Highdesert Stamper – Artistic Inkspirations

If you’re like me.. you tend to create, and stamp, and make messes, and then you have to put it all away again, then start over.. The main problem seems to be taking the time to get things organized in the first place. Many of you have seen where I took out an old hot tub to make room for my stamp classes. I had my friend Gail come and help me move things around, bring my “stamp org bins” out from other places, and arrange things to “work”. But as in all things.. the PAPERWORK piles up!! What to do with all those ideas we get, those tutorials that are 30-76 pages long, those “freebies ” we pick up in stores. Well… yesterday afternoon, I spent several hours, punching holes in papers, cleaning out folders stuffed full of ideas and classes, and actually put then in some semblance of order… into 3 ring notebooks. Now… PART of all tlhe stamp supplies and ideas are organized… to where you can actually “put your finger on it”, instead of stopping to think….now what pile did I put that card design in I saw the other day (which may have bee weeks ago, not just the other day)…. Here’s some pics of my space. I will put captions under each so you know what you are looking at.

The tables are a bit of a mess… because I spent 2 hrs with my granddaughter showing her how to stamp and letting her create her own masterpieces….. I haven’t put all the “things” away from that or a card class (still in boxes on the table)… I will make up all the extra cards from the class, so I won’t go wondering.. now why did I cut this like this?? sometime in the future. I have “boxes and boxes” of leftovers from classes and have decided it’s better to take the time and finish the extras and bundle them up to sell, rather than putting them in a box to be made up later..>>> later never comes!!

The wooden shelves are located at the other part of the room where I still have two tables I can work at, and be near the computer to get more ideas.