Lost And Found

 For my birthday two years ago, Bob bought me a Clover Mini Iron [they have gone up in price since!] and I made a storage bag for it from scrap fabric. When I was making the Museum Mice, I thought it would be useful for pressing narrow seams on tiny garments. But I could not find it, despite hunting high [the loft] and low [bottom drawers of wardrobe where I keep other craft bits] This was all a little bit frustrating. Where was it?

After Rosie's week with us, I decided to hunt properly. I started to empty everything out of the wardrobe onto the bed. But I kept getting interrupted. 

I put a sign on the door before the children arrived, explaining it WAS NOT SAFE

Finally yesterday morning I got around to going through all the boxes and bags. And I found the iron - bizarrely right at the bottom of a box labelled "paper and card" It has been a very positive exercise. 

I found  a total of 15 sharpies, in various pencil cases. I have corralled all my fabric marking pens [Frixion, water soluble, disappearing, heat transfer, laundry markers, tailor's chalk pencils etc] and they are neatly standing in one labelled  pot. All my card blanks and envelopes are on the same shelf.

As are all my beads in their little Tiptree Jam Pots. And I found some thread I bought in London last month.

I'm hoping to organise some serious crafting sessions once September starts, and get stock made for my shop, as well as planning the craft activities I'll be doing with the Brownies. 

Having everything tidied up will make it so much easier to get the jobs done. The iron is sensibly stored with sewing stuff, not papercrafting supplies.

And this weekend the grandchildren will be able to go safely into the room, to get the things stored in the toy rack. And Julian will be able to get into bed at night. The Keep Out sign has gone. 

I must try harder to maintain this tidiness.