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Where the Magic Happens

So this is “my” space. It’s really my mom’s. She had it all made up this way to work on all her design projects while she was getting her degree. But now, since she is the best mom EVER I have all my stuff piled up there. I know this is a really grey picture, but the room has really weird lighting. It’s a really long play room and this is one section  that is a little odd because of that slopping ceiling. So my mom got some of those cool Pottery Barn file drawer thingies and had a top made to fit the space. I love love love it. It’s cool because it has this gigantic window seat and lots of places to stash things. I do have it a little maxed out and it’s not quite as organized as I would like, and I’m always trying to keep it clean!

Speaking of coolness, she designed this unit for one of her classes. I think it is so cool. Of course I have it crammed to the max so it looses some of it’s modernness. 🙂 The white thing on top is another Pottery Barn piece. I have all my packaged up still goodies in the basket on the left, run ons next to it, some things that give me inspiration, a few scales for Ribbon Jar, a neat glass box that holds more rub ons, some clip boards I’ve altered and my Scully my Blythe doll keeps watch over the situation. Below all that are complete albums, ribbon swatches, stationary, cards, buttons, magnetic poetry, a slightly broken typewriter (accidentally dropped it off a ledge at my old place, thank god it didn’t land on any one!), stamps, adhesive, ink, and stuff. What you can’t see to the right of this is packing materials for Ribbon Jar, boxes, envelops, and a massive roll of extreme bubble wrap.

This is directly across from that. Oh my god looking at it like this I have to get some more stuff out of site, but it’s hard. My paper is in those two leather bin things in plastic envelops. The left one is by manufacture and the right one is by color.

This is on the window seat, to the left of the window. I’ve shown this magnet board before. The tins are from a friends wedding and I’m trying to find more. {Edited to Add: I don’t know what metal they are but they are not aluminum because you can stick magnets to them. That’s why I’m  having a hard time finding them} The rest of the organizational stuff is from Ikea, I love it. Binders hold my unmounted stamps, and the cigar boxes hold vintage mounted ones. That cool basket holds vintage type blocks. The basket was an Easter basket one year, I told you I had the coolest mom.

This is the Ribbon Jar, minus the Ribbon which has it’s own room.

Just some of my favorite organizational things. There you go!

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11 responses to “Where the Magic Happens”

  1. Melissa Avatar

    Love your space! So colorful and looks like you have lots of fun and inspiration there. 🙂

  2. Sciarrino Avatar
    Sciarrino

    Well done, are those sparkles I see in the images? 😉

  3. Cari Avatar

    So jealous of your space!
    Cari

  4. Julie Avatar
    Julie

    It’s so tidy:)!

  5. Angela C-M Avatar

    Very nice!! Can’t wait until Saturday!

  6. heidi Avatar

    such a fun space! i can see why you love it so much!

  7. Jamie Bagley Avatar

    Very cool! Thanks for sharing that! 🙂

  8. **ML** Avatar

    That was awesome! Loved peeking into your work space. So many fun things to play with. Those PB cabinets and leather bags are schweeeeet!~ 🙂

  9. nadine Avatar

    whoa. i want that scrapspace!

  10. amirah Avatar

    wow, that’s such a great space you have. you’re so lucky!!

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