When clients, students and friends come to the studio it doesn’t look like this….ever…. Oh sure the “not just another bad hair day” found object/mermaid sculpture is there along with my kindergarten diploma and a variety of other “interesting” odds, ends and artwork; but for the most part everything is put into some kind of order…. But when I am working, well let’s just call it like it is…. the creative fairies come out and mess it all up! Really, I have nothing to do with it and I can’t control them. They buzz around me pulling things out of the cabinets and drawers, trying different stones, textures, templates, anything they can get their tiny little hands on! I am the neat and orderly type, the one that has a place for everything and nothing, I mean everything in its place…That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!
BTW, for those of you that aren’t up on mystical creatures the Brownies are the ones that come in while you are sleeping and CLEAN THE PLACE UP! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_(folklore) *note: If any brownies are reading this, you are welcome here ;D
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I think I met one of those brownies, his name is Steve.
Yeah, Steve is awesome and does some pretty cool things but unfortunately the fairies make a really big mess and Steve doesn’t know where to put everything in the studio!
I know just what you mean Marnie–when the Muses come out to play at The Creative Cottage, the paints & scissors & bits of collage materials & buttons & ribbon all get heaped up and spill over to the floor and create quite a messy tizzy! What I love though is all the laughter and merriment in general my friends seem to have when we just forget the mess and have FUN! Besides, who’s coming to inspect–the Queen? To make myself feel better, I’ve come up with a “Mess-O-Meter” by which I judge how much fun we’ve had on a project–and I’ve found the messier we are the more fun we’ve had! FUN is its own reward! If, however, you do see those Brownies…I’m sure I could have some fun watching them clean up after us!!!!!
…….If the “Mess-O-Meter” is working right I’m having a whole lot of FUN in my own studio and I always have fun at the Creative Cottage!
What a beautiful photo! Envy aside, what a gorgeous inspiring space!
Love and light,
Sue
Thank you Sue, I love my little creative space and my hope is that everyone that comes to play will find it to be a fun, easy space to create in.