The latest from a very messy studio..

I believe that in order to create one must have a mess. A clean work environment means that you have not spent enough time creating... ~L~ Well.. that is my theory and i am sticking to it, much im sure to Matts distaste.. Its funny to look at our studio..
my side is untidy... there are snips of paper and backing off tape littering the floor much like we have had a ticket tape parade march on through when we were not looking, my desk, while it is better than it generally is after days of scrapping, is still unorganised... while my pencil case is near by the strewn pens of a rainbow of colours, not one is actually in the case.. much the same could be said for my tools... my bin, overflowing has become an impromptu stand for one of my boxes of chipboard and i have offcuts of paper scattered in some kind of a half way orderly pile at one end of my desk..
the swamp as it has often been refered to.

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while, on the other side of the room, squared away all neat and tidy and in the utmost military fashion is Matts desk. His laptop. Documents that require urgent attention in an extremely neat pile to one side. His mouse sitting centred on his mouse pad. His pens gathered all together in a pen holder. Nothing at all is out of place.

I guess... this is a perfect display of ying and yang.. huh!? ~L~


So... anyway.. this is what i have been doing in my swamp..

I love this photo of Miranda... look at that gorgeous gummy smile would you... Easter eggs aaaaaannnnnd a visit from the tooth fairy all at the same time... lucky girl!

The journalling for this layout is tucked behind the photo of Jamie.. it reads: "Jamie, after an unfortunate run-in with a can of baked beans where you came of totally second best & required emergency surgery to repair severed tendons, you got the nick name Beenz from your year 6 class mates. While your recovery was long and your passion for basketball was put on hold (much to your disgust)your finger did heal with a lot of rehab and patience. The name beenz has stayed long after those scars started to fade. I wonder weather the name, like your scars will be life long "
The paper has been tucked away for a while in my racks.. i found it at one of the paper shows though did not know exactly what i would do with it, was drawn to the freeness of the doodling on it. It suits jamie so well,.... even while this photo was taken and he was still suffering a lot of pain and still undergoing rehab.. he remained the carefree.. happy go lucky dude that he has always been.. :)