Morning peeps, Wednesday is upon us once more. Hope you’re all fine and dandy in you neck of the woods. Me? I’m full of the joys of Spring as we’re having a couple of days here that are making it above freezing, and that’s having an impact on the snow mound outside my door. Of course it will probably melt in time for some more to fall!! But enough of that.
I don’t have a desk for you this week as I’ve been busy re-arranging my room and supplies a bit. I blame that Scoopy Sue, she put the idea into my head! It all started with a new tv, a flat screen, our first one, which necessitated a move around in our family room and a new, bigger tv bench to put it on. This new tv stand also has three large drawers that more than accommodate our dvd’s and we decided to get two smaller matching cabinets for either side of the fireplace which made great storage for cd’s and other bits and pieces. So this became available:
As it’s still on really good condition and is mainly solid oak I had intended to donate it to a charity shop or “freecycle” it or something, but when I saw Sue was storing her beloved House Mouse stamps in something very similar I had a light bulb moment and dragged it upstairs to my room! This wall used to hold a small plastic camping table with the light box on top, so I had to find somewhere else for that but I spent a very happy hour arranging most of my stamps in here:
As you can see, it swallowed them all up with room to spare, and the best thing is, this is to the left of my desk so I have have to get up to choose a stamp!! Yes, exercise and stamping at the same time! So, where to put the light box? Putting all the stamps in here freed up one of those tall plastic chest of drawers, and I moved another set down to the basement that had a lot of Andrews stuff in for his little business (he agreed to this as he rarely uses them), which left a space big enough for the light box, but I needed something to stand it on. Another lightbulb moment. Sitting down in the hall was the old tv stand, just made out of cheap fibre board/pressed board whatever you call it!, painted black with two little glass doors. So I dragged that up too and it fitted in the space perfectly, popped the lightbox on top and then filled the internal bit with all my Christmas stash!
The bottom half looks dark as the doors are smoked glass, should have opened them up for you. So that’s what I was up to at the weekend. I still have a few things to put away but I was able to sit at my desk again and make a card for Chrissie and Mandi’s Less Is More Challenge, which took me all of five minutes. Just as well really as that’s all the time I had and I was pretty pooped by the sudden burst of exercise!
And one last thing. Having been lucky enough to receive lots of lovely crafting goodies for Christmas and my birthday in January I’ve been incredibly good and haven’t even been near a craft store in weeks, and I really don’t intend too unless it’s for staples like stamping paper. But I definitely received a huge stash boost this week! I went to JoAnn last Saturday for a new paper pad for stamping on (paid for with a 40% coupon!), and saw lots of red clearance tags and was lucky enough to pick up two of the large 8″ x 8″ Fiskars clear stamp sets which have one large background and 10 other themed stamps for just $3.97 each, reduced from $14.99! Even Andrew agreed that was one not to pass up. On Friday I’d received a little parcel in the post from my mam in England with four stamp sets that came free with the UK card magazines, I won’t use all of them but there’s some very useful ones included. Monday rolled around and in the mail box were some more lovely stamped HM images from Paula (isn’t she sweet??), and my order from Simon Says Stamp. I had been lucky enough to win a $15 voucher to their store from the ABC Christmas challenge blog and had arranged my cart to be as close to $15 as possible, went to pull out my credit card for the couple of bucks I was over and saw an American Express card in my wallet, which I though was bloody odd as I don’t have an Amex card! Took it out and realised it was a $50 gift card I’d been given by work for a Christmas present and I’d forgotten all about it! So, my Simon Says Stamp order changed quite considerably and the lovely things I’d ordered also arrived on Monday.
Oops, just realised I forgot to rotate the picture before uploading!! So, the Hero Arts stuff in the middle is from Simon Says Stamp (2 wood, 2 clings, 2 clear), the little packet with the red label is the free magazine stamps, the white card is the images from Paula and the Fiskars sets are top and bottom. Also, the little red bag was a surprise Valentine gift from Andrew, home made (by him) cranberry/orange shortbread dipped in milk chocolate! He even found my large heart punch, some red card and a gold gel pen to write on it with!
Lol, I’d intended this to be a quick little post with more photos than words but I guess that didn’t work out very well for me!! Hop on over to Julias pad to see more work desks than you could shake a stick at for What’s On Your Workdesk Wednesday.
Stamping 4 Pleasure said:
Who’s a lucky girl then! I am drooling over your new stash (not to mention the biscuits Andrew gave you!)
