One more thing...an Ode to Organization.

...and one more thing that I do to facilitate and maintain my ability to get inspired and make work...ORGANIZATION. Sometimes this is a part of my weekend routine, usually it is something I stop to do throughout the week. I cannot express enough how much I love to organize, I love to organization as much as I love to make art.  Seriously.  Please understand...I make a complete and utter MESS on a daily basis...getting dressed, picking out accessories, when I come home from work and change into my comfy clothes and certainly when I make my art...it's CHAOS.  Looks like a war zone, just ask my husband...but part of the process it stopping and putting everything away.  Even putting my jewelry is part of my routine...and it takes time to stop and put all the pieces from the week back but I do enjoy this part of the process.  One thing for me is that I like to begin my creative time in an organized space, I am talking color-coordination and labeling and clear surfaces.  I am always waging an internal battle between my love for 'displaying' all of my art materials and tools an my equal love for everything being put away and labeled.  Sure, I mess it all up anyway when I work on an art project...but putting it back in order is also part of my routine and I just work better that way.


A couple of weeks ago I tackled re-organizing the small 'studio space' I have in the second bedroom and after I finished the project I was so happy.


It's kind of a wreck now (guess I better get some order back to the area soon!) , but this is what it looked like;