This tutorial on the DIY vinyl storage cart is meant to give you an overview of how to create the cart. Please be careful using power tools. If you do not know how to use table saws, drills or nail guns please consult with a professional or have someone who can do this safely. And wear your PPE at all… View Post
the Ultimate Solution for storing your Craft Vinyl!
This post contains affiliate links from Amazon. What that means is you don’t pay anymore but we may get a small commission. Full Details can be found here. Paper sorting and organizing can be extremely overwhelming. We receive so much of it on a daily basis and while recycling the junk mail is easy, what the heck do we do… View Post
There are many things we need to consider when we embark on organizing a space. Therefore I have put together a list of Don’t Do’s in Organizing. I am sure this will help you start on your next organizing project AND be successful. Don’t Do’s in Organizing No. 1 Shopping Ahead The top don’t do in organizing project is do… View Post
This post contains affiliate links from Amazon. What that means is you don’t pay anymore but we may get a small commission. Full Details can be found here. Isn’t it annoying when you need a certain piece and you want to just go buy it. But it just doesn’t exist or is super expensive? It really really is. However, I… View Post
This post contains affiliate links from Amazon. What that means is you don’t pay anymore but we may get a small commission. Full Details can be found here. OK I lied above. Not having a pantry is DEFINITELY a problem. At least it is for me. So here is my setup. I have a giant kitchen. I mean seriously the… View Post
This post contains affiliate links from Amazon. What that means is you don’t pay anymore but we may get a small commission. Full Details can be found here. Have you seen those amazing photos on Pinterest with the matching bins that makes everything look so put together? Me too! And guess what, I hate them. Now you are probably asking… View Post
This post contains affiliate links from Amazon. What that means is you don’t pay anymore but we may get a small commission. Full Details can be found here. Do you want the freedom to be creative? I find cleaning up helps. Now I know the favorite sayings are creativity is messy, my craft room isn’t messy I just have everything… View Post
This post contains affiliate links from Amazon. What that means is you don’t pay anymore but we may get a small commission. Full Details can be found here. Many businesses use what they call “Best Practices”. They utilize their people to come up with efficient and purposeful systems to streamline their operations. Now you are probably wondering what the heck… View Post
This post contains affiliate links from Amazon. What that means is you don’t pay anymore but we may get a small commission. Full Details can be found here. POT LID HOLDERS are inexpensive and versatile organizers! They cost only a few dollars but can be invaluable to what they help get sorted out and stay that way! I will show… View Post
This post contains affiliate links from Amazon, they are in all capital letters. What that means is you don’t pay anymore but we may get a small commission. Full Details can be found here. Are you dipping into the world of sublimation? All the information can be completely overwhelming. I compiled my TOP tips for you to get going. Hopefully… View Post
This post contains affiliate links from Amazon. What that means is you don’t pay anymore but we may get a small commission. Full Details can be found here. Do you own about 5,000 tank tops like I do? Okay that may be an exaggeration BUT I do own quite a few. I wear them year round and several times a… View Post
This post contains affiliate links from Amazon & Arkon. What that means is you don’t pay anymore but we may get a small commission. Full Details can be found here. I wanted to share my office & crafting space with you. Hopefully this will give you some inspiration! And let’s be honest, it’s just fun to get a sneak peak… View Post
This post contains affiliate links. What that means is you don’t pay anymore but we may get a small commission. Links will be in all caps and/or blue text. Full details can be found here. Tis the Season for a sales! I will be adding and updating this throughout the rest of the week. Ending on Nov 30. Check out… View Post
This post contains affiliate links. What that means is you don’t pay anymore but we may get a small commission. Full Details can be found here. The Christmas Holiday is upon us! And what is better than going out to find gifts for those we care about, well making them of course! Now, we don’t want our adult projects to… View Post
This post contains affiliate links from Amazon & Arkon. What that means is you don’t pay anymore but we may get a small commission. Full Details can be found here. I am not an expert but I have found out what is working well for me and wanted to share. Live streaming on platforms like Facebook or Instagram can be… View Post
My top 4 tips to get going with social media live streaming.
This post contains affiliate links. What that means is you don’t pay anymore, but we may get a small commission. Full Details can be found here. Ikea can be a great place to shop, especially for crafters. They have a ton of options with mostly reasonable prices. A hack that came out a few years ago, using the Ikea’s plastic… View Post
This post contains affiliate links. What that means is you don’t pay anymore, but we may get a small commission. Full Details can be found here. This idea is the number one thing when people get a full tour of my house that they want to implement at home. I cannot tell you how many times I have heard, I… View Post
Laser cut 2 oz. acrylic paint organizer.
