painted a wall or two, have an extra drop cloth lying around, and need containers for our craft supplies, this project cannot be beat. It’s economical, highly functional, and easily coordinated with your home décor. It’s just a bit of simple sewing combined with a good […]

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Smart Sewing Room: DIY Thread Hanger

Smart Sewing Room: DIY Thread Hanger

Wish your thread collection was always neat, pretty, and within reach? Well, that can certainly be arranged! Check out smart, useful, and downright lovely DIY thread hanger tutorial from Anna at Plan B! I love a good craft studio storage solution, don’t you?

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Sewing Tools: DIY Thread Spool Holder

Sewing Tools: DIY Thread Spool Holder

Looking for a smart way to organize spools of thread and bobbins for your next sewing adventure? Create a custom holder that’s perfect for organizing thread for either one project or your entire thread collection!

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Craft Tips: How to Clean an Iron

Craft Tips: How to Clean an Iron

Like all the tools in your craft room, your iron needs a little periodic cleaning and maintenance to keep it in top working order.

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Flashback: Chalkboard Hangers

Flashback: Chalkboard Hangers

I’ve been using skirt and pants hangers to hold works in progress (WIP) for a half-dozen or so years. Because I lack pretty wall space, the projects that hang from the hangers generally end up in the closet where they are quickly forgotten. It’s that whole out of sight, out of mind thing, ya know? If and when I do happen across them again, I tend to forget why these pretty bits are all clipped together. My solution? Paint up a chalkboard hanger for easy labeling. It doesn’t hurt that they look pretty as well.

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Flashback: Sturdy Milk Crate Storage

Flashback: Sturdy Milk Crate Storage

My closet is a disaster. It’s the only closet in my house, and it has been over capacity since the day I moved in. There’s space to hang coats and dresses, but my shoes, hats, scarves and belts were ending up trampled on the floor. I was dreaming of an extravagant custom built shelving unit when a friend suggested quick and dirty cinder block shelves. I instantly thought of stacking milk crate shelves, but I realized I could maximize space if I hung them from the wall.

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