All things that glitter

Today I finished up an easy project to organize and decorate my craft "studio".  Some months ago I was lucky enough to see a fellow Quester's craft and sewing room.  Her studio inspired me so much that is was hard to leave, I wanted to move in.  Since that was not an option and seeing that she had a lot of the same things that I had been saving (hoarding) for many years I set out to create a special space for me.
I will share some of my changes to my space here in hopes of inspiring others.  Now that my space has been transformed, but not yet finished, I find it more enjoyable to go down and create/ work.
Organization is key, this is a rather new concept for me and one that I struggle with but I am trying very hard to bring more organization into all aspects of my life.
I love to go to Estate Sales and pick up the things people have left for the half price last days/hours.  At a sale last week everything was half off when I arrived.  In the kitchen I found an old dusty greasy spice rack hung above the sink with spices that had to be thirty years old.  The price was $2 but for me that meant $1.  I figured the jars alone were worth $1 so I bought it not knowing what would become of it.
I am a pastry chef and I love to cook but those spices and herbs were not for me.  First order of business was to dump the contents, I then loaded the jars, lids and the shaker caps into the dish washer.
The wooden rack was taken to the "studio" and spray painted with primer then two coats of my favorite purple paint.  It splashed a bit of a second purple.
It did not occur to me to blog about this creation since blogging is new to me so my pictures start after the painting is done.
When I was starting my craft room redo I put all of my glitter into an old drawer where for the first time it was all in the same place.  Handy but nothing to look at so how about if the glitter were displayed in an easy to reach space?

Above is the rack after it was painted, I hung it on a purple bi-fold door that I use as a room divider.

Below is my glitter collection in its old home.  When I go to Estate sales I look for bargains and also craft sales, many of the glitters that I have came from those sales so I have many different kinds.

Using a piece of paper to catch the glitter that doesn't make it into the bottles as drop cloth I folded and taped a second piece of paper to use as a funnel to put the glitter into the spice jars.

Here are two different types of gold glitter, one square, one round.  The round one is from Frank's Nursery and Crafts, a store in the Detroit area that went out of business ten years ago.

Here is my finished glitter rack!!  I am very pleased with the results of this project. I put my glitter glues on the rack since they fit but I still have more jars to fill if I get more glitter colors.

One day I will post my favorite glitter project but for now it is put away with my Christmas decorations.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you will come again as I have more to share.