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Thursday, September 6, 2012

The long journey to being organized!



Do you ever have those moments when after you have agreed to something, you suddenly wonder why on earth you said yes? After agreeing to take some pictures of my stash for an article in  The World of Cross Stitching magazine, it suddenly struck me just how unorganized I was….you may remember me blogging about trying to get organized, well that was the reason why! 

I know I’m unorganized and I’m quite happy to admit to it, but I’m pretty sure that most people don’t realize just how bad I am (hangs head in shame) and to be honest, saying it is one thing, but having everyone see it, is another matter entirely! Yes, a picture really does speak a thousand words! Luckily, in the end, all Sarah asked me for was pictures of how I store my threads….YIPPEEE….the one and only thing that I am well and truly organized with!
Here’s how I store my threads….


All neatly tucked away in DMC stitch bows and organized by colour families.

Here’s the article as it appeared on the World of Cross Stitching issue 194


Lots of great hints and tips!

And here’s the picture of me with my organized threads…


Please ignore the messy desk in the background...that mess will be conquered too...one day!!

So, after feeling rather guilty about my lack of organizational skills, I decided to remedy that point - albeit rather slowly.

So all my magazines were just piled up on some shelves and were occasionally always falling over, so I decided that this would be where I would start my journey to being super organized.

I went out and bought some magazine holders to try to coral all the magazines. Unfortunately I had more mags than I realized and the five magazine holders that I bought just weren’t enough! Of course, when I went back to get some more magazine holders, the shop was sold out of the ones I had bought….so much for being neat, organized AND MATCHING!!!! This never happens to Martha Stewart, does it?!!!

Anyway, here’s how the magazines look now….



Rather neat, don’t you think? The rest of the shelves aren't this tidy, but I will get there!!!


So that’s the progress so far on my journey to be organized….I’ve pulled over into a motorway cafĂ© for a bit of a break!

Until next time…happy stitching!

Rhona