In honor of Mothers Day, it’s GIVEAWAY time! Scrapbookingcraftsandstorage is giving away an Arrow Sewing Cabinet worth over $140! This cabinet will allow for years of creating sewing and craft projects. Entering is easy–all you have to do is “like” scrapboookingcraftsandstorage on Facebook HERE, then leave a comment on this post with your email address (so we can contact you if you’re the winner). That’s it! Giveaway ends Saturday May 12th at midnight MST. Winner will be notified through email.
My mother in law has the ultimate craft room. Lots of cubbies, counterspace, and quotes. The quotes just make me want to stay in there forever.
“My husband and I started a workshop. He works, and I shop!”
“Cinderella is proof that a pair of of shoes can change the world.”
“He’s sew good to me.”
What are some quotes that inspire you?
I love to make bows for my girls. The problem is, it’s so hard to organize the endless amounts of ribbon. The solution? 
The ribbon box! It can hold up to 27 ribbon spools! It makes me so happy when I pull it out and see all the colors just waiting to be made into cute stuff like this:
It’s GIVEAWAY time! Scrapbookingcraftsandstorage is giving away a set of 3 Black Old Town Leather Photo Albums worth over $40! Entering is so easy–all you have to do is “like” scrapboookingcraftsandstorage on Facebook HERE and SHARE this picture on your wall. Then go to the giveaway link on Scrapbookingcraftsandstorage’s Facebook page, find the promo picture, and comment that you shared. The best news is you can share/comment once a day, so the more you share, the better your chances! Giveaway ends Saturday, March 17th at midnight MST.
I have been filing away some good ideas for home organization and I thought you may be interested in these good ideas. Check it out:
For those with front loading appliances:
For those with top loading appliances:
Linen closet genius:
And for us crafters:
Have you seen any good organization tips lately? Share them with us!
Have y’all noticed the new section of the site? We are happy to now be carrying quilting supplies! There are lamps, quilting frames, long-arm quilting frames and much more. We know that if you love scrapbooking and crafts, you’ll love to quilt too. Now we are a one-stop shop for all of the necessities! 
Are you a quilter? When did you start quilting?
I just moved. There is little (aka NO) storage in this house except the garage. So my Christmas decorations, skinny clothes and wrapping paper (among 1000 other things) are all stacked in plastic bins. If I want something on the bottom, I have to take down the other four bins on top! It’s a pain. I looked into storage shelves and (MAN!) they are expensive. Then I ran across this gem:
Isn’t it great? It is so simple that I’m sure I could even do it myself. Is there a space in your home that could use this great storage shelf? What do you think about tackling this project?
The instructions are written at this link too. 
Today I told my husband I wanted to accomplish three things — one of them was to “quickly” clean up the garage. We had a few things taking up the space my husband usually parks, so I thought we’d take a half hour and make it so he could park inside again.
OH MY. I was wrong. After we’d been down there over an hour with little progress, we decided we would come back to it another day. Where do I put all the stuff? I thought it would be an easy fix, we would agree on the solutions and move along with our Saturday. But apparently I’m not as organized (or as great an organizer) as I thought.
I write about this to just ask for a shout out — are you a great organizer some days (or with some things) and not so great when it comes to others? We here at Scrapbooking Crafts and Storage are here to help you organize the unorganized, but today I might need to reach out and ask someone else for help. Don’t worry though, my scrapbooking stuff looks awesome and is totally organized!
Anyway, today I think my problem is I let too many little things build up. I think organization starts with simple things: ribbon organizers, cup holders and photo albums all gather the things creating clutter and give them a place. Then you take those little things and put them in bigger things, like desks and armoires.
What is your philosophy? How do you like to organize?
Last week when I was in Michaels, I ran across this cute Mary Engelbreit print that I thought y’all would enjoy:
Visit Mary's Blog: maryengelbreit.com/archives/1319
Even when I feel like I don’t have enough time to breathe, I know that if I set some time away for my projects I will feel so much better! I should buy this print and hang it by my computer to remember to do some “traditional” crafting. How do you keep yourself sane?
So I saw a great idea on Pinterest (shocker, I know!) and set out to get the supplies. Since I am new in town, I wasn’t quite sure where to go and my usual go-to stores were 25-30 minutes away. So I wandered in to the not-so-nice-part-of-town (there was a security guard!) Michael’s Arts and Crafts and thought I would quickly find what I need.
Well, not only did it take me a while to find the stuff for my project, I couldn’t find embroidery hoops anywhere near the floss and needles. So I found an associate and she went on about how they didn’t carry them. I was polite, but then started looking for the next associate because there was no way that this CRAFT store didn’t sell embroidery hoops. No way.
But, two associates and another scour of the section later, they were right. This Michaels wasn’t out of stock in embroidery hoops, but apparently hasn’t sold them for almost two years.
WHAAAAAAAT?! Isn’t cross-stitching and embroidery one of the oldest arts and crafts? I mean, really, who thought it was a good idea to keep selling [insert other type of craft I don't do] and take out the embroidery hoops? Whatever. I ended up driving 30 minutes to a different craft store chain that was equal on the not-so-nice part, but I completed my mission in embroidery hoops.
Have you had this type of experience lately? Have you been to a store you for sure thought would have something and they totally didn’t? Share with me. I’m interested!!!
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