studio work

this past weekend went by SO FAST! i tried to get my new studio in order, but i still haven't figured out the best set-up plan as of yet. my three main stations will be a place to photograph items, my desk, and my clothing rack/paperwork/etc. i may also have to look into some lighting solutions because so far i can only take photos on early weekend afternoons. i'd love to take pictures outside but it's -40C, so that's out for the time being. and the chandelier creates funny shadows on my walls at different times of day. kinks to work out!

i thrifted at a couple places on saturday and found a bunch of cool stuff, including things i can't bear selling on my etsy. my mom also gave me some items to sell, including a velvet fushia coat she got from an estate sale the other day. always on the hunt for me...thanks mom! the white dress below will be for sale very shortly, as well as the multi-colour pumps and the coat, but i'm keeping the cowboy boots for me! :) my best gal brenna gave me stone lamp thing for christmas, which is a USB-powered computer lamp and night light that's supposed to be "releasing healthy negative ions that neutralize the effects of the positive ions that emanate from [my] computer screen". i dunno if this thing works, but it looks pretty darn cool, and i remember my gramma having a huge one in her house. i really dig it!

 i hope everyone had a great weekend! what did y'all get up to?

studio preview: before and after

good day!

as i was saying in my last post, i washed, patched, sanded and painted the walls of my new studio in my house all sunday. it's shaping up to be a cool little space! i love that i will now have one area for sleeping/reading/relaxing/living/dressing/watching netflix and a separate one for concentrating on blogging and working on my etsy shop. in the next few weeks i'll be working on dressing up my room and making it a more inspiring and work-friendly studio space -- someplace where i can get down to business. i can say for once that the only thing on my desk right now is my laptop, phone, lamp and I <3 NY mug of ginger ale. this is the main theme of this room: SPACE! space to think and breathe. i love it so far. i also want to work on getting my paperwork situation in order, because that's just a plain ol' mess. take a look at these before and after photos! i'll be sure to post more next week after a good weekend of settling in.

where do you do your best work?