I’m back to considering cleaning my craft room again.  The DIY household cleanser video made quite an impression on my craft room.  I have spray bottles and white vinegar and a big ammonia bottle as well as a funnel and all of the accessories for creating a DIY video.  The one thing that none of the DIY projects did was clean up after themselves. You’d think that I could have used one of the sprays on my desk, I didn’t.   I have to admit that it was easier to bring everything into the room than it was to put everything away.  Thus the problem when crafting.  In the midst of a project, we are so focused on getting it just the way we want it that we keep pulling more and more things out of their assigned spots.  When the project is done, we don’t have the same enthusiasm for putting anything back.  We are finished working on it and are tired and leave things wherever they landed.  If only we could be as ambitious about clean up.  I did a little research on the saying “cleanliness is next to godliness” and it seems no one can agree on exactly where the term comes from or what it means. Ok, I only researched it long enough to witness bickering about it’s origin and decided I really didn’t care about it that much.

I guess the bottom line is this.  If I am going to use a product, I need to put it back.  Not later, but right after I am done with it.  That way I won’t have a lot to put away when I am finished with a project and my room will look like a non-hoarder works there.  I really can’t see myself doing that though, because it will interrupt the flow of the crafting process.  I’m not really sure what my crafting process really is and I already struggle with finding a good working relationship between my craft accessories and their storage.  I guess we’ll back burner this cleaning idea for another day.

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