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Scissors – Craft Storage Ideas

October 9, 2014 By Karen Mitchell

This entry is part 9 of 31 in the series Craft Storage Ideas

Hi and welcome to Over the Moon. This month I’m joining in on a month-long blogging project created by The Nester, you can find the rest of the participants at 31 Days. This is day nine of 31 days of Craft Storage Ideas. Storage is at a premium in our little cottage and unfortunately I don’t have a craft space of my own. One day, I’ll turn one of the bedrooms into my studio.

Store your scissors on a mug tree. Excellent idea from The North End Loft
Hang your scissors on a rail (this might be an IKEA rail and hooks). via A Prudent Life
Make pockets in an embroidery hoop. via Useful DIY
Clever idea from Scrapbook.com. Pretty fabric, a picture frame and denim pockets
Use a cutlery caddy for your scissor storage. via At Home Sewing on Flickr
Or use a knife magnet. via Flickr

If you’ve found other ideas for storing scissors let me know in the comments or by using the contact link at the top of the page.

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Coming tomorrow…Yarn!

Embellishments Part 2 – Craft Storage Ideas

October 8, 2014 By Karen Mitchell

This entry is part 8 of 31 in the series Craft Storage Ideas

Hi and welcome to Over the Moon. This month I’m joining in on a month-long blogging project created by The Nester, you can find the rest of the participants at 31 Days. This is day eight of 31 days of Craft Storage Ideas. Storage is at a premium in our little cottage and unfortunately I don’t have a craft space of my own. One day, I’ll turn one of the bedrooms into my studio.

Better Homes and Gardens suggests using a tin recipe box
Gabrielle takes us on a tour of her scrap room . Those little jars are so cute!
I think those are magnetic spice containers from IKEA. via Decorating Files and Creating Keepsakes
A clever idea for pegboard. Hang a clipboard to keep stickers sorted. via Better Homes and Gardens
The Clever Jedi uses a mug tree and snap locks on rings to keep her small embellishments organised.
I really LOVE THIS! A lovely re-purposed spice rack from The Crafted Sparrow.
Magazine holder used to store sticker sheets. via A Cherry on Top
The Science Diva converted a plastic tool box with drawers into a customized scrapbook toolbox.

If you’ve found other ideas for storage ideas for small embellishments let me know in the comments or by using the contact link at the top of the page.

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Coming tomorrow…Scissors

Embellishments Part 1 – Craft Storage Ideas

October 7, 2014 By Karen Mitchell

This entry is part 7 of 31 in the series Craft Storage Ideas

Hi and welcome to Over the Moon. This month I’m joining in on a month-long blogging project created by The Nester, you can find the rest of the participants at 31 Days. This is day seven of 31 days of Craft Storage Ideas. Storage is at a premium in our little cottage and unfortunately I don’t have a craft space of my own. One day, I’ll turn one of the bedrooms into my studio.

You don’t really need to translate x4Duros as its pretty self-explanatory. Essentially an IKEA hack of their spice rack, a spring-loaded curtain rod and the cutting blade from a plastic wrap dispenser.
The Creative Accountant uses a trouser hangar to store washi tape.
Kendra of Simply {Darr}ling re-purposes a mug rack into desktop washi tape storage.
Don’t forget that you can use a simple cutlery draper insert to keep your washi tape neat and tidy. via How to Nest for Less
Melinda of The Scrap Farm uses a coffee pod dispenser for her washi tape. Coffee lovers be warned!!
Don’t forget about the We R Memory Keepers carousel at Scrapbook.com
Store your washi tape in a beautiful jar just like Melanie of the Scraptastic Club. Melanie has a great craft room with plenty of storage too!
Jamie of Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom turned her washi tape storage into a piece of art by adding hooks and dowels to a picture frame.

Chris from Just a Girl wound her ribbons onto a card and put them in a pretty basket
Sandra keeps small lengths of ribbon on wooden pegs. Wouldn’t these look gorgeous in a really big jar?
Keep matching colours of ribbon in glass canisters. via Better Homes and Gardens
Keep narrow ribbon in tic tac boxes. via Pinterest
Re-purpose a spindle CD holder. Source unknown
Wire baskets from IKEA turned out to be the perfect solutions for Jillian of Entirely Smitten
Lindsay of The Cottage Mama has a tutorial for a ribbon holder that is quick and inexpensive.
Store your ribbon in basket and thread the ends through the holes to keep things tidy. via Pinterest

If you’ve found other ideas for storage ideas let me know in the comments or by using the contact link at the top of the page.

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Coming tomorrow…Part 2 Other Embelishments

Glue and Adhesives – Craft Storage Ideas

October 6, 2014 By Karen Mitchell

This entry is part 6 of 31 in the series Craft Storage Ideas

Hi and welcome to Over the Moon. This month I’m joining in on a month-long blogging project created by The Nester, you can find the rest of the participants at 31 Days. This is day six of 31 days of Craft Storage Ideas. Storage is at a premium in our little cottage and unfortunately I don’t have a craft space of my own. One day, I’ll turn one of the bedrooms into my studio.

Cotts from the Cricut-Lover uses icypole trays to store her glue bottles upside down.
Bonnie of Bonnie’s Creative Place also stores her glue bottles this way but uses off-cuts of PVC pipes, suitably decorated of course!
The Felted Chicken uses hooks and mini buckets to store her hot glue guns and glue sticks on a peg board.
I love this hot glue gun holder made by Shanty 2 Chic.
Kattis Scrapp has decorated a pretty picture frame and used it to store her glitter glue bottles upside down with velcro!

If you’ve found other ideas for glue storage let me know in the comments or by using the contact link at the top of the page.

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Coming tomorrow…Washi Tape and Ribbon

Ink – Craft Storage Ideas

October 5, 2014 By Karen Mitchell

This entry is part 5 of 31 in the series Craft Storage Ideas

Hi and welcome to Over the Moon. This month I’m joining in on a month-long blogging project created by The Nester, you can find the rest of the participants at 31 Days. This is day five of 31 days of Craft Storage Ideas. Storage is at a premium in our little cottage and unfortunately I don’t have a craft space of my own. One day, I’ll turn one of the bedrooms into my studio.

Here are some ideas to store both the stamp pads and ink bottles.

Store ink bottles in a plastic box and make custom plastic canvas dividers. From A Page in Time
Magnets and a cookie sheet will help keep your ink bottles (or paint) upside down and off your desk. The Polymer Arts
Keep your stamp pads off the desktop and up on a wall with this DIY wooden shelf unit from Did You Stamp Today?
Yet another IKEA insert for the Expedit! Stamp n Storage
Here’s a link to a PDFs tutorial to make this DIY ink pad turntable

Finally, time to hit the yard/garge sales and see if you can find an old style audio cassette carousel. It seems they are the perfect size to store ink pads. This ideas is courtesy of Split Coast Stampers.