Hello! I hope you're all having a lovely week! As you know, I've been slowly moving my studio and shop to two different rooms in the house. It's quite a process as I'm sure you can imagine, but I think the rewards are going to be soooo worth it. For one, the "shop" room will strictly be inventory, shipping, and shop supplies. That is going to make shipping, ordering, and keeping track of business so much for efficient! (and it's cute too, I'll show you photos of that soon) And now, my studio will be more centrally located in my home, and is just a studio. It was so hard to keep the studio clean when it was combined with the constant influx of inventory, and I'm one of those people that doesn't feel that creative unless my space is pretty tidy and organized. So enough blabbering and on to the peeks. The photo above is of a fantastic old door my husband bought for me. At first I wasn't sure if I was going to put anything at all on it, but as you can see I decided to utilize it a little.
I am pretty sure I mentioned to you that I covered all of my walls with fabric, right? Well I have also lined any shelves with layers of old lace and sometimes millinery flowers.
I'm still using old boxes, or boxes covered in old papers to organize a lot of my bits of paper and things.
I love having my rubber stamps on display. The tin in the back is a wonderful art deco candy tin I found on a recent trip to the DC area with my husband, here you get a glimpse of the fabric walls with the lace and ribbon striping.
A wonderful gift from my husband from Christmas. Can you see her dainty little shoes peeking out from her dress?
Maybe this post should really have been about how I display my rubber stamps? :)
Old hat boxes, jewelry boxes, and purses, must have staples in any vintage studio, right?
Oh ick! Please ignore the dead bug in this photo. Those stupid bugs have invaded east TN this past year and they turn up everywhere. I can't believe I didn't notice when I was taking the photo...
This wall is not completely finished, I still need to add smaller frames to the inside of the large frame in the upper corner as well as some other things, but you get the idea of where it is going, right? The new studio is filled with natural light all day, and I adore that. It is also a smaller room, and I have to pare down and just keep the things I really love, but so far it is making me quite happy.
I'll share more when I get more finished, but I hope you enjoyed the little peeks into my new world today.
xoxo, Cerri
I moved all my craft things from a small room upstairs to a big room in the basement. I hate it I don't know how I found everything in the small room but I just need to unpack throw away and organize! lol Thank you for your beautiful inspiration. Grace xoox
Posted by: grace | February 23, 2012 at 04:35 PM
Oh my, it is gorgeous!!
Posted by: Sherry B | February 23, 2012 at 05:07 PM
This is a feast for the eyes.
Posted by: Joan | February 23, 2012 at 10:14 PM
This is beautiful!
It must be wonderful to work in this environment - well done you!
Posted by: Teresa | February 23, 2012 at 10:51 PM
Cerri. It looks great. Can't wait to see the rest of it. We need to get together!
Posted by: kim gann | February 24, 2012 at 09:49 AM
My heart is racing just looking at this!!! Absolutely gorgeous!!! I love to display my rubber stamps too! This just gave me an idea to display some fabulous Christmas stamps on the fireplace mantle in December!!
Enjoy your new space. It looks like it should be in the magazine Where Women Create!!!!
Posted by: Laura Duet | February 25, 2012 at 10:33 AM
I am loving everything but adore your wall of shelves and all the pretties. So glad you are settling in your new space :)
xo Kris
Posted by: Kris Pare | February 25, 2012 at 09:47 PM
Hi Cerri, what an inspiring and cute place to create! I really love the vignettes of your creative materials, and the way you've displayed them. You have a lovely blog and I'm so glad I stopped by! ~Marti
Posted by: marti | February 26, 2012 at 05:55 PM
Hi! I love your elegant displays & your beautiful stamp collection. Can you tell me who makes the girl with wings photo rubber stamp? It's in the 4th to the last picture. I searched your store but I don't see it.
Thank you! Vina
Posted by: Vina | March 01, 2012 at 04:55 AM
SO beautiful! Love your blog! I'm a new follower! ♥ Anne
Posted by: Anne Launius Berbling | March 04, 2012 at 01:59 AM