Karen's clever mini metal shelf

I think this is a excellent idea, but I would have to have it painted proably red so I would not hit it all the time.

For more info and photos click here or on the photos.

How to organize and print years worth of photos

This a very very important issue, to organize all digital content, photos and file backups.

So I do strongly recommend a good read of this post by Ashley on her blog.

Brandy's Craft Room

Brandy from Brandycards.com shares her craft room in this video.

Crafters Companion's die and stamp storage cases

Leann Chivers, from Crafters Companion, was demonstrating a while back and was using this system to store her dies and unmounted stamps. The cases come in two sizes, mini and full size, and so the magnetic sheets or stamp sheets.

And, lucky me, I received some samples at my request in both sizes*.
No matter what size you go for, you need to get the magnetic sheets for the dies and the tabbed storage panels for the stamps separately.

I decided to test them I would try to see how they would work with my HeroArts stamps and Sizzix Framelits dies sets. At the time I had them on those clear cases and on an Ikea fridge box which it seems dont make anymore (at least not on sale in the UK).

In the mini one I managed to fit six complete Sizzix dies and Hero Arts stamps sets.

One thing I love about this system is that is a box, ie, no dies or stamps are going to get lost in transit as all four sides are well closed, which is not the case with all systems.

I found that it works best by alternating the stamp inserts with the dies one. One could put the stamps on the reverse so that when the page is open you could see matching dies and stamps together.

I like that it is extremely space efficient. On the shelf it doesn't take much space at all.

Overall, I liked the mini version better as it is easier to house and to look through a busy workstation.

This is extremely good for someone who has a few sets of wafer thin dies and matching stamps. In regards how it compares to the DVD boxes I showed here, well, even the mini fits about three times as many dies and the DVD would not house any stamps.

I will be honest, though. I have two minor quibbles. The magnetic sheets require a card backing or they get attached to each other very easily, which speaks of the good strengh of the manet but a bit of a pain while looking through the pages. And second,  I know I wil cut the plastic rings, while they would be great for most crafters, for me are a nuisance. But as they are plastic no harm done!

I strongly recommend this system for anyone who wants to keep their dies and/or stamps safe and with space efficiency.

*The samples were received free of charge, but I am not getting paid for this revies and all of the above is my honest opinion.

Elena Roche's tool Storage - in Spanish

Elena shares how she stores her most used tools in this video, but it is in Spanish.

Free Labels Download

Over on my personal blog I have a free download and tutorial on how I made my new storage labels.

Click here for the link.

The Scrapbook Diet

Very good article. Strongly recommend it.

PS: I did get rid of an awful load of stuf a couple of years ago when I went through a phase of wanting to change jobs - a part from those fours months in 2011 I have been a full time craft creative designer since 2006 - but as i came back to it I regretted parting with some of it. I learnt my lesson. But then again, it is my full time job and having a plethora of things to choose from is important.

HOW TO BUILD A CUSTOM CRAFT DESK

This one got published in 2010. Well Still is quite good!

Kath Stewarts labeling

My dear craft friend Kath Stewart has posted about using Tim Holtz alphabet stickers. 

Click here for more photos and her whole explanation.

Ali Edwards Office part 3

For those following who like Office/craft areas there is an update on the progress on her are by Ali Edwards on her blog.

 Click here for the link.

IHeart Organizing DIY paint project

From this pretty white Ikea unit:

To this really really pretty:

Lovely, isn't?

Full post here.

Andrea's Studio

 Andrea submitted her studio a few weeks ago and immediately wanted to featured it but I wanted to do it properly so it has taken me a few weeks to find the time to do so.

The room is 11 x 10.

One thing I loved is that Andrea has a lot of tools that are usually hard to store but she has them out and ready to use without being an eye sore.

Like all the die cutting materials.

I love this trolley to store paper by colour.

You can see far more photos on Andrea's Flickr. Click here to go to there.

Betty's ink storage DIY

I love this DIY project by Betty J. It looks pretty and and it is useful.

You can see a full video tutorial on how to make it on Betty's blog. Link here.
The blog is in german but kindly Betty has put the Google translate at the top of the page.

Celine Navarro's Atelier!

Celine Navarro, scrapbooking extraordinare, shares her craft atelier on her blog.

I find it rather refreshing! I spy a lot of Ikea, and I really like the style and set up.
Click here for the whole post on Celine's blog.

Another Jennifer McGuire post about stamps

I love Jennifer's work and ideas for storage.

Here Jennifer explains her updated system to store rubbers and clear stamps.