Busy busy busy...

 It's been a crazy couple of weeks, a whirlwind if you will. I have gotten a lot of things accomplished lately but not much pertaining to the opening of my new store (although Friday night I did get a few more ornaments soldered). Sorry to keep everyone waiting. 

Saturday my uncle David Merrifield came over to photograph my studio for my magazine article. He spent hours taking pictures for it. These are just a few shown here. I LOVE how they turned out.

Sunday was a crazy day for me as well. I completely disassembled my laptop in order to replace the fan (something I've never done before). I replaced the top screen of a DS Lite game system (who knew soldered jewelry techniques would come in so handy). (both items are now working great!) I made a skirt from scratch for a band performance. I did the grocery shopping. I sewed patches on some shirts for work. And I put the finishing touches on my magazine article. Whooo! 

I'm focusing this week on making things for my store, no matter what! LOL

Happy Holidays to you all. Hugs!

Some studio pics and eye candy...

 Hello, it's me! And do I have a lot of pics to share. Just thought I would show you whats doing in the studio and where I'm at so far. I still don't have everything brought in (believe me I DO know how much stuff I have, ugh) Hold on, it's going to be a long one...

 The craft Cat, Starry. Meow!

 

 Still working out the curtain under the bench, I may keep adding, I may rip it off and start over. Just not sure yet. I've got some trim temporarily pinned here and there to decide what I like. It's growing on me though.

... Some blingy things and lovlies...

So there it is at present. Still a work in progress!

Hugs!

Junk Find and Vintage Finds Repurposed

 I got a little something made in the studio tonight. I found this old board in the barn at my mother in laws house a while back. It's a piece of a door to a china cabinet, all that was left of it anyway. I thought the hardware was pretty and intended to salvage it but kept the board.

 I also found these vintage hooks at a yard sale a few weeks ago. Love these!

 I did a wash on the old wood with white and turquoise acrylic paint, brush on wipe off with a damp paper towel.

 Then screwed the hooks into it.  It's going to look great on the wall in the studio!

Each day brings new progress in getting the studio completed.

Have a great week!

Studio Progress, Decorating, and moving in Little by Little

 I'm getting things moved into the desks and decided my grandpa's old watch bench would look really cute with glass knobs instead of the wood ones so I'm working on that.

 I got some things situated on the workbench, installed half of the paper holder I found for my birthday (when I say half there were actually two old paper roll holders that were screwed together but they were too tall to fit under my cabinets so I took them apart) I just love the color! And it will be very handy to have that paper at the ready to use to cover the workbench during messy projects.

 I also installed another shelf above the pegboard and it's filling up fast.

 Here is my sewing corner with the bottom half of the paper roll holder that I plan to attach to the edge of the sewing table to hold a roll of backing. As you can see I'm still working on this area.

The studio is starting to feel a little more like home each day. It's slow going but I'm very pleased with the progress this week.

Good Birthday Shopping & Some Scary news...

My stepson George will be deploying tomorrow. I just want to wish him well, and pray for his swift and safe return home.  Words can't express how much we love you, how proud we are of you, and how much we miss you already. Big Hugs!

I wanted to say that first before I went any further but I also want to share my week with you.

 Thursday was my birthday and I got to go to some craft fairs with Wanda over at Two Crafty Mules. Sadly we didn't get a picture together even though we meant to. As well as my cousin Kerri, it was such a beautiful day and we had a great time hanging out.

 I did get a chance to get a picture with a very talented lady I used to work with once upon a time at Hobby Lobby. And managed to buy one of her super cute creations.... this adorable paper mache snow man pail. 

 Also at the craft fair we saw this gal spinning cotton into yard. It was neat to watch and she just loves to do it.

Friday, my best friend Lydia and I meant to go to the War Eagle Craft fair but we got sidetracked with the hundreds of yard sales going on that weekend (because it was craft fair weekend)

 I have been looking for these old brass drawer pulls for a VERY LONG TIME and would you believe I came across TWO different yard sales that had them. Luck was definitely with me! SCORE!

 I also found these gorgeous enamelware fixtures that were the PERFECT SHADE OF BLUE! I couldn't have done that again if I tried. They will be very handy in the studio.

 Also last week I found these old door knobs, and these old jello molds.

 I went to the flea market with my hubby Sat and found this old paper cutter with a giant roll of paper on it in the perfect shade of blue also. This will be great to protect my work bench, I'll just roll out some paper whenever I plan to paint etc.

As you can see I'm starting to get things moved into the studio!

 I made the curtains over the shelves and did my very first Citrasolv image transfer! I used two different images from the Graphics Fairy. A frame and the crown.

Also I'm getting some small items moved into the studio as well. It's all coming along!