As promised, I have started the great studio renovation of 2012. I spent a lot of time evaluating how I work best and what I wanted out of a dream workspace. I realized that about 70% of the storage is taken up by mosaic supplies, but 70% of the projects are jewelry & paper. So, I am trying to make the studio more conducive to jewelry and paper all year long.
Project #1: The Mosaics Cupboard
When we built my studio seven years ago, we installed used kitchen cabinets purchased from a recycled building materials store. Then I proceeded to stack tons and tons of plates in these cabinets for 'future projects'. I realized when I start a new mosaics project, I don't want to spend time cutting plates into tiles, I want to just open a box of pieces and get started. So, I spend $14 at the dollar store and got plastic bins to store shards and pieces. I don't know if I would trust liquids in these bins, but they work great for storage! I also downloaded these
labels from Cathe Holden and printed them on full-sheet label paper. I have made the conscious decision to hand write the labels to save time--even though my precious Brother P-Touch is fab, I need to move forward, rather than take the time to type and print, etc. etc.
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| This photo shows the glorious promise of organization, peace and harmony that will soon reign in CarrieTown. |
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| However, getting to that place means sorting, sorting, sorting |
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| This is the first of many donations piles. Many items will go back to the thrift store from whence they came. |
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| More bins with labels...and a bored Bobby in the background. |
The next steps will be to organize the bins and to continue to discard unrealistic plates--those plates that are heavy ceramic which are hard to cut by hand, or ugly plates which will never become mosaic projects. I am also going to consolidate all the mosaics storage to these two cupboards which will leave the open shelves for more attractive storage.
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