I thought I would share some quick snaps from the studio. My once pristine and very sparse office is now stacked from floor to ceiling with inventory and shipping supplies. It has come to both my attention and my aching back that I will need to replace my desk for something much higher, what do you think of this? Making my studio shipping friendly and my back not hate me. I have lost my shipping chops, although my bestie Jules assures me that they will come back, I can only hope so. You see, I take an awful lot of time and energy on each parcel. I want it to arrive and feel like a present and if it doesn’t I have failed. I remember as a wee lass I would shop for Christmas gifts at a General Store, yes a real General store and I loved how they tied all their parcels with twine, wrapped in tissue and finished with labels–pure perfection. I would watch in unadulterated pleasure as my shabby little purchase was transformed into what could only be called a masterpiece. With my $10 budget I would buy gifts for my entire family and would be smug with how pretty everything looked over their plebeian efforts at wrapping in commercial papers with synthetic bows. My family never appreciated my fine taste and soon the General store was bought out by big business as it was considered a dinosaur in the new ‘modern’ age of the 80’s. I miss that store. I am convinced I would still be shopping there today if it existed, but instead I try to hold on to the tradition, an invisible torch was passed and I am the bearer. I can only hope that I make the General Store proud. I tried my best to keep the memory alive and as authentic as possible. Now if I can only get faster at it and my back would be a team player, I’ll be golden.
i know it may not be efficient, but i just love a beautifully wrapped package. can’t wait to get my first besotted order (packed with love!) soon :)
…small paper packages tied up with string…these are a few of my favorite things… dada daaa da….
Love that song (probably got the words horribly wrong, but it sounds great in my head!) and love these little pretties.
That’s the way it is in Argentina. All you store packages are wrapped up with patterned paper, a ribbon, and a shop label.
Have you seen the IKEA islands? Lots of people use those for shipping, including Nicole.
everyone knows half the joy of a gift {from yourself or someone else} is in the wrapping!
I’ve had that PB project table on my wish list for many many years. If only I had the space for it & extra cash lying around. SWOON!
The stamps look particularly pretty all stacked together. I’m glad business is good!
Thank you ladies! I love when you all stop by makes days in the studio alone with the pups not so lonely:) I think I found a Pottery Barn look-a-like craft desk for a fraction of the cost but I am exploring some other grand ideas as well.
I really enjoyed this post. (Always awaiting your next one) Laughing my way through. As an avowed serial painter I have learned never to use tape. It adds like 16 extra unnecessary hours to a job. Also guilty of not painting the ceilings and completely regretting it later. Lazy. Do you mind if I put a link to this post on my blog? I would love to share as I am painting my stairway hall from top to floors and you have a very witty tutorial here.
these are a few of my favorite things… dada daaa da…. Love that song (probably got the words horribly wrong, but it sounds great in my head!) and love these little pretties.
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I really enjoyed this post. (Always awaiting your next one) Laughing my way through. As an avowed serial painter I have learned never to use tape. It adds like 16 extra unnecessary hours to a job. Also guilty of not painting the ceilings and completely regretting it later. Lazy. Do you mind if I put a link to this post on my blog? I would love to share as I am painting my stairway hall from top to floors and you have a very witty tutorial here.Barcelona Short Stay
I really enjoyed this post. (Always awaiting your next one) Laughing my way through. As an avowed serial painter, I have learned never to use tape. It adds like 16 extra unnecessary hours to a job. Also guilty of not painting the ceilings and completely regretting it later. Lazy. Do you mind if I put a link to this post on my blog? I would love to share as I am painting my stairway hall from top to floors and you have a very witty tutorial here.WiFi
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I really enjoyed this post. (Always awaiting your next one) Laughing my way through. As an avowed serial painter I have learned never to use tape. It adds like 16 extra unnecessary hours to a job. Also guilty of not painting the ceilings and completely regretting it later. Lazy. Do you mind if I put a link to this post on my blog? I would love to share as I am painting my stairway hall from top to floors and you have a very witty tutorial here.
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I really enjoyed this post. (Always awaiting your next one) Laughing my way through. As an avowed serial painter I have learned never to use tape. It adds like 16 extra unnecessary hours to a job. Also guilty of not painting the ceilings and completely regretting it later. Lazy. Do you mind if I put a link to this post on my blog? I would love to share as I am painting my stairway hall from top to floors and you have a very witty tutorial here.
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I’ve struggled to write a good “About me” page for a while. I didn’t want it to be a diary and a rambling only about myself, but at the same time, I wanted to have some personality there. And so I did what I usually do – I opened up a bunch of other blogger’s “About me” page and analyzed what they have writte
I totally agree with all of your points but the one thing that annoys me most is when my images are used without any credit being given. It takes me (and I’m sure most other bloggers) so much time to take pictures and edit them and then to see them being used for profit on other random websites drives me mad. It seems to be happening so much lately that I don’t really know what to do about it anymore and seeing “Pinterest” as a credit source can send me into total meltdown
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I know that term and don’t even know what it means, honestly. And of course life has been happening over here too. Anyway, a few friends seem to be reviving the old school journal of yore, and I realize how excited I feel reading these types of long narrative entries. So much more satisfying that the short blog entries that often contain ads that I’d been seeing so much of lately.
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Hi, They came out so nicely! You have a lovely family. You are so right about “volume!” We did the same thing recently, 45 minutes resulted in 500 pictures with about 15 really good ones
Oh my goodness. Thank you so much for loving us through your words….challenging us, encouraging and filing us with God’s love by sacrificing your time to serve your readers. I absolutely cherish you and have been following you for years. Thank you for blessing me AND my family. YOU are precious! Waiting for my children to wake up, so I can serve and love on them