Greetings, blog friends.
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Friday night at dinner, I told Doug, "Tomorrow I'm doing nothing but art. All.Day.Long."
"Good for you," he answered {knowing he'd be playing in a golf tournament most of the day and I would be home and happy in my craft room}.
I had a mental list of the things I wanted to make over the weekend, but first I needed to get my craft space organized before I could begin. Well, one thing led to another and instead of creating art all day on Saturday, I proceeded to clean out my craft room closet instead.
I really should have taken some before and after photos of the closet, but in my defense I really hadn't
planned to completely empty, sort, purge, and re-arrange the items in there - I was supposed to be creating something! By the time I realized where my day was going, I was knee deep in it, my camera was buried and I was on a roll. No time for photo taking...until later.
I ended up with a full box to donate
{and/or swap}, another box of garbage/recycle, a
small stack that I think
Carrie will want, and a nice and tidy craft room closet
{all except for the very top shelf because I ran out of steam}.
And although I didn't necessarily create something tangible, my day was spent surrounded by
my stuff. All those things I've been collecting to use on a project someday. All those things that inspire me and call to me. I loved every minute of Saturday.
So many tools...so little time...
There's something about being freshly organized that's so inspiring. Later, I found myself standing in my craft room, just soaking it all in and enjoying the sights. That's when all these photos happened - in the afterglow of ~sigh~
"The closet is organized and I'm so inspired but now I don't want to make a mess..."
So I took a bunch of photos of shelf space and called it a day.
{cross stitch piece made by a dear old friend of mine...squirrel belonged to the mom of another great friend...}
And on Sunday? We mostly took it easy around here, and I made cupcakes to take to work today.
It was a lovely weekend, friends.
Simply lovely.
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