She's Crafty!!

I worked super duper hard re- doing/organizing our basement. I had all of my various crafty stuff stored throughout different cupboards and drawers wherever I could find space in the house. I really attribute me not being able to get any scrapbookin done to the fact that my stuff was scattered and it was such a pain to get everything out, work for a bit and then have to find places for everything all over again. After visiting Katie and see her super cool set- up I had to work something out. So I set to work on the basement. First step sorting toys- what a pain!! I ended up with 3 big garbage bags, and 2 bags for sale/consignment/give away. Next step was some new shelving/storage units- I took the old stuff apart and took everything down and set up the new stuff. I was so stoked when it all paid off so that I had a whole bookshelf to myself for my craft stuff!! And I couldn't even fill it up- haha. Here is the wall that all of the bookshelves ended up~ This is the kids area where all of their stuff is stored. I am currently working on converting all of the VHS tapes to DVD and that will make even more room for all the future toys that they will get :) And Finally my little craft shelves :) I still have to pull out a card table and chair when I want to get crafty, but it really is so much better!! And here is the stuff that I have managed to get done! Working on Oliver's baby album-which Katie and I did some major damage in while we visited in Nebraska- I think we did like 36 pages or something of the like! Here are Thanksgiving and Christmas pages :)