Hey Noreen (I hope I spelled it correctly). Just happened upon this video and it was the thumbnail that caught my attention. I am an elderly crafter who is challenged with physical issues. My craft room has gotten out of control to the point where it is taking away from my creativity, and that makes me so sad because for me, I am basically homebound and crafting is my only therapeutic relief. In fact, I have already been 'feeling' the effects of not crafting. Because of my physical issues, I do find that it doesn't take much for my room to get out of control; when I do craft, I do it in stages as I can't sit/stand for too long or fatigue hits me like a 'ton of bricks'. I've finally realized that I need to do something about this as I'm tired of wasting my valuable energy just to find something and/or things falling over every time I grab something. The old saying 'take it one day at a time' is so true for anything difficult that needs to be tackled and so I will remind myself of that when I begin my 'organizational journey'. Let's face it, if I look at the enormous organizational job ahead of me, I know it will overwhelm me and I won't start. By taking baby steps I will be more able to tackle it one category at a time and be more successful at getting organized. Thank you for all your advice. I would like to see more information on handling the scrap papers in the binder. If anyone else is interested, please 'thumbs up' this comment so that Noreen knows that there is interest in this topic. This blessed Nana of 8 would so appreciate it. Happy crafting everyone! PS: New subbie now, Noreen
I'm in the same position! I'm not that old, 52, but I have several chronic illnesses that limit my movement. My Craft space is actually my living room, and I've taken the same approach as you. I wish you the best!
Nancy Lynn hello, I have some of the same health issues..I just wanted to comment and encourage you to keep up those baby steps. I hope that you are doing well. Sherry
Awe ladies I’m in the same position as well. I suffer with chronic fatigue, RA and many other things. I just don’t know where to even start . I don’t know when I’ve crafted because I’m so overwhelmed with just trying to organize the mess .
Y’all are sounding like me! We have fibromyalgia, I never have energy to finish ANYTHING, the fibro-fog keeps from remembering what the hell I was working on! I have a nice big room, lots of shelves, a great futon for resting, and SUCH A FEAR THAT I VOMIT WHEN I GO IN AND SIT DOWN. I have projects in containers to keep all the parts together...paints, brushes, ephemera and canvas to work on a collage. Beads and tools, string and scissors to make a wind chime, many things to make terrariums with...y’all get the idea. I’m so depressed in my mind that I can’t imagine any goodness coming from that room or my hands. Sculpting is a no, also. Mosaics? Wow. So many tiny pieces...so many naps to take!! I would love to have a medication that would take away my pain, and somehow make me think that “you can do, young girl...go to the Light!” (You know. Something deep and meaningful like that.) But I’m loaded with enough crafts to make any craft ...decoupage, mosaics, crochet, I have a sewing machine, fully lined cabinets FULL of boxes...clay, stones, pens, paints, beads, findings, tools, and molds. I can do assemblages and miniatures, dioramas, paint...just everything! But I’m so terrified that it’s all just sitting in there! I’m sure that many of you would say ‘get over it!!’ But I’d really love some help! I spend so much time crying and moving my stuff around I don’t know what else to do!
