Inside Scoop 7

My storage totes by Tim Holtz, love them! I keep all my Tim trinkets in the small one on the top shelf with a portion of his stamps. The next shelf down has a bunch of inks and potions of his. the bottom shelf has my Scorit, and vintage ephemera in the drawers.

Inside Scoop 6

Oh man, another embarrassing photo! This is just part of my ribbon stash, the other is hidden in the cupboard. The metal baskets are a splurge from Bachmans, I just had to have them. The middle shelf are my ribbon purses, which I love so I can grab them and go off to a crop.

Inside Scoop 5

WHAT?! More Prima flowers?! This is embarrassing! My skinny cabinet has envelopes, bags, pre made cards, my vintage ric rac, seam binding, and hem tape.

Inside Scoop 4

More Prima flowers, big surprise! The jar on the right side of the picture houses my tape measure collection...it's almost full. What is wrong with me?! The other jars house vintage and new things too pretty to put away. Now I've been collecting old jars...just in case I need them!

Inside Scoop 3

Some of my vintage lace and Prima flowers. The upper two shelves in this cupboard are pretty much free for fabric as well!

Inside Scoop 3

I had to have a little eye candy on my workspace, I need to weed it out though it's feeling junky to me. I keep my Big Shot at the ready at all times. When I'm working I always use it. I really don't know what I ever did without it to be honest! The little old piece of paper hanging up on the left I found in a bag of my Mom's old recipes at Christmas time. It is a charge slip from The Pine City Mercantile from the late 1950's to early 1960's. The dates on them are very close to my youngest two daughter's birth dates. In case you didn't know, my building originally was The Pine City Mercantile Co. How super cool is that?! The button magnets I made using Jenni Bowlin buttons.

The Inside Scoop 2

The lower part of the "tower" as I call it. This is where I keep all my Sizzix dies (I am embarrassed by how many new ones I have that I haven't even opened yet...no time is my excuse.), Spellbinders and my little 4x6 printer. My Spellbinder Nestabilites are in the cream box on the top right. I think I found the storage idea on Pinterest, and it is awesome! I found the DVD box at Office Max, it has mini hanging files in it. I put my nesties on a magnet and hung them in. I'll take a picture of the inside later so you can see what it is.

The Inside Scoop

This upper cabinet is awaiting mini fabric bolts of my fabric stash! I really struggled on the cabinet arrangement but I felt I needed extra storage on the top somewhere along the wall so I thought next to the window would give me more counter space, so Ron stacked two cabinets on top of each other and rested them on top of the counter.

A Long Time Coming

Ok folks here it is, the office redo! I had a request this week to update my blog...I wouldn't want to let her down! :) In real life I probably had this done in February, I'm hanging my head in shame. I still have some work to do, but it is about 95% done. I still want to use some of my upper shelves for my beautiful fabrics that I love so much, and I need to arrange my old stickers but other than that I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I still have to hunt things down since it is so organized. lol! Make sure to check out my other posts to see inside the cabinets and drawers!

Pinch Me!

Ron Kept texting me pictures of the progress while I was at work. I know he was trying to be helpful but all it did was make me want to run home! It's so exciting I sometimes have to pinch myself.

We have lived in our house 4+ years and this is the first it has really started to feel like home. Our old house held so many memories good and sad, but that is the house that felt like home. That was the house Ron built with his Dad...it was the house we lived in when we got married...it was the house Savannah grew into a beautiful woman...it was the house we lost two babies in...it was the house we brought Lauren and Ella home to ...it was the house that our parents came to for MANY birthdays and holidays...it was the house we lived in when my Dad died...it was the house that felt warm and cozy, like a great big hug when you walked in. I can't wait for this house to feel like that.

Seeing Progress!

Thank goodness we did this redo while it was nice out. Who knew January in Minnesota would be in the mid 40's?! What a load of cardboard and instruction sheets we had to bring to the recycle. Next trip to Ikea will be for doors and shelves for the wardrobe.

I have been searching for just the right storage and driving myself crazy in the process! You would think I would have access to awesome scrapbook storage...no not really. I even shopped the big box stores and I'm still not satisfied. I plan on taking a trip to Hobby Lobby yet. I'm trying to do the organizing as cheap as possible to keep the remaining costs to a minimum. I did have to have a few splurges on some baskets from Bachman's! I'll know what more I'll need as I'm moving in...I want to move in now!

We Emptied the Room!

On Monday January 2nd we went to Ikea with truck and trailer! We got home around 3:00 and Ron thought he was going to put his feet up and take a little nap. Oh no such thing as a nap when there is work to do. We tore the Christmas tree down in record time and I was lugging out my scrapbooking toys in no time!

Craft Room/Office Redo!

First of all let me just say I am embarrassed I haven't blogged in so long! Wow!

Currently we are living in a mess while Ron (with my careful supervision, lol!) transforms our craft room/office. When we had the house built we knew the formal dining room would be a craft room/office. Knowing that one would think I would have thought out the outlets a little better but...

The space is 12'x13' with 9' ceilings I have two door ways and two very low windows, both sounded like such a great ideas until I stared designing the space! Get this I didn't want doors either so the space would be open and everyone could come and go while I worked, Ha! Now I wish I had deadbolts for a little peace and quiet!

It has taken me four years to come up with this design after a lot of research. I really tried hard to move Ron's office out of my space but I let him stay in a very small corner, lol! We have talked, driven a lot of miles, drawn, argued, cried, laughed and had a lot of aha moments along the way. It has been a fun and exciting journey...I can't wait to finish!

I will be posting along the way and when I have all the drawers, cabinets and wardrobes organized I will show you the insides too! I will also let you know what and where things came from in case you see something you might need!

So here are the before pics ... ps. this was super clean I had Ron move 4 very large tubs out before this picture was taken!

Happy To Announce....

I am pleased to announce a Cupcake Crop! We will be holding our annual Cupcake Crop January 15, 2011 10:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. We will be serving soup, crackers, pop, water, goodies and don't forget the CUPCAKES! Our lovely croppers will be busy with a drawing or two, hopefully one of Lynn's cute games, as well as an exclusive make and take! Be prepared to be pampered! Cost will be $15.00 due at sign up to hold your spot. Call 320-629-9960 to reserve your spot!

We Are Decked Out!

We are all decked out for the holidays! I just have a few finishing touches before Friday and I am all done for the Open House...except for my house. Maybe we should just have Christmas at the store!

Make sure you stop in Friday and Saturday to do your free make and takes, and grab some cookies and cider while you are at it!

Jessica's card class is Thursday at 10:30 and a repeat performance Saturday at 10:30 as well so if you are not busy and want to make 8 beautiful cards give us a call at 320-629-9960 or stop in! Jessica always has kits available for those of us who don't have time for the class!