Hello and Welcome to Naush’s Craft Room. If your like me, a crafter at heart, in spirit & mind,love to keep experimenting and learning new techniques, feel at ease either working in your little craft space or blogging about with other girls/ladies who, also like me, feel most happy around crafty women, well, then you have come to the right place. Below is a slideshow of my Craft room ~ Design studio or Craft Studio, which ever you prefer to call yours. Grab a cuppa coffee and feel free to go thru all my drawer.
Its a happy place full of color and my crafty toys. I read somewhere that ” A CLEAN HOUSE IS THE SIGN OF A WASTED LIFE” I dont exactly agree with it. But prefer to hide behind this quote when it comes to the clutter on my craft desk
So anyways long story short :
Temporary loss of creative Mojo can also be a good thing for the organizing junkie in me ! 2 weeks back, I had had enough of the chaos in my design studio (ds) and just had to get things into their corners, shelves, drawers, pockets, folders and where ever else not @@
My domestic motto is “Everything has a place and Everything in its place” but ofcourse the DS does not really come in the realms of domestic domain, now does it ?? ! I mean, it is larger part hobby and some part business, isnt it ? Okaaaaay !! So thats just another one of the excuses I use to explain the heaps of stripes of paper and scraps that line every inch of my DS floor !!
Finding the scissors, or punches or doublesided tape or one of the nestablilities dies, or even worse, that one eyelet I just took out from the pack, right in the middle of a desk filled with cluttered scraps of paper, ribbon, tools etc was really getting on to me. I know and believe and understand that probably 24 hours after decluttering, things will again go back to being in a nasty state … but hey, while I am keeping my peace, why not show off a couple of pictures.
I am one of those ladies, like thousands of you’ll who is blessed with an entire room to create havoc in. That is the one place which is off limits to the boys, especially after the second, embossing machine was burnt out while trying to use it like a hair dryer to dry the towels. Luckily no fire but the rule was firmly set ” NO KIDS IN THE DS !!!!!!! PERIOD “ Still, the boys do sneak in once in a while, when the mummy bee is doing her business at the kitchen sink ! You know what they say about the forbidden fruit ! I dont really blame them. The DS is like a room full of toys for my boys.
The pictures I have here are just parts of two walls in the DS. The remaining parts of the walls and the other two walls will probably have to wait for another chance.
I am really not a hoarder. Okay, once you see the pictures, I’ll let you be the judge of that !
Or even better, I should leave a poll for you’ll to decide, if or if not “I am a hoarder”
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OKAY so that was how things looked and I struggled .. and struggled … and finally make some space and bought back my peace of mind.
This is how it looks now, well, sometimes though
- Hurricane Naush ~ in all her might :)
- Imagine finding a scissor in the middle of this heap !!
- Baskets and boxes full of unfinished projects behind the chair.
- This second Ikea desk, houses the second wooden cutter/gullitine board.
- Hurricane Naush in another episode ..
- The papers literally fly around !!
- Oh there’s that blue scissor !! Just thought up of something, I should start a game here, of spot the item :)
- The hurricane in full swing .. now you must be wondering just where and how do I manage to keep my cards on the table to work on …
- ah !! what a sight !!! A dream, isnt it ?
- This ikea wire rack mainly houses the 1,000 ribbons (ofcourse exaggerated figure) & 1,000 fabric embellishments. (exagerrated figure again )
- mainly plain ribbons all but falling down.
- Printed ribbons squeezed together
- Glittery & brocade ribbons.
- More glamourous ribbons
- Most of the ribbons here are the wavy or spiral ones.
- pots full of roses .. no, they are not roses but fabric hearts.
- fabric flowers + baby embellishments.
- These are flat flowers in many many many colors.
- and more flowers
- large packets~mirrors various shapes. The ikea boxes~large buttons
- What a transformation, isnt it ?
- And pray ! who’s neat and tidy desk is that ????
- Pinking shears all lined up ~ image above my work station 1.
- Crafty “stuff” (Dont ask what) God bless DH for huge effort placing these shelves.
- More crafty “stuff”
- My desk, with revolution on my right for paper and cuttlebug on my left for larger and thicker sheets. I am here to CONQUER !! Your right, I’m being very dramatic here.
- MY Prized possessions !! All my clear rubber stamps
- Some more favorite toys
- My favorite toys.
- Nesties
- This container stores all my cuttlebug dies.
- Spring collection.
- Is it pretty or what !!
- Formed in a wreath
- Embellishements Chest.
- wooden flowers, hearts etc
- My throne !!
- Better than before
- Inks, pigments, dyes, stamp pads
- Large stamps
- wood mounted stamps
- wood mounted stamps and foamy ones
- Colorful Ikea pigeon hole
I will be labelling them shortly on this page. For now, just view them and dont forget to tell me, the verdict ??
I hope you enjoyed your brief visit into my craft haven and will visit again. If you found inspiration in some of my organizational skills, I am so glad and if you identified with the mess on my desk in the “before” pics, then trust me, all of us “creative minds and hands need some amount of clutter to create something worth cheerishing “
Thanks for stopping by .. I would really appreciate if you would leave a comment to tell me how you found my little craft haven
























































































Naush~
Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving such kind words recently =) I was finally able to “visit you”. All I can say is WOW, your studio is astounding. I will be back to see more of your wonderful projects, too. Thank you for sharing !
Oh my God! I fainted..then some more..this is awesome!! Though I don’t have so much of stuff..everything I have could fit into 3 drawers..max! But yes, I love those blings, buttons and flowers..you almost have a garden in there..,so awesome place to craft..something akin to my dream room..will take years to get where you are..but one day at a time!
Wow, Naush! You have some serious scrap stuff! I met you on the Outlawz and love your work.
Hugz,
Roxann
Naush, dear, what a well-stocked crafts room! Sometime ago, I was given vintage ribbon–just like the ones you have. My cat found them, and ate some, and proceeded to get sick all over the place. So, now, when I see ribbon, such as yours, I panic, and think, “Where’s the cat???”
Truly, this is your space, and hallowed ground, and you have done a great job in organizing it. Lots of work, yes, but well worth it to know where everything is when the creative wave hits you!
Looking forward to seeing more of your creations, and much happiness to you, as you create!
XO
Oh my god..this room is like my dream come true:) I can live in this rom 24/7 ..waow waow waow..though I don’t think i cud ever orGanize it as much:) keep being creative ..may Allah bless u n ur family:) tc
Oh my God! I fainted..then some more..this is awesome!! Though I don’t have so much of stuff..everything I have could fit into 3 drawers..max! But yes, I love those blings, buttons and flowers..you almost have a garden in there..,so awesome place to craft..something akin to my dream room..will take years to get where you are..but one day at a time!
+1
Wow, what a craft room
I am also a person who can make things with her hands! I make teddybears since
6 years and i sold it. Now i moved to Dubai and i´m looking for a posibility to sell
the teddys here as well.
You blog is so great! I´m very impressed and i think you are THIS person who can help me.
Maybe we can get in contact?
A perfect artists’haven……absolutely loved going thru your blog, n the cleaning-up journey! It used to b my dream some years ago but tym has always been an issue for me….but seeing your stuff is inspiring me to chase my dreams. Keep rocking!