@@pointyblackhat9045 Try to not loose faith in yourself hun!! Even Breathing is overwhelming at times, I know. Can you get a few boxes or totes of some kind? If totes temporarily label them. Decide on how much time you can spend towards organization a day. Whether it be 20 minutes or an hour. Don't stress at setting an exact time of day or how long. Except at least 10 minutes a day. Maybe perhaps after a nap! On your 1st day make space to set these containers of your choosing. Day 2, sit down in a comfortable chair or on the floor next to a pile. And just start putting the supplies in it's chosen container. Example, mixed media box, diorama box, etc. If one box gets full close it, stack the next 1 on top or put in it's place. Remembering to have a box for donate ready as well. If you can't see yourself using it, just put it in donate. Don't think on it to long or you will still have a room full of maybe I will use it someday supplies. Taking up valuable space. Once these boxes are full and your room is cluttered free. The next set of goals is to begin with your most favorite craft. Grab that box and you can begin to organize each boxed category 1 at a time. Again for example Mixed Media has become 1 of my favorite things to work on. The more I enjoy a specific craft the easier it was to organize each big box. If you skip a day, don't beat yourself up about it. Rest and try to get back to it if you can even its for a few minutes. It takes a bit of time. Be patient with yourself and remember it is possible to get back to crafting. Oh another key to organization is don't buy a bunch of organizing containers no matter how cute or how much you think you will use it. Until your going through each box, decide only than, to get containers that would suite your needs best and fit in your space. Otherwise if you buy a bunch of anything to just organize chances are it ends up in the donate box because it just doesn't work. Good Luck and be strong through your adventure to a clutter free craft room. Because you can do it, 1 day at a time. I hope this helps and makes sense! Sorry Clutter Fairy. I spend everyday with my friend of misery named Pain. And it took some time for me to organize my craft room. I never knew if I could get out of bed that day or not but I was determined. Because Like you Black Hat. Crafting is my only, therapeutic escape. Again Good Luck and Take Care!! You can do it!! 💖 💗💖💗
I had to pause this video 3 minutes in. I laughed out loud when you showed the image of craft room realities. That is absolutely my craft room!! LOL. I'm already looking forward to watching the rest, plus part 2!
OMG, how helpful your video is! I'm at the beginning of setting up a craft room and organizing all my stuff,like beads,yarns, and other accessories. You gave me some very good ideas by sharing this video. Thank you so much!
I am trying to organize my office...the ideas you presented here will also help me with that. Thanks so much for keeping it short and sweet and to the point.
Thank you for making the very important point that there are crafting items we use and others we dream of using some day. At a certain point the cute items that never get used need to go. It’s hard to let go of a dream, so to speak, but important to help me be in the moment and enjoy what I have that I am really going to use.
Just found you. New subscriber here. I live and travel full time in an RV with my husband and fur babies and crafting supplies. I would love some organizing ideas for all my stuff. I mainly just do cards. There are a lot of us mobile crafters out here that could use some ideas. Thank you so much and I actually did get a couple good ideas already just from this one video 😊
I would love to see the 12 x 12 clear folders for scraps as you were describing. This is a great video for me as I am in the process of redoing my craft studio.
Noreen I also found you by accident. I am soooo very glad I did. I am binge watching your video's tonight. LOL I am in the process of moving and setting up a new sewing room, an area to paint and all my other crafts! You are a dream come true with all your functional ideas. I am now a subscriber. LOL
I had 3 young grandsons come live with me one evening almost 5 years ago. Everything of mine had to be shoved aside while we created space and beds in one evening. I now have many pairs of school uniform pants to hem. I purchased a couple of sewing machines and sewing supplies. I looked around, and the clutter is so bad I had nowhere to sew. I looked out the window at the camping trailer that was sitting idle, and voila I have a sewing room. It's the one space that is clutter free.
ClutterBug I love both your channel and Norines Crafty Organizer! It is so great to see a well known RU-vidr, author of books and known through HGTV, supporting up and coming RU-vidrs. I am an avid watcher of both your channels.
Yes! I am overwhelmed by my scraps. I save everything thinking I might use it and then when I try to look for a scrap instead of pulling a new sheet of paper, I can' t find what I'm looking for. My scrap piles are literally from the Cricut mat to the pile. When I try to cut off the small pieces, I can't decide what is too small to save. The binder and page protectors idea feels overwhelming because I could potentially have a binder for each color (shades of pink, shades of blue, etc). I know there are other people who have been crafting for years. What do you do with scraps!
Thank you - I did find your RU-vid interesting and helpful. My whole HOUSE is my storage room except for my two bathrooms, hehehe, so I'm desperate to find a way to sort through and de-clutter. LOVE your room - my favourite colours are aquas and turquoises so am now going to see what I can find. I really want my ink pads stored in a way that you showed in the "ideal" craftroom that we all want, so am going to try to find storage solutions for them. Love your ideas and am keen to start getting organised. Thank yo so much.
