Happy New Year! I hope you rang in the new year with special friends or family. It’s hard to believe we are now venturing into 2016. With every new year, I think it’s human nature to want a clean fresh start. To declutter both our physical homes and our own minds. At least I always do. Well this month the Michaels Makers were asked to get organized! We recently purged our playroom. In doing so, we realized that with the ages of our children they are spending more and more time creating. Especially my daughter and she needed an organized place to keep all of her supplies. Here is our 2016 Organized Craft Cart!
Michaels just launched a new line of storage and organization product called Cre8ted Spaces available in stores now and it has tons of different colors, bins and office supplies. I honestly swooned over it all when I walked into the store. This cart! This cart rocks. It is solid and rolls so nicely. It is all currently 50% off which puts it at $40! But even with just a 40% off coupon it’s an awesome buy. While I made it a craft card for the kids, it would be great as a bar cart or extra storage in any room.
All of the storage containers mix and match and are so darn cute. I love having the paper bins so the kids can grab white cardstock or colored paper for projects. The one rule is that when they finish, they put everything back onto the cart and roll it back to the wall. Easy.
Mason jars are around $1 and so great for art supplies. Easy and nothing needs to be labeled.
If you have younger children, these plastic containers with colored lids are AWESOME. They came in a three pack and are perfect for smaller art supplies.
The only thing not in this new line is this basket (and the scissors, too). I love the shape and size of these. I picked up a few for around the house.
And I picked up this canvas bin (also part of the line) so that they can toss anything extra in there. Because let’s be honest, it’s not always going to look neat and tidy like it does for photos. But I am hoping that with a place for everything, there might be a chance!
So I may or may not be obsessed with this cart. No joke I have told my husband a million times how much I love this cart and he is very much over it! But truly, I am a big fan. I highly recommend this cart in any part of your home. And it could easily be painted any other color. Prior to putting it together, two coats of spray paint would transform it into anything you wanted. For now, I am loving how creative these children are and having it all in one spot is huge.
My favorite thing about this room is that it gets flooded with natural light so it’s really a great spot for the kids to be creative. This was the very first table we bought when we were married (over 12 years ago). I am so thankful we hung onto it as it’s become our game table/craft table.
True story. I asked my daughter if I could take her picture for this post and after doing so, I left the room. I over heard my son asking if he could make something, too. He pulled the cart between them and they quietly worked on projects for almost an hour. It was the cutest thing.
I love being able to kick off this year with my fellow Michaels Makers. If you are craving organization, there are 49 other projects just waiting for you to check out below.
If you don’t know where to begin, you can always take a look at some of the fun storage projects on Michaels.com or the other 49 makers’ ideas on The Glue String for tips on designing, organizing and decorating their favorite places!
Here’s to a clutter free new year! Are you with me?
*Proud to partner with Michaels for the #MichaelsMakers program. See all of my projects here.
Love organizing – especially at this time of year. If only we had a Michaels somewhere nearby! Where are you? 🙂
This time of year is perfect for that right?! So much easier to want to purge and get things in order. We are in Southern California. Where are you?!
I love that cart! And what a smart way to use it!
Thanks, Amanda. It’s a fun one. Trying to justify how I can use another one in the house! LOL. Happy New Year!!!!xo
Beautiful cart! Love the color and the idea…. Hoping my Michaels has this in stock!
Love the cart! Do you happen to know the dimensions? Thanks.
Yay for an organized anything! Love this cart!!
Happy new year, Courtney! I hope 2016 brings us together once again!
xo,
Sam
Happy New Year Courtney! Well, you have my wheels turning on where I can put that cart. I love it! I’m thinking I could use it to keep my sewing machine on and my sewing supplies. Sweet photo of your two cuties crafting together.. I think I am headed to Michaels tomorrow!
Wow! That art station looks adorable. I love how everything is organized to allow the kiddos ample opportunities to create!!
Very cute and useful idea!!
A small investment with big return! I’m sure you’ll find many useds for it after its a craft station too. Thanks for posting this cart, I’m going to go check it out. I’m hoping my new Silhouette machine will fit on it 🙂
Hello there! What a beautiful organizing post- thank you so very much for sharing with us. Now if I could only find out where you scored those AMAZING scissors… Did they come from Michael’s as well? I know you said they aren’t part of the same line as the rest of your goodies, but I’m not sure whether or not that means they’re from a different Michael’s line of products. I would greatly appreciate it if you could let me know whenever you might find yourself a free moment or two. Thanks!
I want one of these but I cannot find them online!
They are in store only. The only thing I wish is that Michaels would at least have the info online. Even if you can’t buy. I can’t find the dimensions anywhere. And I need to know how tall and wide it is before I drive down there
I couldn’t agree more and am happy to pass that feedback along to Michaels. And I am also happy to measure it. I will do it after I take the children to school! xo
Any sense of if Michaels will carry the carts going forward? I’ve been told they were already discontinued. I’ve been hunting for weeks!
Did anyone find out of they are really discontinued? I want one so bad!
Thanks,
Erika
Anyone know of where i can find that cart? I can’t seem to find it anywhere or is it true that it’s been discontinued?
Sadly I think it may be discontinued but I will check with Michaels. xo
Thank you!