studious reflection. being green isn't easy.

It's Friday & we know what that means for my studio. Uh-huh, more books from the library that would be destined for el trash can. This is what our librarian brought to me before I left for the day: 

 

 *double sigh*

 

Really? You know "green design" is preached EVERYWHERE these days, but do you have any idea how wasteful our industry really is? I'm only one chica & can only do so much...

 

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Psst. Make sure you stop back by Monday [giveaway announcement]. See, I'm posting this so I can not take it back now -no way, no how.

 

 

Hope you have a great weekend. 

♥ -Kat. 

Studious Reflection. Demolition Time in the Craft Room!

So today I brought home 5 more fabric books from the office that would otherwise have ended up in el trash can. In theory, I'm trying to go ahead & use these smaller fabric pieces since they don't yield many flowers. Also, I can determine what's actually salvageable right away & save precious space.

For those of you that don't have easy access to a design library...you might talk to a local Joann's or Hancocks that carries special order fabric/wall coverings to see what they do with their discontinued books/samples.  My son's teacher loves to get some fabric scraps. I've completely overwhelmed them in the past beyond their capacity & that's when I started to accumulate so many at home...& why so much of my jewelry involves fabric!

Anywho...here's my great stress reliever. If you try this at home...be cautious. The staples that hold the fabric books together can cause some real damage. I've learned the hard way...

Typical fabric book

1st round of mega-staples

& more mega-staples

Then there's paper that may or may not come off

Fun stuff, huh?

♥-Kat.

No rest for the weary...or should that be wicked?!

Retriever Ring by Kristin Lora

Do you ever have one of those moments when you could just disappear? Run away...vamoose...split like a banana (instead of acting like one)...yeah..that's been the past couple of weeks for me. Stress levels up through the roof & today I almost lost total composure a couple of times at the office. NEVER a good thing to let it get that bad. Serenity now, serenity now...& tomorrow is another day.  Whew...so the jewelry & definately the blog have been pushed to the backburner for my sanity.

I've had some things that I've been wanting to write about, but I'm not going to get to them tonight. So here's what's coming up (& I write these down now more so I can look over & remember what I had in mind!):

•How-to DIY stickers...please tell me I am not the only person just discovering this phenomenon! I was so giddy making stickers last night. I bought the supplies to make handmade seals for my packaging, which also functioned as a means to recycle all of the rolls & scrap sheets wall covering I have taking up space (saved from being tossed, just like all of the fabrics I use..for more see previous post here). I'm thinking about selling some in the Etsy shop to de-stash asap!

•Focus...which I was doing fairly well at until I started playing with that damned sticker maker!

•Reviews...books & products

•Little (Indie Shop) Black Book (of resources, tips, etc)

Latest necklaces listed @ cardinalhouse:

From top to bottom: Plum pumpkin Rosa; Mint mojito Rosa; Midnight Blue Rosa; Sienna Rosa;  Embroidered ivory Rosa

Farewell for now & serenity now!

♥-Kat.