Starlight Musings

     In the last post, I talked about trying to find something that went with my medium dies to put into the IKEA Gnedby I have.  The thought is to keep similar items grouped together to ease finding things and keep organized better.      What else cuts paper into shapes?      Punches!             The grey box in the picture on the right = my old, quick solution to organize smaller punches.  It's two boxes duct taped together.  The duct tape didn't just keep them together, it covered the labels and made a handle I used to lift it out of the shortbread cookie tin I originally put it in.  Other punches fit on the bottom of the tin and I used this on top with my more-used punches.      Hope you're finding ways to keep yourself sane whether you're stuck - I mean, staying, inside with other people or not. (On with the yammer. . .)      Although the dowel/rack/curtain rod systems I've seen online seem like a great way to store punches because you can easily see what you h

     I already had a picture of this idea in a previous post, but thought I'd revisit it to explain the storage idea.  I use an IKEA Gnedby (designed for CD/DVDs) to store my medium sized Sizzix dies.  The unit is deep enough for them, even after I put in scraps of beadboard in the back to give it a detail some other pieces in my craft space have.      I used my Dymo label maker to make it easier to find the die I'm looking for.  I think I'm going to paint it white to match the rest of my craft corner furniture, but don't have the paint and it's not critical, so I'll wait for things to cool off (literally & figuratively) .      Thanks for checking my idea out.  Hope you're doing well and maybe I helped spark a bit of creativity or courage in you to do something with unloved furniture! (On with the small yammer. . .)      Once we moved into our current home, we realized we didn't want to use our Gnedby for our DVDs anymore.  The unit was put into th

     Quick post today -      While unpacking some of our office supplies after our move, I came across a metal incline desktop sorter like this.      It was perfect to store my Sizzix Pro Dies!  No altering needed! Thanks for checking out one of my quick organization solutions - hope you're doing well and hope that maybe I sparked a bit of creativity in you! (On with the yammer. . . .)      When I was living in Southern California, I was lucky enough to be able to make it to a Sizzix Warehouse sale where I was able to buy a few Sizzix Pro dies.  I didn't have a machine big enough to use them yet, but they were very discounted and I had access to some Ellison machines at work.  (I did use 2 for work purposes, but they were a great deal and I figured I could always resell them for a small profit if I needed to.)       Some time after moving, I had started unpacking a few crafty things during a little free time.  It was only a day or two before finding the sorter that I a

     I had space under my craft table and wanted to make a bookcase.  With COVID still an issue, I decided to get creative and just get it done.  I used some drawers I had.      I checked to make sure they fit in the space, then had to decide the spacing.   (I used an empty box to help me guess better.)       I attached feet for the two upper drawers to the middle drawer so the upper and lower drawers could slide out.  I used wood glue to attach more scrap wood to the thin underside of the middle drawer for extra stability.  Using the supplies and limited skills I have, I decided to keep it simple and use three long "support beam" being held up by feet for the upper drawer.  (Anyone who wants the correct terms, I chose to use a butt joint.)      Biscuits and wood glue were used to connect all the pieces.   I used a sealant inside the drawers to prevent more splinters.      Hope you're well and as always, hope this may have sparked something good for someone else. (