Studio Tour of Phar Lepht

Yikes! I just spent about an hour writing and posting pictures and then totally lost it!!! I just goes to show... Hah! (You will never know how brilliantly I wrote this the first time.)

Anyways, I am gonna try again. This will be my last journal entry until we return from our vacation (Yay! Vacation!!!) as I have a show next week (first weekend of March) at Ft. Bliss, Tx and then leave soon after for the big event. I have a show the first weekend in April in San Antonio so my time is going to be limited for journaling.

I spent a lot of time after returning from the Gem & Mineral show in Tucson rearranging and reorganizing the studio. Let's just say, I got carried away...

I took pictures of the new and improved. Let me know what you think.



My birdie Sky, reference materials, catalogs, bead mags and books. This is facing the dinning area on our sunporch and you can just make out the bird head in the jar on the dinning table. I am refurbishing a wooden roadrunner sculpture my Daddy made for me years ago. The pink 'blankie' is Sky's.



My desk...notice the wooden shelf on top which holds some of my tools and small findings. This was also made by my Dad and he and my Mom gave me the anvil on the desk. See my new chasing hammer and rubber mallet! The small lavender bookshelf which holds bead boxes was my Grandmother Hettie's (she taught me Crafts!)



This is the corner of the studio, you can see my suncatchers (except for the one I just got from Caryn...I didn't have it then.) It is too dark (hey! I am not the photographer in the family) but you can see my view and the aleppo pine that I planted the year Noah was born. They are both big boys now. It was a rare and cloudy day in Phar Lepht.






My card-table work-station thingee which I use depending on the project. The cool Ott Light (natural light) was a gift from Cecil and the huge magnifier in the back was made by my Daddy (he is clever, isn't he?)






The sewing table desk next to my jewelry desk that belonged to Bernadine (Nana.) I gave the sewing machine to my daughter-in-law Jenni but kept the desk (I need all the space I can get.) On top is an organizer box that holds jars of beads which I painted in my folksie style. Also is my carousel spinner beady thingee which is exceedingly cool and I got that for free with an order. Notice, more tools and please ignore the dust, I do...





My storage cabinets which hold paper, bags, paints, glass, empty jars, bobbles and of course, more tools. The postcards on the outside are ones that I picked up at different bead shows and are inspirations.



The following are just some close-ups (ignore the dust, I do...) of some areas and the labeling I did. The Barnum and Bailey tin holds my glues and is appropriate considering my parents were/are Clowns. (Really!)












Well, you get the idea of my space. Thanks for coming on the tour...the door is always open and yes, that last picture is a dog. Yogi (the Yog, Yoggie Doggie or Scobby Do) and he is a fixture too.