I use so many mediums. My arts and crafts room has to accommodate crochet and yarn, embroidery, water paints, oil painting, acrylics, scrapbooking and card making. Help. The room is probably 12x 12
Break down everything.... then you can have "sections" with each main craft item... What furniture do you have in the room?? Or Closet space... Can you email me a picture?? CallClutterFairy@gmail.com
Thanks for the ideas here! I’ve been overwhelmed by my supplies so breaking it down and putting likes with likes is a common sense thing. Now to put it to practise. Thanks again. 👍🏽
I’m so glad you did this video, my craft room is crazy. I’d love for you to do a video on small area crafts when you don’t have a separate room for your crafts.
I just discovered your channel and I love it! So far, my favorite thing is the way you encourage everyone to do their own research and figure out what will work best for them. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas
I really love your videos, and get lots of ideas. I make polyclay jewelry, as well as beaded, so I have a huge amount of clay and beads and findings. Although they are in containers, I still have to constantly search, and re-organize as I go from one to the other. It's making me crazy to spend more time looking than working. Each video I see gives me more valuable ideas. I haven't tackled it yet, but I'm really encouraged by watching you. Thank you very much.
I agree, I must always be able to see my goodies. I have the 3 shelf Origami folding shelves with casters. I keep fabric in faux leather bins and some are folded, stored on the shelves neatly. Also, I keep one of my sewing machines on one of the shelves. Whenever I'm feeling crafty, I just roll the unit out of my small walk in closet. Storage space is hard to come by in a NYC studio apartment so this works out well for me.
I love storing my fabrics, paints, papers and little doodads in glass front China cabinets so I can see what I have (arranged by color and category). I store machines and things that don't inspire me behind the solid lower doors and drawers. If I need more visual storage, I replace the solid doors with plexiglass or wire front doors. They can often be easily (if crudely) constructed from firring strips and chicken wire or hardware cloth and reuse the original hinges.
Great video! Very helpful! I know I need to gift some items. my problem is I have so different crafts that I love. For a few months I will be focused on beading/jewelry, then I will switch to knitting, then I will switch to sewing & sometimes I even switch to canvas & upholstery for boats. Almost 2 years ago I started baking & decorating cookies. Then a few months ago drum roll....wait for it....BAM. I bought my first cutting machine. Any way I really appreciate your great video & all the great comments from your viewers. I would definitely be interested in seeing the video about organizing the 12x12 scraps. Kind Regards, Pamela
Pamela, glad to know it's not just me. Even though I still work FT, my second job starts when I get home and I too do a little of everything and I sell my crafts at markets. But having so many different crafts, that means you also have a lot of different supplies. I use my kids old bedrooms but I still need help organizing. I try to put the likes together, but there is so much and I really don't have organizational skills. It can be very frustrating at times looking for things and yet I've managed to let the dysfunction work. I would like to one day get it together. De'
@@elizabethseaborn7300 Can so relate literally since in addition to having basically horrid organizing skills i also have short term memory issues ugh.
Just wanted to thank you for your videos. Just found your channel today and subscribed. You have pulled all my scattered ideas together into a cohesive plan. Love your style and your craft room/video studio. Well done‼️👍💃
Thanks for the ideas! I have cats who like to “help” me craft (mostly card making). I need storage solutions that keep out the animals and the dust (apparently, my craft acquisition hobby outweighs my actual crafting). I’m a new fan of yours, having just discovered you accidentally. So now, I’ve subscribed and am enjoying your videos.
Fabulous, thank you, I like not having lots of 'stuff' and having 'enough' craft items that I remember what I have and use it x I like ideas on maximising small areas for storage and especially with a tall bookcase x much love from the UK xx
Love your craft room! You are so practical. We all love the big lavish rooms on Pinterest but most of us have a smaller space and less money to spend on storage. Thanks for sharing.
