Let's be honest, we creative artistic types are not always the most organized! I think that it's the left brain vs. right brain thing, or so I have been lead to believe. My Studio is often a big, big mess...and at any given time I have what seems like dozens of projects spread out all over the place and it spills out into the rest of the house as well. Sound familiar? Right now I have been working on all sorts of custom orders for my lovely Shabbyfufu customers, and I feel so blessed to be doing so....but at the same time I have all of the "stuff" needed for these variety of endeavors out of their rightful cabinets, storage bins and jars and finding temporary homes seemingly EVERYWHERE! Not to mention I have been doing packing and shipping solo these last couple of days....as my helper (aka ~ younger daughter recent college graduate) has been preoccupied with applying to design school. So, although I though that I could get my act together in time to clean up when asked by Karen to join in on the "Where Bloggers Create" party......I said, SURE and was thrilled to participate. Time has gotten the better of me, so I hope that you are not disappointed, as this is all I have to contribute today. Click on the link above and I am sure that you will find lots of fabulous and probably CLEAN and ORGANIZED studios to visit.
I do have a little GIVEAWAY at the end of this post........so please leave a comment for a chance to win. Have fun, and the saying goes....let's get the party started!
My studio has recently been remodeled with tons of new cabinets, granite counters, big new deep sink, stone tile floors. I wonder if I am the only one out there with blush pink cabinet doors~lol!
Packing & shipping area in my studio. I DO need to keep organized here!Just a peek inside one of the cabinets where I store some of the hundreds of pieces of vintage barkcloth & fabrics that I have amassed over the years.
Tucked in a corner of the studio I have some vintage aqua bins from a closed cotton mill in the South. They are tall, and great for storing rolls of vintage wallpaper.
I love the old locker baskets and have many that I use for everything from vintage linens and laces to this one filled with old bottles for my doll making.
This vintage library card file was found at a local estate sale quite awhile ago. I use it to store little bits and bobs....vintage jewelry, doll heads, millinery~etc.
Unfortunately there is not a ton of natural light in the room, but we installed lots of undercounter lighting and this petite teacup chandelier that Mr. Fufu and I made.
My little desk, where I am sitting right now! I found this one years ago at a thrift shop and got it for free. They were going to toss it, as the top had water damage from a previous hurricane. I painted it an antique cream and then hand painted some pink roses and added glass knobs. The vintage chair comes from Salve Galleries.....okay, Salvation Army~lol!, and is in it's original shabby vintage chippy finish with silk fabric. The piece that sits on the side is antique child's headboard from France that has the sweetest cherubs. Sometimes it's cluttered with magnets and papers to use as a message board, but I love the image on it and wanted you to see.
My favorite notebook that Fifi's sister Sylvie made for me as a gift when they were here for a Romantic Country magazine shoot. So pretty...she hand stitched my initial J on French linen in pink:-) I really treasure it, and keep it with me all of the time for jotting down notes and ideas.
Photos of my girls (+ one boyfriend) and a favorite poem by Keats that one of the girls had given me, and one of my boudoir dolls.
Now for that giveaway....and this is a project that you could easily do with some of those vintage picture frames that you may have laying around your studio.
I took this old wood frame and painted it white, then beat it up a bit for a chippy look. Then I painted some pink roses and ribbons. I had Mr. Fufu cut a piece of mdf board to fit and then I sprayed it with chalkboard spray. Hanger is on the back, and the way that I painted the pattern you could use it either horizontally or vertically. There is a built in "ledge" for the chalk...but you'll have to supply your own eraser! I like chalkboards, as they are handy dandy and enviornmentally friendly as well:-).
Just leave a comment on the blog (not the website) and I will draw the winner randomly next week. If you want to double your chance at winning, kindly mention it on your blog and link it back here, then send me another comment to let me know to put your name in again.
That's it for today....I hope that you enjoyed my little bits of what was clean enough to show. Now I must run, as Mr. Fufu is dragging me kicking and screaming (lol!) to our beach place for a long weekend, so I will see you back here soon.
~xoxo~
Janet
You know mostly we offer our chandeliers in PINK, as this is what has always sold best for us. Kristen just did this pretty Lavender Chandelier as a Special Order.
Pretty Pink Roses Porcelain Clock hand painted by Farnaz. This was requested by an overseas customer for her Gorgeous shop.
That's it for today, it will be a weekend of working in the Studio for me since we have planned a Rare weekend at home~lol! What are you doing this weekend? I hope that you are enjoying the summer....which is flying by so quickly!
