Gorgeous Photography

I have been wanting to organize my clip art and archive my art for some time now. It was getting out of control and using up way to much space on my computer. After a few hours of saving and double checking, I think that I have finally accomplished the task. It feels great to have it organized and safely saved on CD's. Now the trick is to keep it updated? What are your favourite tricks for saving your photos? Any great organization tips? I'd love to hear from you.
Dana is a fan of a well organized CD case and an external hard drive.

Take a peek at her gorgeous photos!

Dana Laymon
http://www.danalaymon.etsy.com/

I've been doing photography for 6 years and wedding photography for 2 years. I LOVE it but I have a regular full time job so I have to cram it all in when i can in my off time. I used to only shoot film for a while but now i shoot digital because of weddings and portraits but I still love a good Holga or poloroid camera. The beach here provides a wonderful place for pictures. I am aspiring to be able to do it as my only job one day and it's slowly but surely coming. I love Etsy and it has provided a great community to me if nothing else. I have learned so much through Etsians and received motivation from their work. I just work at home at my dining room table at the moment- maybe I'll have an office one day. With pictures you need to be really organized and I have become a fan of Picasa for that, an external hard drive, and well organized CD case. You just have to see what works for you because everyone's workflow is different. I'll probably be changing mine for a while as well.

My blog also has more pictures at http://www.danalaymon.blogspot.com/.

Design In A Bottle

Zo-Be Designs and her wonderful organizational tips are fantastic. I love that she uses bottles and mason jars to store her items. They are neatly organized, look great and the clear see through bottles easily display what is inside. I will definately use this tip in my space.

Zo-Be Designs found at http://www.caelum.etsy.com/

shows us what amazing organization and imagination can look like. I am inspired by her creative space. I can imagine walking into this room and being so excited to create that I could hardly contain myself~like a child in a candy store.

Zo-Be Designs shares some of her tips and tricks with us:

As for my craft room, well I'm extremely lucky to have a whole room to myself. It wasn't always that way, I used to have everything stuffed in one cabinet and under the dining room table! The shelves in my room were already built in, they almost made me cry the first time I saw them.

I love using mason jars, as you can tell. It's great to be able to see all my embellishments and I think they look really pretty. I bought a case of them at Walmart and I've used them all. Baby food jars and spaghetti sauce jars are also great.

I keep all the things I use most often right on my table, like buttons and ribbon. I'm using a spice rack as storage for brads and other small embellishments. I find it really helps my creativity to be able to see what I have. I built my paper racks out of the wire cube racks you can buy at Target or Walmart. Up next is building some kind of ribbon rack on the back of the door. I have to recruit my hubby for that project!

Visit her blog at http://zobedesigns.blogspot.com/