Desktop Space - earning the right

I actually have a lot of things w/in arm's reach, lol.  

I have one of those wire shelves right in front of me and my caddy sits on top of it.  What's in there is a long list - everything from mini alpha stamps to glue dots to my CM cutting system.  Underneath is where I keep my iPod, tape runner & trimmers.

I also have the Store-n-Spin w/in arm's reach and it's another thing that holds a ton of stuff: all writing utensils, rulers, staplers, misc. tools (tweezers, brad tool, Quik Stik, etc.), Crop-A-Dile, erasers, scissors . . .

The photos I am working on are always nearby.

I have a small set of plastic drawers that sits on my workspace and all my punches are in there.

And of course my Lindt peanut butter truffles simply have to be close by at all times.  

I'm lazy.  I try not to get up much once I'm going!

MY CAT!

My adhesive, ruler,scissors, my tab punch, letter stickers, and my new paper are all on my desk. My trimmer is within arm's reach. Oh, also black and brown ink are on the desk.

A lot of what has been listed here and also my CM multi tool and double sided tape dispenser.

LOL practically all of my supplies. Well ok maybe not all but yikes I love everything within arms reach..what is physically on my desktop, my trimmer that takes up the entire right side of my desk (it's a big timmer) and to the side of that are most of my dies, glue gun, crop a dile, basket with liquid glues, my little Xyron X and on the wall behind that is a shelf that holds the pens, scissors, paint brushes, bone folder, etc.

I also have 4 baskets in front of me against the wall under a shelf that contains, chipboard letters and what not, plus odds and ends..i.e ephemera, enamel dots. On the shelf that sits on the desk in front of me and over the baskets are ink pads, stickles, another basket with all my adhesives, stick pins, some stamps(little like 1x1) all my Distressed Ink pads, mists and glitter. And there are other small items like 3 tins of eyelets and some other junk.

Then as a side note up above where I sit against that same wall in front of me are my adjustable shelves with all my cardstock and pp and to the right on the wall above where I keep the pens and what not are more shelves with some more of my dies, paints, embossing folders, jewelry tools, embossing pastes and some other stuff.

Permanent items on my project table top are a lamp and a little twirly metal organizer with 4 sections - cutting, writing, adhesive, and misc items. If it doesn't fit in there, it has to go live somewhere else. Right now there are a lot of freeloaders (paper packs, wood veneer, washi, embellishments) that need to go back home.

pretty stencilling on your wall elaynef!

Since I prefer an uncluttered work surface, only an oversized self-healing mat, paper trimmer, & PBK Art/Crafts Lazy Susan filled with frequently-used tools (e.g. scissors, pens, clear t-square ruler, adhesives) sits on my project table. 

Once I get done organizing my craft room there will only be my laptop, lamp a coaster for my water botle on my desk. My shelves are right behind my desk so all I have to do is spin my chair around and most everything is at arms reach.

I'm so glad you asked this question because I've never thought of the way that I organize my space like this before!

It's ridiculous, because do you know what's right in front of me as I scrap? A jar full of those decorated edge scissors that were all the rage about 15 years ago. Do you know how often I use them? Maybe once a year! If that! So why are they front and center? Probably because they "fit" there. I will move them tomorrow!

Also in front of me is a mug filled with old pens and pencils. Half of them probably don't even work anymore. I need maybe one pen and one pencil in my scrap space. So again... why is this mug taking up prime real estate on my desk?!?!?

My space is actually very clutter-free, so it won't take me long tomorrow to re-evaluate where I'm keeping my stuff. Thanks for the paradigm shift!

I keep my craft mat and my magnetic mat out and then whatever I'm working on. But my most used stuff is within easy reach.

Trimmer, ATG, scissors, paper piercer, ruler and mini stapler, also a small bin of teeny alpha stickers.

Like others - too much! But really I like to have my trimmer, ruler, scissors, tweezers, adhesives and glue, powder (to take "stickiness" off of stickers), hole punch, black pen,gray pen, black ink pad, and tiny attacher. I think those are the main ones but I usually have more than that...