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14 Cheap Ways to Organize Your Craft Space

  • April 18, 2012
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Sure, it would be nice to buy new storage cabinets to house your craft supplies. But for many of us, there’s not room in the house (or in the budget!) for expensive craft storage solutions.

But with a few inexpensive items from around the house, you can give your craft space a spring cleaning! We love these craft storage ideas that use everyday, easy-to-find items like shower caddies and Altoid tins.

Clothespins and Embroidery Floss: A cute way to store floss from Mrs. Jones. At just $2 in cost, we love this way inexpensive and adorable solution for keeping your supplies organized.

Leethal Yarn Storage Cans

Upcycled Cans Yarn Storage: Who doesn’t love having craft supplies right at their fingertips? This cubby storage system for yarn is constructed of recycled Trader Joe’s cans. Get the tutorial for the wall-mounted craft storage at Leethal.

Fabric Folding Tutorial: Visit Turning*Turning to learn how to fold your fabric like a pro. You don’t need any cardboard sheets or extras–just a ruler to make neat and orderly folds.

Shower Caddy Craft Supplies Storage: Your shower caddy hasn’t gotten this much action since college. Get more clever craft storage tips at Better Homes & Gardens.

Hanging Fabric Solution: Store your fabric in a hanging file cabinet at Sew Many Ways. It’s pressed and ready to go, and way more fun than balancing your checkbook.

Spice Rack Paint Holder: A spice rack turned painting station makes a splash at Bird’s Party Blog. You might even get the kids to help you with this project.

Scrapbooking Turnstile: A lampshade with the cover removed becomes a perfect vertical storage solution for Susan’s scrapbooking stickers! Check out her project at Creatively Savvy.

Cheese Grater Earring Holder: How cute is this idea at Duitang? Paint it in your favorite color and store jewelry supplies or wearables in a pinch!

 

More Craft Storage Ideas

Craft room organization and storage ideas at Craft Passion

Altoid storage tins from Matthew Moss

An entire blog dedicated to craft organization at Crafty Storage

Store clear rubber stamps in baseball card sleeves at Scrapinxoxo

Fabric scrap basket tutorial at The Sometimes Crafter

Toilet paper roll scissors Holder at Rustic Crafts

 

Reader Tips

Do you have any favorite organization tips? How do you tame the mess of your creative space? We’d love to hear your tips (or links to your favorite storage ideas) in the comments!

 

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11 comments
  1. Sarah says:
    April 18, 2012 at 9:36 am

    I loooooooove all of these ideas!!! Especially the earring holder. I might just have to go right home and make it!

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  2. Katy says:
    April 18, 2012 at 10:32 am

    Fun tips! I have all my metal bag findings in little glass pots that some desserts came in (I had a couple, then my parents happily munched their way through loads more for me, saving me the calories 😉 ) They’re perfect for holding all my magnetic snaps, slides, D rings etc, and can stack in 2s in a shallow drawer,

    Reply
    1. Lindsay says:
      April 18, 2012 at 10:55 am

      That sounds perfect! I had some cute little glass loose-leaf tea containers I was storing for crafty storage, but my husband threw them away. Argh!

      Reply
    2. Kaen says:
      September 15, 2012 at 10:07 pm

      I use Tide Pods for laundry, the containers they come in are really great storage containers!

      Reply
  3. Jennie {Clover & Violet} says:
    April 18, 2012 at 12:01 pm

    I really love the little $1 metal pails from stores like Target, Michaels, and JoAnns. They vary in size slightly and are usually brightly colored. I keep them full of pens, pencils, scissors, and gadgets, and they just look cute!

    Reply
  4. Carrie P. says:
    April 19, 2012 at 9:06 am

    Such fun ways to store things. thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  5. Anna says:
    April 19, 2012 at 9:08 am

    A pegboard mounted to the wall is a must have for keeping tools close at hand.

    Reply
  6. Cheraldine says:
    April 19, 2012 at 6:37 pm

    I’ve just re-done my sewing space.
    Blog post
    http://ibescheraldine.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/extreme-makeover-my-sewing-space.html

    Reply
  7. Joquena says:
    April 26, 2012 at 9:33 pm

    I never would have thought to put my fabric in a file cabinet like that! So cool! I think I’ve tried everything else, big tubs, clear tubs, wrapped around cardboard etc!

    Reply
  8. Fran says:
    June 19, 2013 at 10:46 pm

    When I moved into a new apartment, I resorted my craft supplies by color and then put them back into Sterilite plastic containers I had on hand. I punched a heart of cardstock in the same color to identify the outside of each container. Cardstock was also sorted by color and put into clear plastic sleeves in paper organizers. This makes it easy to pull what I need for a project (i.e. red, pink & white containers for Valentines projects) and also easy to clean up…everything red either goes in a storage container or back in the appropriate plastic sleeve.

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  9. Mrs. Jones says:
    January 8, 2014 at 12:12 am

    Thanks for the feature and the link! I really appreciate it!

    Blessings,

    Heather

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