Affordable Multi-interest Crafting Storage Ideas

My love for budget organizing and crafting is equally shared - so here are some Affordable multi-interest crafting storage ideas you can create! Let me know if I missed your craft interest!

Videos to help you get organized!
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▶️ Creating a craft area with little space -
▶️ Gutter storage -
▶️ How to break categories down -
▶️ HOW to organize craft supplies -
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[mog-gyveroneill]

I am an all round crafter, that includes-
Sewing- Hand/Machine...SOOO MUCH FABRIC, and 9 working sewing machines, 5 are old Singers!
Crochet....SOOO MUCH WOOL!
Painting- watercolours/Acrylics...SOOO MANY...you get the IDEA!!😆
Drawing
Welding
Pottery
Sculpture
Cross Stitch...SOOO MUCH...yeah, yeah!
Card Making...oh, it's all total chaos!!
Carpentry...yep, lots of wood, and tools
Pyro Writing...thankfully not burned the place down.
Engraving...still got all my fingers
Blah, blah, blah, yadda, yadda, yadda, and my enthusiasm changes up very often, jumping on the next thing in a flash. But as I have chronic back pain, I have to do most of it sitting/laying down, on a hospital table..obviously not the welding..so it all ends up in my bedroom. I'm in the process( it looks like an episode of 'Hoarders') of constructing an organised system involving 7 Ikea Billy bookcases, and telescopic hanging storage, so that it's all easy to see/reach/return, and not slap dash, higgledy piggledy, in bags, shoved in drawers, forgotten, so buy more, on my bed, etc, all mixed up....Thank goodness I found your channel!! I love your garage!!

[trinaroe]

I’m a cross stitcher and have tons of floss. I tried multiple methods of organizing until I found one that works great for me. I bought little floss zip lock style bags that have a space for writing the DMC color number and a small hole in the flap beyond the zipper. It enabled me to “file” non DMC brands under the DMC equivalent number, didn’t require removing floss from the skein and winding on anything and the holes enabled me to get large hinged key rings to organize the floss by color number. 3 big rings hold all my floss on cup hooks installed on the inside of my dining room closet. When I have a project I take index cards and write the project name and color number for each color needed, then punch a hole in the card. I remove the colors needed from the floss ring and replace it with the appropriate card. Then I corral all the colors needed for my project on a smaller hinged key ring so nothing gets lost while I’m working on it.

[conniewaldrop]

I’m a mixed media artist, which includes canvas art, creating memory and jewelry boxes from wooden cigar boxes, and decoupage. I have tons of metal embellishments, decorative chipboard pieces, decorative molds for clay, clear stamps, rice paper, and small hinges, knobs or pulls, and legs for my altered cigar boxes. I would love ideas for storing these items. Thank you for sharing so many wonderful ideas . You are a treasure! 😊🦋

[lwalker]

Love all your ideas. I'm in NZ and am always amazed how much cheaper things are in the US and Canada. So many things aren't available here. But still plenty to get organised with. All the best for your new ideas and solutions. Thank you.

[kestrelpounces]

Your yarn storage ideas are awesome! I was skeptical of the Dollar Tree vacuum bags but your tips convinced me to try them. My yarn stash went from 2 bins to 1, with room left over!! We couldn’t believe how well the worked and are now excited to condense our off-season clothes! 🎉

[nancya]

Thank you for showcasing things that don’t cost a lot of money or are impossible to pull together. We’d all love to have the time, money, and ability to actually do a big renovation but the truth is more like; 10 minutes here, 5 minutes there, 1/2 hour on a weekend to paint/paper a whole wall or two! Baby steps work for organizing and decluttering! Good video! I love your work, thanks again.

[theresaalbano]

TYVM for sharing your ideas. I am a "A.D.D." Crafter and dabble in many (probably too many ;O) ) different crafts. I love the rain gutter idea for the ribbon. I would say my main craft is 3D needle felting, so to add my 2 cents... wool is highly attractive to critters, be they dogs, cats, bugs, etc. so I can say without a doubt, (my) best way is to use the closet organizers. I have 3 of the 8 pocket hanging organizers and I put the wool in ziplock gallon size bags (even if it is only an ounce of wool...) I then arrange my colors from top to bottom as so, top is black, skin tones, and greys. then as I go down, browns, purples, blues, greens, yellows, oranges, then on the bottom pockets, reds and pinks. Wool should not be stored where the light gets to it all the time. I have a plastic bear cookie container that I got at wally world for about 4 bucks with animal crackers in it to boot, which I dumped out and gave to the Grands... Anywho, I put my tiny scrap pieces in it to make dryer balls or the inside of another sculpture, but mostly I end up making balls of various sizes which I end up wet felting, to give to my dog and my cat so they feel included and don't try to make off with what I am making... lol... in my home, not a drop of wool gets wasted ;) Underneath the hanging organizers, I have a box for the skewers, needles, chenille stems, (which you can sort by color & putting them into the tubes you get from tinfoil, etc. which are sturdier than paper towel holders... ) and the other assorted supplies needed for sculpting wool. It's so much easier to keep your own inventory to see what you need to replace when the time comes to reorder wool... Well, I am off to check out your other videos. I just found your channel today, so far, I am liking your ideas! God Bless ~

