Anyone Out There?

Oh hai!  Remember me?  I used to hang out here all the time.  Seriously though, I can't believe I did it again.  Time is just cruising by super fast and I can't keep up.  Just a flurry of activity around here, so much to talk about.

Hmmm, where were we?  Oh yeah, the desk!  So I finished it and absolutely love it.  It's got me inspired to do the rest of the room, I can't wait until we rearrange (A whole different story.)

So here it is, my beautiful revamped work bench.

Isn't she a beaut?!  I want to do a little something special with the drawers but I'm still so in love with it.  It's just so cheerful and bright.  Exactly what I was going for.

I'm definitely a detail person, can you tell?  I had to add a bit of my favorite hobby and embroider the pegboard.  Besides details, I'm all about personalization.  Bows and vintage buttons?!  Yes, please.  I've never been a very feminine person, but lately I have this whole new girlie side.  Weird.  Just in case it's a phase, I didn't want to do anything too permanent.  Yarn stitches were a perfect choice.  Cute, crafty, and easy to change on a whim!

I used some of my favorite vintage buttons to top off my bows.  Some of which I've had since I was a kid.  Hitting up antique stores and flea markets with my mom, she'd always let me pick something.  Nothing like getting a huge bag filled with tiny treasures- hours of entertainment right there.

  

The only thing that irks me is that I still need to add another coat.  It had solid coverage and I let it dry between coats, but for some reason everything I set on it mars the finish and leaves a mark.  Why?! UGH!!  Oh well, I keep telling myself, it's just a work bench.  Plus, I have more paint to do more coats and paint some shelves, so it's no biggie.  I just hate that feeling of redoing something you thought you had nailed the first time.

Anyways, beside a new workspace, that's about to get even better, I've been up to a lot!  A new job, commissioned embroidery, and a huge lifestyle change.  Just plain craziness.  I'll tell the handful of you still reading just as soon as my head stops spinning.  Bye! 

Workspace Weekend.

This weekend I took the time to organize up my workspace, it was pretty terrible.  I hate working on stuff in a messy, cramped area so things have been pretty stagnant in the creativity department lately.   As one of my goals for 2010 is to stop coming up with new ideas and follow through with the millions I already have, I needed to clean up the place and get to work.  Want to see?  Yeah, I thought so.

So, here it is looking like crap messy.  Honestly, this is actually pretty good.  It's usually much worse, but the chances of me actually posting that are slim to none.

Then after several hours of blood (stabbed myself once), sweat (forgot to turn off the heater before I started hauling stuff around) and tears (little mementos of my kitty, Princess Franki) the beast that is the supply closet was cleaned up and organized.

TA DA!

I actually have table space again.

Stuff.  Those albums are where I store my ATCs and Postcrossing stuff.

 

I made those shelves back in May, 2009.  They were some up-cycled boxes that I originally used in a project for a sculpture class.  I just painted them, added some oil cloth and made little cherries in the corner with felt and buttons.

My fabric stash, except for a tiny bit in the closet.  This  section is also known as where I keep the nice baskets my cats love to scratch.

 

However, if you move anything to get to the actual fabric, this automatically happens-

The rest of my half of the room and the beast of a closet.  That's the little desk that ol' Bessie lives in.

 The artwork in my sewing corner.  The kitty is Princess Franki.

My ribbon rack.  I should say, the ribbon I have that fits onto this rack because there is a ton more.  I have a huge problem with decorative trim.  This rack was originally a spice rack that I bought for less than a buck, then cleaned up and painted.

Now that the closet is clean, I can see this sexiness again.  For those of you who aren't already aware of my Bobby D addiction, he is my man.

Awesome cart action.  I love this thing!  Since it has most of my painting stuff on or in it, I can roll it to wherever in the house I am painting and have a surface to set my water and brushes on.  Oh yeah.

Inside the closet aka a bunch of stuff.  I know it just looks piled up, but compared to what it was, it's wonderful.

Mmmmm, paint!  Much better than before, no?

Later this week I'll post pictures of the inspiration board by my workspace.  It's full of great little bits.

Thanks for looking at where I make my stuff.  Hopefully, it wasn't too boring for you.  Have a craftastic day!