Organization, or the lack thereof

I spent several hours online last night, browsing through link upon link, starting with a pin on Pinterest (I was browsing one of my boards), learning all kinds of tricks for storage and organization of your house, etc.  Having a bit of OCD, I was in heaven!  But... I was also frustrated.

I learned a new term for myself a while back:  Omnicrafter.  Yep, I do all kinds of crafts--I've joked that I've never met a craft I didn't like.  And, of course, because my crafting space is small, I'm always looking for ways to contain the clutter and make the space more useful.  Sigh.  As if.

So, I followed links on organizing your craft spaces.  So very frustrating.  All these cute little setups for specific things.  Repurposing a closet for paper crafts.  Cool.  But I don't have a closet to do that.  How about an old Armoire?  Sure...if I ever find one, and then find someplace to put it!  Organizing ribbons--cute little holders for a few spools.  I have mountains of ribbons...drawers of spools!  It occurred to me that I may be unique--I may simply be a craft hoarder.  And I'm doomed.  I have so much STUFF to make crafts, finding just one place to centralize it is impossible.  I have a serger and an embroidery machine gathering dust on shelves I could use for other storage.  What should I do with them?  My new machine has a whole box of sewing accessories that is gathering dust in my bedroom closet. 

So...depressing as it is, I need to figure out a better way to organize my stuff.  No cutesy, decorative solutions will work.  Why?  Well....

Let's see:  My sewing room is a bedroom/office.  I have a small walk-in closet with lots of wire shelving.  Those shelves are currently covered in boxes, tons and tons of doll boxes.  I have bins and boxes on the floor, stacked up, labeled.  Fabric, old hats for re-crafting, yarns, projects, etc.  I have neat organizers on my desk, but it is overflowing with clutter.  My file drawer in my desk won't close, so it continuously bangs my left knee, as it sticks out 4 inches and has pointy, sharp, evil corners.  I have fabric in bins stacked two-high underneath my table, two drawer towers full of various things (labeled, of course!), mountains of fabric piled up on my table, photo printer and regular scanner/printer on top of my desk organizers, die-cutting machine neatly covered under a shelf that was originally designed for holding a printer, little things all over the place. Bookshelves anchored to the walls, holding bolts of lace, organizer boxes full of beads, buttons, and other embellishments, labeled boxes of sequins, embroidery floss, needle felting materials, Styrofoam stuff, silk flowers, binders full of patterns and ideas, drawers full of patterns, with bins of ribbons, trims, and other embellishments as well.  Yes, it is a sort of insanity.

And my paper crafts are taking up a five-foot area of the hallway.  When I paper craft, I have to haul things out of the hallway to where I am working.  Kinda sad, really.  All things considered, my husband and I should have switched offices--his is much larger than mine.  But then, where would the guests sleep?  Sigh.

I have dreams of being organized...such lovely dreams...

July 3 quickie

Sigh...why do people set off fireworks before the 4th??  My husband's theory is that they are people who have never had pets or kids.  I'm inclined to agree.  I believe it is inconsiderate to set off fireworks prior to the 4th, especially at night, when kids are going to bed, etc.  Yes, it is a Sunday and tomorrow's a holiday, but it doesn't matter...save it for the actual holiday, willya??

Working on a cap-sleeve cardigan for my daughter.  I'm about halfway through with it.  I sat out on the patio knitting while she played with the dog, bubbles and the sandbox.  For once, my husband had the time to sit out there and relax with us.  I have many things to do, of course, but... somehow, cleaning house just isn't something I felt like doing today.  Tomorrow, we'll have to pick up the downstairs...Ella has been making it her usual state of chaos again.  Then we'll need to vacuum, and I'll have to clean the bathroom.  My mother-in-law is coming, so...better have it looking tidy! 

I really want to sew and do more embroidery, but...other stuff keeps getting in the way.

The good news is that Wednesday, I'm dropping the barnacle off at daycare/preschool while my MIL and I run down to Vancouver to go to Fabric Depot--or, as I call it, Fabric Mecca!  With so many JoAnn's around here, there is just no variety.  Nor any good quality, to be honest.  And since they are having 30 % off everything...I can't NOT go! 

Another rocket just went off next to my house...grrr....many curses running through my head.  My favorite for the day:  "May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits!"