Craft Clean Up and Organization Extravaganza!© Vickie Ferguson
Jul 31, 2003
Okay, it's the end of July and we still have August and 31 days left of summer to think about straightening out our craft areas.
If you're like me, you just put the responsibility of craft item organization on the back burner and hope it somehow works its way out without needing any help from me. While I make every effort to keep my craft supplies organized, replenished and in good working order, I have to admit that my crafting goodies are not always at 100%. With a little effort throughout the year, doing the "summer" cleaning can be less stressful and time consuming. Here are some tips and hints I've picked up along the way that I'd like to share.
When you finish a project, place your snippets of flowers, ribbons, etc. in a zip lock plastic bag.
Clean the tip of your glue gun removing the build up of dried glue.
Keep your dried flowers in plastic bags and secure with a tie to keep them from being exposed to heat (winter), fading (summer) and to help keep them from breaking.
Keep silk flowers in plastic bags so they don't collect dust!
Keep velvet flowers (usually roses) in bags for the same reason.
Put your extra wreath bases in a bag and store on a shelf in the closet. Be sure they are easily accessible.
Secure your ribbon ends with a bit of tape or a straight pen. If not, they'll end up looking like a stack of snakes!
Place ribbons in a bag or large container to keep them from getting dusty and for easy access.
Sharpen your craft scissors and keep them in a protective sleeve.
Potpourri should be sealed and placed inside a zip lock bag.
Storage bins are great for storing dried and silk flowers. You can protect the flowers and you can stack one bin atop another without crushing the contents.
Large garbage cans (with wheels) can be used for storage of wreath bases, containers and extra supplies.
To help me keep a list of which craft items I'm running low on, I make a simple spreadsheet listing my inventory. Now you don't have to be doing this as a business to keep a list. Just using a notebook listing your most popular or most used items will help. As you start to run low or run out of an item, make a check on your list as a reminder that it needs to be replenished or replaced.
List your dried flowers by type. Example, pod type flowers, cones, grasses, buds, etc. You can break them down even more by color if you have a large selection.
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