Twiggie Makes by Candace Grahl

Back in January I went through an organizing overhaul and no closet, drawer or cabinet was safe. I can say I cleaned out and organized everything in this house. It was wonnnnnnnnnderful. Keeping it organized has been fairly easy (thanks in part to my understanding husband who complies with almost all the crazy rules I implemented
post-organization) yet my studio gets the raw end of the deal almost every time.

Since it is the first room you see when you enter our home, keeping it messy isn’t an option for me - drives. me. bananas. So when I’m done with a craft, I just stuff supplies back into drawers, cabinets, behind the island where it can fit that will not be seen. This type of unorganization makes things most difficult when I want to work on something fast and can’t find a darn thing.

I’ve really been into paper crafting lately so I decided to move out old craft supplies that I have temporarily lost interest in and were continuing to collect dust and organize the supplies that I was using now and those I will need for the upcoming holiday season. And like any good organizing project, it must get worse before it gets better, right? And what was assumed to be a small one-day project has turned into almost a week and I’m being so meticulous even my OCD is rolling it’s eyes at all the labeling and cross-referencing.

I tackled the paper first. I have lots of paper. I love it so much but even I did not realize just how much I had until I pulled it all out and began to separate it.

Some I had forgotten about so I am now super excited about knowing exactly where it will be so I can actually use. Crazy idea, I know.

So anyways, went from this (paper packs, card stock bundles still bound and in the original packaging)

to this

Ahhhhhh. Feels good.

I dissected all the paper packs, pulled them a part, labeled it all and everything.

And even my card stock got organized.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

And the best part is I forgot to make a card for a bridal shower I was going to and had to do it fast and it literally took two minutes to gather the supplies as apposed to the ten minutes it would’ve taken me because I couldn’t find the right shades of paper, inks or stamp set that I needed.

Stay tuned for the exciting sequel to this post: organizing all my stamps. It’s sure to be an award-winner. *snore*