What To Do When Irene Comes To Visit

What do you do when you live on the coast and a hurricane is brushing by with rain and wind?  Clean, organize and move your craft space, that's what!  Longtime followers of my blog know that I had my craft space set up in my kitchen.  I kept everything in plastic containers to keep it grease free (Paula Deen is my hero) and I used my kitchen table as my craft table.  That worked very well.  I cooked and even did my laundry while I crafted.  All was happy.

Then On August 10, 2011 my  bank introduced me to a new initiative.  It was called the 2011 Workforce Reduction Initiative.  They closed branches and laid-off 57 people.  I was one of those selected.   Now woe is me, but you all know I have wished I could stay home and color all day.  My wish was granted.  I now consider myself retired until another opportunity comes along to finance my Copic purchases.

My DH is already retired and sat in the living room watching TV while I sat in the kitchen crafting.    I felt guilty leaving the poor soul out there enjoying himself all alone and also got tired of getting up so he could tell me something or see something on TV.  So I moved my craft space right into my living room.  I took my entire Christmas Tree corner.   This arrangement has made our 2 furry children happy since they would rather sit at my feet on soft carpet that on the hard wooden floor in the kitchen.  So now my Christmas Tree will go in the kitchen and all is happy in Turtle Land.

The drawers on the left house all of my loose stamps, stamp pads and other supplies.  The stack in the middle house colored pencils, tools buttons and gemstones.  My tool, flowers, bakers twine, glues and other things are on top.

The stack on the left bottom is my 12x12 papers and the stack on the top is my 8 1/2 x 11 papers.  The stack on the bottom right is all my scraps sorted by colors.  The black box on tip is my container  of  Flower Softs.
My Cuddlebug  and two of my adhesive machines sit on top of that ( 9" one is under the table).

Under the table is my light board, assorted other necessities, two containers of stickers, a tote full of punches and the trash can which needs to be emptied.

Hope you enjoy my new crafting space.  Come on over and craft with me.  I just might serve you a yummy piece of cake like this one.  This lovely creation was made by my daughter.  She was taking a class and this is her first attempt at making flowers.  Isn't it phenomenal?  I do have to tease you a bit, but it tastes as good as it looks too!  Sure you don't want a piece, I have Dunkin Donuts coffee too!

Posting this one over at Sassy Cheryl's Show Me Fun.  Grab your camera, snap a picture of what you are up to and post there too.  You just might win a digi from Sassy Cheryl and you will have the opportunity to snoop into the lives of some really crafty people.  Happy Saturday to all!

Linda