Paper Goddess ideas

Just recently I have found this blog called Papergoddess, which probably many of you already visit or know.
Anyway, the studio section is fabulous and I will try to bring more images and ideas from her to this blog.
For today I will say that I love this stamp storage idea for the DIY crafter.
Acrylic frames plus crates= stamp storage. Brilliant. For the full story click here and here.

Here is a close up of the holder I use for the majority of my inkpads - the ones I use most often. It is put out my ZAG and I found it at the local hardware store. Most of the time they are stored in the closet in front of the shelving on the left side.

Actually, I have two of these - this one has my most used inkpads in it, while the other one has the ones I don't use very often.

What I like about it is that I can grab it and go. Since I have my favorite inkpads in here, I am pretty sure I will have what I need.

The yellow dividers are removable so you can put longer inkpads in it.

As you can see in the bottom picture, I have my inkpads labeled (return address labels) with a sample of the color stamped on it (I used a pencil eraser to mark them).

I like to open up the inkpad container (like the top picture) and leave it open on my desk as I work. This gives me a place to put "messy" stuff like brushes with glue on them, etc, so that it doesn't mess up my desktop. Also, it makes a good palette when you want to do some painting using the the ink.

You can find more about it here.

Small Ink Pads Storage

Any crafter will collect a big number of ink pads over the years. No exception here. My favorite ink pads are the ones that come in small size just because they are so much easier to store and the lower price tag is also a good thing.
Well this little acrylic set of drawers are what I use for my little ones. It looks like this (bellow) when empty. It is from Muji and cost £12.
One good thing is that you can stack more than one on top of each others, so if your collection of ink pads grows you can keep getting more of those! I have two and they hold my collection of Versacolor (they fit 28 per drawer ), Fluid Chalk ones, Brilliance and VersaMagic (the full collection fits into two drawers).

Amanda Walker studio ideas

Amanda has one of this great real life studios with great practical ideas.
I specially like two things that are photograph below.


The peg wall. This is perfect to hold very useful tools as well as the new products to inspire you.
Amanda had hung up there even a Wizard, ribbons, Sizzlits dies...


To be honest I am not sure where and when I saw this idea first, and, honestly again, there is no way to proof who came up first with the idea of using the square wires to store cardstock. However, no one can deny that is a good idea

For more photographs click here. To see layouts and other stuff by Amanda Walker click here.

Nichol Magouirk studio

Nichol Magouirk has a wonderful studio with amazing furniture from Pottery Barn. (Sigh! how unlucky of us, Europeans that we do not have that lovely yet expensive shop!)


Cardstock, paper, embellisments and foam stamps are stored in this unit.


Pottery Barn postman cubbies, storing wood mounted stamps.


Nichol's favorite work desk from Pottery Barn, with button jars on top, tools like punches and tag makers in the drawers. This desk serves as the tool/paper trimming station. Below on the bottom shelf there are some large jars with random trims and lace and a large basket full of wood mounted stamps.

I f you would like t see more photos of her studio, click here. If you would like to see her blog click here.

Valerie Shadlyn's storage idea

If you have been following this blog for a while, you may remember a post abut Angela Urbano storage of the Quickutz dies. Well, Valerie is the organizational freak who came up with the Rolodex system for Quickutz (in her own words, I would never had use this expression for such an ingenious way to store dies).



The different thing that Valerie does is that she also writes the number assigned to each die on the back with a Sharpie pen. Then, they are stored in the Magpie containers backwards so you can see the numbers easily and know which die you’re looking for right away. It takes a while to do, but certainly makes life easier when you’re done working with the dies and is a snap to put them away. It’s also easy to see if you’re missing anything.


Also another good tip from Valerie is to store shapes in the tan containers and the alphabets in the pink ones, or any combination of different colored tins (Magpie tins come as far as I know in tan, pink and silver).

Finally, Valerie points out that if you stick a piece of foam in the back of any containers that aren’t full, the dies won't slide around. The system works and it certainly makes it easy to enjoy your Quickutz.

