I think I might have mentioned a while back that I had got this trolley from IKEA. It is the trolley of dreams. I said that to Tom and he thought I’d gone mad, but my crafty friends know what I’m talking about! It is a bit pricey which is what put me off getting one for a long time, but it has made my life so much easier. Most of my crafting is done in the kitchen, so the trolley moves around a lot depending on where I am making things at the time. It took me a while to get it organised, but I have now got everything that I use regularly on my trolley. No more hunting for the seam ripper. No more wondering where I’ve put my bias tape maker. They’re on the trolley! So this is my little crafting set-up:

The trolley fits perfectly where I craft, and (handily) it is the same height as our kitchen table. I decided to keep sewing bits and bobs on the top so that I could reach them easily if I need them. I have my pin cushions on the top so that I can just grab a pin quickly if I need to, with my scissors, rotary cutter and other useful things in there too. There are also a few pens and pencils as well as my notebooks for writing things I need to remember (usually to include in a post about what I’m making!). You can never have too many notebooks, right?

And if I get a bit chilly, I’ve got the beautiful fingerless gloves that my friend Tiffany knitted for me!

The second shelf is also for sewing-related bits and bobs. I have quite a good collection of tins which store thread, sewing machine things (like feet) and other things that might be useful. I’ve also managed to squeeze my box of embroidery floss on there )although I probably need another one for the overflow now…) and a few patterns that I’m currently making.

The bottom shelf is for stationery (with an e for envelope). As a stationery fan I have quite a lot, so it took some time to really work out what I needed on there! The jars of washi tape were the first items to make the cut. I’ve managed to fit lots of pretty pens on there too

So my top tip for people who don’t have a craft room is – don’t worry, just get organised! I actually really love making things in our kitchen and have found that I have been longing for a craft room much less than before, if at all actually. Really! Find a space that works best for you, and then just be as organised as possible with your kit. My trolley hasn’t completely stopped me from having to make extra trips upstairs, but it has certainly reduced them and that makes me happy (what can I say? I’m easily pleased! ).

What have you done to organise your craft kit? Do you have a lovely craft room? I’d love to know!

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You will need

A selection of scrapbook papers (I used 2 packs of 12 double-sided sheets)

Alphabet stickers (I used the selection that came with the papers that I bought)

Scissors

A guillotine

Double-sided sticky tape

A single hole punch

Your old Filofax inserts to make templates

Photo corners (optional)

Helpfully, I have a post on here which shows you my first insert revamp (click here to see that). I love the bright colours of the papers that I used, but as I really am a pink person I wanted a different colour selection this time. Scrapbooking paper is perfect for this project as it’s double-sided and thicker than ‘normal’ paper so it’s sturdy enough for dividers. I used two collections from Echo Park – the first is ‘Creative Agenda’ by Kaitlin Shearer (how perfect for an organiser!) and the second is ‘Splendid Sunshine’ by Alisha Gordon (both from Craft Island).[/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” interval=”3″ images=”7436,7435,7438,7437″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” column_number=”2″ grayscale=”no” choose_frame=”default” img_size=”large”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1429462076267{padding-top: 30px !important;}”]These papers work so beautifully together – I’m really pleased with the combination! I love the prints, and there are enough papers in these two packs to create different dividers for many months. Having used my previous inserts for a year (as my blog planner) I realised that I actually needed enough for more than a year really. This might sound absolutely crazy, but I have some blog posts that I didn’t get scheduled in for certain times, so I can just schedule them in for next year and be super organised.

I started by making new month dividers. I don’t use tabs on these so they’re very easy to make! I just traced around my old inserts and cut them out on the guillotine. Then, using my old inserts as a guide, I punched out the holes with my single hole punch.

I stuck the month on the divider too, with the stickers that came with the packs of paper. I only had enough stickers to use 3 letters of each month but this worked out using the two lots of stickers. I used the large stickers for the first year of dividers, and then used these smaller ones for the second year:

Last time I made inserts, I wanted to write out the whole month so I bought extra stickers. This time, by using the pack stickers and abbreviating, they matched better and I saved a bit of money too. Yay!

In my previous set of inserts, I included things like pockets and mini envelopes for storing things in, but I found that I didn’t really make use of them (although they looked pretty!). So this time I just kept things really simple, and only made some divider tabs for the back of the organiser and some other dividers for displaying some cards in addition to my month dividers. This helped to make room for two years of planner as well! These little divider tabs can be made by tracing around an existing tab:

Then you just stick them on with a little bit of double-sided sticky tape. I used contrasting tabs and paper to make each one different.

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I created a new divider page to separate the planner from the notes bits at the back, and used some more stickers to decorate it. I love these bunting stickers and wish I had more of them – I could stick these on so many things!

I updated the title page of my Filofax too, by adding some photo corners to be able to hide the old date with a new date card. This will make it easier for me to update this in future too!

One completely new thing that I made was a bookmark – the Filofax came with a black plastic one, but it didn’t really fit with my first revamp so I didn’t use it. I decided to make one this time to make finding today’s page easier, and I used some scrapbook paper and some of the stickers from Creative Agenda to decorate it. This has already made it much easier to use!

You can also see from this photo that I am still decorating pages with washi tape I also decided to use Filofax inserts, as they work much better for how I want to lay out the pages. I am super organised and have my 2015-16 academic insert already![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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