Tangie's Blog

Somer Lovin'

Somerset Studios that is.
I've had enough of the Arizona heat and I'm so grateful it's cooling down! Time to sit in the studio with some warm apple cider or hot chocolate and curl up with my favorite reading. (Okay it's still 90 here but a girl can dream).

Look at all the deliciousness just waiting to be devoured.

*happy sigh*
true "somer" lovin indeed.

 

Just realized I blogged two days in a row about Somerset! Must be in my creative brain!

So what do you do when...

You're renting a house with a classic 1970's conversation pit (what WERE they thinking????) with a fireplace (which was being used as a temporary office for the tax season)?

I decided it was time to have a place where I could "create" I've missed my studio so much since our move! A temporary one is better than none at all right?

1 Month and Counting!

Journal Fest is in exactly a month from today!
I can't believe it!
www.teeshamoore.com

I'm so excited to be able to take classes from Ty & Marcia Schultz

Anahata Katkin

Roxanne Padgett!

These images were taken from the respective artist's blog and all credit for their amazing work goes to them!

Counting down the seconds........

a workin' day & a blessin' day

I've been working long hours the past few days getting my new grab bag up in the store over at Scrapbookgraphics.com



Plus some collage sheets and stuff, but you can check that out over in the shop I won't use up more room on my personal blog ;). I do love to restore all those old pieces of vintage ephemera! Truly makes me happy!

Then today...out of the blue and when we needed it most a check just showed up in the mail. seriously a check we didnt' expect a refund on some insurance we paid on our house we didn't' need, so they just sent the premium back! what a blessing. it's these little miracles in life that I just treasure, a true confirmation of faith and choosing to be happy.

Hope you all have a small but precious miracle happen in your life today.

sunday studio.

i had so much fun in my studio tonight. made some atc cards for a swap at mystic paper. i've never participated in one and I'm quite giddy with excitement.

Here are the alice atc's i did.

 

and here is one of my first art journal pages.

Okay I just have to show you another one!

But first did you hear about this? Holy Moly! Me and Stacy the other day were talking about "what flavor" is Dr. Pepper, it really isn't a flavor you can explain! It's not cherry, it's not cola etc. Anyway! That is the best $200 bucks spent ever! lol!

Okay so back to the task at hand! Look at this Studio! Or all the pictures of her Studio from Flikr! I have been getting all kinds of fabulous ideas for my studio now to just get started on it! That is half the battle!

The Little Pink Studio

inspiration for life.

Today was another wonderful day, worked this morning and got a lot done, then I had a meeting with my mom for a few hours trying to convince her to give digital scrapbooking and altered art a go! Then it was some fun time with the family, Samantha and Dave went swimming. we had Merrill for a little while. then my sister, mom and I went to Hobby Lobby to look for things to make bags for girl's camp! found some fabulous urban princessy looking stuff!

And of all things, I found my artspiration for life.

Teesha Moore.

woWoEeeEEEee. i'm not sure I shall ever resurface. her art is calling to me on a level i can not even begin to describe.

*sigh* heaven. heaven on earth.

 my sweet hubby has agreed i need my studio back. but there is no extra room in this house, so we've decided to convert the "pit of despair" into some semblance of a studio for me. (The "pit of despair" is a loving name with reference to "The Princess Bride"--in the house we are in for the time being-- it's a "sunken" pit. literally. with fireplace and carpeted wall to wall benches *oh the sweet 70's architecture*...since we don't sit around the fire singing Kumbaya every night it's very wasted space!) this will be the biggest challenge ever to make it my own!

Look at the divine inspiration I found.





 

amazing studio pics by {tiffanyjane}


basket of finery {andrea singerella}



photo tree {andrea singerella}






all from Beth Quinn's Studio {bethquinndesigns}

and so much more, but this will do for the present.

~Artspirations~ A Work in Progress

Step 1: Cover the table and take a picture ;)

Step 2: Pick out a journal (Yup, those are all waiting to be made!)

Step 3: Make as big of a mess as you can

Step 4: Decide you can't handle the mess anymore, make a trip to Wal-Mart and pick up this marvelous little drawer set to organize. (Oh and a trip to the local scrapbook store to pick up some Tim Holtz distressing inks---and ummm a few other things...well okay more than a few things)

 

Step 5: Realize that the few panic attacks and hyperventilating to get started and actually use your GOOD stuff is so worth it.

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This has been such a wonderful weekend! I've had such a great time making my journal. It really was a lesson in just getting "over it". I realized there was so much more holding me back then just not allowing myself the time. It's more a feeling of inadequate and using my good stuff. (I won't get into the whole thing lol) I'm soooooooo excited I just sat down and did this. It's not even close to being finished, I'm just having too much fun!

Here's a sneak peek at some of the things I'm making for the inside:

~Artspirations~ Mental Freedom

In an effort to share more of my journey into the world of art and all the things I've loved so very much and seldom allowed myself to do, I thought I'd share it here with you in a new "category" called ~Artspirations~. This one is called "Mental Freedom"-- I'm stating my intention to the universe that I want to be free of all that holds me back from "creating".

To start on this journey:

One of the things I long to make more than anything in the world is an altered art junque book. I've even gone so far as to buy the supplies to do it. So why then, can't I sit down and "MAKE" or rather "ALLOW" myself do it. I am always thinking I can't "allow myself" to do anything until the house is perfect, the office/studio is totally perfect, nothing is organized "enough"....the list goes on. I got up from the computer last night and realized that all I do is work all the time.... sometimes 18-20 hours a day with my "real" job and my design work.

Don't get me wrong I LOOOOOVE my digital designs and the work I do there probably seems more fun to most people but it's still work because we depend on the income. I need to allow myself time to be creative just for creative's sake. And so... I take my first steps towards Mental Freedom. Mental freedom to relax, to enjoy my life and the talents I want to nurture. To act on my Artspirations.