Back from Vacation!

Yesterday afternoon we got home from a week long cruise on Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas cruise ship.  From Galveston, TX we went to Roatan, Honduras, Belize City, Belize, and Cozumel, Mexico.  We had a grand time.

Now, back to reality and working on the Studio!!!

So, when we left, I was waiting on this guy to install the kitchen countertop and backsplash.  He wanted to do it the weekend we left for the cruise.  I told him I wouldn't be available until today and would he still be interested in completing the job.  No response yet.  I'm going to wait until 4pm (time he gets off work) and if I don't hear from him I'm going to start looking for someone else.  I have all the material...just need the labor.  Plumber is due on Thursday.  I'm going to go ahead and let him do bathroom but, I'll just have to get someone to finish the Kitchen sink hook up later.  *sigh*

I'm going out to the shop to sort buttons by color! 

Happy Crafting!

Kim

Stenciling

Picked up a stencil at Michaels to decorate up the front of the drawers for the old "Home Interiors" cabinet I bought at a garage sale.  First I used gray chalk paint on the unit and the drawers.  The stenciling was done in white.  I just picked up Waverly chalk paint at Wal-Mart and it works just fine.  It's a smooth creamy paint.  It was really easy to work with and covered really well.

I made a Dotee for the Swap-bot group "Dotees for Everyone".  I've been hosting an Alphabet series.  This is "F".  It is Fluffy Flowered & Fairyed Flutterby.

Happy Crafting,

Kim

Sorting a little at a time!

Happy Monday!  I went out to work in the Studio for a bit this morning and remembered to take a few pictures of the progress.

I started sorting all crafts into different categories.  I found I had glue in the Scrapbooking area, sewing area and the beading area.  Same for buttons!  Now they are all in one section.

I moved all the empty containers to one area.  I'll start using these as I start going through the piles I've sorted.

I got the Tiara quilter set up!  I'm going to check with the quilt store in Terrell to see if they give lessons.  I need to learn more about the quilter itself.

My sewing machine is set up.  The TV tray with the purple top is a travel ironing board Billy and I made.  I'm going to give it to a friend and cover another one with a fabric that better matches the gray in the room.

This is the tile for the kitchen backsplash.

Still no bathroom sink so when I turn on the A/C it needs someplace for the condensation to go.  I found this little jar to collect.

I doubled up the "Billy" shelves from IKEA.  Now they hold my large bins for scrap paper.  It also holds my Cricuts nicely. 

That's all I have for today.  I'm going to get more set up around my desk tomorrow.

Happy Crafting!

Kim

Still sorting!

I took a little break from sorting over the weekend.  Friday, my Daughter and Son-in-law came down.  She wanted to get her hair highlighted and cut by the same girl she's been using for years.  When Billy got home from work we went to dinner at BNR Pitt Grill!  Saturday, Billy worked again and the three of us went to First Monday at Canton.  We walked over 6 miles and spent 6 hours shopping.  I was shopping for tables for the Studio but came up empty handed.  Sunday Heather and Chad headed home and I followed along.  I spent the night and on Monday we tailgated at the Ballpark in Arlington.  I spent the night there and came home yesterday.  When I got home I did a little cleaning and laundry and even mowed the yard. 

This morning I ordered the Formica for the countertop.  It will not be delivered until next week but, the guy said he could get on it as soon as it comes in.  I picked up the tile.  It was a nice gray and white...mostly white stone looking tile.  Very pretty.  I also purchased a sink/faucet kit from Lowes.  All that's left is topping out plumbing and....to finish sorting.  Seems never ending!

Happy Crafting!

Kim

Scrapbooking is Sorted!

WOW!  I have a lot of scrapbook crap!  I got all of it sorted in different piles such as, embellishments, ribbons and fibers, adhesives, ink, stamps, stickers and etc.....  I'm going to skip over to fabric or beads tomorrow as either of those should be quicker to sort as I don't have as much or the accessories required are less.  I hope to have both beading and sewing sorted before Friday.  My daughter Heather is coming over and I'm going to get her to help me pick out each "tote" or such to put the scrapbooking stuff in.

Happy Crafting,

Kim

A little bit of work!

It's starting to come together a little bit at a time!  I've spent the past few days opening boxes that have been packed for over a year and sorting through and putting things into like piles.  I haven't yet gotten to the scrapbook paper but, I can tell you now, it will not be pretty.  I've already got a pile of 12x12 paper packs over a foot tall.  There is a tote on the back porch with just as much and one up in the attic of the shop with twice that amount!  It's crazy how much a crafter can collect without knowing. 

Here are a few pictures I took last night.

I bought the wrong desk top so my file and leg have no top.  This is the Alex file here with a Billy bookcase (missing shelves) behind it and just beyond is the three IKEA Trofast storage units.

This picture was taken from the front toward the back.  You can see my new chair.  Behind it is a lamp I got from Mother's house with a new shade from Target.  In this picture I have not yet moved one of the Kallax shelves to where it will be standing.

SNAFU!  The mini fridge is too tall for the hole.  We have to get our neighbor back over here to help fix that up!

From back to front.  I do have one desk set up.  I'm using the top to help sort.

Well, break time is over...time to get back at it.

Happy Crafting,

Kim

A bit of Progress

Yesterday, the trim guy got most of the trim up.  He will be back tomorrow to finish caulking.   I have someone coming out tomorrow to quote on the countertop and backsplash.  Then I can get the plumbing topped out.  Woot!

Billy and I put together the Kallax shelves from IKEA.  These were quite easy to assemble.  The second took less than 30 minutes after we had practiced on the first one.  I'm going to a quilt show in Tyler Friday so I won't get to start setting up the room until then....but, I'll have all weekend to work on it.

Yesterday, I met some gals from the Aley Meetup craft group for lunch at the Victorian Lady Tea Room in Mabank.  We are going tomorrow evening to Stop-N-Gogh Art Studio to paint a picture.  It's one of those bring your wine and we will help you paint!  We are all looking forward to it!

Here are a few pictures of the current state of the Studio.

This is Billy finishing up on the second Kallax.  The stack of boxes on the card table behind it are full of beads sorted by color.

Here are the two (one is in back of the other) Alex file drawers.  I have a table top to go on top to make a second desk.  There are also some insulation foam boards on top.  I'm going to use spray baste to attach batting to these to use as quilt design boards.  There is also a spray bottle full of water to spray Biscuit, the cat, when he tries to climb on the screen and tear it up!!

This is my new chair.  CiCi sure is grinning big!  I guess she thinks it's her chair.

Happy Crafting,

Kim