Saturday Share: My Dark Secret, Part 2 (Hey, look what I found!)

Previously on "My Dark Secret", Melissa reveals that not only is she a procrastinator extraordinaire, she also secretly is very, very messy!  She made a vow to change all that and get her act together by today's episode. Will she be able to make good on that vow?  We'll find out after this word from our sponsor...stay tuned!

Riigghht...it is a sure sign that you have a terrible procrastination problem when you give yourself a whole 2 weeks and vow to clean up your act, then wait until 2 nights before your deadline to even think about tackling it!  I kept walking into the room with my main mess, then immediately remembering some terribly important TV show I wanted to watch, or dinner to cook, or bathroom to scrub (not)!

Thursday night I finally just took a deep breath and started....I decided to focus on the area off the master bedroom where the majority of my stash is.  Once I got started, and into it, I actually enjoyed it. Here are some before and after shots.

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My new space!

I must admit that there are still lots of little trays that need to be sorted, but instead of being all mixed up cluttering the table, I stacked them nicely and put them in the black rolling file box...my goal is to open that up and pull out ONE tray and not stop until it is empty...either restocking where the items go, or finishing the project that was started.  I like that I was able to bring in my magazines and books and include them in the space...they used to be strewn all over the place!

The big bonus of cleaning-up and reorganizing, aside from everything being all neat and orderly, is that you uncover cool things you forgot you had, or in my case, had been looking for and thought was lost forever!

Buttons from my dear Mother's stash!

Fun flea market finds from my last trip to Lucketts with the girls!

Products of wonderful classes with Stephanie Lee and Richard Salley that I procrastinated on finishing!

Thought these were lost forever...6/20 enamel I bought LAST YEAR! and  images from  an art deco Opera posters calendar I planned to use in some mixed media.

Last, but not least...score!  Thick copper wire I came across at the hardware store, steel wire,  sterling square wire and a piece of thin sterling sheet.  I completely forgot about this buried treasure!

I decided not to do anything with my basement space where my enameling station is for now...my hubby and I have made a pact to take one room at a time and really organize, clean and revamp.  The area in my dining room is ever changing depending on what I am working on, so while I didn't concentrate on it, I was able to put away some of the boxes and tools in the main room, which helped.

Now, the responsibility is mine to keep things this neat and tidy.  So, how about you?  Many of you said in your comments that your spaces also need a cleaning day!  Were you able to accomplish it?  If so, congratulations!  If not, it's okay...I hope I have inspired you to think about it!

Melissa Meman
Melismatic Art Jewelry
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