Motivation Monday - Love and Inspiration

Most of our belongings that are bound for Japan, save what we'll be taking on the airplane, are on their way now.  I managed to squirrel away a bit of cross stitching supplies and a few tatting supplies to hold me over, but other than that, ALL of my creative projects and supplies are gone.  I most likely won't see them again for about two months.  It's a weird feeling.  I'm finding small ways to keep the creative bug going, such as: gathering MOAR reference pictures (never ending project there), reading about the things other people are making, doing a bit of cross stitching, and of course, day dreaming about many future projects. 

I'm looking forward to seeing our new house for the first time; we've got a little less than a month to go.  In the meantime, I finally have a few minutes to breathe and fart around on my laptop.  So I figured it was a good time for a motivational post!  As always, these pictures inspire me I hope they inspire you.

Checking In

I'm almost done with what I've been referring to as my Colorado Farewell Tour.

I'm (back) in Denver, after visiting family on the western side of the state.  I'm going to stay the night here, then make the trek back home tomorrow.  I've been having a great time, meeting up with model horse friends, and also meeting some family members for the first time.  It's been a good trip, but I am ready to get home!

I have managed to get some cross stitching done, I'm underway on my newest saddle pad pattern.  I think this one will be fun and I'm already thinking about some future color combinations.  This first one will be black and white:

Intermittent Blogging To Come

It's getting close to what is always a rough time of year for me and it hit me hard out of the blue today.  That, combined with the big move fast approaching, means that I'm not sure how much I'll be able to keep fresh posts up on here for a little while (but I'm still going to try).

The movers come in a little over a week and then it'll be a long 6-8 weeks (or more...? hopefully not...) until I see most of my creative supplies again.  That is hard to think about.  Making things makes me happy and during this time of year, I can sure use any happiness I can muster.

My plan so far is to hang on to a bunch of my cross-stitch supplies and crank out several more saddle pads during the transition period until we and our belongings are reunited.  I am thankful to have some sort of portable outlet for creativity.

Anyhow, this concludes my brief update on the state of the studio...

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Moo-ving....

I recently made a couple of decisions about our big upcoming movie.

1 - I'm going to take ALL of my model horses with me.

2 - I'm going to pack them myself, versus having the movers do it.  This may mean that they won't be insured, but as Jeff pointed out, I might not get any insurance on them anyway since we are both suspicious they will view them as "toys" and not value them anywhere near what they should be.  Soooo, I decided I'd rather pack them myself, feeling fairly confident that I can help their odds of getting to our destination in one piece.  It is still nerve-wracking though..  They will be crossing the country and the OCEAN.  Eeek.

Anyway, the packing officially got underway tonight.  So far I probably have a little over half of my OF Stablemates packed and ready for their voyage....

And of course, the instant I had one box put together, I had a helper.

I then informed her that, no, this is not the way SHE will be moving...  ;)

Motivation Monday - Don't Quit

Monday is winding down now, but there are still several days left of this week for us to make the most of!  I hope these will help...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Faces - Resin

After my day in the studio with Candace Liddy, I did a bit of shopping - picking up several resins to have fun with.  Most of what I bought were on sale for being raw castings and having missing parts.  (yay for budget resin shopping!)  I thought it would be fun to snap some pictures of them to share the several new faces here!

The first couple are from her Zebra series, Stablemate scale, they were named after cat foods. 

This is Nine Lives, she sadly has NO feet:

Next up is Whiskas, she's only missing part of one leg:

Then we have Zuba..  I think she's one of the zebras too, but I'm actually not 100% sure.  (I don't recognize that as a cat food..?)  She's missing the same leg as Whiskas:

Moving on, and up in scale, we have Epitome.  She's a stock horse mare, Little Bit scale I think.  She's missing her back feet:

Next is Amisha, gorgeous, gorgeous Amisha.  She's missing one back foot and the tip of an ear.  She is a Little Bit Marwari mare: (she's already a favorite of mine, if you can't tell by my introduction...)

The only one I bought who was is intact and cleaned up is this one.  He is Mini Mulan, a stunning little Friesian stallion, Stablemate scale.  I HAD to have him:

He is a looker from any angle:

I love his action pose and flying hair:

So, there they are!  My wee little resin collection went from just 3 to 9 in no time!  ;)  I'm looking forward to working on these little ones and I'm hoping I'll be able to put a little time into them before our big move.  I also have to stock up on packing materials now for my more fragile additions to the herd.  I'm thinking I'll be getting some foam for the first time, that seems to be the stuff to use.

The only one I left out on my computer desk, for now, is Amisha.  I love her action pose and the fact that she seems to be demanding to know when I'll fix her and get her painted.  Maybe not for a little while, pretty girl, but it will happen!  There are SO many awesome color possibilities for a Marwari...  She will be fun.  :)

 

 

Leatherworking... Sorta

Not the type of leatherworking that I'd necessarily like to be doing, but I have been "working" with leather the last couple of days.  We are working on our first big custom order for the laser business.

Basically, I'm taking a pile of this:

... and making 250 or so leather coasters.  Leaving me with this:

I wonder if anything can be made from those scraps...  Hmmmm....