Craft Room Sprucing

Well, the summer holidays are finally here.  Phew, I can breathe a sigh of relief at last.  Well, sort of.  The holidays do bring another challenge all of their own of course but a change is as good as a rest and at least there's no rush to get up and out the door in the mornings.

I managed to get one last fun task into the last school week though.  Only about a ten minute job but one of those that makes such a difference.

I got some goodies from the lovely people at Rex London the other day you see.  Some cute ribbons and knick knacks and these really pretty little jars, aren't they cute?

But possibly best of all, they sent some absolutely divine little shelves which would be just perfect for the craft room I thought.  I have a small bit of wall space left you see and I'd been wondering about putting a little something there to fill it.  I seem to have so many bits and pieces crammed on the shelves of my crafty space that anything that can ease the strain is immediately welcome.

So, I set about fixing them to the wall.  Always a scary proposition to see me wondering about with a hammer in my hand and I don't have a great track record with these sorts of jobs.  But, the DIY Gods must have been smiling on me that day because I managed it without too much difficulty and I even got them hanging pretty straight too.  Woo hoo!

It took me twice as long to arrange some bits and pieces inside it in a way that pleased me of course, but now I have, aren't they cute?  Just perfect for all those small bits that haven't got anywhere else to go.  I love how the ribbon spools look all lined up in a row and I'm so glad I decided to empty out my jar of washi tapes and put them on these shelves.  So much easier to see what I've got now and so much easier to get to it too.  I'll be using them a lot more now I'm sure.  I also can't wait to try out the fabric tape that they sent me too, I hadn't seen that before, it does look very pretty though.

The jars were a little too large for the shelves so I'm sitting them on my sewing desk for now, but that's fine because I'm happy to have them nicely out in the open where I can see them.  I decided on storing buttons and beads for the time being but the labels on the front can be written on in chalk and then updated whenever you like.  Perfect for a changeable soul like myself.  

I may even have to get some more of these, they'd work well in the kitchen too.  I love them so much and they came in different sizes and colours I seem to remember...

Links:  Small Ceramic Jar (Red), Small Ceramic Jar (Pink)

Links:  Sweetheart Mini Shelves, Pink Ribbon on a spool, Blue/White ribbon on spool, Red Gingham ribbon, Flowery Fabric Tape, Flower Pin Wheel

So, all in all I think it was ten minutes well spent in sprucing up my crafty spot.  Thank you Rex London, storage that is pretty and practical, it just doesn't get better than that does it?

S x

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I did receive some of the items shown free of charge.