Choosing your creative workspace

Working from home-as most crafters do-can be a challenging task, then mix in an unorganised cluttered mess and you find yourself in a little cave of stress.

Ideally your workspace should reflect the same zeal and feel that your brand represents.

When your environment is clean, organised and stylish your work will follow suit.

With this in mind choose an area that  can become a permanent workspace for you, your materials and supplies. There may not be lots of space available but any corner or spacious cupboard can work beautifully with natural light and tranquillity considered, it will be your space where you can dream and bring your designs, inspirations to life.

Now look at your supplies and start organising them into groups.

Store your materials in categories that suit the way you work and keep tools and materials that are used regularly within reach.

Don't be tempted to buy  your storage straight away you may find that rushing into it  means you end up with less than optimal solutions.

If you have multiple crafts then its best to organise by craft and keeping everything separate.

If you have to de-clutter try to be ruthless, I know its difficult to throw anything away when your a crafter, if you really can't throw that 1 inch piece of ribbon away don't...  keep it in a bin along with everything else that is a bit suspect!!
You have sorted out and put into categories your supplies, you can start looking into storage ideas. Remember your workspace is your personal space  and will reflect  you and how you will build your brand.

From the 36th Avenue

We can now get creative, you don't need to go out and spend lots of money look around for items that can recycled, up cycled or made, jumble sales, car boot sales, charity shops are usually the best places to start.