My Stamping Studio

If you're a crafter (and if you're here - then I'm sure you are) and have ever even spent a moment on Pinterest, then you know it's chock full of craft rooms, scrapbook spaces, and creative corners.  I love that people share their creative spaces and I know that I enjoying getting a peek at how other people have things set up and can find lots of new ideas that way.  

Ever since I have been stamping, I have done so at my family's formal dining room table.  I took over the front coat closet and china cabinet to store all my things.  It wasn't fancy but it was functional and worked so I have no complaints.   After all, there are just so many rooms in the house and we didn't have much room to spare for a space for me to claim as all my own.  However, over the summer I decided that the open loft area in the upstairs portion of my home could actually function as a stamping studio for me.  Since it's open and viewable from everywhere upstairs, it would take a little creative thinking to make it work.  First, I'd have to keep it clean (yikes) and second I need to be sure that the look of the space kept with the rest of my homes decor.  

After months of hard work and lots of help from my hubby, my studio is finally complete and I'd like to share it with you.  

This has now become my most favorite part of the house.  The kids all sit in the little nook area and talk with me and I don't feel like I'm secluded away from the rest of the family.  Although that part does have it's draw backs if they are all driving me crazy and I want to get away from them.  LOL  :)

My incredibly sweet husband create that box that all of my Copic markers are stored in and I have an Ott light mounted under the shelf area and a folding one to the right to help me when I'm coloring.  The two Ribbon Carousels hold some of my very favorite by the yard ribbons on wooden spools.  The chalkboard to the left is where I make note of ideas and Design Team stuff I don't want to forget.  And the hutch itself holds all of my die's, Cuttlebug, paper pads, and tons of other misc. stuff.  My cardstock is all stored in the drawers of both desks in plastic hanging file boxes so that it doesn't get bent.  Cutters are stored in the pullout section of the desk made for storing your keyboard.

The little nook area has a giant chalk board wall that I created and then framed for the kids to draw on.  This is where everybody tends to hang out when I'm working...even the cat.  :)  All of my stamps are stored in CD cases and are inside this tall black cabinet that I purchased at Hobby Lobby.

Here you can get a fuller view of my space and how it is positioned in the house.  The wall to the right coming up the stairs is our "Family Command Center".  It takes up the entire 8 foot wall space that before had been so difficult for me to fill.  Each kid has their own board which has a chalk board, cork board, fabric pockets and white erase board.  They make note of their school and sporting events, projects that are due, etc.  In the center is the family calendar so we can all see what is going on for the month.  

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you've enjoyed taking a little peek into my creative space.