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Hello and welcome to my creative space. My DH calls me 'The Queen of Clutter'. I love to surround myself with inspiration, and I enjoy changing my displays when it's time to dust them. As you walk through the double sliding glass doors, I have divided the room into an area on the left which contains my computer area and opposite that is my sewing machine area. I use the same chair for the sewing machine (opposite) as it's height-adjustable and ergonomic. My creative space opens onto an open living/dining/kitchen area. When the children were toddlers I kept the glass doors closed to allow one room to remain non-baby-proof. During their daily naps I would escape to create for a while. Now that they are older, the doors are mostly left open. First I'll show you the left side...the sewing bench with shelves above. The room is a work space as well as a creative space. It's used for card-making, collage, making fabric collage wall hangings and books, embroidery, sewing, mending, quilting, making teddy bears and dolls as well as lining flute cases, using my computer for book-keeping, organising and editing photos and music. Pinterest is a favourite activity, too. Our home faces a wilderness of dry schlerophyll forest which surrounds us with peace and birdsong, with the ocean waves in the background when the surf's up. On the left (below) is my computer desk. I spend quite a lot of time at the computer doing work-related activities, so I enjoy displaying things on my workbenches when I'm not using them. When I sew, I set the ironing board up just outside the doors, and it only takes a few moments to move displays to make free space on the benches. The work bench for my sewing machine is an L-shape of 19mm craft wood (MDF) which is screwed over several 'op shop' drawer units. The sewing machine sits on a recessed shelf so I have a level surface for quilting. I made a simple thread bag to catch messy offcuts. It's tied around the machine, and uses velcro to shut it when not in use. I made a beautiful patchwork sewing machine cover, but now it's covered with a display of my favourite doilies and laces. Over the years I've collected quite a few tarnished pieces of old silver which isn't so fashionable any more - candlesticks, bowls, and trays of different shapes and sizes. I like to glue pieces together to make tiered displays for lace, sewing knick knacks, old jewellery, ribbons and pin cushions. Tarnished silver and vintage lace go well together. A close up of an embroidered pin cushion I made years ago... Gorgeous porcelain roses... I've made many a teddy bear over the years. This one was fashioned from an old woolen coat. In the early days I couldn't afford mohair, so I would look around for cheap old fur coats from op shops and get 3-4 bears out of a coat. This is Edwina, and she is wearing a small baby dress I smocked. One of my favourite pastimes is hunting for old furniture to re-purpose. This is an old library card catalogue (which I think came from Dee's Funk'nJunk at Ulladulla). It now holds coveted quilting fabrics, sorted by colour. I covered the front of the drawers with special quilting fabrics. This set of sewing drawers came from a dilapidated old Singer sewing machine cabinet in a junk sale. I rescued the drawer units off it and put them together using part of its top for a base, and adding a new top. I decided to paint it shabby chic white and distress it to hide the new timber top. It's great for storing ribbons, stationery and sewing scissors. Small drawers attract my attention at junk sales. They are great for displaying bits and pieces... the more worn-looking, the better! Doilies are something that bring joy to my heart - the loving work of women who have spent their time and talent to make their world a more beautiful place. Lace treasures spilling over like a waterfall... I take great pleasure in creating vignettes of pretty lace and objects. A favourite quilting book is draped with an exquisite piece of lace, a Birthday card from my Mum and a piece of wool I embroidered years ago. It was on a bear's belly, but I've decided to give it a new lease of life - probably in a future fabric book. Vintage scales (broken!) displaying sumptuous laces... Vintage books are another passion I enjoy. They feature in my displays around the house, and I love to browse their musty pages, too! Now to take a look at the paper crafting area to the right... There is a high bench I can stand to work at or sit on the tall stool. It used to be a nappy changing table but I added a large MDF top to extend the bench space, and the large cutting mat is stuck on with double-sided tape so it won't slip. I use it for cutting paper