HANDMADE SPACES

Jun 29, 2009

Handmade Spaces: Moonstitches

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Moonstitches is the online moniker of Alexandra, a German crafter living in Japan. She has a beautiful blog featuring glimpses into her life in Japan and her creative pursuits- she has lots of fun tutorials there too if you're interested. I was instantly smitten with her space when I saw it in the Modish Handmade Spaces pool, simple and uncluttered with lots of colorful fabric to covet along the way. Let's get a closer look!

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See more from Alexandra's beautiful home and surroundings on her blog and flickr, and take a peek at the Modish Handmade Spaces pool for more studio inspiration!

Jun 22, 2009

Handmade Spaces: Bliss in a Teacup

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I featured Bliss in a Teacup last month in a picture perfect post, which celebrates good product photography, not knowing that their photo was really just a little glimpse into their pretty home! And when I came across them again in the Modish Handmade Spaces flickr pool, I realized they deserve a larger feature and we deserve a larger peek into the picture perfect place where they create all their wonderful goods.

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Find more from Bliss in a Teacup in their shop here, and see more inspiring handmade spaces in the Modish pool on flickr!

Jun 15, 2009

Handmade Spaces: Cursive Design

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It's Monday and you know what that means...it's Handmade Spaces time! Time to take a peek into where handmade work is done. Today, I'm excited to feature the space of one of my favorite favorite jewelry and pretty things maker, Sarah of Cursive Design. Let's see where she creates all her lovelies, shall we?

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Pretty, pretty. See more lacy loveliness at Cursive Design, and more neato Handmade Spaces in the Modish flickr pool. And if you have a studio or workspace to share, please add it to the group and you could see if featured here!

Jun 09, 2009

Handmade Spaces: Nest Decorating

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I've been so spazzed out and overwhelmed since I returned from my trip, that I totally forgot about Handmade Spaces yesterday, and I think the week before too! Doh!

So, here's a doubly brilliantly beautiful space for you now to perk up your Tuesday morning: it's the studio of Tamar from Nest Pretty Things, maker of just that- a bounty of pretty things like vintage inspired jewelry and accessories. I've been a fan of her shop for awhile now, but it's nice to see where such loveliness is created. Let's take a peek!

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See all the wonderfulness that Tamar creates here in the Nest Pretty Things shop, and find more photos of her lovely workspace and others in the Modish Handmade Spaces flickr pool!

May 18, 2009

Handmade Spaces: Treefall Design

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Today's lovely Handmade Space comes from UK based textile designer, Manda from TreeFall Design! Manda creates wonderful patchwork style accessories, baby goods and home designs using as many recycled and vintage fabrics as she can to keep her work environmentally sustainable. She creates it all from this bright and colorful space which you can see more of in the Modish Handmade Spaces pool- let's take a peek!

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See more from Manda on her popular TreeFall Design blog or in her lovely shop! And be sure to check out more inspiring handmade spaces in the Modish flickr pool!

May 11, 2009

Handmade Spaces: Lucotinha

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This is one of the most colorful, quirky, wonderful studios I've ever seen and I was so glad to see it pop up in the Handmade Spaces pool!

I'm not entirely sure all that's going on here, as it belongs to a lovely Brazilian artist and all the photo descriptions are in Portuguese, but from what I can gather, she lives up in the mountains in Brazil in an old train station and has a little atelier where she collects colorful fabrics and sews up beautiful garments, creates loomed rugs, draws and more. I would love to be able to spend just one day here sitting beside her window, watching the trains go by. Let's take a peek!

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Talk about some color to wake you up on a dull Monday morning, hmm? See tons more photos of this incredible space over on her flickr photo stream. And take a peek at more inspiring creative spaces in the Modish Handmade Spaces pool.

May 04, 2009

Handmade Spaces: Betz White

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Betz White is a well-know crafter extraordinaire! I've long since been in love with her adorable creations and was so happy to see her workspace photos pop up in the Handmade Spaces Flickr pool. You may have seen Betz recently on her whirlwind blog tour over last month, getting the word out about her new book, Sewing Green. The book looks amazing, filled with 25 projects using organic and reclaimed materials...but even more amazing is the beautiful space that Betz creates and writes in!

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It's filled with light and tons of wonderful color, just as I expected. Plus it's so well organized! And oh, to have a computer desk and two separate tables to work on? Color me jealous!

See more wonderful spaces where handiwork is done in the Modish Handmade Spaces Flickr pool!

Apr 27, 2009

Handmade Spaces: Stephanie Levy

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Today's Handmade Space is from Munich based artist, Stephanie Levy. We've seen a peek into her studio before, from about a year ago, but these photos are much different, basically just showing her work table in various stages of creation. It's messy and colorful and wonderful and I think it's a privilege to get a little behind the scenes glimpse into how she creates her art- so, let's get to it!

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See Stephanie's beautiful completed artwork in her etsy shop, and also be sure to check out her artists who blog site where she features interviews with some other great artists.

