Mastering Craft Room Organization With My All-time Favorite Trick!
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I rarely see something that makes sense for organizing... too expensive, too time-consuming, too difficult to aquire, doesn't work (wasted money)... but this is GOOD! I love that it works for my art space and my woodworking. Thank you! Can't wait to implement this.
OMGosh! That is a compliment!!!! Thanks, Jeri!!
I just said the same thing about my art studio! I have several things that get bent and unusable if not stored flat. I keep a mish mash of leftover crafting items I rarely use in my drawers. This storage solution will free them up so I can get to my smaller art supplies.
Genius!! I shared this video. TFS. Huge HUGS! Namesta 🐞🐞🐞"There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery".
Great idea. I would probably round the corners of the cardstock so they won't poke thru the bag. I use the gallon bags to store fabric that way.
@@nancyguerrero6662 🤓 so smart👍🐞🐞🐞
Thanx for sharing! Unfortunately my husband passed away and couple of months ago. He was just this side of a horder. I was able to empty 3 storage units. That was many days of manual labor and $3,000 dollars to pay for labor and hauling. Now I’m down to 2 bedrooms and 2 attics. The consolation prize for me is I now have a craft room that is the size of 2 bedrooms all to myself. Your channel has given so many great ideas and has helped me to stay out of depression land. Thanx for being you!
I am very sorry for your loss.
Condolences and happy you are discovering some things to enjoy. God bless you ma’am.
Great ideas!
If you find yourself getting angry at your husband’s, um, inability to throw anything away, please consider seeing a therapist, even if just for a few visits. It helped me and my anger/resentment after my (hoarder/packrat dad passed.
I am so sorry for your loss. I wish I could come help! I hope that craft space becomes your healing and happy place soon. 💐
FINALLY!!!!! An organizer with a system that makes sense for my life!!! Yes, I keep every little thing. I am not a minimalist - will never be - don’t want to be. My motto: “ use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without!”
That is an awesome motto!!!! Glad this system will work for you! Thanks, Suzanne!
Finally someone has come up with an organization system that just makes sense AND it’s affordable
WOOHOO!!!!! Glad you like this!
This comes in a perfect time. I'm downsizing my life. In the last 10 years, I've gone from a 3 bed, 2 story house to a 3 bed mobile home to a room in my daughters home. Imagine how much of my crafting supplies I've donated? I'm 70 and feel it! Seeing this idea have given me the solution to organize/downsize.
I am so glad!!!! Crafting is too important to let go - so we have to find a way to make space. Keep me posted on your progress!!!! Consider me your personal cheerleader and giver of suggestions! 💜
Fantastic method! Thanks for sharing. 🤗👍
I taught math and we had lots of small manipulatives. I stored them in plastic bags and would put a pinhole in each bag. That way when the kids sealed them, they could press out the air. Since we’re not storing food, the little pinhole doesn’t make a difference in keeping freshness. But it makes it so easy to press out that last bit of air.
Smart!!!!! Thanks for sharing.
I second this! Been doing this for a while, thought I was the only one that did this 🎉
Great idea! Thanks for sharing. 😃
Genius! I use a straw to suck air out of food bags, and would have automatically done that for storing things as well. So glad I read the comments for everyone's great ideas
Future teacher here, I am stealing this idea! Thanks for sharing
So glad someone has addressed the multi crafter. So nice to see you. Great ideas. 😊
Thank you! 😊
That's what I love about Norrine! Our brains work so well together because we think so much alike, we both find value in the littlest things, and we're both multi-crafters so her organization style fits all my needs. 😃
I love how you say, “I find value in them (the little random things)”. Every organizer I’ve ever used does not understand that everything has value!!! They always make me pare things down!!
I keep things because I know I’ll be able to use them someday. Having them organized makes it so much easier to find when I do need them.
Every organizer tells me something stupid like, with all the instruction booklets I keep for things I still have, have you ever used them, then you don’t need them. That’s why you have them for when you need them.
Thank you so much!!!❤
I took a VERY different approach with my clients. I always tried to create space and storage for those things they loved and systems so they could easily find them. I’m sorry your experience wasn’t like that.
There's little to compare with that feeling of elation you get when you find the perfect use for that weird little item you have been keeping for the past eight and a half years!
Today most instructions are online but an idea I used was those clip hangers that pants come on, especially the underwear ones or children’s pant hangers. Put all your manuals in bags with any tools or attachments. Write with a marker what appliances it’s for and hang them on a hook in a closet.
@@squintish Agreed! OR … the self-satisfaction when I pull out that one, “used only ever during the 2nd full moon in the week prior to Winter Solstice”, doohickey my fella needs cuz he lost the second to the last one on the planet!! (Made ever better cuz he told me long ago “Throw that stuff out. You’re never gonna need it.”) 🥹😂😂🤣🤣😂🥲🤭‼️
@@squintish(P.S.: Oooo … I l i k e that word, “E l a t i o n “!! )
I purchased the bigger Rubbermaid tubs to organize and store my fabrics. I rolled each piece and placed them in the containers on-end.
