When Craft Supplies Get Beautiful

So, I needed to clean up my art studio. badly. But, ya see, I couldn't just head down there, broom in hand, and clean. I had to re-decorate. Yes, I had sewing supplies that I am finally really getting into and they needed to be displayed beautifully, not just thrown in the multitude of boxes that they had before.

So, out came all the old wooden storage boxes I've been hoarding for just something special, and in went all sorts of stuff!

I'm a sucker for a cute wooden cutlery holder, gardening supply holder...you get the idea. This one was perfect for all my ric rac (I LOVE ric rac) and bias tape and other fun stuff!
I was on a roll (of avoiding real cleaning) so I also decided to store my complete woodblocks I carved in a cool old metal gym basket. I am also obsessed with these sort of things too. Ah, pretty.


When that was done, I was still not ready to REALLY clean, so I made a mirror out of an image from Nikki Mclure's past calendar. I love her work and really love this image so I slapped it on a malma mirror from IKEA and lovingly slathered on several layers of glossy mod podge. Now, I just need to find a fabulous place to hang it!

And finally, a glimpse at some cool new and vintage fabric I picked up at a second hand store this past week. I can't wait to make something with it...or just roll around with it in my obsessive fabric lust.

Yeah, I'm REALLY gonna start cleaning the studio now...