After - Small Display Shelf
When I got home from my three-day weekend and got the laundry done I rushed over to read Day 5, 6 and 7 of Organization Week. I found that I had done most of the steps in the process of Day 1-4! I will qualify that statement with the fact that I had read Nat’s blog about Julie visiting and helping her organize her studio, so I really did get a head start.
I now have THREE shelves dedicated to displaying my art. One has been here for a while and was so crammed with beautiful journals that you couldn’t see any of them. So for Organization Week I created two more. One has been holding other things (see above after picture) and one is brand new. I showed you the brand new shelf at the end of this post right after it was installed, but here it is now.
Both Display Shelves-New one up, old one down.
Hopefully at some point I will able to use that middle space will hold other pieces once I have spent more time sorting and purging and sorting again.
Most of my art is in the form of journals so shelves are good. But I have quite a bit of paper art too. I have cleared off one section of wall to make a display of my flat pieces. I’m planning on doing my version of an idea I saw in the Cloth, Paper, Scissors studios, Fall 2011 edition. I will cover the wall (maps, music, collage?) and then hang randomly-sized empty picture frames and rotate art pieces through the frames. I am still thinking through the background (wall) but I already acquired the picture frames and have started sanding and painting them. This project will take a bit of time.
Besides the Display Wall, I now have the small things to organize. Clearing out and organizing the files of images, organizing the rubber stamps, making divider boxes all of that little stuff.
Small Alphabet Organization
Above is one of the little organizing projects. My teeny-tiny alphabet stamps in a shallow utensil tray. The came as little cubes of letters – impossible to get in and out while working. BUT you must keep them in order so you can find them as you are spelling out words and so you know if you are missing any at the end of the day. So here they are in order with cosmetic sponges adding tension to keep them upright. The extra segment of the tray comes in handy to keep things nearby – actually ended up putting my damp handy-wipe in it.
I suspect over time that I will have to move some things around as I find out how practical the current arrangements are. But overall getting my already organized studio – organized for work (play) was really fun and is a great relief! Thank you Julie!
