My craft space is in the loft of our apartment. The lighting is usually great in the mornings and early afternoons from a big window. The two walls you don't see are Paul's desk/books and the laundry area. I am very lucky to have so much room and a boy who does not mind a giant mess on the floor.
Yesterday, at Ikea, I bought this bookshelf. The plan was for it to hold much more than books, but turns out I have too many books. I was thrilled to have the space on top to put my albums/mini albums.
Recently, I have become pretty terrible at storing layouts in albums and making the correct size layouts – (or making layouts for that matter…) but here you can see what I have… The white ones are from college (my high school layouts are all still in Sacramento with the parents). The chocolate brown American Crafts albums hold my layouts from summer 2007 (absolutely my favorite craft "era"), the daily cards and recent layouts from 2008. On each side are baskets of mini books – stuffed full.
Across the room is my scrap table – another purchase from Ikea last year. It is actually a kitchen island and the drawers pull completely out. A big part of the recent clean/purge was about CLEARING THE TABLE. I need space to make stuff. I finally (this morning) got my JOY letters hung and the wall above the table has lots of room for inspiration.
Down below is built in storage for tools, etsy goods and shipping supplies. It is not super tidy, but everything does have a place.
I have a variety of little "boxes" on the desktop for odds and ends. Binder rings are probably my most frequently used supply along with labels – mostly from Paper Source. The wire boxes hold business cards and other paper collectibles.
Aaand of course my paper rolls which are quickly outgrowing their metal box. I never really have a plan for these sheets – I just buy for the colors and patterns. Paper is my supply splurge. I do not spend a lot of money on traditional scrapbooking supplies or embellishments and really do not have too much "stuff." I try to keep basics on hand and spending low.
That is the space! Please let me know if you have any questions about it or just in general … I am going to try to blog every day until 2009 and have a feeling I will need some good blogging material.
enJOY it 
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