Punches….Defunkified!!!

When I go in my room, I am really starting to like what I see.
I have so much to share with you :)
I have gone way past organizing my punches, but one area at a time :)
I have this shelving unit that I have had for many years.
It has housed many of my supplies..flowers, ribbon, sequins even my mists.
But I had moved many of these supplies to other areas and it became a bit of a mess.
I like to keep my "like" supplies together and since I have some of my punches on those towel racks attached to the wall, right beside this unit…I thought I should use my this to hold some of my punches I had on the floor.

Here is how I have been storing my punches ever since I made my room years ago.
I like to see my supplies….but in a way that is pleasing to the eye.
Which for me this is :)
Not only do I like to see these on my wall, it is also easy for my friends to find a punch if they need one.
When the door to my room is open, these punches are behind it.

I also keep my bigger punches in this over the door shoe organizer.
The pockets are big enough for those very large punches.
Like the punches on the wall on the towel racks, these are also hidden when the door is open.

At first I had these Stampin' Up punches stacked on top of each other.
But the images on the stickers were upside down….considering how messy my room was, you would think that this wouldn't bother me…but it really did.
So I decided to put them on their sides…this helped, lol.

Putting them on their sides also helps not to scratch the shiny images on the tops of the punches when sliding them off of one another.
Win win :)

Tips on how I defunkify my space:
1. Remove-Take everything out or off and gather it in one space.
2. Clean-Use some cleaner and wipe the area down.
3. Sort-Put all like items together.
4. Purge- Get rid of any punches that you no longer use or want…I actually kept all of my punches.
5. Organize- Put away and organize the remaining items.

I am documenting my Defunkifying process on my YouTube channel as well.
I can share more in the videos then I do with just the photos I can share on here.
If you would rather watch the video on my YouTube channel, then just click the link "Tracy's Treasures24" to go to my YouTube channel…and hey if you do that, you might as well give me a thumbs up :)
I can't wait to show you what else I have been working on.
Just takes time to edit and upload the videos.
Are you Defunkifying your space?
If you are, I would love to hear what you are working on and how it is going :)

I hope you all have a very creative day :)

Tracy :)

Punch Rack

Remember the CD rack I purchased on my trip?
Remember I was going to use it to store some of my border punches.
Well here it is :)
The Martha Stewart border punches weren't long enough for this stand.
As as you can see neither were the slimmer Stampin' Up ones. So I cut a piece of foam core to use as a shelf for the shorter punches on the bottom.

Oops, I should have got the bigger one :(
Not only is this one full, but I have some that didn't fit in here and need a home.
I do have another idea, but I will have to wait until tomorrow to see if it works.

Because I am sharing how I am storing my punches, I thought I would share how I store all of my punches.
This is my favourite way to store my punches.
I purchased these towel racks from Ikea and hook my punches on them…I have been storing my punches like this ever since I put together my craft room.
I love that they are within easy reach and I can see exactly what I have.
I do have a couple more of these towel racks, but because I am a wee bit on the short side, I don't want to go to high with my storage ;)

Not all of my punches fit nicely on those racks, so I picked up this over the door shoe holder from the dollar store for the bigger block punches.

Day 13 of 30 Days of Thankfulness.
Today I am thankful for my treadmill.
I have had my treadmill for over 8 yrs and it still works perfectly :)
I love it as I get to stay out of the cold weather or the hot weather and still get in my work outs in to help keep my heart strong :)

What I also like about this treadmill, is that it keeps track of my incline (1), time I spent on here (30:13 mins), how many laps (6 lps= 1 1/4 miles), pulse (I didn't activate it) and pace (3.8).
The photo above shows the incline, pace per minute, distance, calories burned, speed.
Because I am a list keeper and like to keep track of this, I have books of my progress, yes I am obsessive.
I have just started up on getting healthy again…I have my daughter Kristy to keep me on track ;)

I hope you all had a creative Wednesday :)

Tracy :)