Hugs, Sandra x
Shaz in Oz. x said:
Hi there Brenda wow!! that is lovely new stash… and guess what hit my desk this week?? my pink ATG gun from Custom crops (along with a super cheap Martha Stewart scoreboard that happened to hop into my cart… funny that?). And a very big thanks to you and to Susan… so pop over and have look do!
thanks heaps for sharing and really impressed at all your wonderful re-arranging can feel it coming on over here, too the need to r-organise!!
Shaz in Oz.x
Angela (Toucan Scraps) said:
your new craft are is great – moving stuff round can be hard work but so worth it!
And your new goodies …. yum
Blessings to you, from Angela #116
sue said:
Hi ya brenda
hahahahahahaha blame me eh, but what a gorgeous cuboard would have been wasted not to use it hun,great light box, luv all ya new goodies, i stick me flowers on with UHU glue, or silcone, have great day hun, happy WOYWW, sue,xx
Scrapcollectr said:
Ooooh, you flatter, you! My age on the calendar, indeed! Lol…
All looks like fun to come in your space…
What a nice hubby to track down the punch and pens!
Have a nice day,
*smile*
Scrapcollectr said:
Okay, so I misspelled… I meant “flatterer”!
lol
Jo said:
Wow, what a great cupboard and some fabulous stamps! TFS, Jo x
Ali Watson said:
Wow fab stash there and what a super idea for the storage. Love it.
Thanks for popping by mine earlier
Ali x
~ Ali Watson ~ said:
Wow fab stash there and what a super idea for the storage. Love it.
Thanks for popping by mine earlier
Ali x
(Oops not sure what i was typing in the last comment lol)
sue kment said:
Wonderful post…almost felt like I was organizing right along with you as well as shopping for all those new stamps too! How very fun!!! Happy Woyww today!
S said:
Oh I want to come play with your new stamps, you lucky one! S #106
helen said:
What a lovely purchase! I am never lucky enough to find things like that in my wallet! Hope you enjoy using them all and do share what you create with us all.
helen said:
Oh, and I love your oak cupboard – well done getting it upstairs!
MaggieC (SilverCrafter) said:
I am in awe of all that hard work, and all those lightbulb moments. It is good to make use of things you already have. What a wonderful surprise to find that gift card. Enjoy all those new goodies. After all that hard work, you deserve some creative time.
jude said:
Wow lovely cupboard ideal for stamps plus room for more..lol.Love the new stash have happy wednesday
hugs judex22
JoZarty said:
What a time you’ve had gathering goodies day by day. Lucky you! The cabinet looks amazing filled with your stamps, well! room to spare too. good excuse to buy more too. Enjoy it all.
joZarty x
Spyder said:
oh wowo what a fab cupboard!! I want one!! Oh it’s s’not fair! (stamps foot!) Lovely desk this week, it has lovely goodies on it!! hehehhhee, go on have a go at spot the difference. I did one last week too and it was fun! some asked to do it again, and I’ve even had strange people email me answers (when I say strange I mean, I don’t ‘know’ them from blog world!) and even children and guys! (well, they have guys names!) Very childish I know, but fun! Have a great wow, I haven’t started visiting people yet, it’ll beinto the night again! Happy WOYWW< ((Lyn)
Carola Bartz said:
Wonderful new stash, I guess you will have some very happy moments with those. The re-designed cupboard looks great, very handy!
Sheilagh said:
Lovely stash, I love Hero Art stamps. Love the storage.
Shirley said:
I love it when one thing leads to another in a creative, furniture-moving, stash-storing way but rarely have the energy these days. So my changes are the smaller kind. Does Andrew do crafting lessons for other husbands?…Shirl #122
Susan Moloney said:
Gorgeous cabinet Brenda and loads more room to add to your collection! Oooh…I have that antique background cling stamp (never been inked!) so I will get it out to put on my desk so I can use it!
The emu is repaired and running around on two legs! So I am free of repair jobs…for the moment!
Susan xxox #13
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Sue said:
Great way to re-purpose the oak cabinet, looks great! Love the peek at your stamps. Thanks for stopping by my blog! Sue #21
Karen said:
Wow your cupboard looks great, what a fab idea to use it for your craft items 🙂
Thanks for stopping by & have a lovely day,
Karen #59
Morti said:
What a fab stash haul you had! Lucky you…. thanks for stopping by my blog.
