My new craft space....time to get crafty!

Finally, after a week of waiting for our stuff to arrive, I have my new craft set up. I absolutely love how my re-purposed computer desk/hutch turned out and it works perfectly in our guest bedroom. 

I bought this desk on Kijiji and although the structurally it was perfect I needed a bit of remodelling on it to make it amazing. So off to my dads workshop I went!

He listened to all my crazy ideas and basically told what would & wouldn't work.  New doors, drawers and pull it storage and it was ready for painting.  Off course I had to use my favourite Annie Sloan Chalk Paint colours ~ Old White on the outside and Florence for the pop of colour on the inside.

Well, take a look at it now ~ organized and ready for craftiness.  Check out my dollar store organizers & how well they fit! I couldn't be happier with how it turned out and, most importantly, I can close it up and have the room ready for when guests arrive. 

I think it's time to get crafty!

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

~~~~~stay crafty~~~~~

Julia

 

Crafty Storage Boxes.....Part 2

Today I finally complete my crafty storage for my new craft space. 

Over the past couple of weeks I have been searching for & collecting boxes that 

I thought would work.

Aren't these awesome! I painted everything with one coat of Old White Chalk Paint

from Annie Sloan with the exception of the black chalkboard finish.

These wooden nesting boxes will be perfect for ribbon & washi tape storage. 

The largest one can fit about 20 - 2oz bottles of  acrylic paint! 

These small drawers were a dollar store find. I removed the metal drawer pulls

 and applied alcohol ink so that they coordinated my stamp storage box. 

The Numeric stamps from Stampers Anonymous were the perfect size for the drawer

fronts. 

Yet another dollar store find - triple drawer with chalkboard fronts. The Flower Garden Stamps from Stampers Anonymous look amazing stamped in white on the drawer front.

Look at how awesome my Tiny Tattered Florals look!

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

~~~stay crafty~~~

julia

Crafty Storage Boxes........Part 1

I am in the final stages of getting things ready for our move to Edmonton and have been frantically focused on figuring out how to make a workable craft space in a small condo. 

Last weekend I found an amazing computer desk/hutch that was PERFECT!

After a few modifications by my amazing dad it has been painted & is ready to be loaded on to the moving truck. Watch for the desk reveal in blog post next week.

Today I have storage boxes.....lots & lots of storage boxes.

This one I particularly excited about. I first sanded the heck out the box, then painted with a coat of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Florence & then 2 coats of Old White. After a bit of sanding I had a lovely distressed box. I tried a new transfer method for the French Typography Graphic I found on the Graphics Fairy. I think I worked out well - I first applied a thin coat of Aleen's Tacky Glue to a thin sheet of cardstock, let that dry completely, then printed my reverse image on it. I trimmed it so I just had my image and not the entire sheet of cardstock. I think applied a thin coat of matte medium to my box where I wanted my image to be. I then placed my printed image face down on to the matte medium, pressed it down then let it dry overnight. In the morning I sprayed it with water then slowly & carefully began to rub the paper pulp of with my finger tips. I then used the edge of an old hotel key card to gently scrap off the glue residue. It was a bit time consuming but it was by far the best image transfer result I have done.

I think it turned out really well....not bad for a $10 old wooden tool box I found at Restore.

Its the perfect storage box for my Tim Holtz stamp sets & the casters I added to the bottom finish it off perfectly!

Stayed tuned because on Thursday I will post more crafty boxes I made with dollar store purchases!

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

~~~~~~ stay crafty ~~~~~

julia

Happy Easter!

Heather & I just wanted to take a moment to wish all of our crafty friends a very Happy Easter!

We hope you have a wonderful weekend filled with friends, family, food & especially making memories!

I would like to give Tash from Flower Chix a very special thank you

for making these amazing spring bouquets for my mason jar floral centrepiece.

They are going to look great on my dinner table!

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