Where Bloggers Create.....

Well this is my first time partaking in Where Bloggers Create "blog party" where there are hundreds of fantastic creative spaces being shown. If you get a chance pop on over it is well worth the trip. Well this being my first blog party I hope I do this right. I guess first thing we are supposed to do is tell a bit about ourselves so here goes. I am a stay at home mom recently relocated to the English Countryside. I have a wonderful husband who works allot. Recently I began volunteering at the village school 2 or more days a week working with the infants group(4-7 yr olds) and I absolutely love it. I also have a wonderful daughter whom I love sharing my creative time with. We love working on miniatures, cards, ATC's, Sewing, Beading and of course scrapbooking . I am very detail oriented and since moving to England have become very organized(I guess having a bit of extra time helps). I love painting, inking and anything messy and often get dirty looks from my DH when my hands are stained from working on a project. I have only been blogging for just about a year now since moving to England and recently helped my daughter start her blog and she is loving it as much as I do. OK, I think that is enough about me now onto my creative space. ......When we first moved into the house my DH gave us the small office in the downstairs which we quickly outgrew and decided to take over his larger upstairs office. It is more appropriate for me and my daughter and gave us more room to be creative although that is getting a bit tight now too.
Above is a view of my desk from the entry door. My daughter and I sit face to face with our tables so this would be her view.

This is a view from my table to the back of the room and sewing area we have created.

and here we have all our inks, paints, glitter glues, pearls and such on the green cabinet. the storage underneath holds my daughters extra supplies. the white storage in the corner is scrap papers organized by colour. (my ocd kicking in)
Above is a view of our shelves. All the papers are organized by colour and theme, the brackets are all labeled too(My daughter went crazy with the label maker)The ribbons in the middle and end are on shower hooks and again organized by colour.

and some of the stuff organized on the shelves. Lots of embellies, stickers and papers here.

Now to the sewing area.......

Here is a view of the sewing area and our stamp bins in the front of the desk.
Here are a bit of the things I used the most stashed on the sill behind my chair in the above photo. Below shows the other side of the sill containing my beloved prima flowers all sorted into baggies by colour and style. Did I tell you I love primas.......

Below shows are a few photos showing the view from our creative space as well as some creations we have done hanging up as inspiration...
Being on the second floor we overlook the rooftops of neighboring houses in the village and out to the farmlands behind.
The little Bambi picture hanging on the wall is an airbrush I did in school. My grandmother hung it proudly in her bedroom until she passed and it came back to me.
and of course if all else fails there are always the magazines and sketch books.

Below shows our diecut area along with one of our miniature creations in progress, a miniature scrapbook store we are currently working on.

As far as some of my creations....Here are a few recent ones:

Here is a layout I did with my darling.

These are some ATCs I did for a swap.

And this was the present I made my father. The door opens and it has fold outs of photographs of my daughter and father through the years. The quote reads " if nothing ever changed...there would be no butterflies" My daughter loves going to the butterfly museum with my father.

I am also posting a blog candy during the "Where Bloggers Create" event. All you have to do to enter is leave me a little comment with a link to your blog so I can visit. If you become a follower you will get and extra 2 entries into my candy....what would a party be without candy right...You can view my candy and the requirements at the side bar. Well I hope you have enjoyed your visit and thank you for stopping by.........
I will leave you with this photo of a beautiful Rose in our garden this morning as inspiration. Have a wonderful weekend. Angela