Friday, April 15, 2011

What I would rather be doing....

So many distractions from my taxes... Luckily I have a deadline or I would never get it done.


I can't play a song yet...but I am working on it....Ok, back to adding up receipts. 

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

death and taxes

What is it that we all have in common? My creative brain has to put on the brakes while I organize my taxes....

stay tuned for the dress made out of receipts.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Open House Fun

On the day of the open house, it rained and hailed but still the sun shone for a moment.
 Little Maggie Rose got into the spirit of things...my little performer, the pear does not fall far from the tree.
 Here are some photos of the Open house on April 3rd.
 Everyone was invited to make something with styrofoam before the show started, wonderful things were made in the art farm hub.  Then everyone was invited inside the (warm) studio to sit and see the puppet show magic.
 After the show, kids and adults were invited to come and play which they did eagerly.



it was a wonderful day and there will be many more to come.

The studio is open for creative business

The studio is finished... for the time being that is... to remind you what it is use to look like, check out the Before photos:
 this corner is where the new puppet closet lives...
 the shelves have lovely doors made of reclaimed wood and the closets are organized (mostly)
 The walls are now painted and the floor is a lovely rose colour, not this dreary gray.
my studio table has been moved over to the middle and houses my fabrics.
 Before my opening I hosted a little fun & cozy  clothing swap with my wonderful friends.  There will be more...many more gatherings like this one...

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Special visitor at the Open House Sunday, April 3rd

this is The Wizard, maybe he has another name but I have not found it yet.  He will be a special guest this coming Sunday, April 3rd at my Studio Open House.  He does not belong to me and this is his first big show from what I understand.  Come see what he says.... 1pm - 3pm.
I am attaching branches to the wall so that I can hang curtains from them.
 The branch is from an old Arbutus tree we brought back from Hornby Island...very magical and hard as nails.
 The sun came out and wow, the view never ceases to take my breath away, here is hoping we get some sun on Sunday. 
 Here is the studio with the garage door open.
 I broke out my favorite summer time cd in the world...hippy dippy for sure.
The curtains are up and I am out of time... see you at the OPEN HOUSE

one last push

This weekend marks my Open House so I have one last push to get a few more things made. Starting with.... what does one do with all their CD's???  make a funky CD shelf, this is on the inside of closet door. 
I added this slightly broken mirror to the closet door so I could have one more full length mirror. I covered the edges with interesting drift wood. 
 This old very solid box is perfect for kids blocks but in order to keep the lid up and away from little fingers, I screwed the lids together and the final detail was a cord handle.

 I plan on having more kids help me with this wall, but in the mean time I need to paint over the remaining white wall.

 This is a mossy green that is a shade darker then the original green I used, perfect for the bottom layer
A little night painting to finish the trim around the window.
Opps, if this was any other colour I would probably leave it but the white is too bright, luckily it cleaned up quite easily.  

Friday, April 1, 2011

Cleaning up the mess for my first studio gathering

Ok....3 months have gone by and now I have to put away the tools and supplies...but where to put them? I will just have to build something.  


This shelf use to be affixed over our very old washer and dryer, so when we finally got new efficient machines we had to pull it down for the space. I knew I could turn it into something.  This is the before picture...

Here is a picture of the finished unit....
I put the unit on it's side and added shelves; it has casters on the bottom so I can move it around my studio and I used up the cedar lattice siding for the door and back. The piece of wood in the middle where the handle is from an old chair I picked up. 

The inside shelves are made of scrap wood, some that where found on the beach. 
I added some detailing using pieces from old handles, an interesting effect. 

I have put away all my tools and pieces of creative inspiration (for the moment) in time for a gathering with my lovely female friends & clothing swap.  The studio is soon ready for guests.
 I made another creative mirror using what was left of the broken mirror with antique hinges and drift wood.  I could keep going but time is ticking....