That way they stayed relatively wrinkle free, and I could easily see what fabric I had, and be able to pretty much have an idea of how long the piece was, due to the diameter of it. I started sewing at age 8, and I am now 62! could never resist a good fabric close-out!😂
That's a great idea! Thanks for sharing!
Great system! I'd also add an index card to the lid of each box, listing all the categories that are housed inside it, so I could see it in a glance. It would also make it easier to ensure each baggie gets back to the right place when I'm done using it. Love this frugal, doable approach.
That's a great idea!
I framed my index card to decor the cute area where I keep my boxes
Used pencil and lots spacing between words so could edit the index card over the yrs❤
Number the bags so you’ll notice if a bag hasn’t been replaced
If the bag has a certain number of items, such as my little tubes of Rub & Buff, I’ll write the number along with the name I choose for the bag ❤
🤭😂🤣 Speaking of categories... In my craft room I have a box labeled "Things That Attach Stuff", and I know EXACTLY what's sub categorized inside! Works for me!! Love you, Mini! 🤗❤️🌵❤️🤗
Love that! I was thinking of our mutual love of ’stuff’ while making this video 😘
Yippers, us and our "stuff" 😉😉@@TheCraftyOrganizer
Same, but my category is “adhesives” and it has velcro and brads and zip ties and glues and tapes, if it adheres things to things its an “adhesive”!
@@lesliebooth2833 I love the way you think! It's the way I think much of the time, too. Lol
Me too!!
Missed you terribly, Maureen. You help me every time you do any of your videos. Thanks again.
Wow! Thank you so much!!!
I am “such a little stuff keeper”! I drives my hubby and daughter crazy! But when they need something they know who to ask!
Isn't that so true!!!!! It's rare that I can't find something to make my project work in my miscellaneous box! It all has value to me! LOL
Yes! My husband says I have a lit of "junk", but when he wants something I can usually provide it.
I have kept things in zipper bags for ages, but i never put paper inside to make them stand up.
Try it! It really helps
This is amazing, Norrine; probably the most helpful video of yours for me yet. I"m a miniaturist, which is a little (literally) bit of EVERY craft, so I have mountains of supplies, and often really tiny quantities of them. I've saved all the tiny ziploc bags that kit components come in, as well as every small, sturdy box that comes my way, as they're always useful. Now I know how to really maximise their usefulness. It was a real 'a-ha!' moment for me watching this video; thanks SO much for sharing. It's going to make such a huge difference!
YAY!!!! Thanks, Jacqueline! That really makes me happy to hear.
I just added miniatures to my list of 70 other hobbies. I need someone to save me from myself, lol.
Categorization is often where I fall apart. I either get too broad, too detailed, or confused because should I put the watercolor pencils with the pencils or the watercolors? What about the watercolor markers? Do the pastel pencils go with the pencils or the pastels? Now, do I put my miniature paints with my other acrylic paints or with my miniatures because that's the only thing I use them with?
@@jakobozias7613 , welcome to our wonderful tiny world! It really is the most rewarding hobby, and also the most challenging and frustrating, of every hobby I have ever tried. The great thing is that all the crafts I tried and then abandoned all 'came back' in miniature, so I've stuck with this one hobby for more than 20 years - which is really every art and craft shrunk down - and have never been bored of crafts again; there is always something new to learn. The downside is the extreme mess and the Mount Everest quantity of supplies you end up with - it really is next-level. I strongly recommend keeping all of your acrylic paints together; it won't be long until every paint you have, as well as every other material and tool, is co-opted for your miniatures. With things like your watercolour pencils, think about the outcome you're aiming for - mine are with my watercolours, as I will go to them when I want to produce something that looks like a watercolour painting. (It may make more sense to you to organise by process - watercolour pencils are for 'drawing', so then they'd go with the pencils). Know that there may be a big learning curve with everything you try - most people find scaling down adds another layer of difficulty. Stick with it. Everyone works out their strengths and discovers 'fakery' solutions for what they cannot do. Maybe you'll try metalwork, find that you're hopeless and you hate it, so then you learn how to fake metal work convincingly with polymer clay, you swap your leftover metal for more clay with a mini metalworker, and keep your metalwork tools since they work great with clay. It really is the hobby that no one ever, truly masters - and for me, that's what is so great about it!
@@jakobozias7613 As to your second paragraph, I have what I call my “Color Cart”. Anything to do with adding color to a project is in there. That said, I must confess I’m a paper crafter, so I don’t have cans of spray paint, or such large items. But A L L things (ie., inks, pencils of ALL kinds, markers, etc.) to do with coloring goes into that cart. This thing is on wheels because I craft at my kitchen counter. Recently, I DID move my embossing powders to a separate box which also now houses my heat gun, but mostly because the heat gun was too big to fit in the section with the powders, which I required, and really is a separate kind of thing. Also, except for the 3 rolls of the kinds of runner tape I’m currently using, every other container, roll, bottle, or hangcard bearing “Adherence” of ANY manner is in a different cart in a drawer, and including rubber bands & hair bands, velcro strips, fabric glue, and duck tape!! I guess the point I’m making is: If you have to spend time trying to figure out just where your head was the day you were determining where something ought to reside, that’s time lost to the Creativity Killer!! If you’re looking to put color to paper (Or outside on YOUR DRIVEWAY!!) just make sure ANYTHING is to hand to get it done NOW!!
