Get Organized: 20 Unique Storage Solutions

January 20, 2016 by FaveCrafts 7 Comments

If you are anything like me, your home is probably just a wee bit cluttered—to say the least. Maybe it’s hard for you to throw things away because they have sentimental value, or maybe your home just lacks the proper storage to put things away in. Either way, things are starting to pile up, and you need some DIY storage ideas. Look no further—we’ve got you covered. With this list of 20 Unique Storage Solutions, you can learn some great strategies for craft room storage to help you organize all of your crafting supplies. These DIY ideas are the ultimate storage solutions for anyone who loves to craft.

Craft Storage
First things first, you might as well start with your craft room. With all of the different materials you’ve acquired over the years for various projects, it’s most likely that that’s the disaster zone of your home. Put a dent in the clutter with these craft room storage solutions.

1. Gold-Dipped DIY Organizer
2. Knick Knack Cabinet
3. 15-Minute Recycled Desk Organizer
4. Storage Station with PVC Cubbies
5. Recycled Milk Carton Stationery Organizer
6. Fresh Filing Cabinet Makeover
7. Refashioned Cardboard Storage Bins

Kitchen Storage
You can never have too much storage space in a kitchen. Especially if you have a small kitchen, storing all of your supplies can become a huge challenge. Taking advantage of wall space is a great way to make a small space seem bigger, making DIY wall storage projects perfect when learning how to organize your kitchen.

8. Upcycled Bookcase Coffee Station
9. Radical Repurposed Door Organizer
10. Chalk Paint Pantry Jars
11. Open Shelving Kitchen Pantry
12. 15-Minute Kitchen Canister
13. Rolling Pantry DIY Kitchen Storage
14. Create a Functional Pantry

Miscellaneous Storage Solutions
If after organizing both your craft room and kitchen, your house is still an unorganized mess, try out these other DIY organization ideas. Maybe your kids aren’t very good about putting their toys away, or maybe your files are piling up in your office. From playroom storage bins to office storage cabinets, we’ve got the convenient storage solutions to help.

15. Children’s Numbered Bookcase
16. DIY Organization Board
17. DIY Vintage Window Frame Organizer
18. Framed Burlap Earring Organizer
19. Personalized DIY Desk Accessories
20. Unexpected DIY Bathroom Rack

Which room in your home needs the most organizing?

Recycled DIY Organization Ideas

December 4, 2015 by Tanner Bell 3 Comments

What are the trickiest areas of your home when it comes to getting organized? Maybe it’s the jewelry and fashion accessories in your bedroom. Or perhaps it’s your desk and office area that is most in need of an efficiency makeover. If you’re here on FaveCrafts Blog, then we’re guessing that your craft room needs a little help too. No one wants to have to go on a scavenger hunt through their house every time they need to find something simple. A few simple projects to declutter and corral all those little bits and piece will show you how to organize and have your supplies in order in no time.

We know that sometimes, knowing how to organize seems to be just too hard, too expensive, and too unattractive. We’re here with DIY organization ideas to show you it doesn’t have to be!

Image courtesy of Aunt Peaches

There are lots of ways to get your kitchen, office, bedroom, craft room, or any other part of your home organized quickly and easily. We’ve rounded up 14 of these clever DIY organization ideas below and we just know you’re going to love how simple they are. Best of all, these DIY organization crafts are positively adorable too!

Image courtesy of HP

Image courtesy of Homemade Modern

DIY Recharging Station from A Little Craft in Your Day
Handy Cardboard Carton Desk Caddy from Aunt Peaches
Chalkboard Coat Hanger from FaveCrafts
Recycled Can Pen and Marker Organizer from HP Create
DIY Magazine Holder from A Little Craft in Your Day
15 Minute Recycled Desk Organizer from FaveCrafts
Stylish Recycled Organizer from A Little Craft in Your Day
Wine Cork Jewelry Holder from FaveCrafts
Recycled Screwdriver Coat Rack from Homemade Modern
Rustic Recycled Tin Can Organizer from Homeroad
Lovely Mod Podge Tray from FaveCrafts
Easy Hardware Organization from Chez Larsson
DIY Frame Earring Holder from Morning Creativity
Easy Peasy Scarf Organization Holder from From the Desk

See? There are lots of great ideas for getting your house into tip-top organized shape using inexpensive recycled materials. Next time you’re about to toss out those cardboard tubes, empty plastic bottles, aluminum cans, cartons, boxes, or other potentially useful things, have a look at them with an eye to tidying up and having a home for each and every item.

