I Love The Whole World (And My Craft Room Too) |

Remember my visit to The Artworks a few days ago? It’s the most delicious shop, full of all manner of loveliness. I bought a couple of pieces of Cavallini & Co wrapping paper. Their vintage images really are appealing. I fell head-over-heals for the vintage ‘World Map’ the moment I saw it in their window. Don’t you just love the colors on vintage maps?

Wondering what I did with it? I made an awesome Lazy-Susan for my craft room.

Using a wood Lazy-Susan I got at Ikea for just $9.99 . It was super easy and super cheap to personalize just for me. If you’d like to make one of your very own, here’s the skinny:

Remove hardware from the turn-table, lightly sand and wipe clean.
Paint your favorite color. I used Martha Stewart’s, ‘Flamingo’. Her craft paints have great coverage.
Cut out a section of the map you wish to use, I used craft scissors with a scalloped edge.
Use Mod Podge to adhere the map to the turn-table, I did two coats.
Once completely dry, cover with two coats of liquid gloss to protect your map.
When dry, reattach the hardware.

I also did a little folk painting on the bottom, I call this folk art technique ‘Shooting Star’. One tool and a pencil and Bob’s your uncle.

Here’s it is in the craft room. Spinning all my ‘oh-so-necessary’ scrappy tools at hand. The colors of the vintage map, the pinks and greens and of course the beautiful aqua oceans, make me smile. I love the whole world (and my craft room too).

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cindy knoke on August 18, 2015 at 4:11 pm said:

You are a genius and you make such happy spaces!

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- Boomdeeadda on August 19, 2015 at 10:09 pm said:
  
  Holy! You found an oldie but goodie 😀 Thanks so much Cindy, I still have this on my craft desk. It’s got a few war wounds but still very much loved x
  
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gardensunshine on October 29, 2012 at 3:18 pm said:

SO CUTE!! man you are creative!

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- Boomdeeadda on October 29, 2012 at 4:24 pm said:
  
  Wow, thank’s Sunshine. I love looking at the colors of that old map. It one small oasis of organization. 🙂
  
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Jen on July 16, 2012 at 3:44 pm said:

Wow, that looks terrific! Nice stuff.

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- Boomdeeadda on July 16, 2012 at 9:22 pm said:
  
  Hi Jen, thanks again for coming by and your comment. Ya, I got to scrapbooking yesterday and loved it, handy for the coffee cup too, got it off the work top but still handy.
  
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Born To Organize on July 14, 2012 at 1:15 pm said:

PS: It helps that the water is aqua!

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- Boomdeeadda on July 14, 2012 at 1:26 pm said:
  
  LOL, Aqua is to me what chocolate is to others. I just can’t say no. Someone should make a glittery aqua vacumn cleaner, I’d really get on board with chores then.
  
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  - Born To Organize on July 14, 2012 at 1:36 pm said:
    
    LOL! Then I suppose this means I should keep *my* eye out for a chocolate vacuum cleaner.
  - Boomdeeadda on July 14, 2012 at 3:27 pm said:
    
    😀 Good one Alys! You might go broke buying vacuum cleaners though, you’d have to buy a new one every week 😉
  - Born To Organize on July 14, 2012 at 3:49 pm said:
    
    Good point. However If I ate one a week, I could no longer stand and push a vacuum, so eventually I would have no justification for buying one.
  - Boomdeeadda on July 14, 2012 at 4:35 pm said:
    
    That does make perfect sense! Ha. I saw this post about a girl who wants to develope ‘kitten in a bottle’ spray to solve the world problems. Sounds more calorie friendly,
    
    oops here it is http://meowhearthis.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/my-million-dollar-idea-bottled-kitten-love/
  - Born To Organize on July 14, 2012 at 4:50 pm said:
    
    Cute idea. Thanks for sharing the link. I can never get enough of cute kittens myself.
  - Born To Organize on July 14, 2012 at 1:38 pm said:
    
    PS…bad news: http://bargainez.com/walmart/dirt-devil-dynamite-upright-vacuum-aqua-ud40295
  - Boomdeeadda on July 14, 2012 at 3:36 pm said:
    
    OMG, that made me laugh so hard! I don’t know whether to be horrified or excited. That is one gorgeous unit, I would never have an excuse to put off cleaning ever again. You’re a one woman super sleuth! That is totally on my Pin Board!!! Thanks Alys.
  - Born To Organize on July 14, 2012 at 3:48 pm said:
    
    uh…you’re welcome…I think. Please don’t vacuum on my account though, okay?
Born To Organize on July 14, 2012 at 1:10 pm said:

Boomdee, you’ve outdone yourself. I love your creativity!!!!!!!

What a charming craft display as well. I like the vintage white glass (I wouldn’t have thought of that) and all the little details. Your crafty-Susan is beautiful, functional, original and affordable. You must consider submitting this to a scrapbooking forum. I’m pinning this now, too.

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- Boomdeeadda on July 14, 2012 at 1:20 pm said:
  
  Wow, thanks for your enthusiam Alys. I’m so glad you’re liking it too. It really is handy…spinning round to grab stuff -vs- standing up to reach over things. It does seem right at home with all the vintage cast-aways I make use of. I’m mean, why buy a pencil case if you have an old vase sitting around? We looked at a house this morning, I really really love it. I can see a craft room of my very own there. I hope it all comes together, fingers crossed. Thanks for pinning, you’re the best!!
  
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  - Born To Organize on July 14, 2012 at 1:33 pm said:
    
    Fingers crossed, crossed, crossed. I’ll cross my ankles too for good measure.
    
    I have to giggle over your craft room comment. When we found our house, I checked out the back yard first. We have our priorities!