in the studio: bright beginnings

oh, the promised photos of the new studio, set up from the OPEN STUDIO this past weekend. here's your personal open studio tour:

inspiration wall with a table display and jayme reaves photography.

ornaments and gift tags made. the table as it was left by the last fun group of people.

it shares good energy!

gifts from others to the studio.

gifts & tokens from the studio blessing. lovely.

my desk becomes gift wrapping station + display.

great flowers, assembled to provide extra special magic for those who enter.

the prints set up full center.

another wonderful angle of the light from these amazing windows!

my newest additions between the hutch from class & trash and

kacey stafford of found studio's woman tree painting. love it!

touches of beauty in these blooms.

there is so much blooming in this space,

so much taking root, so much fertilizer!

enjoy. delight. create.

life stories: studio blessing

i'm having a studio blessing with a small group of folks. the studio has been blessed through the creativity circle, through birthday celebration, pep talks, good visits, creativity, and introductions. it's been blessed through many hands creating, painting, unloading, sharing, and loving. i'm so, so glad for this space.

i invite you to participate using your voice...

i want to enlarge the circle of blessing by inviting you to write a sentence or two as words of blessing for the "wish jar" that we'll be creating. it's a jar that will have rolled up pieces of paper containing blessings for those who need to reach in, read, and hold on tight.

i'll collect your words and print them out using good fonts. i'll roll them up and stash them in the jar. the jar will be in the studio available for folks to reach in anytime they need. it's a good space, this studio. it's a good space, this blog. it's a good space, this wish jar. thank you!

i've created my button blessings that are available in my etsy shop if you'd like one for yourself written in my hand. it's meant to be a good word that you need to hear, to speak, to hold in the right moment.

life stories: a little paint & a lotta love

day 1: creating space.

these are a few of the highlights from the day's

work preparing the new studio space.

the first rolls, testing the color in the morning light.

returning to the space, painting with my boy.

i love the help from these hands of my son. what a sweet moment.

we took turns, so i could smooth over what his hands helped create.

soon half of one wall was complete, with a little more edging on the corner.

and a little afternoon light graced us with its presence.

i hear the studio will get roasty toasty in the summer heat.

good thing we're moving in the fall

and will have time for those preparations.

i'm beginning to think of this as a robin's nest. lovely.

thanks be for my sweet one and his eager help, for friends who offer support and cheer colors, and for the hands to come who will bless the space with their participation and presence. ah, these are good moments, in a good space, with so much more to come...