Sunday, March 2, 2008

This is...

This is... is brought to you this week by Pip at Meet Me at Mike's. These are my concept boards.

They run side by side in front of the main part of my desk. They have a few things that I like to look at, patterns that I am using frequently for my plaques...








Mostly just things I like to look at. Eli also adds to my boards. He has been visiting me downstairs so that he can paint and draw me pictures. Notice the painted butterfly and the hand-drawn Valentine below. He wrote Love using a heart for the O. He is a very talented heart = an O artist. He knows I like flowers so I have one in my hair in his picture.





I will admit that I am horrible at tearing things that I find inspiring out of a magazine. I don't want to ruin the whole effect. So I usually keep the whole magazine, along with others, in a file on some cabinets. But then what is the point of that? I never see them again. But if I were to rip them all out, not separating then from the whole article or layout, my walls would begin to look like some obsessed stalker and I might be committed.


I also look at a lot of different blogs to stimulate some creativity. A lot of times they give you a little jump start.
I am including a picture of my "studio". If you remember from here what it used to look like, I have finished a good portion of it and kind of had to just start using it and complete more later. This is what it looks like now...

I have a lot of paper strung up so that I can see what I have to work with. I did my best to just use what I already had, which I am glad I did. I can roll from my work area to my sewing machine and I set up a card table in the corner for the kids to draw and paint on. Then I don't feel quite so guilty if I work on it during Joey's naps.

6 comments:

Mike and Tia Fam said...

WOW! That looks like quite the fun crafting "sanctuary". I love the idea boards. Mike promises I get the 3rd bedroom in the 1st apartment we have that has 3 rooms . . . dreams, dreams :)

Anonymous said...

What a great work space you've got. It looks like it would be really inspiring just to be there!

I so know what you mean about tearing magazines!

Thanks for sharing!

Anonymous said...

Love this. it is really gorgeous. Your work space looks productive and inviting, a difficult combination to achieve,

thankyou for sharing

Corrie said...

oh your studio is fab! love the long benches! that is what I need instead of my oversized wooden desk

good work!
corrie;)

Lindsey said...

I would kill for space like that!!! I am in the put up and take down situation here. Not enough room for that kind of dream work studio. So cool - you lucky duck.

Anonymous said...

wow, what a great space, and so well put together!