May. 18, 2008 - A Photographic Tour of our Craft Corner!
This craft corner is my dream come true. I know it may sound a little melodramatic, but I really love this room. It is part of our laundry room and family closet. Check out this post for the pictures and here are some more.
When we designed this room we knew we wanted a craft area but it wasn't as much of a priority as the family closet. Even still we have a great layout for crafting. We will add a bar stool for under the counter this weekend. We added a sink to help with those messy paint and glue crafts. It is 10 inches deep and bigger than a bar sink but smaller than a kitchen sink. It's perfect!
We have a 4 drawer unit under one end and a 36" sink base under the window. We still need to add the knobs to the bottom cabinets and some trim around the room but it doesn't stop us from using the room! 
The top drawer holds small items that we use frequently, including magnifying glasses and dice :).
The 2nd drawer holds coloring books and workbooks. I'm not sure this is the best use for such a prime spot yet but it works for the kids now.
The 3rd and 4th drawers hold all of our puzzles. On some of the smaller puzzles I cut the picture off the box and put it and all the pieces in a ziplock bag. They fit better and are easy to clean up.
This is how we organized the counter. The kids always seem to have a drawing or picture in progress so I decided to use a large metal bucket for storage. Labeled just like everything else for consistency. The small yellow bucket has vintage hankies that we use in place of kleenex. They are beautiful and bring back so many memories.
The glass jars are ones I found several years ago at a thrift store. I loved them then and I love them now. They have been used in so many ways but now they have repurposed as ribbon eye candy for me! I love seeing them in those jars.
Comments
May. 19, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by crazybusy
How very, very cool! VERY impressive! :) How nice to have that space for crafts! Fun!!!
To answer your question... the yam was already starting to grow eyes. Then, all we did was put toothpicks in it to suspend it in a jar filled with water & it grew and grew and grew! :)
But the sad part is when my son went to plant it outside, our dog followed him and immediately dug it up and ran around the yard with it in his mouth. It kind of fell apart and that was the end of the yam plant!
Love, Alyssa
May. 21, 2008 - Nice work!
Posted by mamabear2003
Great organizing! I'm inspired :)
Oct. 13, 2008 - Glass jar for ribbon
Posted by Anonymous
We tryed it, it worked GREAT !
