Organizing Holiday Craft Supplies

 

Christmas Crafting Organization Tips…

It’s that time of year when thoughts are leaning towards the Holidays.  For many, the Holidays are a favorite time of year to do craft projects.  There’s so much crafting, creating, gifting, and sharing to do.  Let's get started.

For a little inspiration, Design Team Member Sue Eldred shares with us how she organizes her craft supplies for the Ultimate Holiday Crafting Season.

To prepare for the busy season ahead, transition your space with all your favorite Christmas Crafting Supplies conveniently close.  Mix a little old with the new to make it personal.  

Featured Storage:

• Deflecto Interlocking Tilt Bins
• Deflecto Stackable Caddy
• Deflecto Ribbon Dispenser
• Deflecto Caddy Storage Tray
• Deflecto Stackable Open Cube Storage
• Deflecto Interlocking Marker Organizer
• Deflecto Expandable Marker Accordion

Sue used the Deflecto Interlocking Tilt Bins to keep jingle bells, small wood embellishments, paints, bottle brush trees, all neatly organized and easily accessible.

Sue says..."I use a lot of ribbon during the Holidays.  I use the Ribbon Dispenser that fits into the large section of the Stackable Caddy Organizer and add all my favorite holiday ribbon rolls. As you can see, it holds several. The small and medium containers hold my glue guns and adhesives.  The Stackable Caddy is great for grab and go crafting."

The Deflecto Caddy Storage Tray is perfect for holding floral embellishments and beads.  It fits nicely into the large compartment of the Deflecto Stackable Caddy.

Use the Deflecto Stackable Open Cube to hold Holiday Dies and Stamp Sets. It’s also a great place to stash cut cardstock ready to be folded into cards.

The Deflecto Interlocking Marker Organizer is not only great for holding markers it's also great for holding paintbrushes, scissors, pens, and pencils. It looks great and keeps everything neat and tidy. (and…it fits nicely into the stackable caddy)

When working on cards, it’s great to have markers organized and close at hand. You can unfold the Expandable Marker Accordion into several different configurations.  It’s a perfect companion to have on your desk.

Update your Holiday Craft Space and enjoy the difference it makes.

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Foam Board Ice Cream Front Door Hanger

Lynn Lilly shows you how to make a DIY Ice Cream Front Door Hanger!

I love switching up my front door decor on the regular and I have been experimenting with creating front door hangers with foam board. A lot of die-cut front door hangers are made from wood but they can be pricey. So I thought why not give foam board a try and it has worked great and withstands weather! Whether you are an everyday crafter or someone who makes occasionally, it definitely helps to have your supplies organized. My go-to organizer for projects and long term storage is my DeflectoStackable Storage Caddy. It is great for general storage or if you are making a lot of the same type of project that uses the same materials like I have been with front door hangers it works great to dedicate a caddy with all the supplies.

Featured Storage Container: Deflecto Stackable Storage Caddy

Materials:

●     18" x 24" Foam Board

●     Pencil

●     Ruler

●     Box Cutter or Craft Knife

●     Acrylic Paint and Brush

●     Dimensional Puffy Paint

●     Decoupage

●     Hot Glue Gun & Glue or Industrial Glue

●     Rope/Twine

Project Directions:

1. Draw the shape of a cone, ice cream scoop, and a cherry on the foam board.

2. Use the box cutter to cut out each piece.

3. Paint the cone brown acrylic paint and let it dry.

4. Once the cone is dry paint criss-cross cone lines in gold acrylic paint. Add texture with squiggly lines over the brown. Mix white into the original brown to create a light brown. Let the cone completely dry.

5. Paint the ice cream scoop pink. Let it dry. Next mix the pink with white to get a lighter pink and paint polka dots all over the ice cream scoop. Next, use the dimensional puffy paint to add sprinkles. Let it completely dry.

6. Paint the cherry red and the stem black. Let it dry. Once it is dry add some reflection lines to the cherry with white.