Which part of your home is most in need of organization? Share your clutter hot spots in the comments below!

7 Clever Storage & Organization Ideas

September 10, 2015 by FaveCrafts 3 Comments

We can never get enough of DIY storage ideas and these are the latest projects that our storage woes need! Good organization ideas can be hard to come by. They’re often expensive or they really don’t solve your problem. However, when you make your own storage projects, then you’re able to not only save money, but also customize a project to fit your specific needs. You’ll never believe how fun and creative these DIY organization ideas can be, so read on to discover your next craft project!

We like recycled projects, but a DIY storage project like this Adorable Recycled Skirt Pouch is simply too much! You can make this project with a skirt you no long wear or with a thrifted skirt that doesn’t fit, but has a beautiful pattern. We’re smitten with this organization idea. Plus, this DIY Vintage Window Frame Organizer looks like it was bought from a store. No one will believe that you made such a rustic and chic storage solution yourself!

Desk organization is all the rage – but what about super affordable desk organization? This Recycled Milk Carton Stationary Organizer will keep all your stationary supplies organized and neat while on a budget too! Recycled materials take on a new life in this craft and you can make this Decoupage Storage Bin for additional storage requirements as well. These DIY storage solution ideas are perfect for crafters looking to use up stashed crafting supplies and to organize a craft room. You can also use these projects as inspiration for other projects if you have other rooms in need of some DIY organization. Once you start organizing, you won’t be able to stop!

7 Clever Storage & Organization Ideas

1.) Adorable Recycled Skirt Pouch

2.) Felt Organizers Set

3.) Bedside Hanging Storage Pockets

4.) DIY Vintage Window Frame Organizer

5.) Recycled Milk Carton Stationery Organizer

6.). Magnetic Makeup Organizer

7.) Decoupage Storage Bin

What room in your house needs some DIY organization?

How To Make a Basket Out of Chicken Wire and Yarn

April 5, 2015 by Robyn Josephs 3 Comments

My fave event at the Craft Hobby Association Show in Anaheim is the Prime Publishing Blogger Networking Event. I love putting faces in person, to folks I’ve become friends with in type. And when you get home, the swag arrives, big time!

This year I got a large selection of metal and metal tools from MD Crafts. and a Mega Bulky acrylic yarn from Bernat. I never would have chosen these materials and tools for myself, and they really got the creative juices flowing.

Crocheted Mega Bulky Chickenwire Basket

Tools and Supplies

MD Crafts Chicken Wire
MD Crafts Hobby Shears and Gloves
Bernat Mega Bulky Acrylic yarn

Instructions

Wearing the gloves, use the shears to cut a piece of chicken wire about twice as wide and long as the basket you want to make.
Folding and bending the wire, mold the wire into a basket shape, tucking in sharp edges.
Be sure to fold over the top rim for stability and strength .
Starting at the top make a loop with the yarn and begin finger crocheting around the rim.
Using your finger, poke the yarn though the wire holes and pull the yarn through creating a chain stitch.
Starting at the bottom, build up the sides in the same way, going back and forth in rows through the holes in the wire.
You could add beads or other embellishments in at this point.
I did try using a 15mm hook, and decided fingers worked better !
If you have sharp areas or wire, use extra stitches to cover them.
At the top rim, chain about 7 stitches to create a handle and secure with a slip stitch.
Repeat building up the other side and making a handle.
Weave in any loose ends.

You can add as much crochet to the walls as you want. I had already made a crocheted bag out of the yarn, so I only had enough yarn to do the side walls. (The bag is also featured in a free E-Book-Best Blogger Crafts 2015)

You could use your basket to hold your new craft tools…or carry veggies in from the garden, or what ever your imagination can create!

What would you like to use this basket for?

Want an Everything Mary Complete Sewing Storage Collection? Win One!

March 28, 2014 by AllFreeSewing 49 Comments

You’re getting picked up in an hour for a weekend with your significantly older cousins, and while you’re excited for the reunion, you know there will be a lot of downtime at night (everyone retires early on the farm). What do you bring to do? Your latest finds from the library aren’t terribly captivating, nor is solitaire after fifteen rounds. Your eyes alight on your sewing machine. A later model, it isn’t too heavy or very loud, but how will you transport it?