Do you find we have access to so much information, that we aren’t quite sure what is true or not? And I am not taking about #fakenews. I am talking about what is okay and NOT okay to use in your crafts. Now you may be asking what this has to do with organizing. But I think knowing the rules… View Post
This post contains affiliate links. What that means is you don’t pay anymore, but we may get a small commission. Full Details can be found here. Did you know you can get templates for many of the etch-able blanks from Craft Chameleon? These templates make etching so much easier! Each one comes with a plastic sheet with the acrylic shapes… View Post
This post contains affiliate links. What that means is you don’t pay anymore, but we may get a small commission. Full Details can be found here. Are you like me and see all the shiny beautiful blanks and need to have them all? I can spend hours window shopping for them and buying them too, of course! Craft Chameleon is… View Post
Analysis by paralysis is basically defined as over-thinking or analyzing a situation, until you don’t or can’t actually take action. So we don’t get done what needs doing. First Step The first action we need to take when we get to this state is acknowledge it. I know I sound like a twelve step program. But hopefully this will help…. View Post
If you are like me and purchase your scrapbook paper by the booklet, you end up with, well, a lot of books! Therefore we need to find a good way to store them so they are easily accessible! I will show you my “before” which is probably the 10th way I’ve tried and the after. I find that, keeping like… View Post
This post contains affiliate links. What that means is you don’t pay anymore, but we may get a small commission. Full Details can be found here. Last night I had to decorate some cupcakes. I wanted to show you how easy it is to get a great looking cupcake with little to no cake decorating skills. I used the Wilton… View Post
This post contains affiliate links from Sparkleberry Ink. This means we may make a small commission but you pay the same price. Thanks! I like projects to have a little “extra” in them. Sometimes that is in the design and sometimes it is with the products I choose to use. Sparkleberry Ink Vinyl is amazing at being the extra! Mandy… View Post
I have some tough love for you today. You need to let it go! What do I mean by that? I guarantee you have projects, ideas, and old hobbies stashed in your craft room. And here is the thing, some of those are bringing your creativity down! You need to be willing and able to let items and old ideas… View Post
We can have a very hard time focusing in today’s world, especially as creatives and crafters. That’s because we are inundated by things that yank at our attention. I am encouraging you to make this your motto. “Do 1 Thing, Do it Well, then Move to the Next” I am adopting this motto after chatting with a Starbucks Barista. People… View Post
This post contains affiliate links. What that means is you don’t pay anymore, but we may get a small commission. Full Details can be found here. As crafters we have a TON of hobbies. There are ones we try and love and a few that we just don’t love or haven’t gotten super into. For instance, sewing is one of… View Post
Have you seen the carts that everyone seems to be carrying these days? They are essentially 3 bins on wheels. You can now get them in endless colors and a few varying sizes. I believe Ikea as the original creator and since they have taken off like crazy. These carts are incredibly functional BUT not for everything. I have found… View Post
This week I was asked to make a shirt inspired by the quote “I can’t my kid has practice” they wanted something simple, just words, but that suited their style. This is a repeat customer (yay!) who is also a friend, so I do know her style and she LOVES distressed fonts. While that can be a pain, it takes… View Post
Have you ever had someone ask you (or you wanted) a distressed design or font and spent a very long time weeding all those little dots out? Well do I have a tip for you! When I have distressed our rougher cuts on my vinyl, I use tape to over it first! I make a small round thing of tape… View Post
You may be asking what the heck do you mean open or closed? I want to make you think about what type of storage do you prefer! Do you thrive from seeing your projects, tools and crafting items out on display? Or does the clutter and visual distractions make you feel overwhelmed or unfocused. Often your space will have a… View Post
Today is a super quick tip & it can change your life! Seriously, I don’t say this lightly, it has literally changed my life and saved me a ton of time! Here it is: HAVE A DROP SPOT!!! Have a spot, or two, in your home where you place things that need to go elsewhere. For me those spots are… View Post
You have probably heard quite a lot lately about the Marie Kondo and some are hailing her the Queen of organizing and I decided to do a review not so much of her books but more her approach. For those of you who don’t know who Marie Kondo is, she is a organizing guru that has become an international sensation…. View Post
I am beginning to work on my health and nutrition and a big thing with that is consuming enough water. I honestly just typically forget to consume anything, so for me it is purposefully taking time and energy to break from what I am doing to go drink water and eat healthy. With that in mind, this week, I wanted… View Post
