A to Z Challenge
O is for Organization
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| A shelf in my room of beautiful handmade Journals, Folios, and Mixed Media creations that have been sent to me over the course of a few years |
When I worked outside of the home, I
learned at a very young age how to work within the guidelines of being
organized. I took those same principals and applied them to my overall life.
When we plan a vacation, my family knows that I am going to research, plan, and
layout everything there is to do between our house and our destination and
back. I cover every letter in the Alphabet ensuring we have wonderful memories
of that trip. Organization. It begins with the research, ends up in a binder, and eventually in a scrapbook of some kind.
Crafting and genealogy are no
different. I plan, I organize, and I repeat. LOL
I have since learned that when I'm
working with my spirals, NOT to cover my thoughts,
notes and research up where it can't be read by others. Who knows...someone
might see something that I've missed or even solve a mystery that I couldn't by
my notes. I've also started dating the top of the pages and written the lines
I'm working on that page to make it easy if I needed to revisit something
or if someone else was to look through the spirals. Organization...
In my room is a filing cabinet. I
use this for crafting and for genealogy purposes. I house different cardstock,
chipboard and other things I use randomly when I craft. Also, in 2 drawers are
genealogy spirals and other things pertaining to my research.
This drawer drives me up a wall! I
can't stand to open the drawer to look for something that is almost always at
the very bottom of it! Who can relate? It couldn't be so easy to be on top,
right!?
I have been working on organizing
this drawer into binders. I'm making my way slowly but surely to ensure that my
research is documented to the best I know how for generations to come. This is
what I've come up with...
I'm sure my binders and things
aren't set up like others who like me do genealogy - but that's okay...
it’s mine and it's what works to help me stay organized.
The organization in my craft room is no different. I can't stand for stuff to
be all over the place...in any way, shape or form! For instance, right
now...because of the smaller space we live in - I have 'stuff' tucked here and
tucked there. It's driving me you guessed it, up a wall!!!
I have downsized, given away, sold
and thrown away just to try and declutter my 'stuff' that used to be housed in
2 large bedrooms all nice and neat and ORGANIZED! Don't get me
wrong, I'm organized now - but not how I'd like to be once again.
Unless I completely do away with many
of my crafting supplies, I'm not sure I can get any more organized in my space.
The room I'm in is very tiny and even my desk and I don't see eye to eye. I've
had to change the desk I use from a nice large workspace to a narrow, skinny
one. Daily, I am moving things around trying to gain more space! So far, the
desk is winning! LOL
Currently, this is my craft room set
up...
Organization by any sense of the word is just that - - being organized. My kitchen is organized, my bathrooms are organized, my laundry area is organized - so why shouldn't the rest of my life be organized?
Have a GREAT day!
Heart to Heart Soul Creations
H2hsc2020
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I have to have my craft room organized or I forget what I have! It's neat the majority of the time -- if I am in a whirlwind of creating, the desk will be a wreck, but by being organized, it's easy to put everything away when I'm done. Thanks for sharing your craft area!
ReplyDeleteGood. You do better when you are organizing well. That way I am not. Collect too many old papers and reports. Do not know what to do with them for many many days. Suddenly they become useful after years. My post for "O": Otis Elevator - Industrial Engineering Activities and Jobs
ReplyDeleteI have a tower of paper like you do! I was also lucky enough to get a great deal on a Workbox and that has helped with organizing immensely. Oh, building a studio in the backyard didn't hurt either :)
ReplyDeleteJanet’s Smiles
One of these days, I'm going to have a craft room! We have to shuffle some beds around first, but it's going to happen!
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