Morning Glory Studio

Memos, Mail, Me | getting it together ...

 

 

 I spent much of the long holiday weekend assembling furniture:

• Saturday, a standup/sit down desk;
• Sunday afternoon, a Raskog cart - I currently have 4 in various rooms; 
• Today, a shelf that sits on top of a desk though I'm currently using on my scrapping table (actually two counter-height kitchen* cabinets leftover from when we built the addition a dozen years ago 'cause -   I stand up when I scrap or paint).  Don't know why, just do. I may start sitting down and the next thing I know, I'm standing up.

Today, after a very leisurely morning, I've spent the afternoon tweaking the rearrangement of furniture - tho' mostly things - in my craft room. I'm thinking I should change the name of this place to something that has to do with story for it is this room that houses all my journals, memorabilia and scrapbook albums - in various stages ranging from done to undone - more of the latter - but, that's another story for another day.  Most of the items I assembled - well, actually  all - come from IKEA and I've had for several months.  It apparently took last week's ThinkWriteThursday prompt to move me off the dime! Oh my, have I enjoyed an endorphin rush over these past three days! And the weather is an added bonus! Between Mother Nature and my energy, there's no telling what I might accomplish. 

Mail over the past week, once we got past February 14 has been light:

1. a couple magazine/catalogs from local museums - besides being informative, I often find great images for collage journal entries;
2. two $10 off Amazon Prime Now  coupons - better spend these this week 'cause they expire at the end of the month! 
3. a mailer from the District of Columbia government reminding us "snow is coming!" and including snow shoveling tips and the City's snow removal regulations. So far, we've not needed this important piece of mail - especially yesterday, today, tomorrow...and looks like weeks to come! Could we really get through winter without any snow? Time will tell - only 30 days to go:
4. a "thank you" postcard from POTUS 44 - Barack Obama - via the Democratic Party. Clearly not a collector's item but it will go in my scrapbook album...and 
5. somehow, caught among the catalogs - a Christmas letter from a long-time friend that  evidently I kept aside to answer during InCoWriMo month. Time's awastin' and soon the month will be over...guess I'd better get busy with sending a few more notes/letters myself.

Today is the first that I've used my new desk! It's pretty neat and the control is a simple up/down that I press. I think it's a keeper! Now to think of a new name for this room; any ideas?

Here's to a grand week  - mail and otherwise - for you! Hop on over to  Sian at From High in the Sky and friends sharing their Memos, Mail and a bit of themselves.

Cheers~

*Note to Self: I must remember this: Story of kitchens and my first foray to IKEA, thirty years ago! 

currently | 04 ...

(these shelves sit over my cutting counter and can hold pins, notes, etc)

listening to the oscillating fan in my craft studio - the heat and humidity have returned and this room is always too hot for my liking...

making progress, for the umpteenth time, I'm sure,  de-stashing books, magazines, PiPs (Projects in Progress) and rearranging a shelf here, a flat surface there...

concluding that I really just need to close my eyes and toss...

enjoying my new shelves in my sewing studio (it too has gone through many iterations over the years) which as a result, has necessitated all the destashing, etc...

(these wall shelves will free up the tops of the bookcases below once I get a few more things mounted on the wall)

thinking I'd better make a little more haste since I have a 4 pm appointent with my hairdresser and it's now 2:35  pm...

feeling a bit of hunger - even tho'  I ate breakfast later than usual; guess I'll finish off the apple with a bit of cheddar cheese; yep, that sounds good...

looking forward to tomorrow's stitching day with friends; we eat, catch up, stitch - hand applique, knit, needlepoint, and sew on the  machine, help each other and just have a good time ...

enjoying this, the fourth of five weekends in August and... 

wishing you a great weekend, too!

Cheers~

studio abode...

Honoré here: Day 8 of NaBloPoMo. Today's theme is to write about what your dream abode would look like, where it would be, etc. I don't know if I have a dream abode in mind... though I think I'd know it when I saw it. As for where? I like the southwest - moutain desert country - and as I 've written before,  a home in Sisters, OR would be a dream come true and/or, I'd love to live in a spot where I could sink my toes in ocean beach and swivel my head just a wee turn to the right and see majestic mountains...

Last week I bought a new printer; it's still in the box. I was looking for one with a smaller footprint than the one I currently own. I want one that faxes, scans, prints, - both paper and photos - and copies. And I want it in white! Not asking for much, I know. My quest for a new printer resulted in my moving a few pieces of furniture in between the two rooms that I use as my studio space.

In an earlier post I mentioned that I'd moved my sewing machine into Studio B (the larger of the two rooms) primarily because I needed a design wall. Studio A, where I formerly had my machine,  has now become my quilting quiet room/ library...the place where I can knit, read, hand stitch, or sit and stare out the window. The sunlight, particularly in the morning and mid-afternoon (3-ish) is especially inviting...

The room is small, 8' x 9', and originally, I had a table positioned perpendicular to the wall...

I decided to place the table so it's parallel to the wall...

  


Yep, I like this better, for the time being. I really think I need a table that's narrower and  lower. Uhmm, I'm going to IKEA Friday, just maybe I'll find something that'll work. And yes, that is my sweater back...I finished it Saturday afternoon!  I'm now on the front. Making progress.

Cheers~

PS. Also, I've decided to return the printer...