As to your first paragraph, Kid … you’re on your own!! 😉👍‼️
Great, what categories do you use for your miniatures? 10:59
I like your organization ideas. Especially using boxes and household items. So many people suggest buying all these expensive storage containers but not everybody can afford that. Your room is very beautiful. Also, I love the way you have the shelves behind you decorated.
Thank you so much!!!
I’m so glad that you’re back on CZcams!!! So happy that you’ve found your new life partner!!! It took me a long time but I found mine 8 years ago and I’m 71 now! Your ideas are so realistic and useful, I just love how down to earth you are! Keep sharing all of your ideas with us, they are so helpful! 🤗👍🏻💕
Congratulations on finding yours!!!! I am very glad to have found the right one. Amazing what you can find once you are not looking and finally happy in your own skin. :)
I’m a journal maker and I did a mass make (14) for family and a few ladies retreat (60) so now I’m overwhelmed with keeping large amounts of things like repurposed fabrics that could be used as a cover. AND I have too many ways to store scraps 😂 then I forget thank you for the reminder that a quick simple label is better than no label
WOW!!!!! That IS a mass make! Amazing! Hope this helps you stay on top of all those fun little bits!
cool idea, another one would be to leave stuff in the bags they came in or put them in baggies and have a list of stuff stuck to the top of the box so you know whats in there without even opening the lid. ive noticed that in trying to organize in small spaces we often make more clutter or take up space we dont have when simply leaving things in orginial packaging or multiple in boxes can be just as convenient.
I also keep every little scrap. You never know when that scrap is the perfect one!
Right????? That's how I think!
I have used bags like this for a long time, but adding the card stock or firm cardboard to label and keep the bags standing is a great idea. Removing the air is the cherry on top!! Thank you for such great ideas!
So glad you liked it!!!!
We buy our coffee pods by the case. I keep the boxes to make storage boxes. I stick with black and white contact paper to cover my boxes. That way it all blends in.
I do the SAME thing!!! LOVE those boxes!!!
I’m sure someone else has already mentioned this, but one EASY WAY to keep the nails/screws from poking holes in their respective bags is to take the wall anchors and screw them onto those pointy, sharp ends just a little bit (not all the way), and you can nestle the larger nails into a wall anchor, as well.
Nope! You are the first and that is so smart!!!!! Thank you!
My husband keeps telling me that I need to just choose one craft to focus on. That’s boring to me. I have supplies to do everything from making miniature wood furniture to quilting. I’m always happy to try a new hobby! The trick is to keep everything organized.
You can do it! Consider me your personal cheerleader and giver of suggestions! 💜
@@TheCraftyOrganizer Thank you, and I will!💕💖
Thank you very much.😊 This is such a wonderful idea. I have a very small craft room. Many things ended up in those 12x12 baskets that fit in the cubes. I have quite a few. But I can still use the 12 x 12 cardstock. It will sure make it easier to know what is in the basket!!!! Thank you!! I love organizing. My granddaughter and I are huge Marie Kondo fans. We have decluttered my kitchen and all of our bedroom drawers following her techniques. She is the reason I did a search and found you! I'm happy I did. If you could only see my craftroom. I am disabled and pretty much just stopped working on it. I have so much to fit in this tiny space. It's overwhelming.
I pray I complete it this year, I turn 65 next month. I feel like I'm running out of time. My health is not good.
You are very gifted at what you do!!😊
Your videos help a lot of people. Thank you!
Have a very blessed weekend!!😊❤❤❤
Happy Early Birthday, Linda!!!! I wish you lived close to me - I'd come help you in your craft room!!!
OMG! This is a total game changer! Having ADD I am a “professional “ organizer that never gets anywhere because of all the shiny objects! Using this simple method has helped me focus on the task I’m doing and get stuff done! And it’s cheap! I already had all the stuff; no excuses!
It’s freeing to throw away all those little containers and it looks neat and tidy! Total win! Thanks for changing my life and kicking me into gear!!!!
I am so excited to hear this will work for you!!!! Keep me posted!
Wow. This is great. I am trying to organize all the different supplies. This makes so much sense. I have ADHD and I need to have a system that will streamline my life. I don’t get rid of things because I can’t afford new supplies. I have to get as much use out of what I can find for free, and that means saving things for future projects.
Let me know how this works for you!
What an awesome system for the small stuff! Thank you Norrine! To use the vertical space, I also use inexpensive 50 pair shoe racks, make them more sturdy by gluing them with E600 (BTW my brother-in-law is the inventer of that!) and purchase plastic shoe boxes to store items in and label the outside of each box. Cheaper than bookcases! Congrats on being newly married!!!
