so many directions!

I just wanted to share a few preliminary photos of where I'm at, what I'm working on so far and ideas I'm flushing out. I hope you enjoy.

*note: I just bought a new camera--waiting for it to arrive in the mail...can't WAIT! so, please forgive the poor quality of these photos...future posts should be a bit more aesthetically pleasing ;)

this is my craft room...loving the space to work in! It's a bit messy in this picture, but I'm having a hard time finding a moment when it isn't messy to photograph ;) I also have a painting studio downstairs where I'm finishing up work on this painting for my dad:

So, as I mentioned earlier...I make jewelry. I love making jewelry, but I may like coming up with ideas for packaging even more. Inspiration for my current jewelry packaging came from a friend, Tracy, who showed me a little matchbox that she had turned into a magnet reminder to pray for her daughter while she was away at school. I was trying to think of a way I could use the idea when I realized I desperately needed packaging for my earrings and necklaces. (not all fit in a matchbox...but a lot do!)

The quote inside the matchbox is so true for me, but also plays a little bit with the matchbox theme...hence the emphasized "spark" and "lighted the flame" ;)

This amazing dresser is a piece I found at a random liquidation store when I was searching for a typewriter in Lompoc of all places. Wooden furniture is by far one or my favorite things...and finding unique distressed pieces like this just floors me.

This is an idea I had for a jewelry holder. Dangly earrings will hang from the latch hook canvas and necklaces can hang below on the vintage wooden thread spools. I love the oval shape on this one :) This is a cute piece on any wall and is a very practical way to display your jewelry.

Here it is in action (unfortunately against a white wall--colored would be so much better). Maybe one day I wont be a renter any longer!

This is probably too small to even decipher, but this is the logo that I just created for Shoreline Community Church's VBS this year. The idea they wanted to communicate was many paths, but you have to choose yours...and only one will lead you to the eternal city.

My most recent find. I fixed up these old handmade clocks. They were both hand stitched in the forty's...& they still work! One is battery operated & the other is electric.

"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do." -Leonardo da Vinci