The Orange Chair Studio

12/20/2023

Lots of fun last minute Christmas gifts!

Switch Plates start at $12 and would make great stocking stuffers. 🥰

I’ll be here at Wooden Alchemy today and tomorrow, and we’re open everyday between now and Christmas!

12/16/2023

My gift wrapping is gonna be 🔥 with all these awesome DIY tips! 💡 🎁 🤓🥰

12/16/2023

What a cute idea! 🥰 🎁 💝 🎀

12/15/2023

Exciting news! Wooden Alchemy has given me room in their shop for my own display!

This is such a great fit for my work, and I am so happy to be collaborating with them (stay tuned for new products in 2024!! 😍)

06/07/2023

My newest art project!!! I think I just fell in love, 😍 🪞🤓🤣🤣🤣. I‘m a sucker for antique mirrors and gonna use this as a canvas for an encaustic painting (painting with wax)…

An’other man’s treasure right? 🗑️ 💎 👑 💰🪞✨ 💕 🙃

04/27/2023

One of my favorite parts of this "job" is shopping (of course 😆), and I love to buy my supplies as local as possible.

I became a customer of The Yardgoods Center in Waterville years ago when I discovered they have an amazing yarn selection, but now that I'm developing some new designs for The Orange Chair Studio I'm getting super excited about their incredible fabrics.

Can't wait to show you the finished products!! 🤩

04/01/2023

Truth! 😁

Pay attention to this one! ✨🙏🏻💖

03/30/2023

My absolute favorite papers are the handmade ones, especially the ones with real, pressed flower blossoms, leaves, ferns, pine needles and seeds, etc…

They look so pretty when the light shines through and you can see all the natural textures and colors. 🌱🌿🍃

03/28/2023

I love these decorative papers, and I just got a bunch of new ones to play with… nothing like some floral designs to welcome in these longer, Spring days!! ☀️ 🌼🌿🌸🌱🌺💡

03/24/2023

You guys, these last few years have been rough, not gonna lie.

"Writer's block" or 'artist's block" (maybe? "creative block"?) is a hard thing to describe... it's similar to depression, I think... it's really frustrating, when you're feeling "off" and when you're so low you don't even want to do the things you usually enjoy.

How do you break out of your funk, when even your favorite things don't appeal to you anymore?

So, I took a break... a really long break... and tried to find new "things" to get excited about... and went on new adventures... actually ended up in Vegas! Twice!! 😜 Even won some money in a pool tournament🎱 , and competed in the world championship with an amazing team of women! 😍 (And isn't that just the most cliche mid-life-crisis story you've ever heard? 🤣)

But, the point is, "I'm" back now, or at least, this new version of me is, and I'm finally excited to be exploring my old passions again, and it feels SO good. I can't even tell you how grateful I am to be back in the studio, making things again.

And I'm sure a lot of you can relate. Boy, haven't we all "been through it"?

I hope, like me, you're starting to get your old self back, or at least starting to enjoy this new version of you. Post-Covid-Self 2.0? And if you're struggling, my heart goes out to you, and I'm always up for a good cup of coffee and a talk if anyone ever needs it! 🤗

Here's to embracing the "new normal". 🥂 I can't wait to share my new projects with you all! 🥰

03/24/2023

My favorite holiday! 🥰