Closet Re-org

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Over the weekend and during the week last week the boy and I dismantled the closet in my office, painted and hung new shelving. Prompted by a request from me to hang a decorative shelf over my sewing machine table to put some of my thread the boy suggested we reorganize the closet first and see how that affected the amount of stuff out and about in the office. :) Can you tell he’s a process engineer with tasks like making work areas more productive and tools readily available?

Here’s a shot of the closet while we were taking everything out of it. For some reason I always forget to take true before pictures as it doesn’t occur to me to take one until I am in the middle of working on something. :)

My brother, the boy and I picked out a happy green color for the  closet interior. I don’t plan to put both doors back up and I wanted a nice color as a backdrop. It may or may not be kind of close to Ravelry green. ;) Here’s a shot of the painting work.

Lastly, we have shots of the closet once I got almost everything put back in to it. I still have to go through a few more stacks waiting in the office. Then I can show you the area with the sewing tables and how they turned out. I am also hoping to find a new sewing table for my Brother machine when garage sale season is upon us. :)

View from the office into the closet:

View of the Left wall, see if you can spot the Sticks N Stitches door prizes. :)

The back wall of the closet, that whole top shelf is empty so there is definitely room to grow. :) I’ve also stashed some fiber in here that was out on the bookcase in the office, hopefully it won’t get so dusty.

This closet is located above our stairs so I have this awesome stair step section. We’re toying with the idea of turning the second step into a little reading nook by putting pillows and other soft cushy items up there. :)

So as you can see we put in adjustable shelving and we also hit up a sale on plastic storage bins at Home Depot. The two large plastic carts on the bottom came out of my sewing area. Some of the smaller bins are project bins for specific sewing projects so I can just grab them and go if I want to sew at a friend’s house or in the basement. I also have all my fabric in bins and easily search-able. I love that I still have room to grow, and I am going to try not to fill that up too fast. All in all, it was definitely worth the money and the labour because it just makes me happy every time I look over and see my closet. I am so glad we finally took the time to do this because now I can find everything and my office is so clean!

Sticks N Stitches 2011 – Columbus Blue Jackets

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Are you ready for the 2010 – 2011 Sticks N Stitches with your Columbus Blue Jackets?

This year’s game is Sunday March 20 at 5pm against the New Jersey Devils! We will be sitting in section 207 and tickets are $25 a piece. Tickets can be ordered directly through our contact at the Columbus Blue Jackets. There will also be a copy of the order form on my website as soon as I have it – around January 19th. Please order your tickets early to ensure that you are seated with the group.

We will be supporting the local charity – My Very Own Blanket this year. My Very Own Blanket provides blankets and bath kits to area foster children. They accept knit, crochet, sewn, “no-sew” and quilted blankets. Suggestions for blanket sizes and materials can be found on their website. We will be accepting finished blankets, bath kit supplies, blanket supplies and any monetary donations at the organizer table during the game.

If you know someone who would like to be added to the mailing list please have them pop over and sign up for the email list.

Go Jackets!

Christmas crafts

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Peanut the Elephant at my house.

For Christmas this year, I didn’t feel like I was making a whole lot of handmade gifts. Just a few small items for my nieces. My mother ended up asking for a blender cover to place over her tea mug rack to prevent the grease build up from the stove. I decided that could pretty easily be made so I decided to take it on as well. I finished everything with plenty of time. Well, ok so I was sewing the hem on my mother’s cover Christmas Eve that was purely due to procrastination on my part. :)

Mom's new Tea Mug cover, performing its duty.

For my niece S I made two hats, and a patchwork elephant. She wasn’t as keen on the hats when she opened them Christmas morning but she is wearing them so that works for me. :)

My niece S sporting her new snow pants from Uncle and the hat from me. :)

However, her response to the elephant was beyond cute. First she squealed with delight, then she threw herself with the elephant into her uncle’s lap, then rocked back and forth hugging the elephant. Finally, she declared “pillow!” Which isn’t entirely accurate but I’ll take it. If she continues that kind of response for the things I make her there’s a very good chance this auntie will have a lot of projects in her future!

My niece S clutching her new elephant! :)

For my other niece T, I made the Ishbel beret to wear over her darling little curls. I haven’t seen her yet but hope to deliver her gift this weekend and snag a picture of her wearing it.

Sticks N Stitches 2011

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I know I owe y’all a proper post and it will come some day. But for now, we have a special announcement.

Please SAVE THE DATE…

…for the 2010-2011 season’s Sticks N Stitches with the Columbus Blue Jackets! This year’s game is against the New Jersey Devils and the puck drops at 5pm Sunday March 20, 2011.

I will have more details once tickets are available for purchase. If you know someone who would like to be added to the e-mail announcement list have them popover and sign up!

Go Jackets!

:)

Labour Day Recap

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Over the labour day weekend the boy and I got hitched as well as celebrated 6 years together! :D There’s been a fair bit of radio silence here as we were planning our wedding, executing it and then honeymooning in Hawaii. We’ve been home a little over a week now and have gotten a few of the gifts put away (or into temporary homes while we get things sorted). Today I was finally able to see the floor in two rooms where I haven’t seen it in awhile!

As proof of my exploits I give you one of my favorite pictures from our sneak peek photos.

Enjoying our hobbies in our finery.

These are the photos our photographers put into a slideshow during our reception. The rest of the pictures won’t be available for another 1-3 weeks.

The boy purchased a fancy Nikon D5000 as my wedding gift so in theory you should see a lot more pictures around here. Lord knows I took enough on the honeymoon. It may just depend on whether I get too hung up on processing and sorting to get around to posting. :)