Where Bloggers Create 2015

Welcome to my creative space, which I simply refer to as my craft room.  I'm happy to be taking part in the Where Bloggers Create 2015 party again this year.  I've enjoyed joining in during the past couple of years.  It's so much fun to see other peoples' studios and crafting spaces.  This event is hosted by Karen at My Desert Cottage.

 I consider myself very lucky to have a dedicated space to call my craft room.  I didn't have one in my last house, and when we bought this house 6 years ago, I called dibs on this small bedroom.

I just made the window valance.  I'm glad I chose colorful fabric.

Almost all of the furniture in it is second-hand from used furniture places, online garage sales, or just stuff I re-purposed from my own house.  The only thing I splurged on was my craft table, which I love.

I like to cross stitch, make jewelry, do beadwork, and sew, but also do other crafts.  Storage is really important to me as I've amassed quite the collection of cross stitch charts and beads over the years.  A pine bookcase that belonged to my son is now a good place to store and organize my charts, magazines and books.  It also serves as a display case for cute things.

I recently organized the whole room, finally sorting through the crazy bead collection.  Yes, there are a few more beads than what you see here.  All right, maybe more than a few.

The closet is now solely a storage place for stuff rather than clothes, thanks to my husband Mark.

A little thing that made me really happy.

More storage is found in an old armoire that I found for cheap at a used furniture place.  Mark added an extra shelf and fixed the back.  Then he and my brother in law, Fred, moved it upstairs.  They both agreed that the only way it's coming out of the room is through the window.  OK, it will stay where it is.

A comfy sitting area is a welcome addition.

And what would a creative space be without little things you love?

Part of my tin collection.

A bulletin board I made.

Mirror made by my niece Grace.

Flower frogs make great scissor storage and display.

My husband does lathe work and made this lamp and pencil holder for me.

One more shot of my happy place!

Thank you for visiting my blog and my craft room. I hope you enjoyed visiting! I had a very busy June and hardly spent any time in there, but have recently gotten back to my favorite hobbies and working in this special space in our house.  And I am so glad.

I hope you'll come back from time to time to see what's going on at CraftyCat!