Awhile back i told everyone i was re-doing my scrap room. I was all excited about it and had my list of furniture and things to by. I had sketches of what it would look like when it was finished...
But alas, it was not meant to be. Things came up and the money had to go eleswhere.
But i have managed to get little bits done here and there. The most important thing to me was to create a space for my children to create with me. Since scrapping has become more of a part-time job to me than just a hobby, i have struggled to find a way to balance my time "working" without it affecting my time with the kids. As anyone in this industry could probably agree, there are too many times where you neglect your children whilst desperately trying to reach some all important deadline. When i first strated taking on work, i found myself constantly saying things to my kids like" please just go and play, mummys really busy" while they pleaded for my attention. I tried to battle this by scrapping late at night while they were sleeping. But i am not one who funtions well at night once i've gone past my bed time, so my layouts would take me twice as lone, and then i would struggle through the next day on just a few hours sleep. On top of all of this, i would constantly struggle with the constant guilt of neglecting my family for the sake of scrapbooking.
So one of my solutions to this problem was to create a space for my children to create with me. This way when i had a deadline that had to be reached and i needed to work , instead of ignoring them, they could scrap with me....or paint, or draw, whatever! My 5 year old daughter especially loves scrapbboking, but they all love the idea of coming into mummy's workspace (a place thats is otherwise off limits to them) to "work" with mummy. And they love it. They even have thier own stash of supplies.
My desk is directly behind them (so that my back is facing the window, and they are on my left, if that makes any sense?). Above thier desk are shelves which i keep most of my product on. I find i need to SEE my stash. if i store it away, i forget i have it ..."out of site, out of mind" if you know what i mean!
Under the shelves are more product hanging off a wire from IKEA. ( I <3 Ikea...i have decked out much of my house in stuff from there!).
These are my favourite fairy wings. I used to collect them, but my kids play with most of them now. Except for these hand-made beauties. They are a bit old now, as i've had them for 8 years!
I mostly store my ribbons inside lots of jars, and my buttons in clear bags :)
This is my painting space. I covered the cupboards above it with layouts from mags that inspire me. ( yes, i cut up my mags! lol )
Sadly, it never occurs to me that i should put $$$ aside to buy myself some albums. So, yes, i am ashamed to admit, i store my layouts in pizza boxes!
And this is just something that i bought "just because". It has no purpose other than to make me happy. i think it's so cute, these little paper asian dolls playing a game with a ball, so delicately made, dancing with every brease that comes though the window....
And heres some other bits and peices of my scrap room....
There you go...so now you've had a sneak peak into my creating space!
But before i go, i must share with you one more thing.....You must see THIS. I know i rave on about this girl all the time, but she IS truly brilliant! And such an inspiration to me :)
Her style is called "Boutique Style". I love that! What a cool style to have. I never know what MY style is. I have had alot of people call it a real "gypsie style" and FK published an article calling my style "urban" Hmmm, think i like the sounds of Gypsie more than Urban, lol!
Anyway....Congrats on your first and most stunning article Danielle!
ok, thats all for me!
Z :)
