A Creative Mess

Some people have designated craft rooms, with shelving and cupboards and a big beautiful workspace. Some people have a studio, which is basically the same thing only cooler.
I have a corner.



Bits & Bobs piled high

  A corner in which I keep my supplies... most of them anyway. There are other things under the dresser, and ongoing projects hide under the bed or in a bag that leans as inconspicuously as possible against my chest of drawers.

As I mentioned the other day, my work bench is the loungeroom floor, or coffee table or kitchen bench or all of the above. Today, I pulled out some fabric and the odd and ends I use to make my Cocktail Bags and got to fiddling and faffing trying to find fabulous combinations.


An artist at work

The result of this, as you can see from the pic is a bit of a mess, to put it mildly! I long for the day when I have a space all my own to create and make a mess and not clean up!! Aaah to dream.
Coming soon: Pics of said supplies. The ones I took today while half asleep were blurry... much like my vision at the time.

A bientot

MC





And Woman Created Stuff

I came home from my shopping expedition yesterday buzzed. I always get a rush when I find great supplies for specific projects ( managed to talk myself out of all the cool things I don't have a purpose for!), and they're really cheap. Now don't get me wrong... there are lots of things I'd like to buy that are not cheap. Beautiful scrapbooking papers, gorgeous fabrics, and all the fabulous costume jewellery around these days. The problem is; I can't afford it. I've been unemployed for almost three weeks now, and although I've enjoyed my creative projects and working on the business end of my hobby, there is always that little nagging voice asking me when I'm going to get a job. Sad. Meanwhile, I do have a feeling that even if I was made of money you'd still find me rifling through the discount bins. I just ADORE a bargain.

Today I put those cheap supplies to good use and have just about finished my sisters xmas present, have gotten started on mums- but am missing a tool, and am all pumped to get started on making xmas cards.( Just remind me to send some... I have a tendency to write them out, stamp them, and then leave them on the coffee table... until February.)

Next on my To-Do list is to find some stores that might like to stock my Cocktail bags... Any thoughts?

Anyone...?

MC