Comfortable Friday! Woooohoooo! And Comfortable Valentine’s Day, for what it’s price.
If you wish to know my normal method to Valentine’s Day, you’re welcome to learn my one and solely poetic tribute to Valentine’s Day right here.
The cynical tone of that poem may lead you to assume I’m not a fan of Valentine’s Day. However not so! There are, in any case, fairly a number of heart-ish embroidery designs on Needle ‘n Thread which have proven up round many Februaries over the previous 19 years: Will Ewe Bee Mine monogram assortment; this free Bloomin’ Coronary heart design; this free swirly coronary heart design; this Coronary heart o’ Flowers design; this department coronary heart design; this hearty kaleidoscope design (printed in July, truly); and naturally, Key to My Coronary heart, which occurs to be one in all my hottest mission e-books.
So I’m not against Valentine’s Day, however I don’t actually get into that a lot, both. Perhaps I want to purchase myself flowers or candies or one thing, to vary my perspective? Brighten the day up a bit! LOL!
Within the meantime, although, I’m brightening issues up and combating the doldrums of winter otherwise right here within the studio, and I assumed I’d present you ways.
Earlier than we begin, although, a fast announcement: there are some broken books on the market within the store proper now. You will discover these on this itemizing. They embrace Enchanted Embroidery, too. The harm on the books is just not extreme – usually, it’s only a dinged nook or two on the e book, and never very noticeable at that. Make sure to learn the descriptions if you happen to’re enthusiastic about selecting up some broken books at a reduction!
After we had been making ready for the Open Home right here at Needle ‘n Thread earlier than Christmas this previous 12 months, I found that Christmas present wrap was a terrific strategy to shut off our open cubby cabinets and remove the seen background muddle of our storage and transport space.
In the course of the Open Home, we taped Christmas wrapping paper to the backs of the cubby cabinets to assist minimize down the muddle that was seen when trying by the open cubby cabinets.
We preferred it!
However Christmas has come and gone. And it’s time for a change! So this week, I made a decision a cheery improve was so as.
In case you take a look at these cubbies that haven’t been papered but, you get the concept of the muddle that exhibits by to the entrance of our work house.
This half of the cubby wall is devoted proper now to organizational and space for storing, fairly than fairly shows.
However I nonetheless plan to again the cubbies with paper, in order that the instruments and manufacturing supplies on these cabinets don’t compete with the transport and storage at the back of the studio.
I discovered this darling blue, white, and inexperienced striped floral paper that’s exceptionally cheery and lightweight. I believe this paper will carry us properly into summer time, preserving the entrance of the studio trying tidy, neat, and brilliant.
In the course of the Open Home, so a lot of our guests examined these cabinets and their contents with nice curiosity. Within the cubbies, we displayed many completed embroidered gadgets, together with fascinating older books, needlework instruments, embroidery equipment and nicknacks, and a wide range of items and playing cards that I’ve obtained over time.
We preferred the show a lot that we determined to dedicate half the cubbies to rotating shows all 12 months lengthy. I like strolling into work and seeing these cabinets now! They make me joyful – and our occasional guests take pleasure in them, too!
And that, my mates, is just a bit glimpse of Studio Life for you right this moment.
It’s necessary to maintain one’s workspace visually pleasing and comfy, don’t you assume? And this time of 12 months particularly, when grey days outnumber sunny and when the gloom appears to stretch on interminably, it’s actually necessary.
Something that wards off the winter blues and provides a bit of further cheer and brightness to life is an efficient factor in my books!
Wishing you a fabulous weekend!
