http://lazarstudiowerx.com/blog Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:05:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en here is another snapshot of a project that is near and dear to my heart... a tiny [and i mean TINY] altered book. the book is a diminutive 2x3" and was created in a miniature 'joy of cooking' book found at my local chapters bookstore. it was part of a round ... http://lazarstudiowerx.com/blog/2008/07/24/more-project-glimpses/ sorry gang... no posts for a few days. i'm dealing with yet another bout of my lovely, chronic eye problem blepharitis and this is a bad one. nasty nasty. won't go into the gory details, but suffice it to say... i'm looking a little scary! be back to regular posting in ... http://lazarstudiowerx.com/blog/2008/07/21/im-back-sort-of/ finally got my long awaited button magnet making supplies on monday and tonight i started playing. carmi, now i understand the obsession! i pulled out my button maker. ripped open the bags of magnet supplies and started tearing out vintage magazine images to create teeny, tiny 1.25" collages. i was soooooo ... http://lazarstudiowerx.com/blog/2008/07/16/new-tiny-art/ well folks, the verdict is in... i LOVE my ikea expedit storage solution! it totally rocks. yep. i said it. it rocks. hard. and you know what, that is wicked! here are some snapperoos of the completed unit. notice the mini-books and binder album... the tiny and large cards... proof positive ... http://lazarstudiowerx.com/blog/2008/07/14/expedit-complete/ much to my customer's benefit, my studio purge continues and i am unearthing all kinds of stuff i forgot i had. i'm taking my spring closet purge process to heart with this studio/art room reorganization and the culling of 'crap' [well, it's not really crap... just stuff i'm sick of ... http://lazarstudiowerx.com/blog/2008/07/11/the-purge-continues/ i started the massive undertaking of reorganizing and sort my inventory from the home studio and our store on monday. can i just say OHMIGOD i have a lot of rubber!! i visited ikea and bought a new storage cabinet to go with the fixture we brought home from the store ... http://lazarstudiowerx.com/blog/2008/07/09/whew-things-are-looking-up/ ADELE 'Cold Shoulder' adele is one of my new music obsessions. she's from the BRIT school where all the amazing new UK girl musicians are coming from. the talent coming out of BRIT is truly impressive, you must check them out. enjoy... http://lazarstudiowerx.com/blog/2008/07/06/492/ a typical morning breakfast with the lulu. too cute and waaaaaaaay too spoiled! http://lazarstudiowerx.com/blog/2008/07/06/too-cute/ wow. that's all i have to say about having any kind of surgery. man does it take the wind outta your sails. something i, workaholic and general 'busy person', am just not used to! anyways... things are starting to settle into a more normal mode for me. first thing i'm doing ... http://lazarstudiowerx.com/blog/2008/07/06/save-the-date/ to all my fellow canucks... have a wonderful canada day! http://lazarstudiowerx.com/blog/2008/07/01/happy-canada-day-2/