Sparkles and Sticks

.today i love.

Actors who look awkward while wearing funny headdresses.

.signs.

.gavin and stacey.

.an organized studio.

A few months ago, I organized all my craft supplies and personal memorabilia (to be scrapped) in what I thought was the most brilliant system:

Boxes under my desk.  With fancy-schmancy masking tape labels.

Yarn was all balled up in one huge basket.

And basically, everything was in constant disarray.

But as I mentioned in yesterday's post, now everything is organized a little differently.

Yarn is organized according to color in one of my favorite little dressers. 

I am tying vintage keys around each handle on this chest.  The color of the ribbon and the color of the swarovski crystal I glue on each key will indicate the color of yarn in each drawer.

And supplies/memorabilia are tucked in some awesome cubes I bought at a craft store.

I loved putting these drawers together because I got to use my electric screwdriver.  I briefly pondered a career in construction, before realizing that I am probably not the worlds best candidate for daily heavy labor.  Anyway, these pieces are purchased individually, stack able, and come in a variety of different drawer/shelf compositions.  Some people have posted configurations that they have come up with here.  I can't wait until I have a whole separate room for my studio and can stack them similarly.   I have a feeling that the versatility that these things offer will make me happy with them for a long time to come.

Here's another newly organized cupboard.  Some Etsy projects in progress go here, and my basket full of a blanket in progress is next to it.

Sorry these photos are a bit dark and blurry.  Apparently my room is quite dark, even with an 800 ISO.  I wonder if my room is naturally blurry too... : )

.oh, dear.

I've been such a negligent little blogger lately, haven't I?

Things have been pretty busy around here over the past few days.  I've been re-organizing my room/studio, making tons of stuff for my FIRST EVER CRAFT FAIR on November 14th, and I have been working a lot at my "other" job.

Organizing my studio while there were so many other very important things going on may have seemed like a silly decision, but I am soooo glad I did it.  Everything is so much more organized and looks so much prettier.  I'm not the most super-est of neat freaks in this world, but the clutter had definitely gotten to me.  It was making my mind messy when I really needed to be sharp and perky.  I'll post pictures tomorrow, I promise.

Also coming up this week: some eye candy, some scrapbook pages, and a few handfuls of monster of the week on Saturday (because everyone loooves the house that gives them more than just one piece of candy).

Until then, I'll leave you with a picture of a pretty pink sunset.

Hasta!

.this place is magical.

.potential halloween costumes.

These are some things that I might like to be for Halloween...

Drusilla or Darla

It would be really fun to be pregnant Darla (because what is more ridiculous than a pregnant vampire?) but I think that people would think I was Bella all night.

A bunny

A Super Hero

A Slayer

A Fairy

Which one do you vote for?

.i love penelope.

Watching this movie is like walking into an Anthropologie catalog.

What movies are like candy for you?

.coffeeholic goes nuts.

Thank goodness the only "-holic" status I can claim is coffee-holic.  The worst that comes out of a coffee addiction is an occasionally shaky hand and a desire to knit tons and tons of cute coffee sleeve.

They are all available in the shop.  Like, right now.

.currently obsessed.

...with gummy bears.  They seem to be the only food worth eating lately.

.hello, pretty things.

I bought this hoodie from Old Navy a few days ago, and I haven't stopped wearing it since.  It's so soft and yummy, and flirty, and I got it just in time for the chilly, overcast weather to hit my town.  (yay for fall!)

Wouldn't it look nice with this sweet headband?  I found it in the Lupin Handmade shop on Etsy.  (There's tons of other cute stuff in there too!)

And I loooove this key necklace from CorrieBerry Pie's Shop

What new fall clothes and accessories are keeping you warm and cute this fall?

PS- While I was shopping a few days ago (and buying my new hoodie!) I saw so many oversized flannel shirts and faux doc martens that I now have this official conclusion and announcement to make:

Angela Chase is back.

 

*runs off to buy some red hair dye*

.monster of the week- the Sanderson sisters.

This is definitely my favorite Halloween movie.

I was way too much of a fraidy cat to see this movie when it first came out, but loved it when I got older.  My favorite part?  Sarah Jessica Parker jumping up and down saying "Amuck, amuck, amuck!"