I have been rearranging rooms and locations of items in the house. Since our master bedroom is so large and we don't need more than a bed for sleeping, we decided to make the master bedroom my Art Room! Slowly things are being moved around - bed to smaller bedroom, furniture to appropriate room, sorting & organizing my supplies. Below are my before and after pictures for my paper punch storage.
[Before] When I was using the room next to the laundry area as my art room, I had my paper punches on the Bygel rails (from IKEA) on the wall behind the door. Well, then the punch design changed from the "whale tail" style to a flat, locking style. The new style did not fit as well on the rails. Luckily the Bygel rails have hanging wire baskets so I used those for most of the flat punches.
Yes, I have accumulated quite a few paper punches over the decades. So many fun designs and uses in paper crafting.
[After] Anyway, the door for the bedroom is in the far corner from where I am putting my work area. Plus I want the punches closer to me since I tend not to use what is not visible or not in reach. I have been seeing the storage items from Stamp N Storage on other blogs and really liked it. So I saved up to get some. I got one "whale tail" punch holder and the large lock down punch holder. I have them stacked on the elfa shelving (from The Container Store) that is behind me when I am at my workspace.
There is so much more to move and organize. I am trying to figure out how to keep things visible and in reach (out of sight, out of mind). Also I am working on better organization and reducing / purging my supplies. Keep the focus on what I really like to do, what I gravitate towards, and not collect so many supplies but actually USE them.
Thursday, October 9, was World Post Day. To celebrate I mailed 17 pieces of mail (10 postcards & 9 envelopes) to 9 different countries and 5 states in the USA. Most of the postcards were through PostCrossing and the envelopes and some postcards were through Swap-bot. That day I received one postcard from a swap partner.
It has been quite a while since I posted anything. Many things have been going on but not always something that is visible or measurable to the outside world. Lots of grieving, realizations, refocusing, and exploring. One of my current transitions is shifting my time from so much television watching to a more intentional life and purposeful activities. Blogging more often is one of those activities. The entries may not be consistent (every Tuesday at 4pm or some rigidness like that) but I will share and show aspects of my life. I do not know how much interest there is to read the entries, especially since this blog isn't subject specific. It has various topics such as travel, postcards, swaps & other creations, observations, and new endeavors.
I received this wonderful maximum card (postcard image, postage stamp, and sometimes post mark all match and on the same side together; also called maxicard) from the Czech Republic via PostCrossing.
