STUDIO OVERHAUL AT LAST

Today I decided to put my studio back together, so it's functional again. It's been tore up since the wedding (April) and there is art stuff all over the house. I even took over the living room, which only started out as a one day online project with Amy. I'll be needing this space clear... company... well actually, members of our Navy family will be here for the long weekend! We are close. Some of the friends I mentioned in my last post. You know, the kind you pick up where you left off last. We, as in, us three wives, all had our first babies within three weeks of each other. Our husbands at sea for months at a time... we would put the kids to bed and watch TV together. That is, on the phone... for hours. It was a family, you depended on for support in everything. Most of our birth families were far away, so we couldn't depend on help from them. You made the best out of what you had, or you didn't survive.

Back to the studio. I am also going through all my supplies and purging. I have so many things that just sit here, not being used and probably never will be. I think I am going to donate some of it to my grandson's preschool and the rest to a friend's little girl. She is just starting out, crafting with her Momma. I think she will be thrilled! Besides, this weekend, is CKC. I'll need a little room for more stuff! (laughing)

"DEAR STUDIO, MISSING YOU"

It's Memorial weekend and "are we having fun yet?" Not yet! Today we are going to pick up a sofa for Ashlyn. She knows someone who is getting new furniture and they have a blue sofa in great condition for $25!!! It's a steal! After that, a picnic with some of her "to be" in law family, then off to paint some more. They will be moving into the house Sunday and Monday, so we have to finish up a few things fast. Still looking for a sectional for the den and a recliner. Eventually we will find them.
All my goodies I bought from INSPIRE are still sitting in the bag. I haven't had time to play. I'm going thru withdrawal! HELP!!!! Really, I see the word "studio" on the "closed" door to my "happy room" and I want to go in and play. I can hear my name from a distance..... "pammy, come in... pammy, come in.....". Kind of spooky! So here I go, past the door that's calling my name, into the truck, to go buy a stupid sofa and paint some walls. (I'm weeping...)

"A GOOD DAY FOR CREATIVITY"

I've been working all day on a new layout. I have to put my journaling (if you can call it that)on it and it will be done. My desk is a mess... ink, paint, bottles of flock, glue and the list goes on. It's been a good day, a very good day for creative inspiration! I have so many ideas for a batch of photos I printed out. I must write them down or by the time I get to putting the ideas to use, I'll have lost them... somewhere in the depths of my aging brain! Any hooo... Oh.... I must share with you my new photo board I made yesterday. I found these squared buttons at Ben Franklin the other day and 'HAD' to have them. This fabric was calling my name too! It's kind of vintage-Bohemian-earthy... whatever. I like it! My decor in my craft studio was headed in the wrong direction. I often lose track and have to re-organize my thoughts. Again... somewhere in the depths of my aging brain, things go a mess. Oh well.


I must make a note to myself... old man winter visited us this weekend. 5 inches of snow, sleet and freezing rain. It was pretty, the snow, that is. Now the mess can go away. Until things dry up, it will be slushy and muddy. Not very attractive.

WISHES

OK. How is it, that one person can trash a room so quick? My craft room looks as if a tornado went thru! I need a Genie in a Bottle to grant me one wish. My one wish would be to have a House Faerie. I thought this out... if I asked the Genie to clean up my room, it would be done once, only for me to mess it up again! If I wished for a House Faerie, she could neatly put my things away each time I used them! So here goes....

Dear Santa,
Please bring me a Genie in a Bottle, so I may wish for a House Faerie. I've been almost good this year!

Thank you. Pam

MY STUDIO

Well, here it is. I decided I better take pictures before starting a new project, as long as my desk is cleared off. It's rare to find it clean! The cabinet is a pie safe built by an Amish man in Lancaster, PA. John bought it for me while we were living in PA a short time. It houses other crafts supplies, extras and bulk items. My "Studio" letters are wood that I decoupaged and embellished. My desk and table may look a little cluttered to some, but I find I use more of my goodies if I have them in site. I love vintage boxes and tins, but it just doesn't work for my scrap stuff, so I found some cubbies and containers made out of clear hard plastic that look more like glass. I'm sure with time, things will evolve and change as new stuff will need to have a home and reorganization occurs. For now,I am happy to have a place of my own to create and make memories!

WHERE OH WHERE DID MY INPIRATION GO?

OK. It's been six weeks today, since my surgery and all is well, but when I walk into my scraproom and see piles of STUFF, I get overwhelmed! I seemed to have lost my desire to whip this room into shape and set up shop. I even went to Michael's the other day while out, thinking it would get me going. NOT! I came out with nothing, not even one small purchase! No inspiration, no ideas! Notta, nothing! Eeeeeek.

COLORS AND PATTERNS; OH MY!

Decisions, Decisions... My room has become a layout in progress, evolving with constant change. The room is now painted and I have my window embellishments up (I may still add the clear crystals). Yup, those are scarves I bought at Walmart. I do not have any traditional window coverings in my house. All are unique. The wall border is made from vinyl. I cut out paisleys with my silhouette and then inked with alcohol inks.
I have fabrics and other goodies lined up for projects, but you'll just have to check back at another time to see what I have in store!

SILHOUETTES AND CHANDELIERS

The room is cleaned out and my colors are chosen (far from my original thoughts). The back wall of the room was recently painted a darker violet, so I thought I would keep it. (John thanks me; LOL...) The rest of the walls will be a pinkish shade of taupe. A muted apple green and raspberry will be the coordinating colors, along with Amethyst and clear crystals adorning the window valance and lamp shade. Kind of... Vintage-Bohemian-Shabby Chic.
I have finished my LO for the title page of this blog and to hang in my studio. I love how it turned out. I used my silhouette to cut out the chandelier from glossy photo paper and then used alcohol inks to give it a worn patina finish. The pic is of my Grandson at 7 months, he is wearing a halo and white fluffy angel wings. I altered the pic using my Photo shop program to give it a watercolor effect and then tore the edges and distressed them. The letters are painted with crackle paint. Now to find a frame.

VINTAGE BEGINNINGS

A NEW NAME for a NEW STUDIO, formerly called le-petit Studio. I have my ideas in my head, my colors in mind and a sketch book in my hand.

Scrappy, Scrappy Doooooooo

I am so excited! My daughter just moved out (no that's not the excitement- LOL) and I get my very own scraproom. I share half the office with my husband, but space is cramped. I was thinking of making the extra room into a toy room for my grandbaby, but hubby suggested I turn it into a craft room. Not that he wants me out of the office, (LOL) but because he knows I get so frustrated with lack of space. So, as soon as the room is cleared and the bed moved into my son's room... PAINT,PAINT,PAINT...STENCIL MY WALL...CLEAN THE CARPET...BUILD MY DESK (that's John's task)...PUT UP SHELVES...DECORATE...AND FILL THE ROOM WITH STUFF!!! I have so many ideas. YIPPEE!!!