Inspiration Friday - Scrap Space Tour!

Happy Friday! Christy here, and today I’m going to take you on a tour of my Studio!

I feel like one lucky gal to have a space like this to escape and create - all thanks to my handy husband!  My room ideas came from a scrapbook magazines "creative spaces" edition.   I took a few things I liked from various spaces then put them together to work for my space.  

I'm an organizational fanatic - and a clean as I go scrapper.  I usually stand when I create so I have counter height for my entire workspace. 

Here's a look inside my creative space:

My upper and lower cabinets contain my albums along with apothecary jars filled with decorative chip board, ribbon spools and rub ons along with a display of some of my vintage cameras. 

This area is where I keep all of my cutting supplies and various tools. My Cricut and Quickutz squeeze and revolution die cut tools are always out within reach.  One of the drawers houses scraps for the kids - on occasion they join me in my Studio and it's always fun seeing what they create.

Here is the extra-wide counter space where I spread out all my supplies when I create. Plenty of workspace here for a friend or two! There is a floor-to-counter display nook where I display more of my vintage pieces and framed photos.

Here are some of my storage solutions. Since I love to display my supplies, these apothecary jars are just perfect for embellishments and ribbon.  I also use a lot of baskets which are tucked into most of my drawers and cabinets. The inspiration board is 8 pieces of 12x12 cork with 6 of them backed with fabric and finished with a decorative trim. The 12x12 storage cases are a must, I don't know what I would do without them. I plan my pages using these cases whether I'm scrapping at home or on the go.

I've tried many solutions for storing ribbon and I decided displaying just works best. The jars are filled with coordinating color ribbon and each has a matching colored button adhered to the jar. The 3 tier basket is where I keep all of my most recent purchases that I just can't bear to put away. I also love to use a lot of decorative pins on my layouts so I keep those close at hand on a dress form pin cushion. My flowers too are displayed on the counter in a jar. My favorite has to be these little jars with lids. I keep all of my buttons and small embellishments in these. I've also repurposed a Prima flower container for chip pieces.

Here's a peak inside some of my cabinets and drawers. My cardstock and patterned papers are stored in cropper hoppers with a convenient pull-out drawer. (I confess, I have Thickers in abundance so they are stashed here). In the baskets I keep all of my chipboard alphabets and elements along with stamps and ink. I also keep my scrap paper in the Iris cases, one is for solid cardstock and the other for patterned scraps.

Who can create a beautiful layout and just tuck it into an album? I can't. That's why I just love these display frames. I think I will be adding more of these soon.

These are Making Memories individual 12x12 magnetic, pin and chalk boards which are adhered to a plywood backing and finished with a black trim. I keep my brads and other small embellishments in view in these clear containers which I added magnets to the back.

This shelf is another great way to display all of your goodies. I keep everything from Stickles, buttons, Mr. Hueys, floss, brads and more here.

Thanks for taking the tour of my Studio!