Ever since we moved in our house eight years ago, the girls have had a playroom in our finished basement. When we moved in it was HIDEOUS!!! It had dark green carpet, white walls, and terrible lighting. My very handy husband put in hardwood (laminate) floors, beadboard, new lighting, and then he painted it a sunny yellow color. Over the years as they have gotten older, they haven't used the playroom as much, so I decided to take it over for my own crafty space. Now that Carter is here, we are going to share the space. I've been working HARD, along with my mom's help, to make this space functional and cute for all of us. Since I make hair accessories, I have an extensive stash of stuff , so I need many storage containers. Of course, I want them to be functional and cute, as well as inexpensive. As I sat there looking at all of the supplies I have, I came up with this cute idea:
To make these, I simply glued two yo-yos together using hot glue, then glued them on a small magnet, made the tags, and stuck them to the buckets. It took all of ten minutes for the whole thing to come together.
While I was organizing, I was rolling up some pretty lace I have, and look what happened as I rolled it:
While I am at it, I have to share this cute little sign. This was in Emily's ladybug-themed nursery, and I just love the sentiment on it! I am a VERY lucky girl, that is for sure. I decided to keep it in my craft area - such sweet memories.
Now that I am getting an organized space to work in, I've been creating a few things to start selling again. I have sold hair accessories for many years, but took some time off to have Carter. When I found out I was having a boy, I sort of lost the desire to create hair accessories, but lately I've really missed it, and honestly need the income it provided our family. Some day soon, I am going to share a few of my creations from when I used to make the elaborate stacked, layered bows. It's fun to look back on those and remember how much fun I had making them!
Here is a sneak peek of a few things you might find in my Etsy shop when it opens =)
On a final note - look what is out of the box now - EEK!!!
It only took me six months to take it out of the box, but now that it's out, I have no excuses! I even have a little table set up in my craft/play room just for my sewing machine. I will be sharing the whole room when it is completed, which should be sometime this week. I am doing it on pretty much a zero budget, so it will be fun to share when it's complete!
Sharing here:
Lil Luna
4 comments:
love the idea to use those little buckets for your supplies and I actually like the hand written tags! I have the exact same sewing machine and I'm loving it, the bobbin can be a problem now and then again all bobbin's can be a pain!
Oh my goodness the rolled lace is gorgeous! I need to reorganize my craft room. Thanks for the inspiration!
love the sneak peeks!! can't wait to see the whole room!
How cute are your "metal bucket" storage bins! I totally agree that having a pretty (and organized) work area can really add to the inspiration. :-)
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