[ginaolive]

Hello. I am new to your channel and am a quilter. The technique you are describing for folding fabric is known as ruler folding. A common size quilting ruler is 6.5” x 24”. Fold the fabric so the selvedges match then wrap around the ruler with the fold at one end and the selvedges at the other. Once it’s all wrapped, remove the ruler and fold in half so the folded edge is on top of the selvedges. All of your fabric is now the same width and looks so nice stacked up.

[sarahchh]

I’m a binder queen. I took all my embroidery flosses and put them in photo sheets. I used index cards to put the numbers on and had a shelf designated for flosses and patterns.

[kaynelson]

Just found your channel - LOVING IT! So nice to have someone who organize who isn’t just telling me to buy stuff. Love your ideas and am going to watch many more!!

[smedina]

Howdy! I do a lot of drawing, multiple complete sets of different color pencils and alcohol markers, various sketch books, mixed media paper pads etc. Not to mention all the Gelatos, charcoal, oil pastels, PanPastels...( Plus I do a lot of the other stuff you mentioned too.) Love your little garage set up. Very calming and beautiful. Blessings to you from the great Pacific Northwest, Lakewood, Washington! 💛🙏💛

[lindawerchan]

Jewelry make storage. Have been trying things for several years that will be easy to use and easy to keep tidy.

[Lynniescorner]

Thank you, Norinne! My whole house is out of control. My crafts are the worse! I love the bullseye idea. I am one who does a million different crafts, but yet most relate to each other. I am overwhelmed with trying to get it together. Honestly, so is everyone else here. I think the bullseye is the biggest thing I am walking away with tonight.Thank you!

[brendaelainewaddell]

Hi Norrine. Awesome video. I am a card maker and occasional knitter. I have my yarn currently stored safely in large Rubbermaid totes in the basement. I am currently revamping my card room. I spent a few hours sorting my card stock scraps by colour and store them in clear vinyl pouches. Since I did this in early August I am proud to say that I am ACTUALLY using my scraps because I see them and know what I have.

I have repurposed a change table into stamp and die storage still working on that. But it is so encouraging to see my progress.

Please keep making these helpful and common sense videos -- believe me when I say I need all the help you can offer. Thanks so much. 😊

[lindaroberts]

I enjoyed this very much. As a scrapbooker I'd love to see a video on all the ways to store All those little embellishments and tools I have. 🍁😊🍁

[eileentenenbaum]

Jewelry making and the wooden decor items that I paint. Also silk flowers and picks need organized.

[happilyeverafterenterprise]

LOVE THE SUPER INEXPENSIVE ESTHETIC STORAGE IDEAS!! SUPER HELPFUL!

[kateconrad]

This is a great video. I have a multitude of craft interests, so this was very helpful for me. I need to spend a day organizing, so I can spend more time crafting then trying to find a specific yarn, material, paper, ephemera, felting, project, paint, and all the associated tools. Thanks so much for sharing this.

[numbernanaof]

I remember the gutters. I am working on getting my house ready to sell and move to a 55+ community where they have nice homes but will hopefully find one when I am ready that has a big double garage. Some don't have one at all. Either the lot size didn't allow or they just didn't need one...I do. Not for my car tho. I think my car would faint dead away if I ever put it in a garage. 🤪 I just have stuff in storage to move out. I am also not one to get rid of stuff, but will have to. Have you ever gotten rid of something and then find you wish you still had it? I do love what you have done in your garage. Thanks for all the years of great tips. Happy New Year (2024). Where does the time go? 😳

[marissaroberts]

Great video! I’d love a video about storing clear stamps, metal cutting dies, and glass beads. Also curious about if people who have several hobbies use some kind of inventory system. Thanks!