My new catalog Stampin’ Up! box has arrived and I have been organizing. First off I pulled all the retiring stamp sets off my shelves. Then I organized my dies – well I pulled all the retired ones. I put tiny names that I purchased from Wendy Cranford on my Stampin Blends. I have not done any of my papers yet – cardstock and DSP. Below are my ink pads, refills and Stampin Write Markers arranged by color families. In the past, I had them arranged by like colors and I may change these up as I liked that way better.

Next all my stamp sets arranged alphabetically with my Stampin Blends above them. My ribbons are stored across the top – most are retired. I have many more in storage baskets. Guess I should see about finding a new home for them.

Here is a picture of the whole area. Notice the upside down crate at the bottom front. That is my version of a raised stamping surface. I stand to stamp and all the bending was killing my back. After pricing all the versions of a raised desk, I found this all Micheal’s – works and much cheaper.

Next is a picture of the border in this room. My stamping room was my youngest daughters bedroom and she loved frogs hence the border. She has not lived in this room for many years now (she is 47) but I never got around to changing it. I have picked out a pretty blue to paint this room. I really don’t look forward to taking this room apart. I may just do one wall at a time.

Well that’s all for now. I am off to organize all my paper and sometime this weekend I need to send in my taxes. Ugh!

Stamping hugs,

Diane