Craft Room Organization Fundamentals

Have you ever experienced creating something really unique, perhaps a treasure box, cake or a dress made from scratch? Isn’t it a feeling of complete bliss? Being creative can begin from childhood when you can mold clay, finger paint and build castles with Lego blocks. This can continue till adulthood when you have ample time to remain creative or it may not. With a nine to five job to attend to, sometimes, getting creative requires a lot more energy.

Being in touch with your creative self is crucial in having a healthy spiritual and emotional health. In fact, feelings can be expressed through art therapy. This involves a sense of creation and play; woodwork, drawing, baking, gardening or whatever you like doing.

Creativity is a wonderful method of beating stress and also in getting in touch with your inner self. So if you want a little helping hand in reviving your creative skills, then here are some tips –

Know Your Skills

If you have to revive your artistic aptitude, then you have to define what this skill or talent is. As soon as you are able to identify your skill, you can learn some more and be able to develop it. Skills can be classified in the following aspects –

Communication

Self-management

Thinking skills

Resilience

Positive attitude

Thinking skills

These are employability skills but there are also artistic skills such as the creation of painting, sculpture, clothing, drawings, etc.

Be Willing to Experiment

If you have a skill, then be willing to experiment. Try different ways and techniques. Without experimentation, your skill would become stagnant and you would have zero thrill.

It’s Time to Organize

Organizing your craft room is an extremely personal activity. It can be overwhelming at times especially when you’re trying to figure out where to store your craft stash. This becomes doubly difficult when you are a hoarder or a DIY fanatic.

If you sew, you can store fabrics in plastic containers with lid. You can then stack these storage containers from the floor all the way to the ceiling.

How you organize your craft materials is also dependent on how much space you have to spare. If you have available closet space, they drape fabric over the coat hangers. When you have a blank wall, then organize the fabrics inside plastic bins according to color or type. Again, stack these up.

If you have a good number of shelving units, then consider installing doors or tacking some fabrics like curtain. This should protect your art materials from dust.

In the absence of ample storage space, then recreate your staircase into a fabric-lined area.

Whether you choose baskets, plastic tubs, or cabinets and shelves, just remember to keep your yarn or thread stash organized according to color. This will make it easier for your eyes to recognize the supplies with just one glance. This will also help you prepare much more quickly for upcoming activities.

The less time you spend hunting for materials, the more time you will have to be inspired.

Fill baskets, jars, and boxes with ample supplies that you need. Don’t forget those pushpins, paper punch, scissors and other necessary materials.

In organizing paper, make sure that you place them in magazine holders instead of the usual stacks. Organize them according to color or type. The buttons can be stored in 5-inch glass jars.

Don’t get entangled in a roomful of yarn and fabrics. Instead, find an unused room or nook and turn this into your first craft room. If this isn’t possible at the moment, use a kitchen table and turn it into a unique crafts table.

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