I moved!

Dear loyal readers,

Yes, I have moved.  Again.

I moved a couple months ago and have only recently settled back into creative habits.  Check out my creative space:

It's a small desk space with a couple shelves and a bulletin board, but it's something.  The surface of the desk is currently being bombarded by an afghan that I've been slowly working on recently:

I'm especially proud of the storage jars I rigged up, containing lots of drawing and writing utensils, paint brushes, etc.

And lastly, to highlight the new space, I present my bulletin board, filled with ideas, inspiration, and personal goals:

I've mentioned in the past that some friends and I do craft shows occasionally a few times a year.  We actually sold some of our work last month at the FreeMusic Fest in Freeland, MI.  It was a great time!  The weather was beautiful, it was the first craft sale of the year for us, and there were awesome musicians playing music all day long.  We had a lot of fun together.

These friends that I mention, well, we are getting a little more professional and organized at each craft sale.  We've developed a logo, business cards, and we actually had a business meeting a few weeks ago and discussed the development of a collective blog - and it's here!  Locust Street Crafts is the place to find us.  I'm incredibly proud of how far we've come in a couple of short years and look forward to making greater strides in the future.

I will still update this blog with my creativity challenges and other highlights, now that I'm a little more settled into the new living arrangement with my fiance, and of course, Lola:

Thanks for sticking with me - more to come soon!  

Challenge 43

I did a lot of creative things this weekend!  I stayed inside with my sister and the kitties and tried out some new projects, just kinda seeing what's possible with the materials that I have right now rather than going out and purchasing anything new.  This tied very well into the next challenge, number 43: Learn something new.  Ask a friend to help you do something using a technique or skill they're good at.

I didn't so do much of the "ask a friend" part, but here are a couple new things I made:

A hair band that combines a felt piece with crocheted ties.

A scarf!  I've made plenty of hats before, but scarves are new to me.

For both of these items, I applied skill that I already have to come up with something new - with a few trials and errors, but mostly careful planning.  I plan on making more hair bands and scarves and selling them at the next craft fair I'm doing with some pals on October 1st.  

Exciting news: my fabulous fiance bought me a membership to a local pottery studio!  I have a full month to make clay works again, starting on Tuesday.  I can't wait to get my hands dirty!  It is my dream to have a pottery studio of my own someday.  I haven't worked with clay in over 4 years, so I cannot wait to get back into the swing of things.