Ok, first things first, I am having a sale from now thru Sunday, October 25th. I'm calling it the "Pre-Holiday Sale," you know, so you can get a head start:)
I'm offering 20% off of your entire purchase!
The code is "HOLIDAY09," and it's good through Sunday, the 25th of October, 2009.
To use the code on
etsy:place your order, and enter the code "HOLIDAY09" into the "message to
seller" box at the time of purchase. Then wait for me to send you a revised paypal
invoice before making your payment.
To use the code at
shopmbmb.com: place your order, and enter the code "HOLIDAY09"into the "discount code" box. The amount will automatically be deducted.
*Please note this offer does not apply to custom orders, invitations or save
the dates, and cannot be combined with quantity discounts:)
I have been using
MailChimp to send out my sale emails, and I totally recommend it! You can design a pretty lil' email and send it to your mailing list for a very reasonable fee:) Check out the sale email
here.So, now that that's out of the way, onto some photos of my new studio! As I may have mentioned before, In our new Fargoan abode, my basement studio is double the size of our Minneapolis duplex. It's huge!

So big, in fact, that everything has it's own station:

That's the screen-printing region. Sure I could have vacuumed the carpet. Sure I could have covered those messy boxes with some decorative fabric. Sure could have.

Here's the painting station. I thought about styling this shot more by putting a painting on the easel, but I'm not painting anything at the moment, and I don't want to visually lie to my readers!

And here's the "sewing" zone. Pretend those are air quotes around the word "sewing." Because so far I have mended a pair of pants. I do so love my sewing machine (thank you very much joj!), but my skills and patience are lacking. I do have a sewing project up my sleeve though, so I may master it yet....So, mostly I use this table for putting labels on things. And sometimes I just sit at and gaze at my miniatures, like the creep that I am:)


And finally, my most favorite place in the studio, the 1960's relaxing nook:

That floor to ceiling table/lamp had been in my dad's shed since I bought it at a rummage sale three years ago. I am so happy to see it standing! And then there's a crushed velvet chair. It's a great place for a sit. And sit I do.