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Checking In

It has been awhile since the last post and with several good reasons.  I moved everything out of my storage area, had two garage sales two Saturdays in a row,  and then repacked and rearranged and organized my entire studio.  Big sigh, sore muscles, tired feet, and a great sense of accomplishment and relief.

I let go of things I was tired of, things I had purchased on a whim that really stopped working for me as soon as I unloaded them, and some things I liked but knew were near the bottom of the redo list.  Yes, we all know what that means....I'm ready for more stuff. 

Maybe yes and maybe not.  I went to an estate sale and one of my favorite resale shops without purchasing a single item.  However, my daughter was cleaning out the basement of her rental unit and I could not let these three items end up in the dumpster.

Cute little ladder that won't take up much space in my already fully stocked studio.


What used to be a chair...
is now referred to as a stool.  Can't have too many places to take a load off these days.


And then this little upstairs, downstairs.


I thought it would be handy for displaying and staging for photo shots.

This is not all I have been doing.  Other things I'm working on are close to publishing but just not quite complete.  Sometimes we are at the mercy of someone else's schedule. 

So please check back.  There are some interesting posts on the horizon.

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