as well as quilt blocks. At the right you can see CD covers which contain clear stamps, labelled on the spine with tape. The small drawers contain shells, buttons, ribbons, found objects, paper flowers and other tiny bits used for collage. On the tall chair is a vintage photo of a baby called Lorraine. She is a treasure given to me by a wonderful vintage shop dealer, Dee of Dee's Funk'n'Junk. She was sad that this picture had been abandoned in a clean-up after Lorraine had passed away at a ripe old age, with no children to pass on her precious mementos to so they'd be appreciated. Dee knew I would cherish it, so she generously gave it to me - and made my day :) I'd like to share her with you (to use in your artworks, not to resell) as my first give-away... I'd love to see what you make with her. If you left click on her, then right click, you can save her to your computer at a higher resolution. Vintage sewing machines are works of art, and I have just two - this lovely Jones which came without its cupboard sits in pride of place in my crafting space. I also have a Singer treadle from my grandmother which I'll share with you another time. Here are some of my creations, collections and flowers from my garden... I live on the South Coast of NSW, Australia, with my DH, three children and two RSPCA rescued cats, Gypsy and Willow. Gypsy is the bold, naughty one, while Willow is the timid grey one. They enjoy the comfort of drawers, quilts, pillows and laps. When our children grew out of their bookshelves I decided to add them to the back of my sewing bench for storage and display. These baskets contain doilies, scarves, fabric scraps and lace cut from second-hand clothes, sorted by colour, with the prettiest on top. I've hung some special doilies on the front of each basket just to appreciate them every day... It can be a challenge to find things when they are tucked away in various pretty boxes or drawers. I try to keep tools and materials together near their relevant work space, and I like to label them where possible. The higher shelves where I can't reach easily are for displaying things I don't need to access much. Here are some yummy seam binding ribbons which I mounted on a dowel glued into a round craftwood base. I just unwind the ribbon in their place as I need a piece. A needle case I embroidered nestles among vintage lace, sweet pink tape measures and a velvet rose... Here it is in another vignette with old wooden cotton reels and huge old pinking shears on a box I covered with quilting fabric. Fairy children and babies populate my creative space. I cut them from cardboard and give them butterfly or moth wings and a cardboard stand. Next I add glitter, feathers, jewellery, lace and found objects. Wings symbolize freedom, and babies have been a source of inner healing and growth for me. I've always been interested in the past and pestered my parents to tell me about 'the olden days'. It's my good fortune to be the caretaker of both sides of my family's family tree photos and info, and this has fostered an appreciation of vintage photos and the memories and stories attached to old worn things. Thank you to Karen Valentine for hosting 'Where Women Create 2016'. Drop in to her blog My Desert Cottage and browse the other creative spaces on the 2016 tour. I can't wait to enjoy this year's tour... cheers, Jesse
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I’m always looking for fun ways to store things in my creative space that are both visually inspiring and useful. I think this pretty three pocket hanger made with vintage doilies and scraps of natural fabrics meets the requirement perfectly. Materials 6” Rusty hanger, Vintage doilies in a variety of sizes, Assorted natural coloured fabrics - I used thick cotton, muslin, calico and tulle. Assorted natural coloured ribbons and trims, Buttons, Normal sewing supplies, Reynolds freezer paper, Computer and colour printer. Iron. Preparation Printing: I used the the graphics below on my pockets – this is
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Party Time! The fabulous hostess, Karen Valentine of My Desert Cottage, is once again throwing the biggest blog party on the block and I am happy to join in the creative space tour. If you have followed my creative journey you will have seen much of what is here although it has been shifted around, freshened up, and added too. There are a few new pieces of works in progress to be seen and some stable old favorites making the rounds again. Thank you for bearing with me until I get back in the swing of studio time. I hope you find a little inspiration for your creative space here, enjoy: The studio end to end: One of my paper sculptures, "The Christening Gown", hangs