Putting emotion to work

Not to worry.  I am no drama queen!

But it is commonly known that creating art helps one work through various emotions.  The problem is in having the available space to create that art.  :(

This past while I have been mad.  Mostly about small stuff.  Not enough time.  Not enough energy.  Not enough money. ha! That means not enough supplies or resources. But mostly I have been mad at myself for trying to work in a mess.  :(   But now I am putting that mad emotion to work for me.

Best time for me to purge is when I'm mad that I can't find things.  Clutter.  So I beat it up. ;)  And things get cleaned up and purged out.

This closet is a constant struggle and precipitated my madness.  My grand kiddie wanted 'her' box and I couldn't easily reach it so I promised her 'next time'!  :(  It is really a matter of getting rid of overflowing baskets of stuff that I haven't put away and then they block entrance to the inside of this closet.  They also block the doors to a cupboard that holds my 'good' supplies.  But keeping this supply separation is a pain and I think I'll be doing that differently.   I also need to put tags telling me exactly what is in the green baskets of the gridded cupboard.

I rearranged the long wall.  The cutter was here and usually covered with whatever need a place 'for a minute'.  I changed places with my stamping area and have made this corner my dry area for working on the scrap booking stuff.

I will fine tune this a bit but it is already easier to pull open the drawers of the large base unit.  I'm hoping the little pull out drawers will eliminate my need for stacks of stuff all over the place.

The centre area is for wet mixed media and actually functions well when it is accessible.  :(

Now I just need to be more diligent in using the space and keeping the space open and ready.  By having a space for my 'dry' journals I should do better with keeping the stacks down and this area clear.  ;)

I bought my die cutter last fall and I really need to be using it more for quilting and for embossing/cutting. Having it in this far corner will hopefully keep it from being a handy repository for  stuff.  :( I do need to move/change out my pens and other dry paraphernalia from this old office cabinet. 

I don't think I'm going to be a stamp carver but I sure like using the sticky back foam for making my own stamps.  She is a big girl this Pro and needs lots of room for the tray to slide .  For cutting fabric I think I'd lift her onto the cutting table but for  quick cuts I just have to lift away the tray that has all the water and paint on it in the adjacent mixed media work spot. 

My craft table is fully opened and always in use. I can work from three sides and I do.   I need to be more diligent about cleaning it off regularly though.  I never quite knew where to stash the mixed media stuff while I was wanting to cut and sew fabric. Heck, everything was already full of stuff.  lol  So I got a tub and put the protective shower curtain and the basic craft stuff  for my Creativity 101 gal in it. I'll whisk it off to its space in the cupboard and switch things to the sewing mode.  Here is hoping!

I do need to get my white curtains hemmed and up so I can have my design wall functioning.  I really want to get my fibre art back into the rotation not to mention the quilting.  I NEED to get the baskets of ufo's eliminated. :(

It seems I am always making changes in this room.  But the changes are getting smaller as the basic layout, cupboards and work surfaces are working.  Each time I do eliminate stuff that I realize I don't use.  Each time I improve the flow of using my materials. :)

Now that mad has been dealt with I'll be glad to get more creative. :)  And everything will be getting a good test run as my two grand kiddies are coming to spend an whole week with their creative...