Alright fiberista’s Day 31!! woo hoo a month of biz and studio reorganization has come to a close. And while I am so freaking excited to have a newly rehabbed space to start my 2017 strong, there is still quite a bit I would like to still do. But the big news is I can find my shit easily and it will not take an entire day to clear a surface to work. AND I have some new systems in place to be able to approach the admin side of my business with a bit more structure which will not only ease my mind but mack my accountant happy.
So, here it is!! here is my studio:
So you see…less than perfect. But i am now able to start the new year with a working space. So part of my intentions was to be able to set up my space that is more in line with my main art goals: growing a sustainable business and body of fiber art.
This year I am going to keep on top of this space and do a reassessment quarterly along with a new purge(to keep from letting the languishing materials clogging the feng shui. I have also restructured my daily schedule to be a little more balanced, I tend to get lost in the admin crap leaving the art to be back-burnered.
So Happy New Year y’all. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate you guys. Your emails sharing your work and inspirations saw me through some major changes and stress of a move across state. YOU drive me to be a better artist and to do what I can to be a part of a tribe that honors each artist for their unique visual language no matter where they are in that journey to find that voice. Here’s to 2017 and all the possibilities to build lofty fibery dreams. Thank you for letting me be a part of yours.
The last task I have for the studio revamp is migrating the newsletter to a new service. So I will be back in a couple of weeks with a whole new newsletter. Don’t worry it you have been on my list, you should be migrated automatically, but if you are not on my list and would like to be, sign up below. See you next year!
Fiber artist Stacey Budge-Kamison AKA UrbanGypZ lives and works in Cary NC. She can also be found knitting in public, hammering out her latest e-course at local cafés and spinning yarns in her booth at her favorite arts festivals. A designer at heart, Stacey has decided that her mission is to help fellow knitters, crocheters, weavers and felters embrace their own style and creativity by exploring fiber art as it is a part of their everyday life and helping them embrace the title of artist no matter where they are in their journey. 
What a wonderful studio and you have all the best sorts of shelving for each book and supply. Major shelf envy here.
I am wondering if you are still dying yarns? You had come to Gastonia awhile back and presented a program for the Piedmont Fiber Guild, and I purchased several skeins of yarn from you. I am finally using one called Safari. It is a South American Sock Yarn, 100% superwash merino wool, 425 yrs/3.5 oz. Gauge 8 st/in on #0-2 needles. I am almost finished with a shawl and I know that I will not have enough to complete the project and wondered if you were still dying and/or had any of this colorway left. I know it will likely not be exactly the same, but I am at a point in the pattern where a little variation would not be a really big problem. Please let me know if you can help me out on this or if I will need to go on a search for something that would look okay with what I have and run with it for the end product.
Thanks so much, I will look forward to hearing from you.
Pam