on my studio door. The photo is my mother in the 1940's: A new studio addition is this piece below that holds a few pretties as well as supplies. I also added the small rolling supply cart with hand decorated tin cans for sorting supplies for works in progress. Right now it holds things for three junk journals: This is actually a candle holder that I found at a flea market and love it for my cones of yarn and balls of string: Behind the door I have storage for my buttons, threads, scrap ribbons, and hand dyed ribbons, its amazing what will fit in a 6 inch depth of space: My closet is jam packed with supplies of every kind. My philosophy is to have a little bit of everything but not a lot of any one thing. For me variety is the spice of my crafting life! I have two supply carts that just slide into the sides of the closet one for beads and jewelry and the other for adhesives and painting tools. I love that I can drag these to where ever I am working: FAUX CHALKBOARD TAGS: All my clear bins are labeled not only for my forgetful self but for the guests to my studio to aid in ease of finding supplies. Decorative punch of your choice Black Smooth Card Stock White Colored Pencil Double Stick Tape Punch, Write, Stick! The good thing about this is that the labels easily peel right off the plastic if you need to change them, they are far less expensive than the chalkboard labels, and the writing does not smear or rub off when handling! I have one shelf in the middle of the closet that I keep just for pretty things, this is a rotating display as my mood strikes: The little shoe in front is one of my shoe sculptures. Would you not love to have a gumball machine full of shoes for real? Handmade fabric book by Tina: The bracelet is one of my original design jewelry projects and a favorite of mine to wear: Another one of my handmade shoe sculptures: Handmade journals from swaps: This cabinet is cobbled out of a variety of salvaged pieces and it holds the pretty as well as the practical. My borrowed printer (mine now rests in peace), all sorts of paper from wallpaper to gift wrap supplies live here alongside my boxes of beautiful glass: A work in progress, I just figured out that the Borg Queen (my family named her that) fits perfectly onto a small torso form I recently purchased. I would like it taller so jewelry can be displayed on the rack on front so I will be extending the main pole to add height: Some of my favorite nature things currently live here too. One of my handmade books rest under the cloche: One of my handmade fiber birds: All dressed up and ready to party! This is the wall opposite the closet...now that I am looking at these photos all I can say is HOLY MOLY I have a LOT...way too much...stuff in this room! Please keep in mind that this is years of accumulation, this did not all happen over night: Easiest window treatment ever! The wire shade is also a newer addition. The jewelry strung around the lamp shade frame belonged to my paternal grandmother: 2 Nails 20 Gauge Black Craft Wire Mini Clothes Pins (or paper clips plain or fancy) Hammer Wire Cutters Variety of Papers (I used some of my jewelry design sketches and an assortment of vintage papers) Tap a nail in each corner of your window. Wrap wire securely around one nail then pull wire taunt to other nail and wrap securely, clip off excess wire (I left little tails on mine and curled them around a pencil then squished and stretched them for a wild springy look) Clip papers in place! In the future I would like to pull pieces down and do some artwork on some of them. At the bottom: I used vintage book pages and Victorian era images, a little white paint on a stamp to give my cabinet fronts a collage look. The three drawers on the left are project drawers. The top one is for handmade embellishments, the second one for fabric projects, and the bottom one for paper projects. The center drawer is a tool supply drawer and the cabinets below hold hand tools like my drill, heat tools, staplers, etc. as well as supplies like plaster, spray paint, and other mediums I like to have on hand. The ones on the right are quick easy to reach tools and supplies. I like to use up card stock scraps by cutting them into tag shapes and sorting them by color so I can quickly grab one to collage or paint with left over scraps on my work table at projects end. I tucked the flap of an envelop in and put each color inside where I can see them and keep them from being a messy jumble: Down the middle: Favorite canvas artwork by Sonya Lovely-Badgley and thanks Amy for letting me borrow your awesome paint can lid idea! My creepy bird phase: This is my time out corner...go ahead put me in time out, I dare ya! See that wooden mug holder