Organizing with Style Nat & Susan Liles

Nat here sharing my Organize with Style Tip!

Ikea is a great place to go to help get organize!
I found this Raskogs, a 3 shelf rolling cart there. I use this for all my go to basic supplies.

 The top shelf holds my 12" paper trimmers, my go-to smaller scissors (cutterbee), my go-to adhesives (glossy and scotch), my crop a dile, corner rounder, small hole punch, scor tape and a few boxes of adhesive roll refills (for quick grab).

The 2nd shelf holds all of my Quick Quotes ink, stamp scrubber and cleaner and my acrylic blocks.

The bottom shelf holds my heat gun, personal size paper trimmer (for photos) and a caddy for my glue gun, glue sticks and foam brushes.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the RASKOG. it holds so much and is very portable moving around a scrap space.

-------------------------------------------------------------------- Susan Liles here with my Organizing with Style -Craft Space Tips!

 I don't really have a "favorite" organizational solution. 
As many of y'all know, I don't like to spend a lot of time on "organization".  To me, as long as everything has a place, gets put back into its place when I'm done using it and those things don't exceed the boundaries of the space I've set up for them, I'm organized enough.  The less time I have to spend organizing and setting up organizational methods, the more time I have to create!  That is SO NOT to say I'm unorganized, because I totally am, but by keeping my space neat and "a place for everything and everything in its place", the "organization" takes care of itself. 

My Elfa drawers and shelves from The Container Store help me do this.  I keep most of my things in the drawers and the little bins on the shelves.  My space is right when you walk into my home and there is no door to close and hide my mess, so I have to keep it looking somewhat presentable! 

Some of the drawers are messy but separated by types of products (one for inks, one for paints/adhesives, ribbon/fibers and dies). 
I know what's in them and don't mind having to move a couple things around to get to something. 

 
I do like this drawer where I keep my inks and blocks. 
It's the top left one under my Silhouette and I just swivel in my chair to get to it.  (I like everything that I use constantly to be within reach.)  In this drawer, my inkpads fit great, all stacked up inside these plastic open containers called "Like-it" Bricks also from The Container Store.  They easily stack, can be removed, and the smaller ones slide along the tops of each other, so that I can make the most of the space.  There's enough open space to the side of them to keep my heat tool, charger and Silhouette cords in that drawer as well.

Let us know if you'd like to see more of my space. 

Since we just moved into our new home about 7 months ago, it's a work in progress!

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Now we all need to take a field trip to the Container Store and Ikea! hahaha... That would be fun! :)

Thanks for reading along today! Check back tomorrow from our last day of Organizing with Style!

LBH Designer Spotlight

Good Morning!
Today begins the first of many Designer Spotlight posts! We want our viewers to get to know each of the designers and educators at the Little Blue House! So over the next couple of weeks we will be posting a Designer Spotlight on each member of our fabulous team! Today the Spotlight is on the dynamic duo team of Cat and Nat (Cathy Grigsby and Natalie Sheeran)....Together, they are the Blue Crew! They are members of our new LBH Media Team and will be designing for our Front Porch Kit this year. Read on and get to know them!
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Meet Nat & Cat...the Blue Crew:

Hey readers!  Cat and Nat here We are The Blue Crew.  Our blog started as self-proclaimed #1 fans of our local scrapbook store, The Little Blue House.  You see, the LBH holds a special place in our creative hearts as that’s where we (Cat and Nat) met, at a Page Builder class.  We’ve been inseparable since.  Most people that meet us think we’ve been friends for years and years……..even sisters.

Designed by Cat

When we started the blog, we used it as means to keep our followers (mostly LBH customers and fans) up to speed on LBH happenings as well as share some of our creative ideas (and blunders). This year, we are taking a new approach.  We are still The Little Blue Houses #1 fans, and as members of the new LBH Media Team, we will still be able to let you know all the fun happenings going on at LBH. We hope our followers enjoy the changes we have coming up this year.  We are very excited to share it all with you!

In addition to the LBH Media Team, we are designers for the LBH Front Porch Kit and LBH Page Builder Bundles.  We’ve also been guest designers for Queen & Co. We hope in the coming months to host some workshops and/or classes at the Little Blue House.  We host make & takes during Miss Tracy Create-a-thons and have a BLAST in doing so.

Designed by Cat

We couldn’t be further from opposite.  Nat has a son, so she leans more towards the “boy” palette of colors. Cat has 2 nieces, so she leans more towards the “girl” colors.  Nat has more of a “freestyle” approach to creating. She will use a picture as inspiration and build a page haphazardly from that picture using lots of layers and clustering of papers and/or photos.  Cat is more of a methodical scrapbooker. She likes to plan her pages, cut her papers and place everything accordingly. Ironically, designing together has never been an issue. Our two different styles somehow play really well off one another. Cat is able to go with Nat’s “let’s just do this” approach while Cat offers that final seal of approval with her classic editing.

Designed by Nat

While our creative processes differ, our tastes in products don’t. It’s generally assumed that if Cat is buying something, Nat is buying the same. Some of our favorite brands are Fancy Pants Designs, Echo Park and Simple Stories.  Nat is more of a stamper, so she has a soft spot for Reverse Confetti, Avery Elle, Lawn Fawn and Paper Smooches. Nat is also a collector of ephemera. Cat can’t pass up a Fancy Pants collection kit and all the matching embellishments.  Cat also tends to buy a collection pack and then multiples of her favorite papers.  Cat has also never met a bling or epoxy dot she doesn’t love.

Products we can’t get enough of right now:

Anything metallic gold

Wink Of Stella

Designed by Nat

Products we can’t wait to get our hands on:

Queen & Co Headliners

WeR Fuse Tool

We are looking forward to an awesome 2015 and will work hard to keep you inspired this year!!!

Cat & Nat
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 I hope you have enjoyed this Designer Spotlight
and please check out the Blue Crew's Blog at 

www.lbhbluecrew.blogspot.com.  

Next up will be a Designer Spotlight on myself and Kristyn McElroy PLUS a great recap on our recent trip to CHA!!! 

Keep Creating,

Miss Tracy :)