And as always, see more beautiful glimpes into creative people's creative places, in the Handmade Spaces flickr pool!

Apr 20, 2009

Handmade Spaces: Super Dilettante

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Today's handmade space is from an eco-friendly maker, Super Dilettante! She makes hand-bound journals and paper goods from reclaimed materials. The covers are made from old encyclopedia pages, magazines, wrapping paper, etc and have pages filled with assorted blank and lined paper, old maps, graph paper, ledger paper and more good stuff. Creator Carolee is a librarian and paper hoarder- let's see the studio where she makes all her cool eco-friendly Super Dilettante goods!

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Be sure to check out the Super Dilettante shop to see Carolee's hand-bound journals and more.

And find more neato studio shots in the Modish Handmade Spaces flickr pool!

Apr 06, 2009

Handmade Spaces: Three By Sea

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Wow, there's so many wonderful, inspiring spaces being added to the Modish Handmade Spaces flickr group, thank you everyone! And keep them coming, I feature a new space here each week!

Up today is the colorful crafting space of Nicole from Three by Sea! She's lucky enough to live right near the ocean and creates a line of goodies that are inspired by her seaside locale. She splits her work area between a bright studio space that was formerly the dining room, and a garage worktable where she can get a little messier. Let's take a peek!

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Be sure to check out at all of Nicole's sea inspired creations in her etsy shop, and learn more about her on her blog! (she's participating in the Modish Monthly Goal Meetup too, are you?)

Mar 30, 2009

Handmade Spaces: My Aim is True

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It's Monday and you know what that means? It's time to feature another pretty space from the Handmade Spaces flickr pool! Next up, the oh so lovely, and newly organized, craft room of Amber from My Aim is True! Let's ooh and ahh together, shall we?

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I had to include a pic of Amber's adorable little Boston in her craft room, too! So so cute!! See more pics of the adorable doggy, along with more craft room pics, on Amber's blog My Aim is True!

And be sure to take a peek at the Handmade Spaces Pool- new wonderful spaces are being added all the time. We'd love to see yours too! :)

Mar 23, 2009

Handmade Spaces: Tofu Studio

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I've been eyeballing the wonderful, colorful space of Tofu Studio in the Handmade Spaces pool for a few weeks now, so I'm happy to be able to share it with you here today! Tofu Studio is a little company out of Brazil created by Emy & Yuji who work together to create a happy line of bags and accessories.

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You can see where they get inspiration for their colorful creations, their space is so vibrant! And I'm just in love with the flowers everywhere!

See more wonderful studio spaces from all over the world in the Modish Handmade Spaces flickr pool. Add photos of your own handmade space while you're there and you could see them featured right here on Modish in the future!

Mar 16, 2009

Handmade Spaces: Rachel Denbow

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I thought it'd be fun, for at least the next few weeks, to get back to featuring particular artist's spaces from the Handmade Spaces flickr group (instead of focusing on various themes.) First up is the handmade space of cuter than cute Rachel from Red Velvet Art (which I'll talk about more tomorrow!) and Pony Party. Her space may be almost as adorable as she is! :)

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LOVE the clipboard inspiration wall, hmm? Easy to change out upon a whim while keeping it looking clean and organized- good idea Rachel!

Check out more lovely spaces like hers in the Modish Handmade Spaces flickr group- new wonderful additions are being made everyday. I'd love to see your space there! :)

Mar 09, 2009

Handmade Spaces: Threadbared

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Looking through the Handmade Spaces flickr pool, I couldn't help but notice many collections of colorful thread! I personally can't use a sewing machine to save my life (I wish!) but I love seeing how all these talented sewers display their threads.

Also, I tried something a little different (and much easier) this time around, and made a mosiac with the help of Big Huge labs- what do you think? Like it? Or prefer full size photos like in previous posts? Let me know what you think!

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1. my crafting space by Zia Zia
2. New thread colors by City Chic Country Mouse
3. thread collection & 4. more thread collection from Bethy Howard
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7. craft room 1 by Luckycate Crafts
8. bobbins by Debris Design
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See all these photos and more peeks into beautiful craft rooms, in the Modish Handmade Spaces flickr pool. I'd love to have you join in while you're there, too!

Mar 02, 2009

Handmade Spaces: Room to breathe

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Most of us creative folk seem to be working out of our homes, from taking over the dining room table, to being lucky enough to have an entire room dedicated to creating whatever it is we love to create. But there are some even more lucky ones among us that have incredible and large, dream-like dedicated studio spaces from which they make and dispense their goods. It's the hopeful goal of many artists and crafters among us, so I thought it'd be cool to share some of the studios from the Handmade Spaces pool that are outside of the home.

Like the studio of Moop, maker of some of our favorite favorite bags:
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And the silk-screening wonderhouse of Slow Loris shirts:
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And the huge studio space of tie-maker extraordinaire, Cyberoptix:
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For more workspace inspiration, check out our past Handmade Spaces features and the Modish Handmade Spaces Flickr Group. Don't forget to add your own studio photos if you have some to share!

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