chaos looks like this

do you like my horsey lamp?everyone thinks its ugly (it kind of is) but I have always loved it. 

 it was my granddad's and now takes pride of place in my studio

before i packaged 300 christmas cards

and what the desk looked like when I had finished the last order - yikes!

So dear friends I have had a rather huge weekend. I am so bad at balancing my real job, truthbetold and seeing my friends and if this weekend has proven anything to me it is that I am tired and need to say no sometimes. 


Not that I am complaining. I had a great time. I caught up with my favourite people. I met some lovely new crafty people at the markets. I saw one of my favourite musicians ever. But more on all of this later. 


The point is there are two things I need to remember : 


1. I have a full time job. 
2. I need to sleep.


So in saying that it is 12:53am so I should actually go to bed, but I just wanted to share some pics of the chaos in my studio at the moment. Might explain why I have been so delirious lately! 


Anyway, this time next week I will be 27 (yay birthday time!). So this week I will be sharing lots of things I love - like a mini birthday blogging festival. I may also be having a giveaway because you should get presents too. 

before & after

i've been feeling a touch disorganised of late. maybe because i can't find anything and that just isn't a good thing when you are madly trying to pack & make orders at 3am. and it probably doesn't help when you are literally rotating items off your desk into piles on the floor or couch. 

so, finally i have gotten my studio organised. and i am so so so pleased with the results i actually almost wept a little earlier. and to think all it took was 2 days & two visits to ikea! but seriously, it finally feels like my space & not a glorified storage unit. 

so take a peak at the pics below,i couldn't resist sharing.  

have a good easter sweet ones xxx

before: 

the shambles that was my work area, which was double as a storage area! 

after:

the newly painted table & my wall 

the first of my teacup collection to be put to good use 

the extremely ordered workspace!

more of my new work area, including the lovely drawers i put together from ikea - no jokes it has 75 screws

a close up of the wall

my teacups & workspaces