Scraproom

Okay, I have been meaning to post photos of my scraproom, but it never seems to be just perfect, cleaned, or uncluttered! So, I'm just doing it, so please don't judge. Haha! It's a bit messy, but I love to stay pretty organized and found some things that work great for me and wanted to share.

Thanks to my iPhone, I was able to take a couple of panorama photos:

I also work (real job) from home in this space, so the desk is used for everything. The file cabinet is work stuff, printer and fax, while the rest is mostly scrapbook and craft stuff. I finally got my dream desk by Pottery Barn off Craigslist! Yay!

Starting on the left, is an unfinished nightstand with my sewing machine and of course there's ribbon and other stuff in the drawers.
Then, my Ikea bookcase. Flowers in jars on top sorted by color, baskets hold mini albums, jewelry making stuff, small pads of pattern paper, fabric, card making stuff... Then, my albums by year on the bottom. I use Snapfish to print most of my photos as I get them back, they go in sheet protectors into the albums by date. Also, all journaling goes in these same sheet protectors. Whenever I get ready to scrapbook, I just pull out an album and I'm ready to go!

My desk drawers are handy. I keep the stuff I use the most on the top left (see below):

 Tags, buttons, stamps, date stamp and whatever latest and greatest thing I'm using a lot of lately.
The middle drawer (not pictured) has stickers from 7Gypsies, epoxy stickers and other yummies. The bottom drawer is where I keep all of my alpha stickers, by color. (below):

One of the best ways I found to organize my embellishments is by color. I am very much inspired by color when I scrapbook, so I have stacked 3 drawer boxes one on top of the other with each drawer being a different color or two.

I have been toying with the idea of sorting all of my paper by color, too. But, it will be a huge job and I can typically remember what paper I want to pick out by the brand, so I have not made this leap yet. Any advice or feedback on that would be so helpful! To sort it, or not to sort it!?
I also have a dresser in my room that is between the two windows and an additional bookshelf. This is where my punches (all in a big basket), stamps, rub-on alphas, ink, stamps, extra adhesives, paint, etc. is kept. That will have to wait for another day though, it's messy! :-)

Christmas is just around the corner! Hope you have a wonderful day and take lots of pictures!
xoxo,
Glynda