OK, so maybe this isn’t your exact scenario, but if you sew you’ve most likely had some need for machine transport. In such cases where protective gear for your favorite machine is necessary, the editors at AllFreeSewing happily recommend products from Everything Mary. Integrating contemporary style into craft storage containers, these products offer the best in terms of aesthetics and functionality.

For sewing enthusiasts like ourselves, Everything Mary imagines every accessory for your machine possible. From the basic necessities like the Sewing Machine Cover and Square Sewing Box, to more innovative products like the Rolling Sewing Tote, this merchandise is on every sewist’s wish list.

Obviously you want these accessories, but beyond merely looking fabulous Everything Mary’s products are practical for the typical sewist’s lifestyle. You don’t have to be in the scenario above to understand the value of a good sewing machine cover. With the dual capability of keeping dust out of your machine and storing notions in its pockets, this machine cover is, in a word, ideal. If you’re in need of some overall sewing room organization, a sewing box like the one from Everything Mary can handle even your fabric stash. Keep the clutter neatly contained with this box, which includes a space for your spare pins and needles underneath the lid. Are you the traveling type? The Everything Mary Rolling Sewing Tote keeps the standard model securely in place, allowing for easy transportation of more than just your sewing machine. Take your entire project along to a weekend away, a trade show, or even when transferring sewing rooms in the house.

Everything Mary satisfies a basic sewist’s needs with their innovative and stylish products, and AllFreeSewing is thrilled to announce an opportunity for you to win all three of the aforementioned goodies this month! Until April 24th, you can enter the Everything Mary Complete Sewing Storage Collection giveaway once a day, every day. Normally not sold together, one lucky person will win the Everything Mary Sewing Machine Cover, Square Sewing Box, and Rolling Sewing Tote for free!

How do you transport your sewing machine?

Your Dream Sewing Room Come True: Free eBook on How to Organize

January 29, 2014 by AllFreeSewing Leave a Comment

At AllFreeSewing, we’re big fans of talking about not only our favorite sewing patterns, but our sewing dreams. More often than not when we chat with readers about what their sewing wish is, they bring up a room for their giant fabric stash, sewing machine, and notions. We heard you, and we responded.

While every sewist in our quaint AllFreeSewing community may not be able to have a designated room in the house, there’s still a space where they keep their fabric, buttons, pins, and more. That’s why we created this brand new and free eBook, 11 Sewing Room Ideas: How to Organize Your Room. You can download your very own copy of this eBook for free. It makes the perfect reference as you tackle your toughest clutter spots in your sewing area. Let’s take a peek at what you’ll find in the new favorite, shall we?

DIY Organizers

Whether they’re on your wall or table, organizers are a must-make for any sewist. Even if you’re just getting into the craft, you’ll find an overwhelming amount of fabric scraps from your first project. In this day and age it’s silly to toss precious pieces of fine silk, rayon, or cotton, so why not create a space to store them?

We had a blast pulling projects for this eBook that varied from typical decor crafts. In particular the Lovely Scissor Holder caught our attention as being wonderfully whimsical and completely necessary to saving those fabric scissors from being mixed up with the household ones.

Sewing Room Inspiration

We’ve got another surprise in this eBook. Not only will you find excellent projects from which to redesign your space, you’ll also get a glimpse at how other designers utilized theirs. We fell in love with Christina from 2 Little Hooligan’s makeshift sewing station. Find gorgeous close-up images of this tastefully distressed port and follow suit. For those of us who don’t yet have the dream space for our treasured supplies, this inspiration is a goldmine.

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It only takes a second to get your own copy of 11 Sewing Room Ideas: How to Organize Your Room. There’s no reason to keep dreaming of your organized space; roll up your sleeves and join us as we prepare for the year with this helpful guide.

What does your sewing space look like?

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How to Organize Your Life: Easy Sewing Projects

December 22, 2013 by AllFreeSewing Leave a Comment

Happy New Year! The start of a New Year is always a huge relief, isn’t it? Even though it’s just another day, it signifies the start of something new and acts like a reset on your life and on your habits. People make New Year’s resolutions to follow all year round. Have you thought of your own New Year’s resolution?

