Mornings In The Studio

I thought today I would

share with you some photo

shots from around my studio

and some of the projects

I have been working on

The sun has finally decided to come

and stay for a few days

(fingers crossed)

Ooops

A bunch of clouds are coming through

The light in this room is just fantastic

Mornings...I greet the sunrise with

the window that faces East

Evenings..I get the back splash from the sunsets

My North window gives me constant cool light

Most days just the natural light is what

I work by

A rose bush has grown quite lusty in the east window

so beautiful pink blossoms will be my view soon

This lion face planter has three faces...

It needs a wash up...

I love using old plated silver to hold my

tools and what nots

Color and light is what it is all

about here

I found this beautiful flat marble tray

at an estate sale last week

Perfect for my speaker to sit on...and the

light comes blazing across it

lighting it all up

Beautiful

The Domino project

These beauties will be in my etsy store later today

(fingers crossed)

I adore them...

The idea of using re-using an object

that has been discarded by someone else

(go back several months and you will see the original

story of how the domino redux came

to life)

Has always been part of what my own personal

art is about.

This fantastic frame came

into my hands a few

weeks ago

It is perfect for the Junkin Gypsies logo

Next some glass and it will

be ready to hang

here in my studio

I love this image

And

some very special books Jill and I

have been working on

the last week to send to some

dear friends.

This next week...Junkin Gypsies

has a couple of big projects

going on and

we will be sharing that with

you on our blog.

School is out...so life gets hectic

(and fun)

for many of us

Oh...

I have one more image

to share with you.

It was a gift from my dear

friend Jill

I have this in a book

but she found it loose and knew

it had to hang in my studio

Now to find a frame

I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday

A Day Full Of Changes

Wow-Today has been a very busy day

Over the last several months I have been trying to

turn one of our extra bedrooms in to more

of a studio space.

It has been slow going.

Cleaning and sorting sometimes tossing

but mostly running myself into circles.

This is my second most favorite room in the house.

Two windows...one facing North one facing East

It has great light for most of the day.  And another

little bonus.  I can see the moon from this room

certain times of the year.

Oh one more reason  in the summer a wonderful cross breeze.

But it has been a long trial to get into it.

Over the weekend my husband said he would help

me move things out and work on the organization.

I packed all afternoon moving things out of the way.

Because one of the things that had to come out

was a love seat.  Lol...Oh my that was so fun to get

out.  We had put it in there over 12 years ago...then

added bookshelves in the hallway it had to come thru.

We got the little monster out after having to raise it over our heads

and carry it sideways.

The guys took off after it was out and I thought they

had gone to get a battery charger (I left the lights on in the car aaaagain)

What they came home with was a new table for

me.  Ahhh....I have such sweet guys.

They had it set up in a jiffy and now I have a huge work table.

It is a little overwhelming

There is still so much to do.  Hopefully tomorrow I can run

down a bookshelf...an old one that I can paint

myself.  That would go a long way in organizing all the antique books

tucked here and there.

Right now...I am pouring a glass of red wine. Picking a piece of chocolate out

of the box and heading for the tub for a long hot

bubble bath. 

 I am very sore tonight

Yep..I moved that tall cabinet by myself when they told me to

wait...lol

My list for tomorrow is long...

Sweet Dreams