Scrapbook Challenge No 1. Organise Something!

Thanks to Cynthia's Scrapbook Challenge I've been pushed into doing some organising.{g} I was supposed to be doing a million other, more important things, as school has not yet finished in our home and I am pretty busy, but I got struck down by a bad cold this week and was lying around feeling frustrated about not being able to get out and be busy so I decided to tackle this challenge. I kept stopping for cups of hot honey and lemon, but I got there in the end!

I have 2 places to keep scrapping supplies. One is this, the only antique (as opposed to just plain old) piece of furniture we have. It's a music cabinet made of English oak and it's had the privilege of travelling across the Atlantic Ocean twice. It was in Jamie's grandparents' home from at least 1910, possibly earlier, and stored all the sheet music from that very musical family.

The doors open downward. Each drawer has been inscribed on the inside by a child's hand with things like 'Phyllis' or 'Mum's Violin pieces', so it's a very sweet reminder of Jamie's family history with music.

It also holds 12 by 12 pieces of scrapbook paper, so Jamie said I could have it for those things! Yay! Anyway it has been a mess.


I also use this box to take to friends' houses to crop, but that is only when the moon is, for some reason, blue. November was the last time. I don't think it's ever been cleared out and everything just gets stuffed in there. I knew I needed to clear it out and get rid of a lot.


OK, I THINK it has to get worse before it gets better!{g}


The music cabinet (paper drawers) get organised. Colour co-ordinated, Cynthia, I hope you notice!

Someone gave me this little bag at Christmas with gardening things in. It's such a useful little bag, I've appropriated it for scrapbooking supplies. Thanks for the idea Wendrie, if you're reading this!

Now the box is also sorted. Lots of tat thrown away, everything in its place and now I know that it's ready to go, if I ever have a block of time for a bit of work on an album. Ha! We'll see!


MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!