Back In My Studio

This Summer will go down in the books for me as one of the strangest ever! Thanks for all the well wishes over the past few months.

I am feeling much better and looking forward to getting dirty with paint, glue, and sawdust! I was messing around in my studio today deciding which direction I want go starting a new project.

my inspiration wall over my desk makes me happy...

Maddie is usually with me when I work on projects. Either she is laying on my desk or napping on the futon behind me. She is just fluffy goodness!

Someday I will open this cabinet and let the world see inside but its such a mess and I'm very embarrassed.

more to come!!

Studio Shot Tuesday and Sanctuary Makeover In One!

I've been lazy this week and decided to combine my Flickr Studio Shot Tuesday's and Sanctuary Arts makeover in one post (both are late I might add!). Anyhoo, Sanctuary Arts has the At Home party once a month on the 25th and I decided to join the fun. It's a time to show fabulous trash to treasures, furniture make-overs or those spray painted items. Here is mine....


I took one really nasty old piece of wood from my garage (previous homeowners left it, thank you very much!).


I cut it to size...



sanded it like crazy!! By the way, do you see that brush sitting on the wood? That was my Dad's brush he made in wood shop in middle school. Gotta love that!



I didn't take a picture of this but I painted it with my friend's leftover paint and screwed these great iron brackets on it. I got them at a hobby store for $3.00 each...Yay for a sale!


Then up it went above my window in my studio. Ta-da! So now for my Flickr Studio Shot Tuesday talk. One of my favorite things in my studio is this vintage map! It took me forever to find it but when I did I snatched it up. I knew I wanted to use one as a window cover but finding one I liked proved to be kinda hard. I like the way it turned out...anything my big honkin' globe can set on is fine by me.