CASology Simple Studios Blog Hop

Hi everyone! :o)

Welcome to a CASology Design Team Simple Studios Blog Hop, a special blog hop where couple of us from CASology DT will show you around our crafting space and share some tips. :o)

For today I wanted to prepare a video, but it didn't work as I wanted, so I took photos to take you on the tour in my craft room. I'll also tell you a bit about myself and how I maintain my craft room (and home). I hope you'll enjoy reading and getting to know me a bit better. :o)

A bit about me, my organization and how I maintain my home...

I like everything clean, tidy, organized and neat in my home and my craft room is no exception. Yes, sometimes my table and die-cutting station do get messy, my crafting stuff can be find on other tables in the apartment where I craft from time to time (kitchen, living room), often there is a pile of inked and unwashed stamps that I used for crafting, but that mess doesn't last for long. :o)

I don't find myself as a "crazy obsessed with cleaning lady", I just like my home clean, neat and organized. My wardrobe is no exception either. I like everything to be ironed, neatly folded and sorted by types and colors. :o) Ehmmm, yes, I love to iron. :o) 

I'm a person who feels quite uncomfortable in messy and dirty spaces, so I give my best that my home doesn't look like that.

I love white, black and/or grey furniture and white walls. That colors are dominating in my home. :o) I like it because it looks simple and elegant and I can play much more with various colors in that "simple" environment.

I'm very satisfied how I organized my entire home, as there is no problem to find anything at all. Everything has it own place. :o) My partner loves it too, especially his wardrobe. LOL 

And now to my craft room....

I'm very lucky and happy because I have an entire room in the apartment for my crafting tools and supplies and for crafting, but as I mentioned earlier, sometimes I do craft on the kitchen or the living room table. It's mostly when my partner is at home and not working and I want to hang out with him while crafting. :o)

When I was arranging my craft room, I did mostly by myself. My father helped me to hang shelves on walls as drilling holes in walls is not my strong side. :o)

And now photos of my craft space, close-ups and peeks in drawers. :o) I wrote short description below each photo. :o)

SECTION 1

My crafting table and shelves. I LOOOOVE shelves!!! :o)

Most photos that I publish are took on the table.

As you can see I don't have a chair. I didn't invest in that piece of furniture, as I rather spend my money on stamps and other craft supplies. Instead, I bring one from the kitchen. :o)

Rainbow butterflies... I created these using die cuts, Distress Inks, white cardstock paper and adhesive. I LOVEEE how they look on my wall. :o)

Plastic containers to store die-cuts, a powder bag and most used embossing powder: white. :o) Off course, more rainbow colors: Chakra chart. :o)

Top drawer... inks.

Middle drawer... various glues, adhesive tapes, labels, magnets.

Lower drawer... scissors, rulers, heat gun, glue gun, various tools.

Papers and card stock.

Typewriter machine, scoring board, paper trimmer, cutting mat, glass mat.

SECTION 2

Shelves. :o)

 More rainbow colors. :o) Colored pencils and decorations.

I store most of my craft supplies in recycled items. These glass jars are recycled.

Paintbrushes, decorations.

Embossing powders, decorations, woodblock stamp (the only one I have).

SECTION 3

Die-cutting station and clear stamps shelve. :o) 

These cabinets are metal and I decorated them with some cute magnets. I LOVE magnets!!! :o)

Clear stamp sets. I have more clear stamp sets. They are behind these two boxes. :o)

My most used die cuts placed on a magnetic sheet. As the cabinet is metal, I didn't use any glue to put the sheet on it.

Die cuts.

Left cabinet, top drawer... re-inkers, acrylic and tempera paints and other media.

Left cabinet, middle drawer... patterned papers, sticker sheets, paper and plastic bags.

Right cabinet, top drawer... embellishments, ribbons, twines and some broken items to fix. 

Right cabinet, middle drawer... punchers and other various cutting tools.

SECTION 4

More storage cabinets, book shelves and reading corner. :o)

Colored pencils, coloring books, crochet thread storage, wooden stork decor and my favorite photo captured by a very talented friend. :o)

Distress Ink pads, ink blending tools and foams.

Books, badges, wooden fan I have for years and a box where I store wax seal stamps and wax.

Crochet dishes made by a local crafter. Love these.

Planners and fine liners. :o)

Left cabinet, top drawer... notebooks and unused fine liners, markers and pens. It's good to have a stash of these when using them on daily basis. :o)

Left cabinet, middle drawer... fine liners, fiber tip pens, markers, colored pencils, paper stumps... never enough of stationery. :o)

Left cabinet, lower drawer... stencils and tiny unmounted rubber stamps.

