Moving this weekend.

We are moving the studio space this weekend. Actually my stuff is all going to be moved to the dining room holding area because we have to do a lot of painting and ripping up carpet to do before we can put my stuff in there. Unfortunately, the rest of the concrete floor wasn't so great so we decided to paint the floor. I was having so much trouble figuring out what colors to use. I don't want to repeat any colors I have already used in the house so I was thinking of purple or cobalt but wanted to used a color that would inspire me. Melissa came over for coffee yesterday morning and we came up to look at something here in my studio. Suddenly, I was pulling stuff out of my closet to find a frame for the print she brought me from Mexico. I was picking her artistic brain about color meaning so she looked up color theory on the internet and when she read what orange meant, I was like, that is exactly what I want! I have always secretly loved orange....

"Orange combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow. It is associated with joy, sunshine, and the tropics. Orange represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation... Orange increases oxygen supply to the brain, produces an invigorating effect, and stimulates mental activity...orange is symbolic of strength and endurance."

Later on we went over to the hardware store to picked up some paint samples and look at flowers. I decided to paint the floor dark green. Once I settled on the color scheme, I started seeing green and orange everywhere!


Okay so she left and I kept working on cleaning out my craft closet. Man, I had a lot of stuff in there. I started making a box for goodwill and setting aside fabric to give away. It felt really great to get rid of things. I made piles of things I still want to pursue and got clear plastic storage boxes to organize them: collage paper, collage objects, quilting stuff, sewing & embroidery notions, frames, etc.

James came home and we looked at the paint samples together. We decided to base the colors on my shoes. He started ripping out carpet and tack board in his old office and bringing his stuff up to his new office closet while I continued to bring my stuff downstairs. Last night we went to the hardware store and picked up supplies and paint. I am so excited to see how it turns out! More to come...

On the home front, Zaphod is feeling much better. It just turned out to be a case of dog diarrhea that cleared up in two days. I read up on it and I guess it is pretty typical because dogs eat such weird things.

However, Forest hurt himself at school on Thursday trying to do a skateboard trick. We had to take him to the minor emergency clinic. They did an ex-ray and found that he had a minor fracture on his fibula. It was so swollen! He has to use crutches and wear a boot for two weeks. Poor kid!