I don’t know of any crafter, or creative, who does not have an extensive collection of pens, markers, crayons, pencils, and many various writing instruments. We collect them like they are going out of style and they fill our drawers, cups, organizers, mason jars and end up getting lost and not used. Or maybe that’s just me? I love to… View Post
This quick tip is about having organizing goals! For people where organizing isn’t a passion, hobby or anything you remotely love to do, set yourself this goal: Organize, so when it’s time to clean up, You can. Let me explain just a little bit on my philosophy of organizing. For me, organizing is all about everything having a place or… View Post
Today’s review is all about the Latchmate vinyl storage bin at Michael’s. This is a bin I had previously purchased and subsequently returned after not liking it. But after receiving it as apart of the goodies at the All Things Silhouette Conference (review of that HERE) I thought I’d give it another shot and see if it could change my… View Post
Today is my mom’s birthday! So since I didn’t get my act together and actually send her a card. I thought I would at least make a Happy Birthday Card on her birthday and send her a photo (that counts right?). It was originally supposed to be in her favorite color and mine. But I messed up the cut on… View Post
I’ll admit I cringe a bit when I decided to write this because this is an area I can definitely improve upon. But I do have some good tips for keeping orders, gifts or projects from getting lost or taking over! Orders & Gifts all get written down! This is a habit I am working hard on. I like to… View Post
Today’s tip is an easy one, sometimes best laid plans with perfect measurements JUST DON’T WORK! That has been me with storing these alcohol inks. I started with a small box and they will not stay upright in them, even with a partition. Then I bought a lipstick holder that had what was apparently the right measurements, but nope not… View Post
All Things Silhouette is a crafters conference held 1-2 times a year in Peachtree City, GA for crafters that work with cutting machines, embroidery and sublimation. Silhouette is a brand of cutting machine with a more robust software than most others, so many come who use other machines but utilize their software. The conference is put on my Terri Johnson… View Post
This bracelet is my new and unique creation. I was searching Pinterest for inspiration for a showcase piece for the All Things Silhouette Conference I attended last weekend. I saw a lot of metal washer jewelry where they were using alcohol ink to color metals. This inspired me to do my own version and here is how I did it…. View Post
If you craft with any machine, you will have digital files. They are quickly and easily accumulated, they also seem to multiply when you aren’t looking. Starting with a great system is easier than fixing a bad one, but any time you get your files organized you will find it easier to work and craft. Not to mention save yourself… View Post
Magazine holders aren’t just for magazines! They are great paper storage! Obviously this only works for 8.5″ x 11″ and smaller but it is such an easy, inexpensive way to store your papers. I keep several of mine with various papers I collect from projects, I am not big into paper crafting, so my collection is minimal and not nearly… View Post
Silhouette mats are EXPENSIVE! And I find that they don’t really last very long. Yes you can re-sticky them and clean them, doing all sorts of things to extend its life, but let’s be honest, what creative crafty person wants to do a chore to make something work! In comes the world of Nicapa Cutting Mats. I like these mats… View Post
Ok Sparkleberry Ink did a a video of using vinyl to cover a frame and I thought how cool!!! (I can’t find the video but I will get the link for you guys soon). But I was so excited to make a custom frame. I swung by Dollar tree and grabbed a cheap frame. I went with simple so the… View Post
I love crafting, but I have always found it hard to keep my tools organized and accessible. I would get into a project and then have to dig below the mess I made to find the tools I was looking for. Needless to say it made a 30 minute project would become an hour long, because I would spend half… View Post
Tip of the Week: Look in other sections of the store for your organizing needs. Rarely is it as straight forward as walking to the labeled office section and having exactly what’s needed right in front of you. Problem: Your bookcase is getting full and you need to divide shelf space for smaller items. The office section really didn’t have… View Post
Art Portfolio’s are how I store my heat transfer vinyl (learn about that HERE). I have 5 of these currently, storing all my colors of heat transfer vinyl and one book storing my glitter patterned Sparkleberry Ink vinyl (I may hoard it because it’s just so pretty to look at). The Good: They are easy to use, label and store… View Post
Vinyl Storage 101 is all about storing your vinyl for quick, easy and organized access. Have it all right at your fingertips without sorting through piles and bins!
A new use for scrapbooks! Store your printed and sheet vinyl in scrapbooks!
Ever wondered how to store all your rolls of vinyl outside of a drawer? Here you go! Multi purpose bins to the rescue.
Organizing Heat Transfer Vinyl can give us all a headache. I have devised an easy to use system that is expandable as your collection grows!
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