Right cabinet, middle drawer... stickers and enamel dots.

Right cabinet, lower drawer... everything for mailing: envelopes, post stamps, address book and all the stuff I have to mail out. :o)

Lover shelves... Crafting books, magazines and various boxes where I store various stuff (polymer clay in a white box, rubber stamps in a black box, cards that I made in a wooden box).

Rubber stamps. I don't have them a lot, so storing them in the box works well for me. :o)

And that would be it. I hope you liked it and enjoyed reading and looking. :o)

And now to the Blog Hop prize...

Prize for one lucky winner is $20 gift voucher to Simon Says Stamp. The winner will be randomly selected from all comments on the DT blogs.

The Blog Hop goes live today, Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 at 9:00 AM, CST (UTC -6) and ends on Thursday, February 25th, 2021, 11:59 PM, CST (UTC -6).

To be eligible, you have to leave a comment on all stops along the hop by Thursday, February 25th, 2021, at 11:59 PM, CST (UTC -6).

The winner will be announced on CASology blog on Friday, February 26th, 2021, during the day.

And here is the Blog Hop order:

CASology Blog

Jacquie

Milka (you are here)

Deepti

Jen

Nancy

Melissa

I'm so excited and can't wait to visit my DT mates' craft spaces. :o)

Link to this post will be in a right sidebar until the Blog Hop ends. :o)

Now hop over to Deepti's blog and visit her crafting space. :o)

Thank you for visiting. I hope you enjoyed on my stop today. :o) Happy hopping and good luck to all!!! :o)

Milka

500th Blog Post + Welcome New Subscribers

Hi everyone!!

My blog subscribers have been steadily growing over the past few months and I thought it would be a good idea to pop in and say hello, introduce myself and tell you a little bit more about me. Also, this is my 500th blog post, so I find it very convenient. :o)

My name is Milka Gubo, a crafter from Croatia. I currently live in Mlini, small coastal town near Dubrovnik. I live with my partner Goran. We are not married, but live in a domestic partnership. We don't have kids yet.

Goran and I (December, 2016, Split)

I was born in Slovenia (Celje) and lived there until 1995, when I moved with my parents and brother to Croatia. Last few years I moved 3 times.

I'm 36 years old and my astrology sign is Pisces. I love Astrology.

My mother tongue is Croatian. I speak Slovenian and English well. I can communicate on German also, but I didn't have an opportunity to learn it more than 3 years, so it's not so good. I also learned Sanskrit for 2,5 years, but can't use it to speak. I've always been crazy for learning languages and different scripts. Except Latin, I can write Cyrillic, Devanagari and Futhark. I want to learn old Croatian script: Glagolitic script.

I'm a Graduate Traffic Engineer and Economist. I currently work in a primary school and teach Mathematics and Physics. I love my job.

I love Math a lot, especially Algebra and Geometry. Last year I started a challenge here on my blog combining Math and Craft: I Love Math Challenge.

I craft since I can remember. I love to experiment with materials and mediums, learn new techniques and crafts. Here is a short list of crafts I love: photographing, card making, album making, 3-D projects making, Origami, Kusudama, knitting, crocheting, painting, drawing, lettering, jewelry making, modeling.

Kusudama Flower Ball - Fish Curler 

folded by me, spring 2011
design by Lukasheva Ekaterina 

Crochet Hippos (Happypotamus The Happy Hippo)

crochet by me, 2015
design by Heidi Bears

I've started card making in winter 2013 when I was making some Christmas cards for my family and friends. Since then I'm more focused on card making.

When I was a kid, I hated coloring. I was more in "do with your hands" mode. Now I enjoy it so much, I can't imagine I don't color at least couple hours a week.

My favorites in card making:

• design: CAS (clean and simple) dseign
• coloring technique: watercolor
• coloring medium: Tim's Holtz Distress Inks
• card base color: white
• colors: blue, violet
• color combos: blue+white, violet+black, violet+white, grey+black+yellow

I started blogging in September 2014. I decided to write on my blog in English and not my mother tongue, because I wanted to improve my English. I'm currently on several design teams. You can find all details in my Creative Resume.

Except crafting and Mathematics, I love music, reading, cycling, traveling and visiting historical places, cooking, gardening and making natural cosmetics. I also love to assemble furniture and build stuff. On the photo below is my crafting place. I assembled the table by myself.

And that would be all from me for today. I hope you enjoyed reading this post. If you have any questions, let me know. Feel free to share a bit about yourself, if you like.

Big hugs!!

Milka