Did anyone manage to snag a Cricut during the crazy Amazon Prime Day sale on Tuesday?! They sold out so fast, and I can see why. The Cricut electronic cutter is my favorite crafting, decor, and organizing tool for a reason - it can do ANYTHING! Ok, maybe not anything... but darn close!
I use my Cricut all the time, and the more I use it the more supplies I acquire to go with it, and the more supplies I have, the more I have to store... I think you see where this is going. An organizing challenge with lots of potential creative solutions!
My office/craft room is in desperate need of an overhaul. Add to that the fact that I do many of my crafty projects in the kitchen in order to be more central to keep an eye on the kids. I not only need to get my craft supplies better organized, I also need a system to make it easy to move my supplies around the house.
I've been scouting out Cricut organizing ideas for while now, and then Cricut approached me with the perfect solution for my needs - a
Cricut machine tote,
rolling craft tote, and matching
tweed shoulder bag. They offered to send me totes to test out, and I jumped at the chance. I'll tell you more about how fabulous this set is in a minute {
and give you a chance to win a set of your own!}, but I also want to share some of the other super smart organizing ideas that I discovered along the way.
Ok, so let's start by talking about this uber stylish set of tweed Cricut and craft totes... seriously, I wish my luggage was half this nice!
The long thin case on top is the
machine tote, and it's serious business! There's no chance of my
machine getting damaged inside of this bad boy! It's padded on all sides, and there's a handy cut out in the bottom padding perfect for tucking away all of your cords and cables.
I dug through my craft room and gathered up all of my
Cricut tools, mats, and vinyl. There was still extra room in this tote. So then I thought I'd see if my
Cuttlebug would fit too... Yep! And there was still extra room. Then I added my paper cutter, and stacks of scrapbook paper. Still extra room.
Let me point out a few of my favorite details...
- There's a strap that velcros around the pull-out handle to hold the lid of this tote open
- Detachable zipper compartments that securely velcro to the lid
- Tall enough inside for rolls of vinyl
- Front unzips to tilt forward for easier access to everything inside
- Inside pocket large enough to hold a laptop computer {I filled this pocket with paper for now because I put my laptop in the separate shoulder bag}
- Space for additional tools like the Cuttlebug
- Multi-direction wheels make it smoothly roll in any direction
- Pockets, pockets, and more pockets
And I haven't even started filling up the large pockets on sides and back of the tote!
The
machine case stacks perfectly on top of the
craft tote. There's even a loop on the back of the machine tote to secure it the pull handle of the craft tote {although I didn't have it secured in this photo}.
The one and only Cricut supply I have that won't fit in these cases is my large, 12 x 24 cutting mat. I wish there was a thin space behind the internal dividers to allow this oversized mat to slide in.
Now that my Cricut supplies are all organized in these pretty totes, let's talk about organizing your Cricut supplies. At the end of this post, I've got a chance for your to win all three Cricut cases - a machine tote, a rolling craft tote, and a shoulder bag - worth $280!
As much as I love these Cricut totes, I know that different solutions fit different needs, so I've also rounded up a whole bunch more organizing ideas for you...
Earlier this year, I wrote a post about
20 ways to organize with a shoe cabinet, including storing scrapbooking and Cricut supplies. You can read more about it
here, but you can see from the photo that this provides space for vinyl, paper, tools,
and extra large cutting mats.
Cori, from
Hey, Let's Make Stuff uses a similar tilt-out solution to organize her paper - but her version mounts to the wall. Get the details in her post
here.
Cori also uses a pretty basket to store her vinyl, which is so smart because it's easy to see and find what you need, and it ends up looking like decor. She has tons of other tips for organizing craft supplies in her full
craft room tour!
I love double-duty furniture that provides storage, and the desk in
the craft room of Laura's Crafty Life is a perfect example. The end of the desk has shelves and drawers that provide room for tons of paper, vinyl, and other supplies. And how cute is the case on her Cricut on top of the desk?!
Laura also has a simple but genius solution for storing her cutting mats! Take her
full craft room tour for all the details and lots more organizing tips!
A love a pretty rolling cart, and
White House Black Shutter's found the a stylish cart to hold both her printer
and her Cricut, as well as a bunch of other craft supplies! Her entire
home office is a must see!
Pegboards are so versatile, and ideal for keeping everything in easy reach - including Cricut tools! As cute as it is, this pegboard doesn't even hint at the colorful, gorgeousness that is Something Turquoise's craft room!
If you're a Cricut crafter, then you're sure to have a lot of vinyl. So let's conclude with two simple vinyl storage solutions. A crafter by the name of Holly shared this with Expressions Vinyl, who shared it on
Instagram, and it's pretty much genius! Those are IKEA plastic bag holders that can be purchased for about $2 each.
Last, but certainly not least, this inexpensive shoe rack in the craft room of
Craftaholics Anonymous provides storage for SO. MUCH. VINYL! This is another swoon worthy craft-room tour that you really must see to believe!
And now... THE GIVEAWAY!This giveaway is valid for US residents only, 18 & up.
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