-> AL> hand store and located a old library card catalog in which to sto
-> AL> craft supplies....labeled the drawers...and a take a couple of
-> second AL> to file things as I purchase them.  then when I use them
-> I remove the AL> entire drawer(s) tht I need and when I'm done for
-> the day, or for the AL> project then all I have to do is to return
-> the drawer to the empty AL> slot. Makes life a lot easier, and gives
-> me alot more time for playing AL> instead of cleaning.
->
-> What a fabulous idea!  I guess it would give you more space in
-> which to craft, too!
Ooooooooh yeah.
-> A friend used to make her kids put away one toy before they got
-> another out.  This kept them from having to clean up a whole big
-> mess before lunch or supper.  Kept her from stepping on and
-> breaking things, too.  I guess if I did that instead of just
-> leaving stuff out all the time it would be neater in this room.
It's worth a try.  Also I find its alot easier to see what I am running
low on, in the way of supplies.  I work in so many different media it
can be really easy to start a project and then realize that I don't
have enough of that doodad, or this glue to finish w/o leaving the whole
darned thing out.  And I wanted to set up a mini-wood/plastic shop for
years but I couldn't even consider that dream until I made the space to
do it.  (BTW I bought the last of the shop pieces on Sat. and will
be setting the shop up this week. Whoo Hoo!)
-> It's my guest room and you won't believe what I have to go through
-> when Tom's sister comes for a visit!  
Yeah.  I vividly recall those days.  We even had one young
guest who hadda throw a futon down on the floor in the middle of the
mess becuase he arrived unannounced from the east coast.
But seriously, I learned my lesson when my 22 year old son died last
year in a freeway crash. It is hard enough to lose a child without also
having to spend the three days before the funeral madly preparing the
guest room for the east coast branch family to stay in.  At the time my
son had been crafting too....so it took time to sort out his completed
projects and in-progress projects, and all that, in addition to my own.
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