Welcome to my crafty space!

Hey there!

Before Christmas, I had been thinking about re organizing my crafty space. My fiancé had told me that he thought it would be a good idea to get a piece of pegboard for my room. Well... One 2x4 piece turned into one 4x8 piece which turned into me saying "oh goodness, I can't decide which wall to put it on", which then turned into two 4x8 pieces of cork above each of my 8" tables. Well let me tell you- I was one happy girl!


Below are a few of the [boring] 'before' pictures:

The room I use for my scrap room is in our basement. Its more of a 'den' type.  There are no windows and the lighting wasn't the best. 

Now for the AFTER photos!!

When the peg board went up!

 

I have 2 4"x8" tables for myself and 1 2"x4" table that my son uses. He is a crafty little guy, too!

I had purchased a Kallax 4x4 shelving unit/room divider from IKEA.  It fits the 12x12 albums perfectly!

 

 The picture below shows my main crafting space.  It looks quite dark and shadowy in this picture.  However, I did pick up some 4" of LED strip lighting from Home Depot and adhered it along the bottom on the pegboard and it is so perfect now!!

 

We picked up a few peg board hook kits from Home Depot and Princess Auto, as well as some plastic baskets from Dollarama that I attached to the pegboard using hooks to store my stickers that are no longer in the packages, and also my wooden stamps and inks.

I may have a Washi tape addiction-I'll let you decide ;)

Materials used were:

  2 4x8 pieces of pegboard

  2 2x8 pieces of trim for the back for spacing

  1 pack of felt furniture circles places around the backing so it doesn't scratch the walls

  1 pack of 1" screws

  1 pack of deck screws ( used to screw the pegboard into the studs)

  5 various packs of hooks
  6 packs of plastic bins
  1 4" stip of LED lighting

   

  Cost: $150 and about 1 hour to reinforce the pegboard and hang it.

Working with Vinyl

Hey there, It's been a while! Wanted to share some vinyl projects I've been working on lately.

I purchased a Silhouette Cameo starter kit from my local Michael's and got to work! The instructions were pretty straight forward, although it does take some patience! I also had a few rolls of black vinyl and transfer tape I had picked up from Homesense for an  awesome $4.99 each a few months ago!

I've seen this on Pinterest- customized nightlights! How cool is that?! I bought the nightlight at my local Dollarama for $3 and added a vinyl image.

My son chose the first image for his room.

Then I made this one and he had to have both!

I have also seen people making ring dishes so I gave it a go! I am glad I stumbled across a lady who gave a brief description of 'how' a monogram works.

The first initial of the last name is always in the middle and it is usually larger and fancier. The first initial of the first name is first, with the first initial of the middle name being last. I followed a tutorial online for how to make my font seem circular. It can be found here !

Lastly, a jewellery dish. 

Thanks for taking a look! I had a ton of fun making these!