Blog: Spinning & Dyeing

Studio Awesome Challenge Day 16: Go to Your Room!!!!

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Confession time, y'all. I did not spend a whole lot of time in the studio today. I had a computer glitch to investigate and some Christmas present planning that is taking over my drafting table as my mail orders arrive. But other than that I spent the day planning out...

Studio Awesome Challenge Day 15: Getting out of my own way…

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So one of the things I seem to fall down hard on, is settling on a project management system. I know it seems like overkill for an art business. It is something that was key to finishing large projects on time when I was an art director. I still use it when I build...

Studio Awesome Challenge Day 14: Mid-way Assessment

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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 years...

Studio Awesome Day 13: Getting clear on ALL the steps

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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

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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 table, since I have not...

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

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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 Challenge Day 9: Friday Five My Ideal Day

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So, today I did a little straightening after the studio disaster of the week. Reclaiming my surfaces, putting together some projects to focus on for next week. Nothing too intense. I also took the day to catch up on stuff like laundry and preparing food some make...

Studio Awesome Day 8: Be Strong, Don’t Quit

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OMG ya'll if there was a day that I fall off the challenge it would be today. Today the struggle is real. Get ready here comes the whine: I have had 4 hours of sleep I had a deadline today and had to TRASH those freaking hot spots Who the fuck took out all of my...

Studio Awesome Day 7:

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So today has been busy with a deadline and I am doing what people do in their studios...make a mess. I am okay with the mess as a work in progress. The place where I fall down is when it all stays once the project is done...or gets pushed to the side. Now for me the...

Studio Awesome Day 6: Herding my art stuff gone astray

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Let me just say it took a ridiculous amount of time for me to round up JUST MY KNITTING NEEDLES. And I have not tackled the needles on the WIPs yet. I'll be honest, I am kind of afraid to inventory the WIPs because I know there are quite a few more than a few a...

Studio Awesome Day 4: Catch-Up Day

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I think I need a day to finish some of the tasks I have not completed for the week. Mainly clearing off the big drafting table and putting together the hall closet shelves. I also need to organize that closet, But I have a feeling what I will put in there could change...

Studio Awsome Day 3: Ouch…

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I am not sure how it happened. My guess is it was either moving the 75ish pounds of mill end yarn, or manipulating the plastic drawers out of the closet, over the boxes in the hall and up the stairs. I strained something in my thigh, back and butt. I am not immobile,...