This was great! I am a seamstress and artist and do I need the help gaining control over those two areas. Yikes! Thank you so much; you've given me hope. Talk about overwhelmed and even the start of some depression. So keep up the good work❤️
I really enjoyed your video so much. Thank you for sharing. I recently emptied my messy craft room and removed everything out to my large living room which allowed me the space to separate everything and I did exactly what you said ... put like things together. Most of my storage containers are from the dollar tree, also. For larger bins, I went to WalMart and was able to find many different sizes for my larger items at a reasonable price. It does take time and the mess seems to get worse before it gets better, but it is so worth taking the time! With all of this organization there is no reason why my room should ever get messy again because everything has a place and I put everything back in its proper place when I'm done with it. Now my craft room is a calming, fun environment instead of a stressful one. :)
Shan Tilley wow, I’m certain the newly organized and decorated craft room feels relaxing and enjoyable, pat yourself on the back too when you’re finished crafting that day you put everything back in its place and clean up/sweep up your work area! Now you need to make a sign to hang on the outside of your door informing everyone you’re not dead, you’re on a well deserved craftcation, so they need not to worry.... and they’d be extremely appreciated if they’ll sit a cup of coffee or water and perhaps even a hot meal or sandwich right outside your door! lol 🤣👩🏼🎨✂️🖌🍷☕️🥪🍲 🚪
I am new and I find you very very helpful. Your visit around Ikea was awesome. I actually took photos so I could remember and get busy ordering. Thankx.
Two things; the "likes with likes" and then grouping them together to see how many/much I need to find a home for is exactly what I needed to hear. ...problem solved! Being one of your baby subbies 🙋♀️ I'm wondering how I've made it this far without you! 🤗 Wanted to thank you, too, for explaining the consistent requests to like, comment, and subscribe all my instructors make. All I could surmise was that doing those things was a good thing for y'all but I didn't know why, and it honestly never occurred to me that it'd benefit moi! 😲😃😁👍 Very cool! Didn't know RU-vid cared.😉 ...explains a lot 'tho. Thanks for teaching me so very much helpful stuff. I enjoy spending time with you. With love from the Southern California desert, MK ❤☀️🌵
I just came upon your channel. Single mom very new to the crafting and cricut world. Currently every thing is taking over my kitchenette dining table. I don’t have space for a room but would like to create a cart or something that will keep me organized while crafting. Your realistic idea is giving me some ideas thank you
I’m new to your channel and I absolutely love your ideas for storage. I just decided to cut all my 12 x 12 paper into 6 x 6 pieces and I believe I will use more of the 12 x 12 paper than I did before.
I would love a video of when your craft space also serves another purpose. Such as a bedroom. I do mixed media projects so there's cardboard, card stock, fabric, metal fittings, wooden things, miniature stuff, polymer clay, ribbons, tools, I want it to be easy to access but also aesthetically pleasing. Each project demands the use of various materials. I'm single, so I went to a twin bed that I fashioned into a daybed look-- but even THAT takes up more room than is ideal. I love your videos and your delivery s relaxing and the tips are really helpful.
Thank you so much for all your great ideas on organization. I just love all your ideas and colors. And yes, I would love to see a good video on how to better arrange your scraps. I have a ton and can't seem to get a really good organization idea for it. I've watched many on here and I do have a system but it's getting out of hand again and need something that perhaps would work better. I love that you're so realistic about things. Thank you for sharing. You have such a sweet spirit. God bless you.
Great video, but after 3 yrs of working at Joann’s, exclusively in their paper craft section at Joann’s for 3 yrs, I know that standing your paper on its edge promotes bending and creasing, so it’s best to have it lay flat....
Thank you! I'm mentally trying to get a grip on how to organize all my crafts when I really need to just dig in and start figuring out what i use and don't use. Great video! Very inspiring!
Needed this! We just bought our forever home and I am so excited about having a craft room. It has been a "catch all" room since the move but we are almost to where I can be able to set it up. I cant wait! The drawer used to hang ribbon will be used. 😊👍
I really like this video. It came at the perfect time because I am trying to organize my craft room now. What I especially like about your video is that you didn't focus on just one craft. So many of the rooms I have seen are just for scrapbookers or quilters or card makers. I do multiple crafts and your video is the first one I've seen that addresses that. I am going to use your ideas and hopefully soon I will have a clean and organized place to work. Thank you.