What??!?! That is so cool! Tell your brother-in-law I said thank you!!!!! Great ideas with the shoe racks!
When it comes to choosing categories, I began with the Scrap Rack method. Now, I'm a 'gotta - lotta' girl and don't have room for a 4-base scrap rack system but the categories she suggests has helped my organize in other places throughout my craft room. My biggest tip is to store things together you will use together. Creative Blessings!
Yep!!! I call those my 'zones'. :)
Such a smart way to order the miscellaneous stuff we crafters collect!!
I thought to too! I don't want to let go of those treasures!!!
I'm so glad I found this video before I pulled all the hair out of my head in frustration. I'm so disorganized that I can't find what I need when I need it, therefore, I'm not getting anything done. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Yay!!!! So glad this idea will help!!!! I’m rooting for you!
I do this, too. I've found it really useful for preventing me from buying organizers that don't work for me. Put everything into bags first so I know what belongs together, how much space it takes up and I can still move them around my space easy if I change my mind about things. I'm in the process of purging a lot of my stuff and now I have a mountain of empty plastic bags. My cat for some reason loves them, she steals them frequently from my studio and brings them to me in my bedroom. Sometimes they aren't empty, either.
That is too funny. Maybe she is trying to help! LOL
Your so right about getting the air out of the ziplock bags. I learned that trick when we started using backpacks instead of suitcases to travel to Europe. I used two gallon sized ziplock for our clothes. Now we use carry on suitcases and packing cubes
Great ideas.
TFS❤
Thanks for watching! And I use these bags when traveling too! :)
Well, now, THAT will work. I have been crafting and making for a looooooooong time and I am the most disorganized crafter EVER!!! It's 4:20 a.m. on Monday and I'll be cutting up file folders to fit inside ziplock bags today. Thread and needles and patterns and flotsam and jetsam from all my projects!!! Genius.
Woohooo!!!! So glad it will help you!!!! Now, you deserve a nice long nap! 😘
I am a quilter and bag maker so I have amazingly large amounts of cotton fabric scraps. My system is this I keep anything over 1 inch wide in top drawer of my cart. Next drawer is 2-4"wide next drawer is 5" squares. Next one is 10" squares then WIPs (work in progress) and orphan blocks and last drawer is flannel scraps of all sizes. Here is the best trick though. When a drawer is full USE IT! I will use the 5 or 10 inch squares a s backing and sew down all the strips wither diagonal or crazy quilting style. Into the WIP/orphan drawer. When it wont close I sew tham all together and have a scrap quilt. I also TRY not to develop a 'stash' of fabrics. Meaning I buy what I need and use what I buy for the most part. TFS the baggie trick. I have been doing that but instead of putting in a box I was hanging on my pegboard. Now that is full of zipper bags hahahaha. Off to get some boxes!
I love your system! It makes perfect sense to me :)
For the sharp items, you could also put card stock on both sides.
SO TRUE!
I just started using plastic bags, but I love your tip about the card inside and labeling it, plus seeing how you picked storage bins that fit the bags. Genius!❤
:) Thank you!!
Hi, your video just fell from Heaven! I've been a multi crafter for 50 years. I have been spending hours trying to find storage solutions that will work for me. I have recently downsized and your clear bag system will be a huge help to me. Thank you so very much! Brilliant, and affordable! I can't wait to get started. I must say, you have the lovliest commenters. I'll definitely be back for more ideas. One video down, 300 to go lol. Sending love from Connecticut.❤❤
Well, isn't that just the sweetest thing to say!!! I am very lucky to have such wonderful and kind viewers. Thanks for being one of them. 💜
Thank you, Norrine. These ideas solve my how-to-store bits and pieces issues. I finally got a craft/sewing room/office but it’s been too disorganized to use. Health and other issues turned it into a storage room. When I finally put things in boxes, it took so long to find the things I needed that I rarely had time to make anything. I’m looking forward to finishing my reorganizing so I can actually finish some projects.
That is how my space has been too..... we will get back to crafting! I know it. 💟
I love this tip ! Just a few months ago , I totally revamped my WHOLE house ! Including my craft room . I got a lot of the black square fabric totes . Like you put in the square book cases... anyway I tried to use the plastic labels that clip on them ... well they wouldn't stay on . Everytime I got one off the shelf . The tag would fall off . So i.used a chalk pen and wrote directly on the tote !!! And it will wipe off with a wet towel and some soap !!!
I love that idea! I'm using the hanging tags at least they stay on, but they turn over and then I have to mess with them. I think I will test that chalk idea on mine. Thanks for sharing!
Bravo!!!!
Bravo!!!!
Bravo!!!!
I am currently going through my "total house revamp" including a total kitchen and 2 bath teardown to the stud and rebuild! What a transition to go through! My youngest daughter just moved out a few months ago so I have decided to use her room as my new craft/art room! I am tripling the space I currently have and just giddy about the process. This video helped me so much! And I love your idea of the chalk pen on the totes! GREAT IDEA!
