One Less Bin

This is an odd leap from my last post, but let me reassure you, I'm still praying for God's direction in helping me shine that little light of mine (did I mention I am around babies and toddlers and young children most hours of everyday, so be prepared for all sorts of kid-related references!).  He has answered in a few different ways, mainly giving me lots of inspiration and renewed excitement about plans for the future, which is great, but I'm hoping and praying for more opportunities for the present, the today...I'll keep you updated.  

Aaaaanyway, today's post is about how I managed to free an unsuspecting bin being held hostage by a random assortment of art supplies.  This bin's home (along with numerous other bins) was underneath this long table in our kitchen, pushed against a window, with a large tablecloth on top of it.  For whatever reason, this table tends to collect...stuff! All kinds of STUFF, both on top of it and under it.  Oy vey!  One of the tasks on my ever increasing to-do list is to figure out how to organize this whole area.  I am one bin closer to this goal!! That's something to be proud of! 

So, as I mentioned, this bin was filled with art supplies.  It worked well for awhile, but then I got tired of pulling up the tablecloth, pulling out the bin (which, of course, was always underneath other bins I had previous rummaged through!) and then putting it...uhhhh, on some type of flat surface, that wasn't already cluttered with something else... and then open it up to dig through and find the ONE specific thing I needed for that particular art project.  

What a pain!!

I sound like such a complainer... 

But it was, it was a pain!

So this is what I did about it!!   

This is one of those holders meant for shoes,
that I actually got from our closet...
Goodbye shoes!! Hello paint, glue, and googly eyes!!
(Well, actually, the shoes didn't really go anywhere, just into a new shoe holder!) 

This is the top half, where we keep all our paint (and, holy smokers, as my Grandpa Pete says, and Selah repeats :), we have a lot of paint!!)

We also have the glue, bubbles, stamps and ink pads, and pencils in this section. 

This is the bottom half, where we keep markers, crayons, glitter, paintbrushes, magnets, more stamps, pipe cleaners, craft sticks, and other odds and ends.














I did this sometime in February, and I'm SOOO stinkin' glad I finally got around to doing it!  It makes me more willing to do a spontaneous craft with my girl! Everything is so easy to see and retrieve...and clean up!  Good stuff!    




**The place where I found the inspiration for this solution is no longer available, or I would gladly share it with you all!