Project Of The Day | Clean Up This Office

Hi Ali! I sure hope you are going to use at least one of those photos in your Project Life! After all, this definitely shows "real life" - It's not always perfect and neat! I absolutely love that your space gets messy too and I appreciate that you are willing to share that with everyone! Seems that alot of us crafters start out with tidy spaces but as the creative hurricane hits - well, it hits hard! Happy Cleaning!

I am SO glad to see that I'm not the only one with a messy craft room these days! Thanks for sharing this everyday moment with us!

I still love your creative space...mess and all. I just purged, reorganized and cleaned up my space too...and it feels fabulous!

I love that you share reality with us. It makes us feel more normal.

Thanks so much for sharing this. It looks like my room. Happy to see that you are not always organized!!! Loved hearing you on PRT 2 weeks ago - the Personality episode.

WOW! Now I feel better. I am a piler too... It's nice to see that other people do it too. :) Do your piles move from place to place and room to room?? Mine do..They may start on the bar in the kitchen, but usually end up in a larger pile on the pool table downstairs... Happy cleaning, bet you will find something in all that stuff that will spark your creativity.

I'm so happy to know that I'm not the only one whose work space gets out of control sometimes! Good luck, Ali!

thanks for sharing. I was wondering if you had caught any episodes of the new syfy show Aplha's? http://www.syfy.com/alphas They have a character named Gary, who is autistic. I thought you might find it interesting.

Oh don't we all love company in our messes. It's about time for a clean up in my room now, and when dh goes away for a week, I'll start my sorting. The bad part is that it gets worse before it gets better. I know. This is a regular occurrence.

Yippee!!! It does my heart good to know that not everyone is a perfectly neat scrapper - frankly those people scare me a little. Good luck with your process of redefining, reorganizing and rearranging!

Oh my goodness! That mess makes me want to get my hands on it and organize, organize, organize! If I didn't live so far away, I'd be over there! ;)
I'm one of those people that can't function with too much clutter. It makes me tense. I even have a pretty bin on my desk at work that is labeled "clutter" that all of the things that didn't get filed away that day get thrown into to tackle the next day.

what manufacturer are those really cool letter stickers? The ones with several sets of colors on one sheet...5th photo bottom left corner or last photo smack dab in the middle. Very cool. And I like your mess.

Thank you so much for posting an imperfect space and including your piles! It is so nice to see someone I admire as an artist sharing their real life!!

Ali, We are either tied, or I'm in a close second to you! Only it won't take me a day to clean mine up----It will take a week!!! I'm going to finish up my BPC class project, then go for the massive clean up. I have about 5 projects waiting for my attention. I do love working on my projects, if the place is clean and organized :-)

Good luck. Not a fun process, at least not for me, but so satisfying when it's done

I'm so glad I'm not the only one...some days I walk into my craft space and think, "Now how did THAT happen?!!" :) Thanks for showing me I am perfectly normal!

OMG I am so glad its not just me. How do we let it get SO bad:) I guess when you are creating its just messy...thats what I'm going with. AND why is it I loved surfing what was on your floor in the baskets...on the shelf. I didn't see any messes I just seen some yummy stuff!!! I SO wish I was going to Italy, my dream. Some day maybee:)

I am NOT kidding - THANK you. I cannot tell you how much better this makes me feel! I beat myself up to the point opf NOT being able to go in and craft! I always think "No-one else has this mess. Just me. What's WRONG with me!?" Well- nothing! Maybe I'm normal! lol

Oh, Ali...I can TOTALLY relate! I have a pretty good sized space, but it is so full of PILES! I am a "piler" too. I pile at school/work and at home. It's just the way my mind works. I dream of someday having a huge loft with acres and acres of tables on which to pile my things. Hope all is well in Eugene. Do you by any chance know my bro and sil: Steve and Val King (she's a local principal - or my niece Ariel (she is a teacher)? Just thought I'd ask! Good luck with your cleaning project!
Sally in Stockton

Thank you Ali - I now see there's hope for the rest of us. :)