I like the idea of storing a lot of little things in one area, in separate baggies. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Great idea Norrine! You have me thinking of how I can better organize some of my supplies! Sometimes I think organizing is just as fun as crafting! Thank you for sharing! 😍
Diane - we are so alike! I love going through and sorting all of those little treasures!!!!
So do I❣️
Ooooh...so do I
😢Norrine, I love this idea! A couple of years ago I developed the same system for my craft room. I make cards, and I use die cuts A LOT, which results in lots of scraps or odd shaped paper. Not wanting to throw away anything I could use in another progect, I decided to separate my "scraps" into color categories, put each color in a ziplock, and file them in a pretty lidded box. This method has saved me so much time and keeps my craft room tidy. Thanks for sharing this tip.❤
Have you ever seen how I organize my paper scraps?? Check it out:
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Giiiirlll!!!! I will let you know within a week if you are *my New Best Friend* for giving me this life hack! Can't WAIT to use this to organize my Bible journaling elements (stickers, borders, letters...).
Please do!!!! And if for some reason I DON'T become your new best friend - let me know and I will help you figure out another way. ;)
@@TheCraftyOrganizer lol, sounds like a plan! 🥰
I recently bought an IKEA Hemnes 3 drawer dresser on sale to use as a gift wrapping station in my dining room. In the deep bottom drawer I gathered all my gift bags and tissue paper. I got a bunch of Dollar Tree napkin holders to hold the bags upright on their sides by color and did the same with tissue paper. Bags and flat boxes too tall to store upright lay flat in the space between the other bags and tissue. In the middle drawer I got two of the small wire kitchen shelves from Dollar Tree, turned upside down to corral rolls of wrapping paper. Christmas wrap is in one and other occasions and generic paper in the other. The top drawer has curl sheet ribbon, tapes, glue, my flat Cricut cutting board and cutting/scoring accessories and scissors. I used some of the hardware boxes that were part of the IKEA packaging to make ribbon dispensers with a hole punch on the side to thread the ribbon through. The top is the perfect height and size to wrap presents without have to bend over like I did at the dining room table. And now everything is together in one spot instead of scattered all over two floors of the house! I am in the process of adding shelves above it to hold my photo boxes that contain spools of cloth ribbon sorted by color and floral/foliage picks. So happy with how it’s turned out so far!
What an excellent idea! It seems like such an easy solution when someone else talks about how to do it! Thank you for the suggestions.
I have that dresser - not a stitch of clothing in it! LOL Games, video and DVD's Frames... amazing storage!
Noreen I have been cleaning baggies planning to reuse them to micro organize with them. Now I realize I will have to put inserts in there to make them stand and to label contents. THANKS for sharing. I'm loving seeing the happiness on your face and in your speech; your new husband must be good to and for you. Congrats to you both❤
He really is 💕
You are a woman after my own heart.❤ But I am afraid that my items are past the bin stage, I have plastic drawer systems from Walmart for some of my treasures. One drawer for “natural stuff”, one for plastic, another for metal, one for electronics, etc. It did reach a point where I had to split the “natural” items into wood pieces, and cork and pine cones etc. You have inspired me to take a closer look at the wasted space and the frequency of use for my stashes. I usually have a several different projects on the go, so I need to keep my limited workspace organized. One example, I use oversize (for toys) storage bags from the dollar store to hold the fabric, pattern and other supplies when I am sewing. I also save the rigid salad containers as a cheap supply of clear bins. Sorry for rattling on, I was so excited to discover a like minded person. My friends and family may make fun of me, I feel vindicated. 😂
You could always bag the items within those category drawers to make finding something easier! But - if it's working as in - then it's PERFECT!
New Subbie here. I am an organizer through and through. Paper Crafting, mixed media and junk journals are my craft. I use a drawer system in a similar way. I like the 12 x 12, three drawer unit you can get from Walmart. Like items in each drawer. Smaller containers inside each drawer to separate items (Intuition brand soap/razor has the cutest little container the refill soap/razors comes in.) Most things I have a lot of or they are too bulky for baggies. I have used a baggie system in a similar manner before but your tips will help to make that system even better. I had to laugh when you were sucking the air out…I do that anytime I use a baggie. Glad to have found you. I also am a thrifty kinda gal so your tips and tricks are right up my alley.
Love your videos. Thank you for such helpful hints. I can't cut paper straight, regardless what I use. A tip is, I took a large stack of paper to a printer, and they only charged me a dollar a cut. So I could have a stack of 250 pieces cut for $2.00. A big time saver for me.
OH!!!! I LOVE that tip!!! Thank you for sharing!!!
What a great idea! This inspires me to address some of those categories that are just too big in my craft room. 😀
You can do it!
OMG I’m so grateful for your video! This is genius! My shed is being delivered on Monday and I had no idea how to organize all this stuff efficiently!
