New studio for Charming Necessities!

Charming Necessities has grown by leaps and bounds over the past six months.  I used to be able to keep up with orders working at night after my four kids go to bed.  Not so much anymore!  It has gotten to the point where I work on something relating to Charming Necessities, whether it be making headbands, sewing dresses, packing orders, printing shipping labels, etc., all through out the day while I am with my kids, and then usually at night too! 

I was so happy a couple weeks ago when my husband and I decided to move all of my things downstairs into our barely used living room.

Before, my studio took up half of my kids playroom.  Now I have a whole room to myself!  The only thing I used the living room for before this was to pack and ship orders.  Now I can do everything in one place.  AND its downstairs so I can work on small things while my kids play.

Want to see where all the magic happens?  Here is my lovely new studio!  :)

This is the view into the room from the entry.  My husband painted the big letters pink for me (huge points for this!) and also bought and put together two more bookshelves to stack on top of my existing bookshelves so I could keep all my fabric bolts organized.  I took some of my favorite decorations from around my house and used them to make the room "mine".

These are the front windows on my house.  I get lots of natural light, and I love being able to sit near the window while I work!  The middle table is my cutting table, also where I keep my ipod and speakers, order sheets, and sewing stuff (scissors, etc). 

The sewing area!  Where all the dresses, pants, diaper covers, and sunsuits on my site come from.  :)

Ahhhhhh, isn't it pretty?  Its not quite this organized and neat all the time, but I try to keep it this way.  I love looking at all the pretty fabrics, I have a bit of an addiction.  LOL

This is the ugly part of my room.  The packing and shipping area.  All the boxes and shipping supplies are to the right.  To the left is the entry to our family room - so its easy to keep an eye on the kids if I am in my studio.  I take the baby gate down while I'm in this room too, so the kids can go back and forth if they choose.

The white cabinets hold all my flowers, headbands, tights, chiffon, feathers, etc.  The tall drawers have my rhinestones, ribbon, hardware, and things like that.  The area in the lower right hand corner in the hallway is what my hubby calls the "outgoing mail department".  LOL

Thanks for taking a peek at my new space!