Perhaps my single largest goal over the summer is to completely organize my studio. Now, over the past couple of weeks I had made at least a small amount of progress; the tops of my work tables are actually visible now, for one thing. There is one thing, though, that has eluded me ever since my studio even came into existence: the junk box.

The junk box is a large hexagonal papier-mache box that I painted metallic purple. I had actually forgotten what was decoupaged to the lid, it's been so long since the box was actually closed. (For the record, it's a fractal print that was done so long ago, it was when the trial version of Ultra Fractal didn't put those annoying watermarks on everything.) This box has been steadily accumulating junk in it since before I moved to my current house.

By "junk", I mean "pieces of jewelry that haven't sold and are worth more broken down into their component parts". It's a "What the heck was I thinking?" box. It's a "Wow, I've come a long way since I made that!" box. It's a "Hey, didn't I have another one of those earrings somewhere?" box. Incidentally, "junk" also encompasses "I took this apart at one point but never bothered to put the beads away".

Now, I'm not saying all of this so I can boast that I finally sorted through the entire junk box, because I haven't. It's still sitting on the table, its contents mocking me. Only now, the contents are somewhat more sparse.

I can finally see the bottom of the box. Which, in my world, is another little bit of progress.

Labels: art, design, jewelry, organization

Welcome to the GMGA Designs blog! You'll find all sorts of fun stuff here:

• works in progress


• gem and jewelry information


• artisan features


• sales and upcoming events


• and, of course, the occasional bit of irreverence

Please pardon the dust as I get everything set up!