For many people, getting organized is always near the top of the list. To have your personal space in some sort of order, with things put away and easily located, is a top priority for most people. Luckily for you, we at AllFreeSewing have some fun and easy sewing projects that are geared towards helping you clean and sort your life. Plan ahead and get a head start on all those goals you’re setting for yourself. Maybe you want to keep your house or apartment cleaner; we have some great towel and even Swiffer ideas for you! Do you want to be able to organize your jewelry so you can find what you’re looking for much easier? We have some fantastic DIY jewelry organizers for you to try! And if you’re just looking for a way to make some inexpensive boxes to keep things together and a bit more out of sight, we can help with that, too.

Towels and Swiffers:
Before you can actually organize anything, you should probably clean it thoroughly. These easy DIY projects will help you make towels and rags out of things you already own!

Bins and Baskets:
Your stuff is organized; now what? It’s time to put it all in its place!

Accessory/Jewelry Organizers:
What do you do with all your jewelry or smaller items that you want to keep together? Make one of these hanging organizers and never lose track of something again!

Miscellaneous Organizers:
If you want to carry over your organizational strengths and know-how to other places of your life (school, your car, by your bed, etc.), were got just the patterns for you!

Want to make these gorgeous, sewn projects? You can with the help of this Festive Forest Five Quarter Bundle from Five Monkey Fabrics! Until January 6th you can enter once a day, every day to win these gorgeous prints. Enter here!

What are your New Year’s resolutions?

Sewing Essentials: 7 Easy Sewing Projects to Keep You Organized During the Holidays

November 4, 2013 by AllFreeSewing Leave a Comment

As the holidays approach, we’re all gearing up for the big crafting push before Christmas. It’s time to get going on all those hats, sweaters, skirts, quilts, and other sewn gifts that you’ll be putting under the tree come December 25th. But as rewarding as giving a homemade gift can be, there’s no denying that Santa’s to-do list around the holidays is pretty intimidating. But have no fear! AllFreeSewing is here to help you through the stress of holiday sewing with these 7 Easy Sewing Projects to Keep You Organized During the Holidays. From sewing room organization to easy sewing techniques, here are seven secrets to keep you sane through New Year’s!

Easy Breezy Pattern Weights

Instead of using traditional pins to hold the edges of your sewing projects in place, try making these Easy Breezy Pattern Weights. They’re a great way to avoid poking holes in your sewing (and suffering from pinpricks). Best of all, you can whip up these homemade pattern weights in under an hour! There’s no better way to prepare for your Christmas sewing projects than with some snazzy new tools to make sewing just a little easier.

One Step No-Sew Quilting Gloves

There’s no better homemade Christmas gift than a cuddly holiday quilt, but all that machine work really does a number on your hands. These One Step No-Sew Quilting Gloves are one of those easy no-sew crafts that will totally change the way you quilt—especially during the holidays, when you’ll be spending long hours at your sewing machine. These gloves will preserve your hands and make the work go faster, so you can get as much out of your quilting as the person who will snuggle up beneath the finished product.

Wrapping Paper Organizer

It seems like all my scissors and tape mysteriously go missing in the weeks before Christmas. Combat last minute gift-wrapping panic with this awesome Wrapping Paper Organizer, which has more than enough space to hold all the bits and bobs you need during the holidays.

Even better, this nifty DIY organizer can stay in your sewing room all year long so that you can keep track of all the sewing miscellany that never seems to want to stay put (I’m looking at you, seam ripper). This is one holiday sewing essential that you won’t want to do without.

Patterned Tailor’s Ham

The Patterned Tailor’s Ham is insanely easy to make, costs next to nothing, and will radically change the way you sew your own clothes! The Tailor’s Ham lets you shape and sew projects to better fit body contours. Use this great tool to make sewing garment Christmas gifts a breeze. It won’t take any time at all to whip up one of these wonderful sewing helpers. Your gifts will fit better than ever and you’ll save time on troublesome hemlines.

Quick and Easy Ironing Mat

Ironing boards are handy and necessary during certain sewing projects, but they’re bulky, cumbersome, and take up tons of space in the sewing room. Give yourself a little elbow room with the Quick and Easy Ironing Mat! This DIY ironing board pad can rest on any flat surface – a table, the floor, or even the seat of a chair. For those projects that call for pressed seams or just a little bit of heat, this is a lifesaver. Even better, this ironing mat is incredibly portable, so you can work on your projects wherever you want to without dragging a full ironing board all over the house!

Sewing Sausage Roll

Smart sewing starts with good equipment, and it doesn’t get any smarter than the Sewing Sausage Roll. This small DIY cushion helps prevent unwanted creasing during ironing, so your homemade Christmas gifts will look fresh and unwrinkled as they’re unwrapped.

