Recently I moved and I am continuing my series of posts about setting up my new studio. Here are the previous posts:
Journey to My New Studio, Part 1 , Journey to My New Studio, Part 2 , and Journey to My New Studio, Part 3 (plus the pesky Beastie Guest Blogger post Guest Blogger: The “Beastie Tower” is a Disaster!)
One of the big things I had to deal with was to get all the boxes of craft books I had in boxes into some type of storage/holder/wrangler (ha!) at my new home.

First before we moved I did a lot of purging and then while unpacking at the new house I did a lot of purging.
Then John built me two bookcases from plumbing pipe and scrap wood – one for my books and one for my magazines.
It took me several days but I got them all organized!
The books are organized by publisher instead of topic this time (it was the mood I was in as I liked how publishers, like Stash Books and C&T Publishing have books of similar sizes. The magazines are just organized by magazine title and I did purge many while packing. Only kept the ones I really love (which unfortunately are a lot, ha!)
Next to each bookcase I have thrifted cushions that I used to have in the living room of my previous house, for sitting on while looking through books 🙂
Postscript
Oh recently I tried to return to Instagram and it was a disaster and I gave up.
I first reinstated my account, made a post, and tried to refollow anyone whose Instagram name I could remember that I followed before.
The next day I received notification from Instagram that they had closed my account for violation of their policy. It appears they did not believe I was a real human.
I followed the appeal process and uploaded a live video of me. That was not enough, they wanted a copy of my scanned passport or Drivers License.
I decided that the Universe was telling me not to return to Instagram, ha, so I just gave up!


Meta. Often so frustrating.
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Yes! I guess it is good they don’t want fake people on there, ha!
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And yet I have soooooo many alleged gem dealers messaging me!
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Hmmm….
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Nice to see I am not the only one who stores their magazines flat. It’s starting to look very organised
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Thanks so much Helen! I did try once storing upright but it just didn’t work for me 🙂
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I should get off Instagram. Fun to watch your studio come together!
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Thanks for stopping by and I do miss seeing your posts on IG.
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I have a love/hate with Instagram, it’s a time suck, but I do find some good inspo now and then. Your books and magazine storage looks great! It takes a lot of time to organize them, so I’m sure that being done feels good!
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I miss seeing your posts on IG but I’ll just have to enjoy what you put on your blog. Thanks so much on the bookshelves and I am so happy to be done with that part 🙂
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You are definitely a person.
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🙂
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What fab looking bookshelves, so inviting!
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Thanks so much they are fun 🙂
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Do I spy a collection of Beastie’s household items on the top two shelves?!? 😉
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You have a great eye, I decided not to make the Beastie house too cluttered this time so I took on some small items as decor for the bookshelf 🙂
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Well done on getting all this organised. It is a big task. And do I spy Uppercase magazine there? I love that magazine, and keep all the copies too.
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Thanks so much I so appreciate that! Yes a friend gave me for the cost of shipping to me her Uppercase Collection! Oh how I love this magazine too!
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Oh, good! You are even more addicted to books and magazines than I am–ha!
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Ha! And that is after culling the collection 😉
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A very neat craft library. Enjoy browsing / revisiting your collection.
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Thanks Mariss I appreciate that 🙂
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Moving is so much work!
Unfortunately Meta managed to completely ruin Instagram. They have also ruined Facebook, their on creation, with adds and AI generated reels.
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I so agree and I miss the earlier days of Instagram so much! Thanks for your comments 🙂
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