7. Glue the ice cream scoop to the cone and the cherry to the scoop.

8. Paint the entire piece with decoupage to weatherproof.

9. Glue a string to the back to hang it on the door.

TA-DA!!! You have your very own fun, front door hanger. You can take this same technique and make so many other shapes. I have already made a watermelon slice and a popsicle. The popsicle has been hanging on my door for weeks and withstood so many storms!

The best part about this project is that clean-up was so easy as I just popped all my supplies back in my Storage Caddy!

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Red, White, and Blue Patriotic Themed Party

Bold Stripes and Bright Stars...

It doesn't matter if your party is big or small.
It’s easy to throw together a Red, White, and Blue Patriotic Themed Summer Party.

Gather up some hotdogs, burgers, and brats for the perfect Summer BBQ Get-Together.

Here are a few Ideas to make the Summer Holidays fun and special.

Grab and Go Party Ware.

Bring Deflecto to your next party.  The Deflecto Stackable Caddy Organizer is perfect for  holding tableware and condiments for easy grab and go.

Celebrate the Red, White and Blue...

Every party needs a few yummy desserts.  The 3 Tier Dessert Stand from Deflecto is perfect for displaying cupcakes and other goodies.  It is easy to put together, adjustable, and folds flat for compact storing.

All three tiers on the stand have holes for holding cake pops.  They were the perfect size for inserting small flags and the handmade banner for the top.

How to make the Banner…

• Cut two bamboo skewers 6″ each.  Wrap the ends with decorative washi tape.  The washi tape helps keep the skewers securely in place when inserting in the stand.
• Die-cut or hand-cut 5 banners out of decorative scrapbook paper.
• Tie a piece of blue and white twine on each end of the bamboo skewers.
• Fold banners and adhere to the twine.
• Apply letter stickers on the front of the banners.
• Stick on each side of the top tier in the holes made to hold cake pops.

Little details make everything more festive.

Make a few star picks to stick into the cupcakes.  A fun project that the kids can help you make.

• Create the picks by punching or die-cutting several blue and red stars.
• Add adhesive to the back of the star and place a toothpick in the center.
• Adhere a second star on the back.
• Decorative the stars with additional small foil stars.

Featured Storage:  Caddy Storage Tray

The Caddy Storage Tray is perfect for organizing small items.  The tray nests securely inside the Stackable Caddy Organizer.

The Red, White, and Blue Patriotic Themed Party was designed by DT Member Sue Eldred.  
You can read more on her blog Sue's Creative Workshop.

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Watercolor Coffee Filter Rainbows

Keep the kiddos busy with this fun Rainbow Craft 

from Design Team Member Beth Watson.

Watercolor Coffee Filter Rainbows can be created with a few simple supplies that you probably already have around the house.

Here's what you'll need to create Coffee Filter Rainbows:

• Coffee Filters
• Washable Markers
• Craft Paper: White and Pink
• Googly Eyes
• Craft Glue
• Gallon Size Zipper Bag or Metal Baking Sheet Pan
• Water Spray Bottle
• Scissors, Pencil, and Permanent Marker

Directions:

• Flatten round coffee filters and add colors in circles, in rainbow order, with the washable markers.
• Place on a gallon size zipper bag or metal baking sheet pan and then mist with a water spray bottle. Watch the magic as the colors blend and swirl!  
• Leave on the zipper bag and set aside to dry.

• Once dry, fold coffee filters in half and cut along the fold with scissors.
• You will create two rainbow shapes from each coffee filter.

• Draw a cloud shape onto white craft paper and cut out with scissors. Attach cloud to rainbow with glue.
• Draw two circular cheek shapes onto pink craft paper and cut out with scissors.
• Assemble and glue the face on the cloud.  
• Draw a smile on the face with a permanent marker.

You can create Watercolor Coffee Filter Rainbows in 30 minutes with help from the kiddos. This activity teaches color theory and blending to make learning fun. Great to use as a suncatcher to brighten a door or window.  

