Making Art = Making a Mess!

Spent the last few days on a mini-trip to see
my friend, Sharon, again and we crafted and
made art (our favorite pasttime, next to
playing computer games). This was my work
space to give you an idea of how I "work." Grab
this, grab that... you gotta have pretty much
everything at your fingertips! My space at home
is even worse usually as things grow out of
control. Fortunately for Sharon I had to pack
up and go home so I had to clean up my mess!
But it was great fun. If I can remember to bring
in my stuff I made to scan it, I will post that here
soon as well! Generally I'm reluctant to share
photos of my work space as it is usually in state
of chaos like this... but here you go, me - letting it
all hang out, so to speak!

Cleaning the craft room

Inspired by recent magazines I've been looking through, and wanting to get back to working on some art... I starting cleaning out the craft room (aka the dining room). It has been a horrendous mess for quite some time and every time I do more work it just gets worse and worse. Words can't begin to describe how really and truly bad it has gotten. After a couple of hours this morning I was so pooped out I sat on the couch and dozed for a couple of hours. I was as wiped out as I've been in a long time. I finally decided I HAD to get back up and move around and since I had coupons I wanted to use at Archivers and Barnes & Noble that are about to expire I got up and went out.

I got some cool stuff at Archivers and didn't spend too much (that store is a hard one to restrain myself in). And I got a couple good books at B & N... one Dover book on Victorian art that comes with a CD of the images (I'm getting attracted to the flourishes and swirls that seem to be all the rage now) and a book on selling your art that I'm hoping might inspire me to move forward with making some money off something I can make. And I got the newest Somerset Studio too. A late lunch/early dinner at Taco Bell... hey, it's cheap!

So I got more done when I got home.... lots more, nearly done, or at least done enough to start some work but maybe tomorrow, I'm pretty pooped out again. It's a good feeling to get that accomplished. I also realize how many unmounted stamps I have that I've never used! It's like winning a stamp lottery or something.... stuff I forgot that I even bought! I will work on organizing those soon, too. I can get sheets at the Container Store with my discount so that won't be a big deal. Maybe I'll get some tomorrow at work.

Well off to sit for a bit!