I’ll show you mine

Hi everyone, my name is Laura of Laura Cassidy Design. It was so great to meet so many fellow etsy members at Saturday's meeting in Dublin. When the lovely Ruth of Nice Day Designs and Alex of Propeller asked for volunteers to write on this blog I agreed to do a piece for I'll show you mine.

Welcome to my studio!

I did a little tidy but I thought it best to be realistic about the space I work in!!

Before I go on I will give you a little info about where I am at the moment. I recently moved back from London after living there for ten years. I was working full time and making jewellery in my spare time. I decided it was time for me to move back home to Dublin, so I started to look at jobs and renting a place to live. My sister had recently bought a spanking new gorgeous apartment and she kindly said I could move in and base my studio there! How lucky am I?! So I took the plunge, sold a lot of my belongings at a car boot sale and drove home with my little red corsa full of my possessions (I did have some stuff shipped too!).

So, back to my studio! I love my big table where I do most of my work. When I'm making I like to have everything I need to hand, so I fill the drawers, cupboard and sliding keyboard shelf with the items I use most frequently.

I also have a smaller desk by the window where I like to reflect and get inspired! Some of the time this table gets buried under materials, files, boxes etc but I like working at it when it is tidy!

Storage!!

We crafty people have so much stuff ... but where to put it all? I like knowing where everything is so I hunt for storage ideas, I do love a pretty box!!

I have been known to spend 'quality time' sorting my resources by item and sometimes colour, here are some examples:

I love Swarovski Crystals, so many sparkly colours to choose from!!

I am always on the lookout for beautiful semi precious stones.

My millinery resources, I do like my cases!!

I also have been known for typing and printing labels for my boxes and folders, very anal I know!

At the moment my sister is away on holidays in Australia for three weeks, yes I am jealous but I have taken the opportunity to turn the sitting/dining room into a temporary photography studio! I am desperately trying to improve my photographs so thank you to Ruth for the wonderful and very useful article about photography. Below is a photo of my work waiting to be papped:

And finally, I enjoy relaxing with a cup of tea and browsing this blog and the wonderful etsy.com where there are so many fantastic things to see, buy, read and learn from!!!

Thanks for dropping in, have fun ;-)

Laura ♥
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