I had the most wonderful Easter, it was spent with family and my heart is simply singing. Our weather has been beyond gorgeous, the azaleas are blooming — I think this is the most beautiful spring I’ve seen yet. I wonder if it is just that the older I get, the more I appreciate it? I dunno. While I was outside working in the yard last Friday something in my left knee snapped. If I seem slightly quiet it’s because I’ve been trying to stay off of it. To stay off it, I’ve been on the sofa, "lounging" – that is kind of sitting, kind of laying down. Well something I’ve discovered about myself is that sitting turns into lounging. Lounging turns into laying down. Laying down turns into SLEEPING. I . . . er . . . um . . . lounged on the sofa yesterday at 3:00pm after church and all the festivities were done and um . . . finished lounging at about 8am this morning. Then I sat a good part of the day and hubby surprised me with dinner on the table and a dozen yellow roses. (Sigh) I’m a lucky girl!
All that blah, blah, blah about me to say that I had blog candy set aside for later this month that I see no reason why I shouldn’t give now. Heck if DH can be so generous as to bring me roses, then I can offer Blog Candy :-) So, new blog candy is available right now and ends on midnight on Saturday April 10th. My rules generally remain the same – feel free to stop in daily to sign up once each day – the more days you register, the better your chances. I’ll pick a winner sometime on Sunday and give the winner 48 hours to reach out to me through my contact page to give me their address.
In your comments on this Blog Candy Post, I’d love to hear about one of your favorite stores — local, in real life or online. I’ll start out with me . . .I’m honestly not much of a shopper – I might go in our mall once every two years yet I’m an IKEA junkie. The nearest one is 5 hours from me but once I get there I can almost spend all day. How about you?
Becca,
Not only are you an inspiration in card making, now in organization to. This idea is wonderful. I don’t have near the dies that you do but my stash is getting bigger.
Thank you for the great tip.
Becca these are great organizing ideas! Staying organized is key to being able to create many things in a timely fashion–not to mention saving money! I’ve started a notebook with samples of my ribbons, inks, punches and stamps and I refer to it constantly. I only wish I had a Container Store near me for storage containers. Thanks for the organizing tips.
Awesome storage solutions. Thanks. I would like to make a suggestion to all the stamping Divas out there…we have a lot of money invested in this craft; please be sure you are insured against theft and God, forbid, fire. We may need a “rider” on our insurance policy and renters need “renters’ insurance. People need to contact their agents, Just a thought. Where better to spread the word than here, Becca.
Peace. Becky Johnson
Oh, Becca – thank you for sharing your organizational tips. it really helps me to be better organized. Love your blog, too.
Becky J. I never thought of that, Do you go by what everything would of cost? Not looking forward to family really seeing what this is all worth lol
Great organisational tips – It is always a challenge keeping things tidy and accessible!!
Amazing is the right word for you – amazing creations, amazing storage, amazing generosity.
Thats awsome! Thanks for thinking of that :)
Wow I am impressed with your storage ideas. I loved the “in arms reach” I find if I have to put a lot of effort into finding something I tend not to use it.
Great idea… I’ll have to go check it out.
Becca, How do you store you Copic markers? I bought some cases but don’t really like them. I saw how Jennifer McGuire stores them and that might work but I am running out of space in my workroom.
Great idea…I am a huge fan of being organised and love my little craft space to be neat and tidy. I work in it everyday so if everything is in it’s place I find it again quick smart. I think you may be the same:) xL
I am so envious! I am not a very organized person, I try but it doesn’t seem to take. I definately will try some of your ideas.
I try hard to be organized but it is difficult. Because of the economy (my daughter got laid off) we now have my Hubby, me, our daughter and 2 1/2 year old granddaughter living in our 2 bedroom home, so I love any organization tips. Thanks for the ideas.
The colorcoding is a great idea! I had my spellbinders in cd cases but have recently moved them to a small binder in small sized page protectors. If only I had seen this idea first! I, too, would end up with cd cases everywhere and could not find the die I was looking for. The binder seems to work ok for now…but the collection is growing with every new beautiful card you put on your blog!