Coming up with the categories and naming it the first thing that comes to mind is such a huge help. This is even timed perfectly…I’m headed out for groceries in a few and I can grab it while I’m out!
I don’t have shelves yet so this will help me with those decisions as well! YAY!
How exciting!!!! Take pictures for me! I'd love to see how your space evolves! 💐
Love this idea. Already do this for my scrap papers but hadn't thought of it for other items..
I've been doing this for many years and it still works for me.
WOOHOOO!!! I love getting that kind of feedback!
Wonderful idea. I have used storage bags, but haven't focused on getting the air out like you showed.
It really helps!!
I've been watching so many organization videos. This is by far the best one. Your ideas are practical and inexpensive. Thank you.
Thank you so much, Pauline!!!! That is always my goal. :)
You know that is a great idea. I put everything loose in their own plastic containers which took a lot of space. So I’ve started downsizing and donating excess items. This is perfect, this will make it so much cleaner and leaner look. Thank you.
I'm so glad this will work for you! Thanks, Rosemary!
This is SUCH an amazing idea!! I never would have thought of it. Now I will be organizing all my junk drawers down into this!! Thank you!! ❤
Glad it was helpful!
Clever! Sort of like storing comic books. You know, if you are super bad at naming things, you could take a picture of a few of the items that go in the bag and stick in on the front.
I store my paperscraps just this way by color. It works great for me. I am keeping all of my scraps, even the little tiny ones. I use them for diy embellishments.
Hi @birgitkautz6682! You should check out my paper scraps organizer: czcams.com/video/migbSUlzL-g/video.html&t=204s
60 years of doing just about every craft under the sun and seldom getting rid of supplies has created a crafting hell of a mess! I have a 12x24 room full up with all kinds of "stuff" lol I also have supplies out in a pole barn that I"d love to bring in but there is just no room. I know it's time to downsize as I won't use all this if I lived to be 200! I do like the baggie and container idea for those small things! Love the video and enjoy your engaging style! Thanks!
Oh.... where do you live! That would be SO MUCH FUN to organize!!! LOL
I have to laugh, my dear husband and I were watching one of those remodeling shows once. The host was going to remodel the sewing room. She said in this kind of know it all voice, you don’t really need several sewing machines do you? At which time my dear sweet husband spoke up reminding me why I fell in love with him…he scoffed…what does she know? One’s obviously an embroidery machine, ones a serger, ones a regular machine…they aren’t all the same at all, of course she needs them it’s not the same at all.
Eat your heart out HGTV hosts who have no clue about what’s important to keep…lol.
😆 You found a good guy!!!! I yell at those shows all of the time!!!!! Tell him he earned a gold star from me!
I started my crafting life probably 40 years ago with cross stitching and back then there werent very many storage options so zip lock bags were the go to and I still use them today in my craft room. I think its a wonderful storage solution. Love your videos.
Wow!!! I love hearing that you’ve been using bags for so long!!!! Amazing!
@@TheCraftyOrganizer Mine are just the bags and a sharpie marker but I like the way you did yours. I use to make videos a long time ago but im a medical traveler and I dont get to craft as much and when I do I just dont have the time to film. I have a second channel on YT. When I got covid and almost died in 2020 I couldnt remember my passwords or anything so I had to do a new channel. im enjoying your channel.
If it works... it works! :)
Most of my fabrics are stored in a deep drawer upright in gallon ziploc bags. I have not added heavy cardstock in the bags but I will to help them stay upright in a tote as I need the bureau for my son's room. I love all the organizing ideas you give us.
Wow…just 😮genius! I’ve been so stuck organizing the “miscellaneous” and this is so simply perfect! I’m excited to try for my kitchen etc. as well. I see myself making this “cheap” and “classy” for different needs. Love, love, I haven’t been this excited or motivated to go implement/try an idea like this in a long time.
This is GENIUS! Ive kept those little bits in mason jars of different sizes... and while its cute to display sometimes, i dont want 100 jars. This really maximizes space!!!!
It does!!!! Let me know how it goes!
I have stored my sponge stamps like this for YEARS. Labeled just as you did. I never thought to do it with other items. I am a very black and white literal minded person, so adjusting one idea to fit other needs just doesn't come to me. Thank you so much for pointing out (the not so obvious) these tips and tricks. Thank you😊
You are so welcome!!
Brilliant! I’m getting ready to move into a new home and want to get organized BEFORE I start packing all my craft stuff. I just love the idea of ziploc bags within boxes. 👏👏👏👏
Happy organizing! And good luck with the move.
Great ideas. Thank you. Im organized, but want to be more-so. Unfortunately for me when I became a crafter everything I see, I also see that it has a possible future use. Every scrap fabric, plastic container, tin, box, button, handle, fastener, hanger, on and on. I am learning to let go, because you just cant keep it all! I watch one episode of ‘Hoarders’; that show is mental trauma but, it WILL BE the medicine I need to make me straighten up and fly right for a few months. 😂
I am the same way!!!! I can't let a piece of wood or a plastic container go.
