Atelier

My workspace is a disaster right now and I have been procrastinating the inevitable like a pro...

Not only does it need general tidying up, but it needs reorganization and maybe even some rearranging.

I have discovered that I am really good at out-growing space.

Let's call it a gift, shall we?

Anyway, I have been driving myself nuts and am thinking of doing a total studio overhaul...

I seem to be lacking the motivation at present, however.

I know one of these days though inspiration will strike and by the end of the day (or maybe week) it will be like a whole new room!

Organization is a difficult and ongoing task in a studio or workspace and just when I think the shelf or tote, or another shelf that I add will make all the difference, I realize that I just need more...

And don't even get me started on table space!

*Sigh.*

Do you have a work space? How do you keep it organized?

I like to say that I have "organized chaos". In reality it is just piles of stuff (papers mostly... Paper is an infuriating part of becoming an adult I have found, they just keep coming in the mail and everything you do requires more. 30 is paper-ridden, I have found, and I say enough!). I do so many different things, work in different mediums, and don't plan of changing that- only adding more when inspired- that it is hard to have the required space or to be creative enough to make it all work and be conveniently accessible.

I love working. I love learning. I always want these to go hand in hand.

So space...

...Oy vey!

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Aside from above rant, this past week was my 30th Birthday.

What a strange week it has been. I can't really explain it, but has just been strange.

Last night my mom threw me a surprise party, which was so sweet and fantastic!

I had no idea and was so confused and overwhelmed, it was pure magic!

(Thanks Mom!)

I am trying to take this time and age and really think about what I want, where I want things to go and use it to manifest. Manifest what I want, where I want to be, who I want to be around... I feel like I am a bit late on this, but then again I tend to feel a bit like a late bloomer with things in general anyway.

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Studio Time + My Supervisor

1. Posey as my studio time supervisor.

2. Work attire: The messy apron.

3. A work in progress and stuff.

Lots of stuff (and this is just one little area)

Do you have a work/studio space?

Tell me about it, or if you have a link to photos, I would love to see!!!

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Stringing along thoughts

My whole house is basically a studio space.

I always joke that I should sleep under the kitchen sink because the rest of the space is in use!

It is kind of a jungle in here with projects, supplies and plants as they start to come in out of the cold.

The spiders seem to quickly and eagerly take over, I can't keep up.

This house is granite and used to be a barn.

The stove has been lit more often than not, to keep out the cold and to keep out the damp.

And although we seem to be losing light, I am able to catch grand moments of golden rays peeking into corners and onto tables and in shelves.

I like having the indoors feel like outdoors.

I cut some of the last flowers in bloom to bring in and adorn my studio table.

I love their beaming pink, it opens my heart.

Lately I have been finding and collecting more and more treasures from nature,

feathers, bones, stones, shells, abandoned nests...

I think I need to find a little cabinet with a glass door to house these things so I can arrange them, study them, be inspired by them.

Do you collect things from nature?

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Tonight is the opening of Present here in Gloucester.

It is a seasonal holiday shop open for November and December and I am very honored to be a part of it for the first time this year.

So tonight there is a celebration and I made cookies!

I hope you all are able to have a little celebration of your own of some sorts.

I think mini celebrations just might be the best,

what do you think?

Earthly Happenings...

I will be at the Cape Ann Farmer's Market today at Stage Fort Park from 3 to 6:30...

Here is a little peek of the studio and what I have been working on:

Also, there are some new reversible crocheted stone necklaces in the shop!

Work in progress...

Night time working in the studio.

In the Studio

Although I am getting ready today for the art fair tomorrow

and my studio is a bit blown apart in preparation,

I thought I would share a few photos...

Hope you are having a shiny Friday!

xo