For more fun crafts from Beth you can visit her blog here.

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Handy Quilt Storage

Design team member, Anita Scroggins is a quilter. When she's working on a quilt project, Anita likes to keep her supplies for each project in a Stackable Caddy Organizer. The caddy makes it easy to keep everything in one place and organized while sewing.

 Anita used two large caddy containers to customize her Stackable Caddy Organizer. One for holding fabric, and the other for pinking shears and other tools. She can fit 10 one-yard pieces in the container.

The caddy storage tray fits into the second large caddy container. It's perfect for holding pins, extra threads, clips, and other supplies used while quilting.

Read more on Anita's quilt project here.

Create Store, Create More or #Cr8StoreCr8More for storage

Wintertime Crafting

Holidays with all the parties and family gatherings bring a lot of opportunities for photos. By New Years Day you've got a fair amount of pictures. To get those photos off your phones/cameras and into albums, you need a plan.  

Design team member Lorrie McCullers is a scrapbooker and loves using her Deflecto Stackable Caddy Organizer to get her supplies in order. Lorrie says, "I'm not a winter person, so in winter I spend my time indoors working on my crafts at home and crops."  The Deflecto Stackable Caddy Organizer is perfect for both. You can put tons of tools and supplies in the containers, and you don't have to worry about anything falling out, thanks to the snap-tight lids. The caddies stack together and stay together with the lift and lock handles. You can have it sitting right beside you at the craft table, at home or pop them into the car and take them to the nearest crop.  

If you love to stamp and color and have a lot of markers, you can use the Interlocking Marker Organizer in place of one of the caddy containers to hold your markers. This organizer has rubber inserts that will hold different sized markers. Thick or thin, the markers all fit into the Interlocking Marker Organizer.

Lorrie's not kidding when she says she has all of her supplies in her stackable caddies. She fills her caddies with scissors, inkpads, adhesives, ink sprays, paper punches, and embellishments. Lorrie takes her caddies to every crop and never has to unpack the supplies when she gets home. It's ready to go wherever she wants to work.  

No need to hunt for supplies, they're all in the caddies!

You can read Lorrie's full post here.

 Create Store, Create More or #Cr8StoreCr8More for storage

Organizing Jewelry Making Supplies

End of the year organizing:

Organizing can be a pain, but it's also refreshing to start a new year with things in place. When Kymona started metal stamping a few years ago, she said her supplies were all over the place-in drawers, baskets, handmade pouches- everywhere. It was getting on her nerves! She decided for the new year, all of her jewelry making supplies needed to be in one handy place so she can create without looking in a million different spots.

The stackable caddy organizer and caddy storage tray was her first choice in organizing. The caddy has multiple units that can be conveniently stacked and locked using the lift and lock feature. Each compartment can be taken out of the frame and used independently. It has three different compartment sizes including small, medium and large. Since jewelry supplies come in different sizes, this feature is excellent for holding tools, jewelry pieces, and accessories separately.  

The caddy storage tray fits neatly inside the large storage container. It has ten medium compartments and one large compartment. All the small jewelry pieces fit neatly in these compartments.

The Stackable Caddy Organizer is great for on-the-go storage.

Read Kymona's full post here.

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Holiday Inspiration Station

Inspire Creativity:

It’s easy to promote creativity over the Holidays with a DIY Holiday Inspiration Station.

Set up a little spot in the house to spark a little inspiration for the whole family. Design Team Member, Sue Eldred used the large Three Drawer Organizer from Deflecto as the center of the holiday inspiration station. It is large enough to hold full sheets of 12″ x 12″ paper and room for tags, ribbon and more.

The Caddy Storage Tray is perfect for organizing small holiday trinkets and best of all, it fits into the large compartment of the Deflecto Stackable Caddy Organizer.

It’s easy to make your gifts look special when everything’s right at your fingertips. 

Read Sue's full post here.