A peek into my studio space...

Last month (April) over at the Tattered Angels blog, the design team posted peeks into their studios spaces. We focused a little on how we each store our Tattered Angels products. There's a huge variety of spaces shown, I'm sure you can find some storage ideas, no matter how large or small your space is.

I have a small room that I use for crafting/home office; it is also the guest room (it has a pull out sofa). Here is a photo of the desk area. That tower next to desk is where I store patterned paper. The drawers next to the desk are where I store small things that I use a lot (glue, gems, glitters, etc.).

The desk has a pull out surface; this lets me get more desk surface without having to place a large desk in the room.

I keep a little swatch book of glimmer mists, chalks, glazes, and glam right next to my desk.

I have a bunch of divided containers that I use for flowers (including the lovely white ones that are perfect for misting and painting), beads, buttons, brads, eyelets and other small pieces. Here are some images of that stuff.

I have a set of bookshelves in the room; this is where I store my stamps, screens and embossing plates.

I place most of stamps into CD cases, but the Tattered Angels stamps are large and many don’t fit into CD cases, so I just keep these in their packages and store them on a shelf next to other stamps.

I store the Tattered Angels screens in a desk paper organizer.

I store all of my paints in one of those shoe storage things that hangs on the back of a door. The Glimmer Mists are grouped by color. The Glimmer Glams, Glimmer Chalks and Glimmer Glazes are group together by type instead of color; each type has its own pouch.

And, I also store a lot of stuff in the room’s closet. On the inside of the closet door, I have ribbon storage.

And I have a bunch of wicker baskets in the closet where I keep tags, stickers, rub-ons, and alphas.

Also in the closet is some more paper storage shelves and little drawer units. The paper storage holds colored cardstock, glittered cardstock, and specialty papers, like diecuts and transparencies.

The little drawers hold chipboard pieces and things like that. Each theme from Tattered Angels gets a drawer, so in one drawer I will have the Glimmer Chips and the Glimmer Glass from the Nature Collection. I also keep the all my Tattered Angels Framed Fonts in these drawers.

So, that’s probably enough photos of craft storage, here are a couple of card/envelope combos that I made.

Thanks for stopping by today - Patty

Bingo Cards Art Journal and Wedding Favors...

Hi guys, first off, sorry to anyone who happened upon my blog this week and found it permission only. I was trying to rearrange the format and got it all messed up, so I took it down until I could get it fixed. So, now, here we are again, it looks the same as it did before I started messing with, I just decided to abort the mission for now.  :)  

On to my projects for the Tattered Angels blog this month - art journals and weddings were the themes for this month. For my art journal pages I used the Tattered Angels Bingo Boards and Calling Cards. Because the cards are pre-printed, it was easy to get an interesting background for my pages without a lot of stamping and such. Before I applied any of the Glimmer Mists, Glazes or Glams; I dry-brushed some areas of the pages with a cream colored acrylic to fade the background back a little bit.

Products Used: Tattered Angels Bingo Boards and Calling Cards; Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Sun Sisters, Lemon Grass, Key Lime Pie, Meadow Green, and Marmalade); Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze (Emerald Cove); Tattered Angels Chalkboard Glimmer Mist (Sprout); Tattered Angels Glimmer Glass; Prima Mask; and Making Memories Letter Stickers.


 

Products Used: Tattered Angels Bingo Boards and Calling Cards; Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Sun Sisters, Lemon Grass, Key Lime Pie, Meadow Green, Marmalade, Coral Reef, and Bell Bottom Jeans); Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze (Orange Crush); Tattered Angels Chalkboard Glimmer Mist (Alaskan Salmon); Tattered Angels Glimmer Glass; and Prima Mask.

 

  

Products Used: Tattered Angels Bingo Boards and Calling Cards; Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Sun Sisters, Lemon Grass, Key Lime Pie, Delphinium, Frost, and Bell Bottom Jeans); Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze (Midnight Rendezvous); Tattered Angels Chalkboard Glimmer Mist (Cornflower Daze); Tattered Angels Glimmer Glass; Prima Mask; and Prima Gems.

For my wedding themed project, I made three versions of wedding favors -- going from simple to a little more complicated. This gives you options depending on how many favors have to be made or how much time or money can be allocated to production of the favors. Instructions for how to make these and other great wedding ideas will be provided on the Tattered Angels website here. After they have all been published on the TA website, I'll post the instructions on my blog also.

This first favor is the easiest to make of the three sets. The box is kept simple and the focus is on the patterned ribbon and tiny rose detail.

Products Used: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Turquoise Blue, Key Lime Pie, and Lemon Zest); Tattered Angels Chalkboard Glimmer Mist (Firefly); Miniature White Paper Roses; White Paper Favor Boxes; and Printed Ribbon.

This favor takes a little more time to make than the first set. Because the ribbon is kept simple, visual interest is created by using a masking technique to add a pattern to the box.

Products Used: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Turquoise Blue, Key Lime Pie, and Lemon Zest); Tattered Angels Chalkboard Glimmer Mist (Firefly); Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam (Chandelier); Tattered Angels Fanciful Stencils Glimmer Screens; Orange Paper Roses; Silk Leaves; Colored Tulle; and White Paper Favor Boxes.


This favor is the most elaborate of the three sets today. The box uses a similar technique as set 2, but an additional stamping step is added and the butterfly is hand painted.

Products Used: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Turquoise Blue, Key Lime Pie, Coral Reef, and Lemon Zest); Tattered Angels Chalkboard Glimmer Mist (Alaskan Salmon and Firefly); Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam (Chandelier and Peach Bellini); Tattered Angels Fanciful Stencils Glimmer Screens; Tattered Angels Regal Classic Accents Screen Prints Clear Stamps; Prima Paper Butterflies; Orange Paper Roses; Silk Leaves; Brown Ribbon; Colored Tulle; White Paper Favor Boxes; and Brown Chalk Ink.


Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed the projects!  Patty