Shattered

Just a few pictures while I get used to my new sewing machine…

A New Home

Hello my friends! Did you miss me? A lot has changed in the past month. I packed up my life, left DC, took a train to Georgia, hung out in Atlanta with my family for three glorious weeks of unemployment during which the concept of “days of the week” lost all meaning, bought a car, drove down to Savannah to move into my new apartment, had to unexpectedly and quickly find a new, new apartment, moved in, started my new job and began to unpack my life.

I’ve got stories and pictures to share but first, the really important stuff: My etsy store is off vacation mode and open once again. Moving was really expensive so help a sister out and go buy something. I’ve even added some pretty new things in case you were getting sick of punctuation marks.

And now the fun stuff: Pictures of all my stuff arranged in a new way in a new space! I’ve been trying for the past two weeks to turn this wide open area not unlike an airplane hanger into something resembling a home and I think it’s finally in some sort of shape. There’s a bedroom area, a bathroom area, a kitchen area, and a craft area. What more do you really need? At some point I’ll find a couch and attempt a living area, but that’s really a secondary concern.

Here’s the view from the front door that I see every day when I come home: a hook for my keys, a table for the mail and other things that I need to remember as I’m running out the door.

Which leads into the bedroom area. The idea for the hanging strips of fabric are stolen directly from the photo booth backdrop at my friend Larnie’s wedding. You remember her, she’s the one all those napkins were for.

The first (mini) quilt I made in the new apartment hangs on my otherwise very white, very plain wall.

Obligatory bathroom shot. The number one thing I’ve learned about my apartment so far is that it’s excellent for plucky heroine from a romantic comedy dancing while getting ready montages. The shower (which you can’t see) is no exception because it is 1) huge and 2) covered in those same mini-tiles. No slipping!

Here’s the impossibly pretty kitchen with the impossibly long bar.

And my impossibly pretty kitchen gadgets. I bought the crock pot from the Humane Society’s thrift store and it may be, no joke, the best 10 bucks I’ve ever spent.

This is where the magic happens. By magic I mean crafts. There’s a sewing machine set up just to the right of everything going on and beautiful, new to me, table that is a great height for cutting AND eating.

The work in progress board, with new ideas and a few things that are up now in the etsy store. HINT HINT.

And my new favorite project. More image transfers just waiting to become some sort of quilt.

It appears that while I was on my hiatus, Flickr freaked out and stopped allowing HTML embeds for images. I’ll be experimenting with other photo hosting sites in order to find a delivery system that I like. Until that happens, please forgive any weirdly proportioned pictures. Or just let me know in the comments.

I’m excited about this home. It wasn’t what I ever envisioned myself in, all sleek and modern and tall, but it’s mine now and I’m pretty excited about the potential it already shows.