After my Eras in Time Preview creation, it was time to clean my studio. My friend had requested a beading day, which also served as a handover of the Bead & Button show strands we had decided to split with each other. Another prompt was Brenda Schweder’s post about our little Now That’s a Jig! corners in […]
Last week a winter storm kept me house bound, and it gave me the opportunity to re-organize my bookshelves. The winterscape was lovely for a bit, until white-out conditions made my windows hard to see through. So I started pulling out the books that graced my shelves, to give them a thorough dusting and get […]
When I first got my built-ins created my second bedroom was still a guest room that would function as a craft room. I was focused on greeting cards at the time, and that wall was ample space for all my supplies. Then I left my career and my plans as a small business owner morphed […]
Last week I hunkered down and got my 2013 bookkeeping in order. Taxes have a way of doing that, don’t they? I had finally gotten around to purchasing accordion envelopes to get my receipts situated, and that system works like a charm. 2013 was easy to sort out through its compartments and then put in […]
Last month I had an inspiring online marketing consultation with NetworkHoncho.com that is energizing me to get my rear in gear. So I’ve been sifting through my Etsy listings to see what is at Stella and Aurora Rose Boutiques and what can be re-listed, needs uploading, or might be donated to a good cause. My […]
I picked up some inspiring books from the yarn-bombed library the other day, and that prompted me to head into my studio and clear some things out. My studio had become a chaos of Holiday production followed by the dump site of all my fair display items. Creating 43 Ornaments and 35 pieces of jewelry […]
So I started organizing my home in December, and it is taking much longer than anticipated. “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.†~ Hans Hofmann This year the physical de-cluttering is also a very intense emotional and mental process. I wonder at the energetic pull of objects […]
“See your surroundings as a channel for self-expression. What can you do to love where you are?” ~ Princess Lasertron I decided to weed out my book cases this week, and it has me on a mad organizing bender. Basically I’ll be pulling everything down on the floor and then re-arranging the books. Prior to […]
Radvent 5 is about decorating, and for the first few days of December I wasn’t feeling it. I looked at all my clutter and knew that would have to be cleared before I could even attempt to get festive. But I did notice the cute little “table-top” trees at Whole Foods, and after years of […]
I am processing the chapters of my library books in thought and deed. Last week I had a great conversation with my accountant that is helping me with the business planning. But in order to move forward, we must let go of the old, and “create space†in our lives as Kathy Freston puts it. […]
