Life in macro
More reading for space reclaimers:
Country Living {I would love a central work space…I tried and my room just isn’t big enough. I’m happy with up against the wall in my 8×11 room.}
Decor8 interviews Claudine Hellmuth {with lots of pictures of her studio-in-her-living-room.}
I managed to make some reclaiming progress over the last 24 hours by focusing on the basics: getting rid of the rubbish (and just letting the bin overflow does not count. It’s entirely out of the house, which is stupidly liberating.) and rehoming all my basics—trimmer, scissors, adhesive, corner rounder, ink pads, etc. That plus putting scraps in one place has created a clean workspace. Tomorrow I’ll try to sort those scraps and take care of the surfaces that gather stuff in my room. Everyone has these surfaces, right? Where as soon as you have it cleared, it’s just too easy for things to start stacking up there again? Anyway, it makes me feel better if everyone has them. Or at least mostly everyone.
Totally loving playing with the kit from Scrapagogo this month. {Just a sneak peek here for now, but the full images will be on their site soon.} I’ve made 10 projects already and still have more stuff in my bright yellow box. Gotta shift gears to finish some things for the magazine, but will be able to make some more GoGo goodies next weekend. Now…can I keep the space under control? Oh, how I hope so.
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4 June 2007, 18:20
So envious of your space, Shimelle. Oh, how I’d love a whole room to play in! I’ve only got the dining table, all cluttered up – we have to eat off trays now. Perhaps when the kids leave home…
4 June 2007, 22:56
Omg – I have those surfaces too – well, pretty much any open space in my room ends up getting piled up with random stuff. I get it all cleared away, and it just builds up again…
4 June 2007, 22:58
Oh btw, can you give me any tips on how to sew such a nice border around shapes like hearts? Maybe it’s my sewing machine, but I can only get really nice clean lines when I go in relative straight lines.
5 June 2007, 11:00
I have a central table, it’s nice but I would switch for your studio anytime!
5 June 2007, 13:55
Bonjour!
ça va?
Prolix
{ThE fReNcH tOuCh}
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6 June 2007, 18:34
I am struggling to find space to work as I am now making a quilted cover for my scrapbook, if I had a craft room I could leave it all out. I also need another cabinet to store bits and pieces and it may stop people from dumping things in a certain corner(Sam I know you read this!).