Pretty vs Practical!

Tonight I was trying to decide......do I scrapbook or do I read? Did you ever think you would hear that from me? Trust me, I didn't either. Anyways.......I ended up surfing the internet, visiting some of my favourite blogs. I came across this beautiful work area that I would just love to have in my home.......it has all those great cubbies for all my scrapbook goodies!

.............and then I start to think practically.........how do you turn this...................

...............into something pretty? I don't know about you guys, but when I start scrapbooking my desk looks like this in a matter of minutes. Everything I own ends up spread out all over and I end up with a 12x12 inch space to work. Then when I am done, I just get up and walk away. When I return to work on the next project, I quickly tidy up (only putting 1/2 the stuff away because I am wasting all my valuable scrapping time) and move on to the next project. The mountain of supplies keeps getting bigger and bigger and then it is just not pretty at all.

My conclusion is that no matter how pretty the workspace is, it all ends up looking the same in the end.

I ended up reading my book and hoping that the scrapbook fairy would come and tidy up my crafting mess..........