3.10.2014

I wonder if...


This furry friend finds us entertaining? He keeps me company when I sew... he watched me as I started rearranging the basement, mostly supervising. It makes me wonder ... does he get nervous when I start to clean & reorganize... asking himself, "are we moving again?"


He loved watching this quilt come together... from attacking the design wall, to sleeping on it while it waa being quilted ...

He's completely stolen my gramma chair...

He will literally kamakzi dive bomb me, leep over me & sneak attack from behind MY chair when I attempt to sit in it....


He's the last man standing.
I wonder if he appreciates being an only furbaby....



Truth is he has been claimed by son whi admittedly says theirs is more of a Stockholm Syndrome relationship!

We love him!...

lent 6/40

3.09.2014

~ Creative Chaos?

" The Lord is my strength, and my shield, my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices, 

and with my song will I praise him."  

Psalms 28:7

Spring 2012
Spring 2012...
...approaching Spring 2014


When we moved I had great plans for this space! ... and i really do Like my Studio - it's my 'Happy Place' ...
But I just know it could be SOoo much more functional, and I could be so much MORE creative ...


 .... SO, I'm dissecting my TO DO & breaking into manageable pieces... 
Winter 2014 ~ Truth: Scrapbooking supplies BURIED =(
It's been a SAD realization that i have NOT scrapbook in .. nearly TWO YEARS!
> GOAL: MAKE THIS AREA MORE FUNCTIONAL...
     When we moved in the guys graciously set up my shelves while i was @work.  {it took me/us SIX weeks to sort/Dejunk & MOVE}... They put my bulky machines on the shelves, and i'm grateful.  The fact is, the machines are taking up valuable space there (and i may even let ONE go?).
Fact: i MISS scrapbooking.  I miss working in Multi media .. also, handwork & altered books. 
   
I have enjoyed focusing on sewing and taken the advice of a fellow quilter:
"GO AHEAD AND CUT INTO THAT COVETED FABRIC ... IT RELEASES THE CREATIVITY!"
 ...  But, i also miss playing with the colors & textures of the Mixed Media
 .. the fibers, dyes, paints, embellishments! ...
I miss this setup, it worked for me ... 
REALIZATION: 
I like Vertical Paper storage ...
old basement ...
Dear Lord, give me strength, wisdom,
 ... to reconfigure this area in a TIMELY MANNER,
 so i can become more productive   CREATIVE! 

lent 5/40

3.08.2014

Low Volume...


Today... a Day OFF! ...
Will start reorganizing & prioritizing my Studio...
getting my KC ScrappyBee Blocks ready to go to their new homes.
Today's share ~




Low Volume for Leslie...





Lent 4/40

3.07.2014

I'd rather would have been Quilting!


... not exactly how I wanted to spend my Thursday! ...
Heading to work, jamming to a great song... that's right singing at the top of my lungs...
.. when I noticed the check tire gauges were FLASHING (!)
... and an unfamiliar shiny dot appeared...
"Well that's new & dramatic" thought I ...
so I proceeded with caution to the nearest exit ( within a few MILES)...
Phoned work ... "please don't die" I was informed...
Thus started the process of pulling up my big girl panties,
cussing the process of putting air in my tires
(some family member has permanently borrowed my tire gaugeS, eh-hum!)
... then, my car decided to pout & NOT start =( .
.. I truly had to consider if I'd forgotten the process
[apparently I would not have been the first person, 
by the arrogance of the tow truck operator]
... Got my cape out of the back, called roadside assistance....
 and totally handled the situation all the way up to securing my own rental &
getting to work in a less than fashionably late.
{Turns out there was an electrical short...} ?
EXHAUSTED but safe.
TGIF!!!

LENT 3/40

3.05.2014

{Kinda} Wordless Wednesday


{ Seasons ~ Studio WIP ~ July '12}
... Every purpose under heaven...
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"All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return."
lent 1/40

3.02.2014

Bad, bad, blogger!


Well, this is taking "blogging with out obligation" to the extreme!
With Mardi Gras ... FAT TUESDAY ... er, uhm, Lent ... right around the corner
 ... I will take this opportunity to say...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

... and for Lent I will give up NOT Blogging...
I challenge myself to 40 days of blogging! Ash Wednesday to Easter.
We can escort winter right out, and I will post the reorganization of my ever changing Studio!


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