well...atleast somewhat. Sorry I haven't been back here, Ihave had a stomach flu to rival no other. It truly put me in bed for Monday and Tuesday and then Wednesday I woke up with a sinus infection. It is now Saturday and though I feel better, i don't feel great, and my poor Nate has a sore throat and cough! UGH
BUT, Thursday and Friday I did work in the mess and I do feel good about where I have ended up. Now, I took these pictures BEFORE I added back in the bins of things that still need to be gone through and put away or gotten rid of. AND I am not showing you the big pile of boxes in the dining room of memorabilia from the last 20 years. My plan is to whittle it down to HALF of what is there. I can do it!
BUT, I do now have a working room. It isn't perfect, it isn't magazine ready and I still need to work on it DAILY, but here goes...remember this is what it looked like at the beginning of January:
and now I will take you around the room:
Mouse making, Fairy Jar creating and what not area:
Tools such as Sizzix machine, cricut, dies, punches, etc:
Sewing supplies (I have more, gotta decide how to "handle it"), cardstock etc:
My scrapbooking supplies...organized photos in boxes on the top and yes it bothers me that not all the boxes are blue and green! My small collection of MRS. FIELDS tins, cuz that is who I am!, My kitty on the now clean work table! and you can see a bag of fairy wings in the corner:
The iris cart wall...all those draws need to be cleaned out and purged! One thing at a time. and my Fur Friends go their bed back by the window:
The last wall:
and a view looking in the door:
The stuff under the work table? That is the bins of stuff that need to be gone through and taken care of or said good bye too!
I am not done yet, but I will tell you it was nice to have a space to make a mess yesterday while I made this:
It was a tutu I had from my dance studio days. It was too stained to sell at OLD THINGS...soooo I stained it up some more. Sewed it to a padded hanger that i tea stainned, addd some flowers and a tag and now it is a Primitive/Vintage?Shabby Chic wall hanging. It could be hung in a nursery, on a little girls wall, in your house...you get the idea:) It is now up on my Etsy at www.dancinglydenise.etsy.com. I have a pink one and a blue one in the works today. Not quite so primitive looking, but they are coming out beautiful! (I think).
Well folks, don't forget to check and see if you are the winner of the GiveAway...I will give her a week to respond, and then draw a new winner if I need to!
have a great Saturday and share with us how you organize your projects!
Dancingly, Denise