{"id":11509,"date":"2013-02-13T12:19:30","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T11:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/?p=11509"},"modified":"2013-02-19T21:23:21","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T20:23:21","slug":"tales-from-the-studio-and-woyww-193","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/blog\/tales-from-the-studio-and-woyww-193\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales from the Studio and woyww #193"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi there dear ones!
\nToday I will start a blog series called “Tales from the Studio.”<\/p>\n

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As most of you know, I re-arranged the upstairs old room of my son (who moved out) and turned it into a working space for me. I showed photos of it in this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I stood in my son’s room several times in the past years, thinking how I should re-arrange the space once he moved out and how I would love to work in solitude and not having to clean up after me every day – but now that the moment was there, I had to take some hurdles – here’s what happened (and how I solved it!)<\/p>\n

Here’s a floor plan from the room so you get a better picture.<\/p>\n

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See those *stars*\u00a0 with some of the words?
\nThat means these items\/furniture are solid build in to the room – leaving me with no other option then to work around it and make it work for me.<\/p>\n

I made it even easier for myself: I left the bed, the bedside table and the big desk in the corner – that were already there – in the same place too. In other words: once I’d removed all the ‘stuff’ which my son had left behind, the room didn’t have to be decorated much. All I did was put in a book case and the small cabinet-on-wheels with my most-used tools that stood in the living room.<\/p>\n

But then…<\/p>\n

It took me at least a day to gather my stuff from all over the house and another day to store it into my new art-room… MAN, the decisions one has to make! Where do I put my paint? Stamps? Old magazines? Well, if you have a studio this probably sounds familiar but it was new to me and I kept on placing and replacing stuff from one closet to another… anyway, to make a long story short: I got it all in and satisfying stored.<\/p>\n

And then I found myself sitting at the desk. Now what?
\nThis was my new creating space. This was what I wanted for so long. Everything in its place. No more going up-and downstairs to get my paper\/tools. All my stuff surrounding me, and I didn’t know where to begin or what to do.<\/p>\n

I turned around and around on the chair, looking at the room. Without leaving my chair, I opened the door of the cabinet and I saw this:<\/p>\n

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Click!
\nMy aunt and my dads birthdays were coming up, so I decided to start with creating cards (‘mail art’ if you like.) Making cards would speed the familiarization, I would learn what stuff I own (some boxes had not been opened for years!) and where everything was.<\/p>\n

It worked! I got used to ‘my room’ and sitting at the desk in a fun and easy way. I made cards – and cards – and cards… I just couldn’t stop.<\/p>\n

(Click on the images to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n

For my aunt Lien<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For my dad<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For my son<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For my mum<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For my aunt Corneel<\/strong><\/p>\n

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You see, the whole family got cards. They loved it and I loved it.
\nAfter a few days, I was all used to my new studio. Yay!<\/p>\n

I was planning on showing you an old layout too, but this post is getting waaaay to long already… I better leave that for the next time, cause there’s something else I would like to show you.<\/p>\n

I have been drooling over all those workdesks that could be seen on Wednesdays, and now that I have a studio and a desk that I don’t have to clean up every time – I can finally add a photo of MY DESK to that list. I am talking about WOYWW (“What’s On Your Workdesk Wednesday”)
\nIt’s a fun series, read all about it here<\/a> or check out today’s woyww #193<\/a><\/p>\n

WOYWW #193<\/strong><\/p>\n

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My desk today shows my good-ol’ (30 years!) sewing machine. One lesson in the online workshop “Mixed Emotions<\/a>” (which I teach with Michelle LaPoint-Rydell, registration still open ’till Sunday) handles paper weaving and I found it fun to dive in again! Oh, and see that box with (index)cards in the background? I have great ideas for that!<\/p>\n

I’ll tell all about it in a later post – ’cause there’s work waiting for me. Not on the desk shown in the photo, but a desk in the office. Working hard on the next issue of FEATURING magazine<\/a>. It’s going to be fantastic again, I can tell you that much! If you ever saw\/read the magazine, you know that don’t you? (And if you never read\/heard of FEATURING, shame on you! You better make it up then fast, all issues can be purchased HERE<\/a> and YES, we ship international!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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