Last weekend I opened up our house to be one of 20+ artists participating in a city-wide studio tour. The whole idea was that the […]
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Getting organized…. again.
Every 6 months or so I get to the point in my studio where my works in progress, stash, gifts, random house stuff, and hid-away-so-guest-won’t-see-it” […]
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One Box at a Time
That’s right, I’m showing you a picture of how my fabric should look. It’s so bad I’m not even going to show you the current […]
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Breaking up with TV…at least in the studio.
Movies and shows I love you. Oh, you are seductive. But, you lower my productivity by 90% or more and I just can’t have you […]
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I love dumping all my yarn on the floor and rolling in it.
I’ve also opted to do another crazy thing. I took photos of all of it. Every single skein.
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Making Sense out of the Creative Process: Make and Meaning
The meaning of making is always an issue for those of us who create…who make. That sentence feels like a circle. When you choose to […]
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Redress: New Studio Check in Part 2
It’s been a month or so since I moved out of my home studio and into the office space. I decided to leave a workspace […]
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Crafty Business: Part 4: Every once and awhile routines
I the last Crafty Business post, I went into how a weekly task list can be a really helpful tool for staying on top of […]
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Redress: New Studio Check in Part 1
It’s strange to think that I moved into my studio just 2 (well, okay, getting closer to 3) months ago. How could I ever have […]
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How To: Fabric Covered Wall Panels
Two week ago I moved into my new studio and everything fits wonderfully, but this back wall was killing me. It was too office and not nearly studio enough. I needed color. I wanted paint. I ran though several ideas that were all overly complicated and overly costly. Time for a Redress project! I posted about it two Tuesdays ago and you all came to the rescue and helped me figure out a great way to splash some color around without splashing around cash.
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Studio Redress: Burst of Color Before and After
Last week I posted about how the back wall in my new studio was dull and devoid of color. I need color. I need patterns. […]
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Moving on in… Welcome to my New Studio
I love how life works. I take the time to really clean up and reorganize my studio and less than a month later move my […]
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Apartment Redress: Studio Space Prioritizing
Sometimes, all a space needs is a good shake up, more so than new or refashioned or redressed accessories. It’s really great to take a […]
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Apartment Redress::Studio Curtains Part III:: Finished!
All finished! Today I went to the hardware store and picked up a curtain rod and something to hang the curtain with. I thought I […]
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Apartment ReDress::A new Start+Curtains for my Studio
Since getting back from San Francisco I have slowly been catching up and getting things back on track. It is so annoying how 2 weeks […]
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Over Committing :: How to bring moderation back into life
Many of us are creative go getters. We have our own projects and work, but somehow, we always take on the projects and work of […]
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The Making of Craft Leftovers Monthly
This issue of Craft Leftovers Monthly has a lot to do with making your own books. Ideas, inspirations, tutorials, resources, and of course my own […]
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Getting Organized to boost Creativity
We have all been told since we were kids that we should clean our workspace as we go along. That we should put things away […]
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Studio Safety :: Keeping all my fingers on my hand
This morning I had the awesome pleasure of getting acquainted with my local ER staff, haha. I cut my finger with the rotary cutter and […]
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Interweave Stitch :: Making the Asymetrical Skirt
Yesterday morning while running errands I stopped in to Borders to use up the rest of my gift card from Christmas. I wanted to get […]