My happy place, a studio tour

I got to spend some time in my "studio" today. My sister just told me she thinks it's funny that I put the word studio in quotes, I guess I do that because it's not a real studio, it's really just a corner of my living room. But you know what, it is a studio to me. It's where I get crafty and creative and feel inspired. I think the white Ikea furniture keeps things light and bright, which helps because I work with a lot of colorful fabrics and papers.

This is the quilt I'm working on for myself right now. I love how the pinwheels are turning out. I'm finding out though that I'm not so good at getting them perfectly lined up, regular ol' squares are certainly easier.

I love my paper suitcases, they hold supplies as does the vintage Strawberry Shortcake tin my mom got me.

My bookshelf full of stuff. The fabrics aren't as well organized as I'd like, but oh well. My design book library is looking a little slim, I've got some of the books out and about.

On the left there is an old hamper I use to store bulky things like batting for quilts. I want to paint it a color, what do you think? I was contemplating a lovely shade of pink?

In progress things, ignore my glass of scary looking smoothie.

In progress cup cozy's

This is the bread box I got at the last antiques faire I went to. The color is so perfect! It's currently holding all of the bags I have to cart things around in.

And TA-DA, I finally hung up my yarn covered letters! I don't remember who gave me the idea but I used some of those Command sticky products. Hopefully they don't fall off and knock everything off of the shelves. Speaking of the shelves, they are currently holding a hodge podge of stuff that doesn't have any other home. A few things are waiting to be framed and other things are there because I don't want them damaged.

You can really see my scalloped paint job in these pics, it makes me happy! So anyhow, that's just a little update on my creative space, or studio... :)

Studio tour #1 Turquoise Dream!

Today's studio tour comes to us by way of my good friend Teresa. She is a Stampin' Up rep and an all around creative genius when it comes to making fabulous things with paper! Not to mention she is an interior designer running her own business, a mother to two awesome boys, a wife and a great friend. I can admit I'm a little jealous of her awesome creative space, her boys even have a little desk of their own so they can hang out with her while she is in there.

She recently redid this room, it was originally a playroom but I like it much better now. Most of the pieces of furniture in the room were already owned so she didn't have to go out and get much for this redo. She installed towel rods on the wall to hang the plastic cups of creative goodies and there is a magnetic circle underneath the paint where the little canisters stick to the wall.

Having things out where you can see them is important and she came up with a great and attractive way to see all of her stickers and ribbons in one place.

Her main work space is an old working drafting table.

I love this craft studio and would love to squirrel myself away in there for hours at a time.  If you would like to take advantage of Teresa's awesome skills you can find her here.

If you would like your own studio space featured on The Next Day is Someday please send me an email with some pics!