List Monday

 

Saving buttons, jeans, kraft packing paper, glass jars, tins and boxes has turned into a bear of a mess over the decades in this house.  Beautiful buttons are such wee treasures that can be repurposed in jewelry designs or to replace ordinary buttons on a jacket/shirt to make an extraordinary addition to my wardrobe.  Thank goodness I saved jeans, through the years, for I am really enjoying Sashiko mending techniques that calls for denim. Kraft packing paper makes its way under the Christmas tree around gifts, glass jars for drinking glasses, tins are great to contain and organize bits in the studio as well as sturdy small boxes to hold projects or organize materials/tools.  I love a well branded sturdy box or tin!  That branding and design is not lost on me, it is so inspiring. 
What is your latest repurpose/upcycle story?

take care, be safe-

Stephanie

Aspirations for the Week- Week 5 of 2023

1. finish cleaning the last of the Parallel Pilot fountain pens
2. meeting with Hannah- the Conservation Shop & Licensing Manager for the PA Wilds, on Wednesday
3. Leave No Trace webinar on Wednesday
4. schedule another JCT grant committee meeting
5. Schedule JCT Design Committee meeting to go over old Design guides from 1998
6. research for group coming in March to tour the Brick Block, talk also to local historian
7. IG stories
8. plant current houseplant cuttings
9. schedule more interviews for artist/artisan blog posts
10. make a big pot of chicken broth
11. plan garden beds and start cleaning them out after this last storm is over and the snow melts, lol
12. Finish Inktober pen and inks.  I have (5) left!  
13. finish my interview for February
14. take a walk
15. recycling for our household and the plastic film at the Brick Block to receive benches for the downtown
16. February is National Embroidery Month, happy dance :)
17. Take photos of mending my jeans and chambray shirt with using Sashiko stitching
18. make a big pot of  Zuppa Toscana
19. get ready to make clay beads, birds, leaves and mushrooms
20. shoot a fountain pen lettering reel
21. play around with new wee charm designs for the PA Wilds Conservation Shops

Aspirations for the Week- Week 4 of 2023

1. new 2023 set-up for my Traveler's Notebook
2. send out minutes/financial report for end of month JCT meeting
3. continue with new Spring designs for SDS
4. schedule another JCT grant committee meeting
5. Schedule JCT Design Committee meeting
6. research for group coming in March to tour the Brick Block
7. IG stories
8. take inventory of materials for Spring wholesale orders i.e. sheet metal, wire, chain and branded blanks
9. schedule more interviews for artist/artisan blog posts
10. make more smoothies
11. plan garden beds and start cleaning them out after this last storm is over and the snow melts, lol
12. Finish Inktober pen and inks.  I have (5) left!  
13. spare room struggle, just start
14. get ready for writing a blog post every day in February with new ideas, themes and stories
15. create a newsletter for Stephanie Distler Studios or start one!
16. take a walk
17. recycling 
18. continue to build up inventory for Spring wholesale orders by making charm blanks, jump rings, pendant blanks, cuffs, etc. throughout the winter into the spring
19. make a big pot of split pea soup 
20. experiment with new jewelry techniques for prayer pieces and earrings using those beautiful beads
21. order more fountain pen friendly tablets
22. play around with new wee charm designs for the PA Wilds Conservation Shops

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