New Shelf

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I kill me. Clutter drives me crazy, yet my studio is always cluttered. I like to say that's because I literally spend hours each day in here working. My actual work surface is what really gets me though. I continue to pile things around me as I use them so my actual working space ends up being about an 8" square. It's ridiculous and very frustrating. I finally decided no more and figured out what to do about it. And I did it. I really hated to put anything in front of the window that obstructs my view, but this was so worth it. (I never noticed those finger prints until I took the picture. Must clean.)

It's been life changing!

I assembled over 50 Sticky Notes this weekend. That includes Monday, which I took off from work. I worked from literally 4:30 AM to 7:30 PM, taking breaks to eat, read the paper and do a load of laundry. I was beat, but in a good productive way.

Just out of range of this photo remains a mess, but that's next. I tell myself I don't have time to organize but obviously it's better in the long run. I must remember that.

I find that when my studio is the most chaotic, it puts me more in the control freak, decluttering mood elsewhere in the house. I rearranged the pantry the other day and put the less used appliances on a shelf, whereas they had been on the pantry floor. Steve noticed and teased me about it. He has this thing where he wants every appliance out and on the counter, lined up like little soldiers parading about. I like clean counters. I asked him when exactly was the last time he used the blender or bread machine. He said it didn't matter if he only uses them once a year, if there's space available, he likes them out, ready to use. Thankfully he doesn't really care that much and I care about clean counters a LOT, so we go with my way there.

Actually we go with my way in most areas of the house. As it should be. :-)

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I worked at MJ's show Saturday morning. It was rather slowish, but I made some decent sales, even besides Mom. :-) MJ said Thursday was phenomenal, Friday was slow and I know she was wishing for more traffic on Saturday. She hasn't told me my final total yet, which I'm quite curious about. The next show is November 1 at Casa Larga. Meanwhile I remain in overdrive to get as much made as humanly possible - the biggest show and longest shows are in November. It will be my craziest month ever and I'm trying to plan for some spontaneous freaking out because I know it will happen.

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