In an effort to get motivated to do some work I have embarked on a MAJOR studio clean-up! I quite often have a tidy up before I get started on new projects but this time a little clean-up just didn't do the trick. It started with the beads... I asked my menfolk to apply their lateral blokey brains to the problem and they unanimously agreed that what I
really needed was those divided boxes - the kind embroiderers store their floss in or fisherman put tackle in. Originally my beadies were stored in little zip-lock bags, sorted into colours and stacked into cutlery trays which were housed ina special shelving unit the hubby designed and built. This was a great solution until the collection just got too big - I spent half my time hunting through the trays and the rest picking up fallen baggies from the floor 'cos the trays were overstuffed! I decided to take the good advice offered and started with 50 boxes ... Two days and a crippled thumb later I have finally transferred the last bead to its rightful place! I have sorted and sorted,labelled and stacked! I even culled -
ALOT! Of course this new system is going to require a new shelving unit so hubby is getting to work on the design - which naturally will not fit in the space previously used to house the beads - hence further sorting and culling to rearrange the space. I am certain it will be GREAT once it is finished but it has been a Herculian task and I will be very glad to be finished! Hopefully it will spur me on to get into making mode for the next couple of things coming up - then again maybe I deserve a day or two off ...
The Original storage system - getting out of control!
and
the sorting begins ...
Goody goody - a tower of empty trays!
A whole lot of RUBBISH! That is just empty baggies and packaging from the boxes!
Finally it starts to look orderly ...
and then
all neatly stacked awaiting new shelf!
3 comments:
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
it's looks wonderful, like lots of coloured lollies just ready for me to eat! :-)))
Well done, I'm very proud of you
I hope there are "some nice beads" left! LOL
Melissa
xxx
Do you rent yourself out for doing tidyups?
It looks so good and I love the photo of your new boxes all filled with beads and open on the table. Pity you couldn't just put a piece of glass over the top so that you could still see the beads like that!
What Rustic T said, Sooz, my eyes welled up with tears of envy at that sight. You are a braver woman than I ever will be, at some stage I know I have to actually GO IN and do a Sooz-action. but not now. It is spring and the juices are boiling. Have you ever been in Saldechin, they have those gorgeous display cabinets in white. I want one. Or two. It has drawers, it has room for necks, it has room for the silks and the wools. But maybe not for me :(.
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