Workshop ...

Work on the "workshop" officially started a few weeks ago with some new electrical wiring completed for outlets and lighting. I've started to really look at the amount of hours that are going to be needed for me to do the insulation, sheetrock, and texturing and am a little daunted. With work and the kiddos I fear that it'll be after the New Year before the thing gets close to being done. I've begun to look at the option of hiring a handyman to help with some of the more time intensive tasks ... I should know in the next week whether or not that will be financially feasible.

ORGANIZE IT!!!

Okay, so my supplies have offically outgrown there space in my house... I have taken over not only the "art space" that I created in my living room but also the buffet and dining table as well as setting up a portable 4ft table in the dining room. The kids are tired of not being able to all sit down for a meal at the tabel. Solution? Well... I decided that I would finish the interior of the garage (in 11 years I have parked the car in there for maybe 6 weeks total!) and create a GIANT studio/storage space. Yup.. so that's the current plan. Electrical should be done in the next two weks, followed by insulation and sheetrock, texture and paint and, last but definitely the most important, shelving ... I am using the BRODER shelving from Ikea....very heavy duty industrial steel stuff with total versatility as far as layout ... plus it's pretty inexpensive. Photos to come as this thing gets moving ...

Shopping Spree!!!

This weekend was a BLAST! My aunt and I went on a 2 day, 15 store bus tour of Northern California scrapbook/rubberstamp/art stores with a local store, Green Tangerines in Rocklin. I had never done the whole group trip thingy and my aunt and I have never travelled together (without extended family going along)...Very cool trip... lots of time to talk about our art and families as well as AMAZING places to shop ... and boy did I shop!!!! I got some great rubberstamps and inks to use with my assemblage/collage projects as well as some awesome papers and fibers ... now I just need to get my space remodelled and I'll be in art heaven!!!!