Rolling Cart Organization
Today I’m going to talk a little bit more about organizing, specifically my rolling cart organization. I have found that people seem to either love organizing or hate it. I love it!
My job as a secretary almost demands it, but it also seems to come naturally to me. I’m sure a few of you out there are rolling your eyes at me now!
Unfortunately, the current state of my scrapbook area does not support this claim. It. is. total. chaos and I do not work well or feel creative in chaos. So my goal for next weekend (Memorial Day) is to dive in, clean and do some rearranging.
There are a few things that are working really well in the space, but several that are not. So today I’m going to show you one section that I am very happy with.
This corner sits right behind my table & is where I store a lot of my most used items. I like being able to turn around and just take whatever I need off the shelf or out of the cart quickly & easily.
Rolling Cart Organization
I know that the rolling carts are not anything new these days but I don’t like to buy anything until I have a specific purpose for it. I decided to use it for my card making and stamping supplies. I am so glad I finally decided to get one! It holds all of my stamps plus some of my bulkier embellishments that I use only on cards.
Let’s start with the top shelf. Most of my stamps are Close to My Heart sets that come in the small square envelopes as you can see. I can fit so many of these on just one shelf. I also have a few random stamps from Hobby Lobby and Michael’s to the left. My Kiwi Lane organizer with the border and accessory sets fits right in front.
Then on the middle shelf are my stamp blocks, embossing powders, blending tools and cleaning wipes. There is a small basket of rubber stamps with generic images and a rolling stamp with small phrases.
And finally, on the bottom shelf are small jars that have brads, buttons, small fabric flowers and clear gems.
I found a really cute idea on Pinterest to store ribbon in mason jars with holes drilled into the lid to slide the ribbon through. I also have some stored in Tic Tac containers (also found on Pinterest!) I do think the mason jars work better & will be moving all my ribbon to this type of storage soon.
On the right are 4×6 photo boxes where I store a few cut apart cards and die cuts.
I like the current storage I’m using for my stamp pads so I left them on the bookshelf shown in the first picture.
That holds several items and tools that I reach for frequently. Both of these sit within reach of my chair while I’m scrapping and I have found it to be very convenient which keeps distractions to a minimum. I don’t have to stop in the middle of a project to search for what I want to use next. It also makes it easy to put everything back where it belongs as soon as I’m finished with it.
I hope that this gave you some ideas for your rolling cart organization or inspiration for you to organize some of your most used products and tools.
If you have any questions about my work area or storage, please leave a comment or send me an email. If you have something that works really well, I would love to hear about that, too.
I’m glad you stopped by, please check back soon!
Machelle