Use the Sewing Sausage Roll as a buffer between between your pressed seam and the rest of the project to get a clean, professional look. This is one of the handiest little sewing tools to have around during the rush of Christmas sewing, when you don’t have time to work with every seam to get the wrinkles out.

Handy-Dandy Sewing Caddy

One fundamental truth about the holidays is that it’s nearly impossible to find time to sit down in your sewing room and get things done. Use this Handy-Dandy Sewing Caddy from Ginabean Quilts to cart projects around during your busy schedule. Any knitting, crochet, or embroidery projects can be tucked safely into the caddy so that you can return to them whenever you have a free moment to sit. The outside pockets are perfect for needles, thread, and scissors, so you’ll never have to worry about losing anything. Don’t let a busy schedule get in the way of your sewing! With a little creativity, you can conquer your to-do list without breaking a sweat.

What’s the best trick you’ve learned to get through the stress of the holidays?

How to Organize Beads: What Are Your Best Tips and Tricks?

July 26, 2013 by AllFreeJewelryMaking 7 Comments

Veteran beaders know best: If you want to be successful in the art of beading (and maintain your sanity while doing it), you’ve got to keep your bead stash organized. As you start to create your own jewelry, you’ll begin collecting more and more beads. Before you know it, your bead stash has gotten out of control!

Keeping your beads organized can help save space, time (“Now where did I put those crystals?”), and money (“Whoops, I already bought these briolettes!”). It can be quite a task keeping all those tiny beads, findings, and other assorted bits and baubles in order, especially once you become a full-fledged “bead hoarder.” So it’s best to develop good organization habits early on.

All beaders have their own special tips and tricks they’ve picked up over the years, from the best containers to use, to categorization systems by color and type. So why not share them and help out a fellow beader? Pass on your wisdom and experience to your fellow jewelry-making enthusiasts by leaving a comment on this blog post with your best bead storage tips! Then, we’ll pull all your awesome suggestions together into a handy tip guide for AllFreeJewelryMaking.com so other beaders can benefit from your wisdom!

So, what are your best tips and tricks for storing and organizing beads?

FaveCrafts Giveaway: Ribbon Roll Control

May 24, 2013 by FaveCrafts 2 Comments

Do you have rolls out of control? Looking for an easy way to store your rolls of ribbon? Ribbon Roll Control is a great solution! Available in a variety of sizes, Ribbon Roll Control is a lightweight hanging ribbon rack that makes storing your ribbon rolls easy and efficient.

When I first heard about Ribbon Roll Control, I couldn’t wait to try it out for myself. I have been looking for a way to store my ribbon for years, and this device is the answer I’ve been looking for.

These ribbon holders are a snap to assemble. You can make one shelf or stack up to 3 shelves for tons of ribbon storage. They are made from clear acrylic so you can easily view your ribbon from all angles and the shelves hold virtually all diameters of crafting ribbon. I also love that these ribbon shelves can easily hang on my wall with 2 simple screws. No annoying dowel rods or unnecessary large holes in the wall…this device is sturdy, solid, and the best way I’ve found to store my ribbon!

Another great feature of this storage unit is that there’s a ruler on the bottom of the shelf, so you can easily measure the amount of ribbon you need and make a cut without having to even take the ribbon out of the container.

Wanna win your very own Ribbon Roll Control?

Head on over to the giveaway page and register to win! You have until June 7th to enter, and you can enter to win once a day…so the more you return, the greater your chances of winning this awesome giveaway. You can also gain additional entries by blogging about this giveaway or talking about it on Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest. Head on over to the giveaway page for all the details. Good luck!

Which room in your home needs the most organizing?

7 Clever Storage & Organization Ideas

What room in your house needs some DIY organization?

What would you like to use this basket for?

DIY Organizers

Sewing Room Inspiration

Download Your Free eBook Now!

What are your New Year’s resolutions?

Easy Breezy Pattern Weights

One Step No-Sew Quilting Gloves

Wrapping Paper Organizer

Patterned Tailor’s Ham

Quick and Easy Ironing Mat

Sewing Sausage Roll

Handy-Dandy Sewing Caddy

What’s the best trick you’ve learned to get through the stress of the holidays?

So, what are your best tips and tricks for storing and organizing beads?

Leave a comment below and share your suggestions!

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