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Studio Awesome Challenge Day 14: Mid-way Assessment

Dec 14, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, The Business of being an artist

Okay…so I am a day or two shy of a real midway point. But this is newsletter day, and I wanted to share in a broader way about how having an awesome studio is shaking out really to be more than just cleaning and organizing my room. If you would have told me 10...

Studio Awesome Day 13: Getting clear on ALL the steps

Dec 13, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, The Business of being an artist

One of the things that has been languishing not just on my studio lis, but on my general business to do list, is making an operations manual. I know it seems like a bit of overkill for a creative type person, to outright make a manual of all the steps I go through to...

Studio Awesome Challenge Day 12 : Out of the frying pan into the fire

Dec 12, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, everyday life, The Business of being an artist

I can’t say for sure how…but I realized that this has happened. That, Fiberista, is what I can only describe as a hot spot by proxy. Here’s how it has been going down….In an attempt to clear off a hot spot, like my work table and drafting...

Studio Awesome Challenge Day 11: Scheduling time to eat that frog

Dec 11, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, The Business of being an artist

Here is how it usually goes down There is some crazy overwhelming eat the frog task I am avoiding like filing sales tax, or doing inventory. It may or may not be on the to-do list. But regardless, it is almost always something that I have decided will take 5 times...

Studio Awesome Day 10: Letting Go Of Precious Stash

Dec 10, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, How to think like an artist

So I am going to dip just the tiniest baby toe into today’s task. It is a big one, and like many other knitters it is a bit of a trigger subject for me. I am going to begin to consider thinking about thinning the stash… I can hear the collective gasps of...
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About UrbanGypZ

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.

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