WOYWW: Oops, I Did It Again!

One thing that my fellow-WOYWWers and I have in common is our love of art and crafting STUFF. It is evident in the photos we take of our desks, table tops, and book shelves. We can’t pass up yummy new markers, notebooks, fabrics, beads, rubber stamps, ink pads, buttons, embellishments, paints, brushes, books…the list goes on and on.

And the goods are even more irresistible when we have a coupon in our hand! 

I went to Michael’s yesterday, intending to use my 40% off coupon on a pack of markers. And then I saw this:

I have seen this white revolving organizer in SO MANY workspace photos since I started WOYWW. When I saw it on the store shelf, I reasoned that I would save so much MORE money using my coupon on this (ridiculously overpriced) exciting addition to my craft table than if I just went with my originally-intended markers.

When I got home, I vowed that I would check it out, and if it didn’t offer efficient and accessible storage space, I would dutifully return in and buy those blasted markers.

But once that paper wrapper came off, all bets were off.

I have to say that so far it seems impractical. The drawers are tiny little trapezoids that fit very little. Almost all of the openings are so deep that anything I put in there falls down so far I can barely manage to retrieve it. (One only has so many rulers to store after all!) It takes up a huge amount of space on my worktable, where room is truly at a premium.

But that photo holder! (Like I I couldn’t just slap a frame on my table!)

Those little straps for holding my brushes!

Those little hooks for I-have-no-idea-what!

So, no, it’s totally impractical.

And, yes, I’ll be keeping it, thank you very much!

If you would like to check out other creative-types’ work spaces (and count up how many of these revolving organizers you can spot!), hop on over to Julia's Stamping Ground. This is a special week, as Julia is celebrating two years of WOYWW with a PiF (Pay it Forward) event. Participants are sending little handmade gifts to one another in celebration of getting to know one another and baring our oft-messy work spaces and works in progress over the months. Very exciting!

What’s on YOUR workdesk this Wednesday?