I’m trying to better organize my scrapping supplies and your organizational tips have really helped…thank you!
I love when you give out your organizing tips. Never can get to many of them, just need to start using them. Thanks so much. How do you organize your scrap papers.
Great ideas! Thanks for always thinking about us!
Great ideas for staying organized. You’re the queen!
Great stuff here, I too am interested in how you store your scraps. Lynn
Becca – I want to be as organized as you when I grow up! Wow – great ideas, and thanks for organizing your organizing tips! LOL! You continue to be a blessing!
Becca thanks for adding that tab to your blog.
stamp on…
I’m looking for some good organization tips for our craft room. Can’t wait to peruse yours!
Thanks for adding Organization!. I’m currently trying to reorganize all of my supplies and this really helps.
Love it! Thank you so much for adding the Organization tab!
What amazing ideas for craft storage, Becca. I waste so much time because I can’t find the right thing at the right time… and out of sight is often out of mind…. I’ve got to work on my ribbon and Spellbinders storage. Thanks SO much for sharing this.
P.S. How do you store your large punches and wood stamps? They’re so bulky. Any ideas would be much appreciated.
I hope you’re getting rest and staying off the knee! Love the classification system you shared. I will have to adopt that when I get cases for mine!! thanks for sharing!
I like the others, am amazed at your organizational skills. What great solutions for storing our spellbinders! And what a marvelous collection you have! Thanks again for sharing. Girl, I’ve learned so much from you! Please take good care of your knee. We want you to be better. I have a feeling, you have a hard time being down though. You get restless to get things done. Right? I also would like to know how you store those punches and wood mounted stamps. I would be grateful for ideas for them. They seem to be taking over my work space. Blessings!
Love to read about organizing ideas…thanks….
I love seeing organizational items. That is where i lack organization, I have organized chaos. I always am wondering about ways to make my life easier. TFS!!! these wonderful ideas Becca. I think the right storage solution system would make my crafting life so much easier. Thanks Becca.:-D
I just can’t keep up with you my friend! First your beautiful cards and now another favorite addiction of mine, storage solutions. You are a wonder of talent! Thanks for these awesome tips. -Blessings to you Becca
This will be very helpful in finding all your great organization tips. Thank you.
This is so inspiring! What are the chances of getting a copy of your excel file? I’m just thinking why reinvent the wheel? I love the color coding idea. Thank you again for everything you contribute.
Thanks so much for the great organization tips – and an easy way to find them. I’m going to try your ribbon tip. Like you, I’ve tried all the other ways and they were just to unwieldy. Thanks so much!
Love the magnetic storage!
I just love how you organize your nesties. I have no space :( so I have them in cases in a box under my table, and yes I use them every time I do a card.
Wow, when I grow up, can I be you? Your cards are inspiring and beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing your cards and your organization skills.
Thanks you so much for this information that will truely be a blessing to me as well as to other.
Wow, I love it that you now have a place to look up organization! I need a little fairy to come help me get organized. I work at it all the time…staying organized it the hardest problem. I am so bad about getting busy and working for a few days straight, then everything is a mess!! I feel like I have to start all over. It takes too much time away with my fleeting bursts of being creative to organize as I go. I pull things out from everywhere and it looks like a bomb went off in my room. How do you stay organized while you are working????
Thanks,
Gayle Taylor
I love your organizing tips, especially using excel spreadsheets to do the labels!!!
Awesome!
I need all the help I can get when it comes to organization!
Hi Becca,
I just love all of your cards. You are so creative and I can’t say there is anything I don’t like that you post, you inspire me.
I love your oganizational tips and the first one I’m going to implement is organizing my ribbon. Right now, I have them rolled up in little zip lock bags and I have to dump all of them to see which one I would like to use. Your idea is much better, so keep them coming.
Thanks and God Bless!
Fatima