Sometimes I wish I had 8 arms...

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Two arms to help push myself off the ground when I fall

Two arms to keep reaching forward

Two arms to make magic with silver and stones

Two arms to wrap around you and hold you close


love ~tess

like night and day

Ahhhh
can you see it?

the desk... :o)

I even made room for my little photo tent! So I have officially moved out of the dining room.

I love this photo. It's of my mother, when she was 16 years old (I think). Bright red hair and turquoise earrings. She's so beautiful in this picture. She has always been the one person who inspires me the most and I like to think that even though she lives so far away that with this photo she somehow can be there with me when I create.

Nova of love have finally found a home. No more fabric petals all over the house. Now I have a designated space for it. I bought a countertop (well I think it's actually a door or something) from as-is (IKEA) for $2 and Antonius frames and drawers and wire bins. Total cost for the desk and some storage boxes was not more than $50. I thought that was pretty awesome.


I did it! Wiped off every surface and didn't kill myself while inhaling dust :o)

It took the whole weekend but it was worth it. I finally have a space that makes more sense. I know where everything is and it's nice and clean again.

And I managed to get some more inspiration into the studio. Some pretty things that makes me smile.

I feel amazing!

What do you think??? for more photos check out my Flickr site

lots of love ~tess

the idiot cleans while the genious master the chaos...

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I'll keep telling myself that... Ha ha


This is the BEFORE picture. Pretty bad huh? If you click on it it will take you to my flickr page where there is about 18 more pictures of my entire studio. I am not hiding anything. This is what you get when you take one over creative woman, 2 businesses (going on 3) and a full time job... But it's gonna change :o)

I cleaned, scrubbed and sweated last night. And I made progress. A lot. It feels so good and I can't wait to keep going. Hopefully by Monday I will have some awesome pictures to show you the transformation...

Are you excited? I know I am!!

Happy friday friends :o)
~tess