Craft Room Cleaning Day

Today I was very brave – I decided to tackle my craft room. It’s been crazy around here with the holidays and all the many, many, many craft projects I am currently in the middle of. And I’m afraid I let my craft room get out of hand.

How bad was it, you ask? Well, get ready – it was this bad:

I told you it was bad! I couldn’t find anything, I had no room to work and I believe there was even a little mouse hiding amongst all that stuff (my cat kept staring at the pile – so either we have a mouse or he’s just a real neat-freak).

So after I cleaned up the rest of the downstairs (stamp club tonight – it’s so bad, my 4 year old daughter always says, “Mommy – you vacuumed – it must be stamp club night.” And she’s usually right.), I decided that I couldn’t even vacuum my craft room floor – I couldn’t get to it without sucking up lots of paper, ribbon and other assorted embellishments!

I began cleaning it at about 10 this morning – and I just finished at about 4:00. It really needed it! And we did indeed have a mouse. I found a little nest made with Stampin’ Up! cardstock scraps and ribbon WAY back in a corner – at least it had good craft taste!

Hmmm…re-reading this blog, you might think I’m a messy, dirty person. But really – I’m not! We have an old house and get about one or two mice a year – it’s not like our house is infested or anything.

Here – I’ll prove it – here’s my craft room after I finished cleaning it:

See – I’m not THAT bad!

While I’m at it – here are some more photos of my room. Here a shot from the same angle as the ‘before’ photo:

I emptied out all the boxes and re-packed them all. I have a LOT of craft stuff!

Here are my current SU stamp sets and some non-SU stamps on the side:

And here are my retired stamps:

I also have a bunch of non-SU stamps behind the door:

I also have my paper nice and organized:

And so are my inks in this great storage idea from IKEA:

And…for those who were concerned for the well-being of my family, we now have clean towels as well.

Happy, Marie?!?!

Now I’ve got to go finish cleaning before stamp club arrives and I need to pack for Houston.

I can’t wait to got to Leadership!!!! I’ll post from there and let you know how it’s going – wish me luck!