Artyjen said:
Love your new stamp cupboard 🙂 Great bit of recycling! I can see you will have lots of fun with those fabby stamps 😉
xoxo Sioux
Shaz said:
Love your new stash, and the cupboards worked brilliantly! Shaz #131
Kerry said:
what an awesome cupboard, so organized. I’m envious of your stash, wish we had a Jo-Anns here in the UK.
Stacey Gibby said:
Your comment on my space made me laugh, about my guests waking up and there I am! It does seem when we have guests I am in the middle of a big project and hate to have to clean it up! My father in law sometimes comes for 2 weeks! I have been known to sneak in while he was sleeping and grab some stash! Shhhh! On to your lovely surprises. Great cabinet! Fit your stamps perfectly. I love recycling old stuff and finding great uses for it! Awesome stamps and how sweet is that to have so many gifts to buy it with!
Okienurse said:
Awesome storage for your stash! Thanks for sharing. Vickie #30
Ciara said:
Wow, new stash and handmade biscuits, how cool is that? You have picked some great stamps there, I love all of those Hero Arts ones.
The purple thing hanging next to my heat gun is my Kandi Kane hotfix crystal applicator, it’s great for applying Swarovski crystals
Julia Dunnit said:
Oh how marvellous, re-puprposed furniture, great storage and exercise to boot……you may be happy getting up to fetch ’em…I wonder if it will mean you end up with a basket full of used stamps at your side??!!!!
Anna Matthews said:
Hi Brenda, How are you, you are so organized and I love your lightbox. Your work is lovely! Oh, and the pasta machine is for people like myself who can’t afford an embossing machine like a cuttlebug. The pasta maker was free from my in-laws’ garage sale. It doesn’t work as well as a machine, but its great until I have that $100.
Andrea said:
Wow…..I love your new stamp storage, its perfect and I’m sure you won’t take long to fill it especially with all those goodies arriving. I’ve just bought the large Hero Arts stamp with the lines on (can’t remember what its called now) I was really surprised how large it was.
And a big well done to Andrew for his creativity, perhaps you’ll need to get another chair for him so you can craft together. That would be really romantic!!
Have fun with your new stash and thanks for the lovely comment. It’s good to be back in the land of the WOWWY’ers!!
Andrea.xx
Chrysalis said:
Hi Brenda – isn’t it great when everything comes together like that? Great storage AND lots of lovely new goodies to play with! Thanks for visiting my blog, BTW. Chris xx
Rebekah said:
Haha when I saw Sues storage for her house mouse stamps in that fabby unit going out for a burden I was also like wowzers thats a fab idea! I’m glad she inspired you! Love your new stash and I really need a lightbox! Hugs Rebekah xx (111)
Voodoo Vixen said:
Wow Brenda, now I call that recycling! Love that wooden cupbaord, how perfect is that for stamps and stuff and your lovely lightbox – I knew I had forgotten something when I made mine… the plastic piping!! LOL hugs Annette
Alison said:
Great idea for recycling the cupboard, I bet it will soon be full!
Alison x
sandra de marchi said:
Lovely way to use furniture to suit our crafting purposes. Is it because we have so much stuff??
Sandra
Lavinia said:
Seems as though the joys of cleaning & re-arranging desks & rooms is the order of the week for most of us WOYWW-ers, great idea to use the cabinet, you will fit loads of stuff in there! Liking the new stamps, especially the Fiskars French looking ones! Just come back form the Nice in France so all things french are the rage for me at the minute! Hope your well!
Lavinia
x
Esther said:
Goodness you have been busy – I love re-arranging my stash, I often find things I’d forgotten about ! Happy WOYWW Esther xx
Wendy Hewings said:
great use of the cupboard, have to go shopping ow, it looks like it could do with some more stamps to fill it, ROFL.
The light box is fab been meaning to make one for ages
Karen said:
Woo hoo! Love your new crafty cabinet! How fantastic is that?! And lots of lovely new stash you have there! Looks like you have lots of fun ahead! Thanks for visiting me!
xoxo Karen
Nicky said:
Wow love your new storage for your stamps and you have looks of new stash too ~ Nicky no.6
paula said:
wow Brenda – there a are some really gorgeous stamps here. We’re as bad as each other with all the stash we both buy. We could set up an ebay shop LOL!!!
Paula x x x
Oliva said:
Perfect! I love the idea of giving new life to things…very very neat! I LOVE your collection of House Mouse stamps! Thank you for stopping by 🙂
peggy aplSEEDS said:
wow, what wonderful new storage! ALL THAT SPACE! and what a lot of new goodies to play with!