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Friday, April 24, 2009

Studio sneak peek

Want to see what I've been up to?

The poster on the left was given to me by my sister from her trip to the Moulin Rouge in Paris. I had it professionally framed.

I've used vintage milk jars to store pencils and paint brushes. I may replace them with these I recently purchased so I can use the jars elsewhere in my home (thanks Amanda for the link to Brown Button Trading!).

Do you like my little army of acrylic paints all lined up and ready for battle?

If you have purchased from my store then you will know I like to wrap orders like a gift. I like to receive carefully packaged goods in the mail myself so I figured my customers would appreciate the effort I put into their orders.

I plan to install this IKEA towel rod against the wall and place the paper on the rod to keep it handy.


And look! Progress on the painting. It still has a loooong way to go...

My husband recently painted the walls of the studio using left over paint. He painted EVERYTHING - power points, a sticker on the wall, picture hangers. As I mentioned on Twitter, thank goodness I wasn't leaning on the wall at the time or he might have painted me too! PS: You can follow me here if you would like to: http://twitter.com/ishandchi

And today, the electrician installed extra lighting because it can get quite dark down in the dungeon. There's more to organise/arrange and I'm on a strict budget. I'll be sure to do a full reveal soon with a cost breakdown (if I can find all of my receipts).

Have a lovely weekend!

13 comments:

  1. looking good! i love the little milk bottles! can't wait to see it all x

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  2. Love the snippets. So pretty. Happy weekend.

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  3. Looks great! Can't wait to see the finished painting and the full reveal!

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  4. You have been very busy organising! I really enjoyed my trip to the Moulin Rouge to see the show.

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  5. Great job ....looks nice so far! If you get more pics feel free to email to me for a post. : )


    Jen Ramos
    'Cards & Prints You'll Love...'
    www.madebygirl.commadebygirl.blogspot.com--

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  6. What a lovely space - looking great!

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  7. So far so good! Can't wait to see the rest. Love the poster your sis gave you.

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  8. I just found your blog today, and the pictures of your studio, your house and your creations are inspiring me to get back in touch with my creative side. Thank you so much! I'm going to dig out my art supplies tonight I think!

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  9. You have the most beautiful studio, I wish mine was half as beautiful and tidy. Have a fabulous weekend (I hope your gorgeous tumblers got to you ok) xx

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  10. Thank you!

    There's still a bit to do and I can't wait to show you the rest. Especially what I plan to do with the studio door. I hope it turns out okay so stay tuned for that :)

    Jen - Thanks, I will!

    Kimberlee - I wasn't home but the postman left me a note. I wasn't sure what it was for (because I'm waiting for a few orders, bad bad me) - now I know! I'm picking them up today. Thank you for sending them out so quick :)

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  11. your studio is adorable. where did you get the white floating shelves from, if you don't mind me asking? i'm in the states, so if you got them locally i'm going to have to keep searching, lol, but i thought i'd ask just in case!

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  12. thebluestpurple - thank you! The shelves are from Ikea.

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  13. wonderful! that i can definitely do :) thanks so much for responding.

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