Amanda's ideas

This is one of the studios that is worth having a good look through. Not only Amanda has lovely storage ideas but also she takes the time to take pictures, to upload them and to explain them. This two are just a simple samples of it.


The first one is storing the brass stencils for embossing. Perfect neat storage that allows you to see loads at one.
Both of them are Crop In Style Paper Sticker Binder which Amanda uses for storing embossing stencils, stickers, rubons & more.

Heather Bailey's studio

Just pure lush! And I am not a fabric person!
You can see more photos here, and read about the multitalented Heather Bailey here.

MK julia's Pen storage idea

I love this idea. As you know, pens should be storage flat so this idea is perfect. It is an old wine rack Julia was no longer using plus some added vases from a local scrap store.

Donna Leary's shed

The shed are delivered flat packed!


Getting the base up.

All up!



The shed now is ready for the electrics.


Once the electrics are done, Donna ut a pretty wallpaper and installed her desk and drawers sets. The Shed is 22ft x 10ft, which in metres is 6.7 x 3 m .Donna got this old library Cupboard from Ebay and stores all her paints in it. Also, there is a stamp maker in the bottom. The green racks on the left hand side, are from Ikea.


10 chest of drawers in this shed and all of them from IKEA.

Stamping Caz storage idea

In her own words:

Here are before and after shots of what these containers were used for and what they are now being used for. I ALWAYS buy these types of washing capsules as you get these fab containers. All the big stores do them, Morrisons has a funky orange lid, Tescos has a extra big one with a blue lid and Sainsburys is all clear. Simply tear off the labels and fill with pretties. I either cover with paper and I will label up once I am in my shed and I know what I want where, or leave clear to see what is inside. I have primas, buttons, brads, eyelets and more in mine. I currently have 12 of the normal sized ones and they stack up great.

You can check her fabulous cards and bits of her life here.

Laura Vega embellishment storage

For those like me that like everything practical, Laura Vega's studio is a wonderful example of how it could be.

I particularly like how she stores her stickers and other similarly packed embellishments in little pretty baskets.

Or in pretty jars.
For more photos, click here.

Making Memories Blog

Making Memories blog should be visited often as they do sometimes entries about storage.
Here you have two samples from Wendy. As a proud owner of desktop organizer I can tell you that is lovely and very useful, specially for storing/displaying new-items-to-use-as-soon-as-possible!


Vertical storage for 12 x 12 " is my favorite too at the moment. Wendy writes about how her system works.

Vicki Boutin Studio

Right now, if I could choose a studio this one would be it:



For more photos click here. For the main page of the blog click here.

Keesha Urback-Winn storage idea

Keesha Urback-Winn paint storage idea in her own words:

Although I still have a lot to do to get my Craft Room “up to snuff” (a constant ongoing process I might add), I thought your Bloggers may benefit from this idea for storing small paints (or anything else their heart desires). Floor and counter space is more important to me than wall space, so I wanted to come up with some sort of wall storage component that was relatively inexpensive, minimum in size, and easy to install.

While shopping at Target, I noticed they had these cutlery trays on sale (50% off). For about $5 each, I thought they would work perfect to hang on the wall to store my small jars of paint; not to mention the fact that they already had a million holes on the bottom of the tray which would make nailing them to the wall a breeze!

Initially, I purchased the cutlery trays that had multiple silverware compartments, but after bringing them home, I discovered the compartments (shelves) were not tall enough to hold my paints, so I opted for the single drawer style instead and stacked the paints one on top of the other. I actually ended up keeping the other trays and plan to hang them up to use for embossing powders!

This system works great for me because everything is in plain view, yet not eating up my counter/floor space – no more having to open and close every 12x12 plastic drawer using my old storage system to find just the right color. I keep a small step stool in my Craft Room, so reaching the paints on the wall isn’t a problem. I bought all of the available trays at my local Target and even had my mom buy the last one at her store. I still have more paint and waiting for more of these trays to be for sale (hopefully they will)! If not, I’ll just have to conjure up some other “idea”.


You can read more about Keesha here.