Maybe I can be (don't laugh) organized!

I always said that if I ever get organized I'd be dangerous.  I've spent many hours sorting, rearranging, and making sure everything has a place.  Then, voila, a project starts and all that good intention goes out the window.

Once the creative juices start flowing it's hard to stop.  One idea blossoms into another which leads to another and before I know it my ideas are all over my workspace.

A couple of weeks ago after pushing one of my scissors into the wastebasket while concentrating on a project I threw my hands in the air and said, "there's got to be a better way!"  After all, this wasn't the first time and probably wouldn't be the last.  Not only that, I've lost lots of time looking for scissors, seam rippers, and other notions.  They did have their places in drawers for when I wasn't sewing but that's not a solution I was happy with.

I needed to keep my sewing table free and yet have everything close at hand.  My first thought was pegboard nailed to the wall.  A 4x8 piece of pegboard was way to big; plus the 1x2s that needed to be nailed to the back--wait!  That's more project that I had bargained for.

My next stop was to Google pegboard and I found just what I needed.   It arrived several days later and even I could install it.  After all I had so much experience putting shelving up in my closet.  At least enough so I wasn't scared to press the button on the electric drill.

It's been so nice to reach right over and grab what I need.  I've forgotten a few times and started searching for an item only to realize it's right where it belongs.

I've also started following other sewing blogs.  This idea I'd wish I'd found years ago.  I have my bobbins pinned to my bulletin board on the other side of my machine.

But, alas, I still have a long way to go.

Any ideas for my storage room?  I'd suggest a bomb but it looks like one already went off in there.  Just another product of getting an idea and buying out the thrift stores to make it a reality.  I thought about shelving but that wouldn't solve the problem of whatever I need is on the bottom of the stack.  Probably should go through it AGAIN to see if I remember what I was thinking and if I can't--take it back to the thrift store.

Right now it's out of sight and I have lots of projects with deadlines.