Washi Tape Stop Motion

It's no secret that I love washi tape.  So when I saw this adorable washi tape animation this morning on Omiyage I just had to share.



Enjoy!

Little Book of Masking Tape

It was one of those days that you want to kiss the postman.  The most adorable package arrived in my mail box today...  All wrapped up in brown paper, decorated with strips of Japanese masking tape...

Actually, there were a few layers of adorable wrapping....

Inside was Jenna Templeton's Little Book of Masking Tape.

It's a sweet little 'zine with a little history of the mt tape brand, a few little project ideas and lots and lots of colour.

You can get your own copy of eye candy here.  And visit Jenna's blog over here.

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Tour of the New-Look Studio Corner

Yay!  After a good long game of furniture tetris (a phrase I am blatantly nicking from little red hen's comment on the previous post)  I've managed to squeeze a third working desk into my studio.  The only problem now is, well... you know when you spill something on the carpet and you get the stain remover out and create a clean spot so then there is much more to do... well my new corner is like that clean spot, I'm so happy with it I want to makeover the whole studio.

So let's see if we can count how many items in this picture are from ikea... there's the table and chair, the red frames, the little drawers, the magnetic strips and the (ahem... un-ironed) curtain.  The artwork in the frames is by Chrissy Foreman C and Rosie Music and the postcards are ones I've collected in Japan.  

The curtain even has little birds on it.  I'm thinking of keeping a few fabric pens at the desk and every now and then colouring in a bird or a leaf here and there.

And then there's my favourite... my washi tape drawers.  Just simple ikea wooden drawers covered in rows of Japanese washi tape.... I had so much fun doing that!

I like torn edges and as the drawers aren't a tight fit, I left the raw ends just on the inside for my own pleasure.  I cut the drawer holes out just with a fine pair of scissors.

Tired of always rummaging to find the right pair of scissors or pliers, I've popped everything up on magnetic knife strips.  I ran a strip of fabric tape along each one to pretty it up a bit.

In the morning when the little one saw the changes her first response was "Wooooow!".  I told her that it was my new work desk.

"No", my two year old was quick to correct me, it was her new drawing desk.  She went straight away to get her drawing paper, picked her favourite colour pencil (blue these days) and started on a new masterpiece.  Here's hoping the new space inspires the same spontaneous creativity in me.

And.... have you noticed the cleaner look of the blog?  I'm pretty happy with it.  If you're reading this via email (thanks for subscribing!) pop over and tell me what you think.

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My Creative Space

Slowly but surely, my messy creative space is being sorted, tidied and pretty-ed up.  It's a huge job but I try to jump in and do a few things at a time.

I recently used a sweet set of nesting suitcases I had to put cards in; the small for hair clip backing cards, the middle for brooch back cards and the large for business cards.

Today the task was to find a way of keeping my Japanese washi tape.  I did get a bit of washi-tape-storage-envy when I saw Thea's new holder, but this year, as we're saving madly for a new home, I'm trying to use as much of what I had around me.  It's not the neatest solution, but I grabbed a few baby food jars I've been saving for this project and wrapped them in washi tape.  In the bottom of the jars I popped some clay and then some bits of dowel we had around the house.  The best thing is, the storage has a very small footprint. 

To see what other creative people have been doing this week, visit Our Creative Spaces.