How creative are you?

You Are 66% Creative

You are beyond creative. You are a true artist - even if it's not in the conventional sense of the word.You love creating for its own sake, and you find yourself quite inspired at times.

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Happy New Year!!!

Well, I didn't quite get my organizing done by midnight last night but I refused to go to bed until I had it completed as far as possible, thanks to Michaels closing early. I needed a few more drawers and jars to finish up but didn't have time to look for them, as I arrived as they were closing, oh well, I got it done enough to be happy with it until later in the week when I can find the time to go again. I was up until 6AM working on getting things done so that I could take pics and so I can feel more creative this year (it won't take much) and that is the only challenge I have for myself this year. Not a resolution but challenge!?!? probably one and the same but resolution just sounds too difficult to accomplish LOL!! A couple of months ago I decided to move my sewing/crafting area into the dining room and the boxes that were stored there into my sewing room (we are still redoing damage from the 2 hurricanes that hit us 3 weeks apart in 2004 and have lots of our stuff in storage boxes). Unfortunately, everyone uses my tables to put stuff on (DH's work bag, mail, etc) so it has stayed a mess since the move. I couldn't stand the boxes when you first walk in the front door and thought I would enjoy seeing my sewing stuff there more and maybe accomplish more. Below are some pictures of what I accomplished the last few days.

The first two pictures are a shelf and a set of drawers that is to the left of the front door as soon as you come in. I have my dyeing notebooks (and swap stuff I need to put into them), notebooks of info I have printed off the internet (patterns, etc), some quilt projects, CQ supplies, flowers for this coming falls cemetery arrangements-there are sunflowers in there and they are one of my fav flowers so I don't mind them there for now, scrapbooking stuff. I'm sure there is some other stuff on there but you get the idea. The third picture is the Embellishment Center I got from Michaels that holds my buttons and beads-I need more of these jars so I can finish. On the top shelf you see a Tasters Choice jar which holds my Nanny's buttons (she taught me how to sew and was about my most favorite person in the world-wish she was still here) and the metal can holds my mom's buttons. The bottom two shelves are suppose to hold dowels for spools of ribbon, not sure if I will use them for that or not.

These two pictures show the view if you turn to the right when you come in the front door (standing in the foyer, the door is to my bedroom), My Bernina 1130 is sitting on my Nanny's sewing machine cabinet and the table with the iron on it will soon hold a 72x30 ironing surface (Lowes was closing when I got there last night too-right next door to Michaels). I need a piece of 1/2" plywood, already have the batting and teflon fabric to cover it with.

The picture on the right is my main work surface. It holds my 40x72 cutting board and the drawer holds my rotary cutters and scissors, some of my paints, post-its, postage scale, pens, labels, my to-do board (shows the swaps I have due for each month) with some creative things I have received from some of my dyeing and surfacing friends, etc. The wall hanging was made for me with some of my hand-dyed fabrics when I participated in the Twisted Mystery on about.com this past year. I will put a picture of the one I made for Kate at the bottom of this LONG post).

To the right of my cutting table is a pegboard with my rulers, paintsticks, some of my surfacing paints (Lumiere, Dynaflow, etc) stencils, patterns, screen for printing, ribbon, etc. The beautiful fish printed piece you see on the right is my temporary design wall-it is a vinyl. flannel backed tablecloth that I pull over the pegboard when designing things. To the left is a table that holds some of my organizational drawers, my sewing tools, threads, TV to watch videos while sewing, books, fan, serger, some of my dyed fabric that needs folded and put in the drawers under the table.

Hope I haven't bored you too much but if you've read this far, congratulations!! I'll try not to be so long winded next time. If any of you have suggestions for better organization, please let me know. Below is the picture of the wallhanging I did for Kate I mentioned earlier in my post, the picture on the left is the fabric she sent me that I used along with Kona black and some blue I dyed that matched perfectly.