my new studio

  

months ago dan encouraged me to create a studio

or a workplace if you will.

i was traveling around the house with my laptop

& felt sorta homeless.

we basically were only using our living room 

as the room that holds the christmas tree

so it seemed the perfect space.

we found two perfect homes for the sofas

& began to make a plan.

during the interim caroline enjoyed having her own personal dance space!

basically i need a place to write, edit photos

& work on noonday.

we had our budget in mind & headed to world market to purchase

a table, chair and a couple other little pieces for the space.

i realize it's pretty sparse right now

but too much clutter actually makes me nervous.

i'm going to let the room evolve...

may or may not add storage for my noonday inventory

may or may not do something different with lighting

(i'd love a chandelier)

may or may not reupholster one of dan's moms chairs that she passed down to me

may or may not add some art

or make some big boards to showcase photography.

but for now i'm loving the space.

when the girls come home from school

someone usually camps out in here & works on homework.

i wanted a big comfy chair so that while i'm working on the computer

someone can snuggle up with a book. 

i realize it's probably a designer's nightmare

or it looks completely uninspiring to you

but it's  perfect for me!

i usually have the window closest to my desk open

& listen to the birds right out side my window

that nest in the maple tree

while listening to fleetwood mac or needtobreathe on pandora.

i love it!

 

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because i thought you might ask~~

table, stool, metal organizing shelf - world market

camera bag- jeanne oliver

business cards - minted

white chair- IKEA
big striped frame with beach photo - the handmade home 
beach photo i had printed on canvas - easy canvas prints
salvaged tarp France bucket - restoration hardware

leather journals - anthropologie

framed art - janet hill

gold frames- collected at country living fair & gifts from a friend

brinkley - adopt a golden agency in atlanta ;)

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thank you to my dan for encouraging me to

begin this new adventure with my photography

& with noonday.

thank you for wanting to me have a space to be me.

thank you for believing in my dreams

especially the ones i didn't even know i had in my heart...

i'll love you forever with all of mine.

latest crush= jones design company

 several weeks ago i placed an order with jones design company.

emily's blog has been one of my favorites 

& her prints are my latest crush.

anyway....so the postal carrier bent the super thick sturdy envelope

to jam fit it into my mailbox

& my prints were all crinkled.

i shared about my life lesson

& how bent crinkled imperfect days are often a catalyst for learning.
the catalyst that causes me to stop & perhaps change my perspective.

being quite the generous entrepreneur,
emily sent another shipment,

unbeknownst to me.

the other day we had showers off & on for the entire day.

it was completely overcast & we were due to have heavy rains that evening.

while taking out the trash, dan noticed

our mail,

including the new second-replacement shipment from emily,

was laying flat on our front entranceway.

uncovered

& damp!

ack!!!

thank goodness he found it before the downpour!

the prints are all safe & sound

dry & unwrinkled

but seriously?

i was so thrilled to see her latest prints

so i ordered the i love you & tree images that are shown.

 and thankfully they arrived on a dry & sunny day,
 completely pristine and crinkle free!

i love my growing inventory of jones design goodies.
if you haven't dropped in, you must swing by...i bet you'll fall in love with her & her creations too.

& for a little funny~

 thought i'd share this...
when i opened up my photo files to upload the jones design company images
i found this..

yes. i share my laptop with a certain un-named middle school daughter!