Embrace the Chaos: Where I Create.

I was joking with Karen Totten about my messy office and she said to me, "Embrace the chaos".  She's right.  My space is a mess but I can't seem to work in it any other way.  Sure, my office could use some additional cleaning (and I started on that this week) but as far as the actual table goes, if it isn't covered in beads I just can't work at it.

Want to take a peak?

My home office is the smallest bedroom in the house.  This is where jewelry is made and finished beads are stored and organized.  This little room is a disaster zone but it's filled with bead and supply goodness.

These cabinets and drawers contain my Etsy bead shop pieces, art beads, gemstones, vintage stuff and general craft supplies.  Every inch is filled with things I can use....someday....really...

The back of the room has two closets.  A normal closet with a door and this weird space set in the wall.  I keep my bead trays and inserts in there as well as bubble wrap, a rasta-banana and more beads.  You can also see my peg board where I hang some of my favorite silks, ribbons, etc...

Now my own home is only where the finished work happens.  I actually make my beads in the basement of my in-laws house because my own basement is a finished family room and we don't have a garage.

Here it is.  Yup.  That simple table is where all the beads are born.  It's actually much more messy than that but I cleaned it up pretty well before I left for Bead Fest.  Ironically, I work in that little space in the middle and all that other stuff sits on the side all the time.  See, I require a mess.

And for good measure, this is the glaze/supply cabinet.  It's where all the glazes, bisque and glass fusing supplies are kept.  My clay is actually kept on the floor in a pile.  Another mess.  Shocking.

So there it is.  I must learn to just embrace the chaos.  Have you?