Thank you for this. I’m overwhelmed at the moment by the amount of mixed craft supplies I have piled up in the craft room. This will revolutionise my storage. I feel that I will be able to tidy up now.x
That makes me so happy to hear! Let me know how it goes!
I am so glad to see you back! And perfect timing - it seems the first of the year every year my craft studio gets an over haul! You are the one who started me on this journey so many years ago!
Aw! That makes me so happy. Thanks for being with me all this time. 💐
Very good idea. I'm gonna try this. I live in one room I sew and craft and play guitar so many things to try to find room for. I do have those cubby boxes and usually buy quart bags. This will help me immensely as I have those plastic drawers but they get stuffed fast. I had heard of sucking the air out with a straw too. Thanks noreen.👍
I hope you like it as much as I do!!!
@@TheCraftyOrganizer I'm sure I will thanks again.
Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Thank you SO much!
Your comment about "I find value in the little things" also hit a mark. I've been keeping some stuff because I thought I'm supposed to ... not because it's valuable. This one phrase will really help me declutter items that don't have value, but that I feel guilty throwing them away. Again ... thank you so very much!
OMGosh! That is fantastic! I am so glad it hit a mark. :)
plastic/silicone straws work wonderfully for sucking out the air from the bags: once you get the air out, you can squish the straw as you pull it out to close the bag with minimal air returning to the bag 🙂
Thanks, Norrine - these storage solutions are perfect for using in my filing cabinet! I can see my air dry clay, tools for it, and silicon molds, my tapes, glues, etc using up far less space, yet being readily accessible!
I love this idea! My husband agreed to go through his furnace room storage! It was killing me but I stayed away 😮 knowing I could sneak back. 😊 I will do this in my spaces and show him!
Let me know how this goes!!!
This video was so very helpful! It solves the age-old problem of where to begin and where to go! Analysis paralysis is a real thing; this method gives you the freedom to fail fast and pivot. It scales! Just start! I only had to grab some ziplock bags to get going; the barrier to entry is so small. I almost got stuck waiting for the 'right container' to come along; don't! Just use whatever you have; you can grow this system. So far, I've organized my crazy card/scrapbook supplies and seeds! Did I mention how forgiving this method is? If you get stuck or change your mind, it is not the end of the world. Please make more videos about this method; it's so wonderful.
I am so happy to hear this!!!! I always thought it was an easy system too... I am SO glad it clicked for you!!! Keep me posted on your progress!
You are the most practical organizer ever! Thank you for sharing your awesome tricks and showing them clearly. I can think of a lot of uses for this system for so many crafts, junk drawers, fabric scraps, etc etc. Time to organize! 🤣
Happy to help! Have fun organizing!!
I love this plan for storing things and letting go of their packaging! It will save so much space! I normally keep the item in its original pkg. This makes me willing to let it go! 😊 ❤
I'm so happy for you that you've found a good person to spend your life with! ❤️ You'll still have challenges, but it's the long haul and how you both work thru things that come up that matters. ❤
Thank you so much! I couldn't agree more. I didn't realize how much better life could be, until I did finally meet the right person. ❤
I love this!! I’m going to use this to organize the “this and that” in my classroom!! 💜
Hey you!!!! I should come up and help you!!!!
Omg yes please!! You’re welcome any time 💜
WOW! Just in time! Boy do I need this, my age and “disability”combine to create a massive craft room organizing disaster! This method will clear up so much confusion and lost to me items! My daughter has struggled to understand why I haven’t created consistently, not being able to find all needed supplies and tools shuts me down! It’s no fun and I get depressed when I can’t create! Piles of unfinished projects seem like monsters and I fear losing needed parts! ! 10:59
I hope you get to create soon!!!! It's so helpful (at least for me) with my mental health!!!! Consider me your personal cheerleader and giver of suggestions! 💜
You are a genius! I tried crafting and mixed media a few years ago but neither kept my interest. Then I discovered fluid art which has a lot of bulky items and are hard to store along with my small stash of leftover crafting supplies. This organization hack will definitely help not only with my small items but my bulkier ones too. I can't wait to get started! I love your videos so much❤
Yay!!!! I'm so excited for you! Let me know how it goes!
New subscriber. Thanks for creating great content!
Welcome! Thanks for joining my crafty family!!
This was great timing as I’m reorganizing my entire room! I was just thinking about how to deal with all my little things that I’ve collected (hoarded😜!) I’ve got so much! Thank you! 😊
You got this!
Oh my gracious you are the answer to my “crafty disaster” lol
So I know it’s probably strange to most people but we have 8 people including 4 kids in a 4 bedroom house so my bedroom is my craft storage and my crafting is done at the dining room table. My room is small but I cleared out the closet and bought a dresser that fit inside of it, I also having a hanging thing that holds my sheets, pillowcases and towels lol AND a rolling cart with supplies and a project cart. I also have a tall cart with many drawers and a shelf with 3 crates and 2 cases one with wood/leather tools and the other is “odds and ends” lastly 2 large containers one used to be my pet food container and the other is odds and ends mostly cardboard for crafting lol. Yep I also try not to toss anything away (much to the dismay of my family) so I have been limiting saving boxes cause Amazon loves huge families.