I love this video. I no longer have a craft room as my daughter and granddaughter moved in so I have a small space in my bedroom that I use and my closet Great idea about fitting things to size thanks for sharing
Thank u so much for taking the time to show us the way to craft mind freedom. I was in need to this at this time. And AWESOME here u are.. Yayyyy!! I am new to you. The universe connected us cuz it new I needed it. Thanks, Karidad
I feel so overwhelmed when I look at my craft from. I have tried several times to organize it and I run out of room. I’ve tried to get rid of things but I still run out of room. Feeling frustrated
Hi, I really like your very practical advice on de-cluttering... Most of the time when I am looking for organizing craft rooms tutorials, I always end up with videos of craft rooms that looks like a store to me, although they're very organized and looks luxurious craft room but its so unrealistic to me. Like you, I believe too that we don't need to buy a lot of extra luxurious storage systems to put in lots of unneeded craft supplies. We only keep what we will be using always. So thank you so much for this video that shows us just that. Looking forward for more videos of practical advice on de-cluttering stuffs....from your new subscriber
first time watcher. I am just starting to organize my room to make it usable..I love the idea of starting with sorting "Likes with Likes" I wasn't sure where to start and now I know!
Totally hooked on your channel. Your videos are so inspiring and helpful! !! Thank you and please don’t ever stop doing what you do so well. Hope you have a blessed day. It’s almost 4:00 am here, I’ve been up since 12:30 and now I’m going back to bed… Good Night 💤
this video helped me realize i have too any things i dont use I like your approach to simplify and that I do not need to spend a of money to be organized thank you
I organize mine in plastic sleeves in a binder. I organize them by categories; so alphabet letters, floral, vacation, sports, etc. Let me know if you'd like a video on it. Thanks for the great question!
I think as "makers," we tend to collect those things that spark our imagination. And, in fact, we probably appear to be hoarders by those who don't find the same joy in creating. I love all my stuff--thousands of bits and bobs that someone else might call junk. As with many makers, I find happiness in exploring many kinds of crafts, and therein lies the challenge of organization. But the truth is, if you can't find it, it's the same as not having it. For the past year I've worked to organize much in way you suggest--like with like. I continue to go vertical, though, as my floor space is limited. Thank you for your suggestions. There are dozens of sub-categories that could be researched for organizational tips such as vintage paper and ephemera, polymer clay, mixed media, etc. One of my issues is that I work with reclaimed / recycled materials, making it hard to categorize many things. I have a box labeled "parts," because I'm not even sure what they are other than being interesting in themselves.
I suggest you work on breaking down the categories; If it's tiles, have a bin with tiles. If you have wood, get a separate bin for wood. Separate all materials by what they are - because chances are those materials cross over from craft to craft (at least it does with me.) If you have several small amounts of things keep it in one 'miscellaneous' container... but keep each medium in a separate baggie or smaller box clearly labeled. Again my example as I have one large box and it has leather scraps, feathers, beads, wire, etc., but I don't have enough for them to have their own separate boxes... so I keep them in storage bags and then inside that miscellaneous Box. Does that help?
I'm with you Lori. I have beads and ornament ideas and sewing projects and flower arrangement ideas. My craft room looks like a junk room and it is very difficult to even work in. I'm going to challenge myself and tackle this mess. Wish me luck. LOL
I agree with the difficulty of organizing if you are a multi craft crafter. I see scrapbookers or stampers who have a ton of a single item and it looks so great. When you have all sorts of odds and ends....not so much. I'm working on organizing the basics but haven't got a handle on the "other" stuff. Time to get seriously creative.
Wish I had seen this before my recent reorganization. This is how it finally occurred to me would work with my stuff. Likes with likes is exactly what I did, wish it hadn't taken me so long to figure it out. Great ideas, thanks