thing with scissors on it? I borrowed that idea from a blogger from last years party, I wish I could remember who it was to leave a link: Below is my ink pad cabinet, in its former life it was one of those brown generic jewelry boxes. I painted it, used old papers to collage the drawer fronts, and added some rusty bits (that is one of my handmade rings and a fiber cuff on the glue brush holder): The drawers hold mini alphabet stamps and mini ink pads: Up top: The "cake" of vintage boxes and tins hold collage scraps. The cupcake fairy on top is one of my creations from a long ago class: These birds are some of the favorite pieces I have ever made: Another piece of artwork by Tina: One of my mixed media canvas' that is soon to fly away to its new home and a cereal box junk journal I just started to work on: Side to side: This is an older studio piece but I have added some more parts to it. Does it creep you out a little that they won't look you in the eye? My budding little grand-artists love to hang out in here too so I keep simple washable supplies on hand for them: A few pieces of my artwork and a beautiful seahorse tag made by my dear friend Bobbie: "Summer" and "Autumn" mixed media collage (Winter and Spring are still in the project drawer): An old art quilt that I found in a drawer the other day and decided to enjoy it once again: My newest art quilt, I will be doing a post on this one soon: More supplies for the grand-artist: This is a first painting by my grandson when he was very small. My daughter in law generously gave it to me because I begged for it. I mounted it on a canvas and added a border. Priceless! This is where I do a lot of my metalsmithing, soldering, encaustic work, and glass cutting and is a fairly new addition to the studio: This is a new addition, an inspiration board. It is a simple idea and something I had put off doing, just cork board in a frame. I have filled it with a sketch and elements that inspire a work in progress: Here is the work in progress: Both ends of the table are flanked by small bookcases filled with books and boxes and such: This shelf is a work in progress as I clean out the cabinets and move supplies around. The bottom shelf holds old metal lunch boxes: The contain rolls of ribbon, seam binding, craft tapes, and industrial type tapes: For double duty I drilled a holes in this one and inserted and threaded rod securing it with a nut on the ends after placing the spools of ribbon on the rod. I am looking for a square lunch box I like to do the same thing with washi tape: I have a few of these drawers and a couple of jars here and there with wonderful treasures just waiting to be made into something. I will stay away from Etsy and Ebay, I will stay away from Etsy and Ebay, I will stay away from Etsy and Ebay.....nah, I have no will power when it comes to trinkets: My studio really does have four sides not just three but somehow I neglected to photograph a big chunk in the middle of the opposite side, I will fill in those photos later. Anyway on the invisible desk you can't see I like to do my wire and bead work and fill my handmade bezels, as well as assemble jewelry: ( You can find some of these beauties in my Etsy Shop) If you would like to learn to make a Romantic Crazy Quilt Fiber Cuff like the one below, I have a free online class you can access HERE, a thank you gift to all my sweet friends: I love making bezels! Over the invisible desk you can't see me work at I have a cool hanging display/storage shelf that is mounted to the ceiling. I did manage to get one small glimpse of it: Beside the invisible desk is another supply area: A beautiful quilted bag by the talented Diane Knott filled with a flock of my fiber birds: Another sweet painting by the grand: EDIT ADDED: Here is the missing desk and storage space above it. I just got that darling little iron vanity chair from a favorite haunt, The Rusty Bucket, I need to upholster it and I am set to sew! My daughter gave me this little metal set of drawers. I keep little bits of this and that for making jewelry inside: I found this vintage stationary caddy in a flea market, it works perfect to hold my tools, the little hinged door on the bottom hides a divided area that holds my Dremel bits: Desk Drawers: Stationary & supplies (the top drawer on each side is currently empty until I can get some of jewelry supplies moved from the closet cart into them and the large drawer on bottom right holds files) Sanding supplies, misc. tools, containers for jewelry findings My favorite drawer in the whole studio, my nature collection drawer: Thank you for visiting! (click THIS LINK to return to the party listings) blessings, Sandy
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