Well, how do ya like it?! This is my new stamping and scrapping haven! When we bought our house a month ago this room was a toddler's room...it was full-on Pooh Bear...all the way to the fan blades. My mom and I painted it the lovely plummy roseish (yes I made that up) color that it is now. Then I totally copied the clothesline idea from another stamp room I saw. It's just a regular clothesline hung with eyelet hooks (I'll have to tell you the eyelet hook search turned fiasco at a later date). Then card samples are hung with clothespins. This is extra fun because when we get sick of looking at the same old same old border I can just switch in new card samples!

Corner #1 is obviously one corner of the room (clever, aren't I?!) with the clothesline. The view by the door shows off our lovely new dry-erase/thumbtack board so we can keep track of all the stuff we have going on. It's a 10x12 room with a mirrored closet so it's not the easiest thing to photograph. Plus the closet is all messy! The end of the room that's opposite the clothesline features a unit with five shelves of stamps and the closet has another cabinet with all of the necessary accessories. Oh yeah, and on the table (just in the corner of the Corner #1 picture) is our brand new Stampin' Up! Ink Caddy! It's so awesome to have all of our ink pads at our fingertips! No more digging through plastic shoeboxes looking for that one pad you can't find!

Also, check out the very cool flower arrangement in the corner. We got the vase as a wedding gift and I didn't want to put fresh flowers in it because they die so quickly. The best $38 I ever spent was taking that vase to a florist in town and telling them "I don't have a clue about flower arrangements, can you just do whatever it is that you flower people do?" Okay maybe I didn't say it exactly like that, but it did turn out beautiful none-the-less. It's been over a year and one move and it still looks brand new.

It's so nice to have a completely separate area that's totally devoted to stamping! Now my mom and I can stamp without having to disrupt the entire household by using the kitchen table! Plus we can just close the door if we get too involved in stamping and don't have time to clean up. Now I must tell you that this rarely ,if ever, happens...it's usually completely sparkling clean...ha! Those of you with your own stamping or scraping area know that that’s a complete LIE! The best part of having my own stamping room is that it can be as unorganized as I want it to be and it doesn’t matter because it’s my room and I can just close the door!

I highly encourage all of you to lobby for your own stamping and/or scrapping haven if you don’t already have one! After all, it is your right as a stamper to have an area that is totally yours, totally disorganized, and totally inspiring to you as you work!