Spool Holder

What? No funky "pinspiration" photos? Nope, ladies and gentlemen....this is my first attempt at actually creating something without Pinterest's influence. (Sound of record scratching at the grade eight dance and everyone staring at you ). Shocking, I know...Trust me!

What set off this mild bout of creativity was the fact that my "craft station" (yes world, if you can believe it, I have an actual craft station in my basement - which more often than not is used as an art table for my kids) is a human hellpit of despair (see for yourself!)

Look away before the mess takes over your world too!!!!!

Obviously I'm in desperate need of organization (in my whole life, of course, but let's start off at the craft table, okay? This is just one post...) So where do I start? Clearly a "normal" human being would start off with any of the VISIBLE parts of this abomination...but NOT ME...that would be too easy. I'm gonna start with drawer number 2 (NOT EVEN DRAWER NUMBER 1, PEOPLE!!) cuz that's how I roll... Drawer number 2 is my "SEWING" drawer. One that has my special scissors, my sewing machine accessories and last, but not least, my thread spools and bobbins. Why would I start here, you ask? Well, because I'm on the verge of master sewery (yes, that's my own word. Feel free to tell your friends...), I need my stuff readily accessible, because when the sewing mood strikes, I need to be able to grab a matching spool and bobbin asap and get my sewing machine locked and loaded. You hear me?? Anyway, my "sewing" drawer looks a lot like the aforementioned explosion, but nicely tucked away in a drawer so no one can see (because they're probably still in shock while perusing my hoarding (...er...craft) table...)

So how am I going to organize my stuff, you ask? Good question. I'm gonna put them all together in one organized place and mount them for immediate accessibility. How am I going to do that? Let me tell you...1) Get a piece of wood - small enough because I only have a drawer full of thread spools and bobbins (I'm not Martha freakin' Stewart, if it's not already obvious enough). 2) Find some screws that a thread spool will fit on. 3) Screw them into the piece of wood. 4) Put thread spools on screws 4) Done-zo.

Seems pretty straight forward, right? Well...without giving the matter much thought, I found some screws that a thread spool would fit on, and started on my way...1 screw in, 2 screws in, 9 screws in...but wait a sec...didn't I need to hold something else on this thing. Oh right...a bobbin...let me try that bobbin on one of these ...^%$&!!!!! It doesn't fit (OF COURSE)...unscrew the few million (okay, I'm exaggerating a bit...) screws that I'd already put in and find something that a bobbin will fit on. Okay...Let's try this again. Top row - screws, Second row - finishing nails, Third row - screws, Fourth row - finishing nails. Et voila! Spool Holder for me! YAY!!!

Beauty! (this piece of wood is actually a small bamboo cutting board from Dollarama! And the screws and nails I already had at home. Total cost for project - $1!)

Le piece de resistance!

So, of course, I'm all proud of myself, as you can imagine. I have this amazingly brilliant creation that I came up with ALL BY MYSELF!!!, and what happens? I go onto Pinterest and find this...

Damn you, Pinterest...! And of course, it's WAAAAAY cooler and sexier than I could've ever come up with on my own. Like, c'mon man, it's framed for crying out loud!

And to make things worse, I mounted this sucker in my "craft area" and two seconds later, it fell off the wall, spools and bobbins everywhere.

What lesson did I learn here? No matter how genius you think you are, someone's already thought of it...and it's always better too. Ugh!

Shout out:

Grey Luster Girl: damn you and your craftiness!