My Crowded Room

I thought i would share a few more pictures of my art room, which has recently become MUCH more crowded.

There is actually a method to this madness. I am using this table for screen printing and sewing right now. I keep hangers below the table for easy access while printing and blank shirts are folded on the file cabinet.

There is much less method to this madness. All the bins on the metal shelves are filled with different craft supplies ranging from polymer clay, to felted sweaters and wool roving, to paint, and jewelry findings. The dress form with the muslin on it has what I have draped for my co-workers daughters quincaniera. I am making her Damas dresses. There has actually been a third dress form added to the room since these pictures were taken. The duct tape form of my friend is in our coat closet. I am going to use the base for my designer form (that is the one that has the muslin on it) when I am working with that form.

this is one of my major additions, mentioned yesterday. I have really been enjoying working with my new serger. :)

And some pictures of the family:

Autumn and daddy working in the shop.

Cuddles!

New TODAY in my stores :

http://www.etsy.com/listing/52971060/roller-skate-tee-sz-juniors-xl

http://www.etsy.com/listing/52970502/sewing-machine-love-tee-misses-xl

http://www.etsy.com/listing/52969729/knitting-tee-sz-juniors-xl

http://www.etsy.com/listing/52963269/ivory-veil-with-facinator

http://www.etsy.com/listing/52962700/childs-roller-derby-tee-sz-56

Sorry I missed my treasury last night, will be back later for tonights :)

♥ERica

Sometimes...

I wonder why I have an art room.

My supplies make thier way so frequently in to the rest of my home.

My art room is finally unpacked!

Sooo... you may have seen my Before pictures. If you didn't then this probably doesn't seem like a great accomplishment. It is not as nice as some beautiful craft rooms I have seen, but I really love it- and I am so grateful to have a whole room... especially since I kinda need it...


This is my dress form with a work in progress on it. I got the form at the last thursday market in portland and it didn't have a base so adam made this one for me. It is great but I really need to be able to turn it. I am trying to decide what to do to make the bottom cohesive. Behind it I have a metal shelving unit filled with supplies. I have block printing
supplies, lots of watercolor and acrylic painting stuff, jewelry findings, a whole tub of sweaters I have already felted but not decided what to do with yet, a tub of lace and sewing findings, a tub of needle felting supplies, and a tub of clothing that I plan to upcycle... someday.


Then I have my sewing/drawing table, file cabinet, and a little metal rack with the billions of prismacolor markers I got when I was at FIDM and the few that I acquired since (really HOW many shades of each color do you REALLY need when you have been taught to blend colors... I DO need some new blending markers though.) , a few reference books, and my FAVORITE several past issues of Vouge Collections. I have an easel in the other corner, but I am not ready to share that painting (sorry).


And then there are the closets... They look messy but I know what is going on. Adam, my dear husband made me the shelves for the fabric.

It has been a little too long since my last post, I apologize!

I played a game in Portland a week ago and we lost by A LOT. After living there Portland had left a pretty awful taste in my mouth, but I had so much fun visiting and I loved playing the Rose City Rollers Wheels of Justice, even if they kicked our ass.

I actually was not ready to leave when it was time to go.

This past weekend Adam and I finally got a weekend *kind of* off of derby. I mean I helped with newbies on Friday, helped with newbies again on Saturday and did some counting of merch to get the website prepared to start selling it, and had travel team practice and a league meeting on Sunday, but- compared to being out of town playing bouts, it felt like having the weekend off of derby.

Obviously, I love it or I wouldn't do it, but I was so happy to get a few things done!

I finally tackled that art room- which is good, because I have lots of projects floating around in my head that I want to get started on. More on that, later. I will also put up some more pictures soon of the new and improved workspace!

We also finally started putting the art up. For some reason we are having more trouble deciding where to put things this time, even though we have a ton of wall space. I am not sure what to do about the paintings that are not hanging, maybe I should have a big etsy sale. Paintings get ruined when they are stored for too long.