Oh Dear!

 So ...my Maker in Residence is all about showing my process of creativity right? Well, here's something you don't always get to see ...


This is my work space after a few weeks of working on several projects at once, and not tidying anything up. Yikes!!! My poor husband lives with this. And somehow I manage to keep working in this. But this morning I decided it was time for a bit of a reset and to put some things away and give myself a nicer work space.

Much better! I'm still working on about 4 things at once, but I put away things I don't need at the moment.
Ahhhhh. I'm off to enjoy my space with some Russian crochet.




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