Re-setting Up Shop and Unearthing Embarrassment

My sewing room is not just a sewing room but sometimes a catch-all room for things that I'd rather not put in the attic.  This month, my sewing room has been home to 30+ shoe boxes and many personal hygiene products.  My mom and I put together shoe box gifts every year for the homeless in Rochester filled with soap, shampoo, razors, and some warmth items like socks, hats, and scarves.  It makes us feel all warm and fuzzy.

But now, I have gotten the chance to get all that stuff out of my sewing room... and now I have a ton and a half more space than I did before.  So I decided to so some slight reorganization.

I've kept my notions in a tackle box for the past few years.  It's a great idea if and only if you never have the urge to set things down on it.  Because if there's something on top of it, you tend not to want to move the stuff so you can open it.  So you end up with a ton of extra notions because you don't feel like rummaging to see if you already have that notion in your stash.  You know... not saying that from experience or anything!

So I went into the attic and acquired my husband's abandoned 'stuff' cabinet shelf thing of which I don't know the official term, but you usually see them on a workshop table filled with nuts and bolts and other junk.  It's perfect because it has a ton of little drawers that I can see into and get what I need.  And I can set things on top of it and still be able to get into it.  I just need to remember not to put anything in front of it!

So in my organization, I came across some old half-done projects.  One of them was supposed to be for my niece, who is a bit over a year old now.  I should have finished this bunting when she could have still fit into it. Now I have no reason to finish it because I waited too damn long.  This is when I start waiting for someone else I know to produce a baby girl.  My lesson: don't start time-sensitive projects when you are in your creation-lull.  Maybe I can put it on the cat.

I also found some half-finished Christmas presents from last year.  That one is kind of embarrassing.  I promise I'll finish them some day... and if you're reading this, you know who you are because I gave you the voucher for it last year.  My lesson: don't celebrate Christmas.  Err, I mean, don't tell someone ahead of time that you're making something for them.  Especially right before your creation-lull.

What is your favorite way to keep things organized in your craft/sewing room?

What unfinished projects do you have haunting your soul?