{"id":14367,"date":"2015-07-15T10:29:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T15:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/?p=14367"},"modified":"2015-06-17T10:32:12","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T15:32:12","slug":"nicole-samuels-scrap-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/15\/nicole-samuels-scrap-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicole Samuels’ Scrap Space"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Next up is Nicole Samuels\u00a0(Blog: Nicole Samuels<\/a> | Instagram: @nicsamuels<\/a> | Pinterest: @nsameuls<\/a> | Twitter: @nicsamuels<\/a>)\u00a0sharing her lovely scrap space!<\/p>\n

\"Nicole<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Nicole\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Your favorite time of day to scrap:\u00a0<\/strong>Definitely morning while the kids are at school. I wish I could stay up late to get things down after the kids go to bed, but I just am not a night owl!<\/p>\n

How long do you usually sit down and create?\u00a0<\/strong>I get distracted after an hour or so and need to take a break to check email, etc. My pages usually take me over an hour, so I rarely finish a complete layout in one sitting (well, standing for me!).<\/p>\n

What is your favorite scrapbooking tool?\u00a0<\/strong>My Silhouette for sure. It has really changed the way I scrap.\u00a0 Anything is possible with that nifty machine!<\/p>\n

How long have you been scrapping?\u00a0<\/strong>For about 13 years.<\/p>\n

Do you have a favorite method of storage?\u00a0<\/strong>I like to be able to see what I have. But at the same time I don’t like clutter. So, having drawers with small containers of like embellishments is perfect for me. I can open the drawer and see what I have without too much rifling through and then when the drawers are closed everything is tucked away.<\/p>\n

Do you ever purge your supplies?<\/strong>\u00a0If so, how often?\u00a0<\/strong>I do a purge every year or so. I did a huge purge back when I made my scrap desk and reorganized my supplies. Now I feel like everything needs to fit in the desk or in my Expedit. If it’s overflowing, it’s time to purge!<\/p>\n

Is this your dream space or do you have ideas for something else?<\/strong>\u00a0I really love my space\u2026 there’s a gas fireplace to the one end of my desk that is wonderful to work next to in the winter! And I love that it’s central to the action of my family. I wish I had more hidden storage like a closet or something for tucking away larger things that I don’t use often. But I’m pretty happy with how things are right now.<\/p>\n

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My scrapbooking space currently resides in half of our bonus room\/play room. I’ve tried a few different configurations over the years and I think my latest set-up works really well. Our bonus room is fairly long so I use my Expedit bookshelf as a room divider which gives a little separation between my stuff and the kids’ area while still allowing me to be part of the action. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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My Expedit houses all my albums, Project Life cards and paper, as well as some baskets that hold lesser used items and tools. I like to store things by type and\/or color. I usually take small embellishments out of their packaging and store them together in small containers inside the drawers of my desk. (You can read about how I refurbished an old dresser to create my scrapping desk on my blog.)<\/p>\n

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I love my standing height desk because of the storage that’s right at hand and the extra large working space (which is a total disaster and completely covered when I’m in the middle of projects!).<\/p>\n

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My computer and Silhouette sit on an old dining table just a few feet away, providing additional sitting height work space for when I need to sit.<\/p>\n

Thanks for sharing your bright and functional craft space with us Nicole!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source: American Crafts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Next up is Nicole Samuels\u00a0(Blog: Nicole Samuels | Instagram: @nicsamuels | Pinterest: @nsameuls | Twitter: @nicsamuels)\u00a0sharing her lovely scrap space! Your favorite time of day to scrap:\u00a0Definitely morning while the kids are at school. I wish I could stay up…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":14431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14367"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14367"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14432,"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14367\/revisions\/14432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}