I love this and I’m going to get a start of doing this for me craft room. I’m replacing some of these with another dresser so it’s not so chaotic in here.
It sounds like you are making the best choices for your space, and making great choices. 💜 Good luck with this tool for your organizing - and please keep me posted!
I get my craft cottage next week and I can’t stop thinking about how I need to get a system. This helps sooooo much!! 🎉
I am so excited for you!!!!!! Send me pictures!!!!
I love this! I am in the middle of putting together my craft room and will definitely have to use this system! I was getting overwhelmed with some items, but this solves the problem!!
That makes me so happy to hear!!!
THIS IS AMAZING!!! I have been struggling so much with how to organize and store a bunch of small things for so long. I love how this is SO SIMPLE and CHEAP! 😄💖
You are so welcome!
Love this! So many suggestions just cost too much, my frugal heart can’t stand it 😂. This system can be used for so many things and with inexpensive / up cycled items - perfect! I’m using an old dresser for craft items and it tends to get over stuffed. This may be exactly what it needs ❤
Frugal is my first language. LOL
As a squirrel-brained crafty person who hobby-hops A LOT.... This is brilliant. I like the simplicity, the affordability, and the ability to break it down as little or as much as I want categorically.
YEAH!!!! Us squirrel-brained crafty people need to stick together!!!! That box/rod/lid/etc has a use!!!! And I usually find it's use!!!! It just may take me a while. LOL
I got the idea from a home organizing book and it’s mind blowing that ziploc bags never occurred to me before 😂 she had suggested a binder instead of a box though, and I think I’ll use all of the above!
Let me know how it goes! :)
Well now that makes a ton of sense! Between caring for my mom in our home and after she passed our middle child & grand move home…my craft room has been moved and repacked so many times that everything is a bit jumbled. I have always been pretty good at organizing but all this mash up had me upset. It’s terrible to craft and have to hunt for stuff you know you have! This really is helpful. Thank you so much. Glad I stumbled on to you! ❤
I'm glad you did too!!!! Consider me your personal cheerleader and giver of suggestions to get that craft space back (and enjoyable)! 💜
Using this idea to sort out, the enormous tub of, pictures!
Perfect use for this system!!!
I use clear plastic lids like a clam-shell for sharp items, and tape the edge approximately 75% around, and place one strip over the top to keep it closed. When i need to remove a few items, I squeeze the sides like the old spring closed change purses to make it bow open.
Oh, I like that idea!!!! Thanks!
I have downloaded (Premium option), saved and bookmarked this video!! I had done the ziploc bag thing for organizing but your brilliant addition of the cardboard to make it stand up is nothing short of genius! It also doubles as a label system. So glad I've been saving cereal boxes! Off to revamp my miscellaneouses 😁.
I also appreciated the additional matching of boxes to size of bags. That was useful to me.
So happy to see you're back in my feeds!
Yay!!!! So glad it was helpful!!!! Happy organizing!
If you use a straw in the corner of your bag and suck out the air you won’t have to put your mouth on the bag that is handled and gets a lot more air out of the bag. I like the idea of cardstock in the bag. Great video
This is sort of how I organize my craft items too, but didn’t think of the cardstock liners for writing the categories and to keep it standing. GREAT IDEA!! Thanks 😊
Thanks, Carrie! Hope it helps. Thanks for being with me for so long.
Great tips❗️I took photos of my clutter! On my goodness! I have a huge job for myself! I’m loving you & your channel❣️🕊️
So glad to have you here with me! I have a huge job in my own space.... we will both take our time and enjoy the process. 💐
This is great! I'm taking empty bags to dollar tree to find storage bins that fit perfectly. I have so many little scraps left over from so many projects.
Yay! Let me know how it goes!!!!
This video will be a lifesaver for me. I always start decluttering and end up stopping when I get to all of that "good" junk that we never know what to do with or where to put it. Finally, an idea that makes sense, looks neat, and will be easy to implement. I'm finally looking forward to clearing out all of this stuff that I don't know where it came from.🙄I couldn't subscribe to your channel fast enough! Thanks for sharing this!
I am so glad!!!!! Thank you for joining my crafty family - and please keep me posted on your progress! :)
OMG!! This is EXACTLY what I need!! Thanks for saving my sanity.🎉😊😊😊
WOOHOO! That was my goal! So glad it will be helpful!
I have clear bins sorted by
Sharp things
Sticky things
Poking and stapling things
Wire things
Wood things
Paper things
Plastic things
Leather things
Fabric things
Resin things
And everything is visible through the bins... and those KFC bowls are *so good* for sorting and keeping the small bits of a project together!
I love your labeling system! So cute! And I agree... you saw I keep those KFC bowls! LOL