Sorry it’s been so long between posts.  I seem to need more time to do all the things that I want to do.  If someone could invent a way for me not to need sleep that would be great, but I like sleep, so I need to prioritize!  So today I decided to show you around my studio.  When we bought our house, about seven years ago, I finally got my own room!!!!!  This is actually my second studio in the house.  My first studio was in a loft space at the top of the stairs on the second floor.  Gavin had his bedroom in my current studio.  The ceiling was low with slanted sides, perfect size for a little boy.  So we painted the walls to resemble a castle, and for years he loved it.  Along came time and with it, teenager.  Gavin recently grew too tall for this room.  So he and I switched rooms.  What a chaotic feat that was, I never realized how much crafty stuff I had.

I used that time to weed out some of my supplies to donate or give to friends and coworkers.  We got Gavin’s room all organized first, the on to my studio.  I could have cleaned it up and made it all pretty and organized before I took these pictures, but that wouldn’t be reality now would it?  I am sure you would rather see the studio as it really is, organized chaos!

I have a primary work table on the right side, and a secondary catch all table on the left.  I have shelves of books and projects, journals and artwork, both mine and what I have collected.  There is not much vertical wall space, so I had to be selective about what I could hang up.  I chose to display some of my favorite pieces of my own, and a few favorites I have purchased.  Including my autographed picture of Micheal Trucco from Battlestar Galactica, uh oh, letting my geek show!

It is a constant battle to keep my studio organized, as I am a piler.  I tend to just pile stuff in places around the room, then have to go back and spend the day organizing.  This usually reminds me of what I have anyway, because I usually forget.  I am usually in a constant state of reorganizing my studio to find out what works the best for me.  And then reorganizing some more.  I try to get as much work done as I can, but that generally means sacrificing house work to do it!