Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, presents a webinar for artists and craftspeople who need help organizing their creative spaces.

1. Organize Your Art Space
for a Creative Explosion!

2. Gayle Goddard
Professional organizer and
owner of The Clutter Fairy in
Houston, Texas.
www.clutterfairyhouston.com
713-816-9505

3. Notes from this presentation "
are available for download:
clutterfairyhouston.com/art-space

5. As visual people, artists
are handicapped when
it comes to organizing.

6. Standard storage
solutions don’t work
well for creative spaces.
Image: Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

7. You collect "
art supplies in "
LARGE quantities.

8. You make excuses to
keep materials that
are no longer useful,
such as…
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9. “It cost me a lot
of money!”

10. “I’m going “Really. "
to fix it.”
I mean that.”

11. “But it has so much
potential!”

12. “I can’t decide whether
I’ll need it or not.”

13. “They don’t make
those any more!”

15. Any art supply item
can be grouped
logically into one of
four categories…

16. Main supplies
The primary “stuff” of your
particular art or craft
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17. Embellishment supplies
The materials you use to decorate
or supplement your main supplies

18. Tools
Scissors, pliers, needles, paint brushes—
whatever you use

19. Reference "
materials
Instructions,
books,
magazines,
catalogs,
clippings,
sketches

20. Sort your main supplies
based on how you
design with them.

21. Accept that you will
never use 100 percent
of your stuff.

22. Keep a clear workspace,
and you’re ready when
creativity calls.

23. Place your tools
within easy
reach.

24. Arrange your main
supplies for easy
review and access.

25. Make embellishment
supplies portable so
they’re out of the
way when you’re "
not using them.

26. Store your
reference
materials near,
but not on your
workspace.

28. Put the label maker
to work.

29. Use clear containers
to make shapes and
colors easy to spot.

30. Co lor-code your
storage labels,
and you’ll find
things faster.

31. Store loose paper in
page protectors in a
binder.

32. Ziploc® bags
are your
friend!

33. Stash magazines in
hanging files in a
portable file box.
Image: The Container Store

34. Designate a project box
for each unfinished
project and its materials.

35. Inventory the materials you own
in plentiful supply, then carry the
list with you when you shop.

36. Build a portable,
space-saving
workspace
using extendible
saw horses.
Image: Stanleytools.com

37. Adjust your
shelving units to
accommodate
your supplies.
Image: The Container Store—Elfa

38. Time for your questions!

39. Thank you for joining us!
For more information or "
to contact Gayle, visit our
web site:
clutterfairyhouston.com
Notes from this presentation are "
available for download:
clutterfairyhouston.com/art-space