wire and fabric and paper, oh my!

i was cruising the aisles at hobby lobby yesterday and i came to a screeching halt when i spied this.....a sturdy wire holder that holds three nifty wire baskets. it stands about 32" tall, and when the curved wire hooks on the sides of the baskets are inserted into the round loops on the stand.....

it looks like this! and when those baskets are filled with all of the rainbow-fabric-bliss from my stash.....

it looks like this!! it's my absolute new favorite storage solution!! and the best news is i didn't have to use that 40%-off coupon that was burning a hole in my pocket.....it was already marked at 50% off!!!

so, how did i end up using my 40%-off coupon?

well, even though my paper stash overfloweth,

sometimes a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.....

a hunting i will go

isn't it frustrating when you've got an idea for a project, you get out the supplies that you need, and then you realize that you don't have that "perfect" piece of fabric in your stash? how can that be possible that there's not one piece of fabric in these piles that will work? all i need is a little snippet......and it's not in there. believe me, i've pawed through this over and over again, hoping that it would jump out at me......and it hasn't. so, i'm off to hunt at the fabric store this morning in the hopes that the perfect piece of fabric is in their stash......and it looks like i'd better get some bigger bins while i'm at it!

switching gears

sometimes when i'm trying to learn a new technique......like drawing hair, for example.....and it's not going too well, i like to switch gears.

totally.

so, today i'm trading in my journal and graphite for my sewing machine and these fun mary engelbreit fabrics.

it's time for a little fabric play!

inspiration monday

do you have lots of fun little nooks and crannies in your creative space where you store some of your most wonderful things? one of mine is this wood "trough" that i found at hobby lobby in the sale bin. i just love its distressed look, and it's perfect for holding all of those fat quarters that i just can't seem to resist collecting. i must admit, though, that not just any fabric can be included in this elite group.....it has to be one of my absolute favorites....something that really inspires me. and while i exposed my square-grid-love the other day, this little fabric stash tells a different story....one of polka dots....and lots of yellow and orange happiness! don't you just love how something so simple can reveal so much inspiration?!

return of the circles

ask anyone who has one, and they'll tell you that there's something exciting about having a fabric stash.  one reason why it's called a "stash" is because when you add the fabric to it, you do so with the intention of keeping it for a very long time.  and when a piece manages to escape from time to time,  it's always for a really good reason.  

the other great thing about a stash is that it gives permission to buy two of everything.  this way,  you'll still have one, just in case the other one escapes.  which brings me to my "circles on yellow" fabric.  it seems that i gave myself permission to buy two of this fabric, well, on more than one occasion.  i have lots of it. it looked great on this journal, and now i've used it for this coptic structure...and, it's likely that you may see it again!