 Hey guys, so are you ready for another fixing the flow video? Because some ideas kept me up most of last night and I didn't get a lot of sleep So I think we need to work on that Let's go get our notebook to start off with okay, so we're here with fixing the flow part 5 and It's about don't tear yourself up if your room gets messy if your space gets messy That's gonna happen. You're creative like when you're in the middle of a project Especially things are gonna get messy if you have a big influx of stuff that comes in and you don't have time to put it away You're gonna just dump it on the floor of the table in your space like that happens We all do it don't beat yourself up about it But at the same time if you're like me I need to be able to find things easily that I know are in my room. So I try not to have those Piles and messiness last too long and as soon as I'm done with said project I put things away Things have to be put away and put away in a way that I can find stuff Because otherwise I just make myself completely insane and I cannot any longer be that person That goes out and buy something because I can't find the same thing I know is in here somewhere and then I end up with duplicates or triple kids I just can't do that anymore. It's just too much stuff and I get too overwhelmed and my muse only focuses on the mess and the enormity of the stuff that I have and not focusing on being creative and creating new things and in that vein this series has inspired me to get back into sewing my journey with sewing is a long and arduous one and I have stopped sewing for years at the time and Then picked it up again, and I've never been able to completely get rid of any of my so all of my sewing stuff But the fabric purge we did recently in one of these videos I don't regret getting rid of any of that stuff, but it did inspire me to pick up my needle and thread again and Start sewing again a specifically making myself clothes like this t-shirt I have on today and actually the pants that you'll see in this video and I'm enjoying Doing that and at some point I'll have a conversation about that. I'll probably be in some of the upcycling videos. I'm making right now But because I'm doing a lot of sewing and I'm able to keep myself and My space a very fluid environment So I can be super creative I Excuse me I Removed all the product packaging from my art room closets and the bookshelf associated with it and I At some point we'll probably get rid of most of that because I am Slowly working away from doing anything on Etsy. It's just not making me any money. It's a whole separate conversation but I Was able to because I did that create some hanging space in my art room closet for thrifted items I want to upcycle and Other big things like my drying rack and stuff like that that I do use here in the art room And I got tired of digging out of the closet outside the art room. Anyway, it worked out really well I'll show you guys here in a video. I also discovered because I was doing that I really like having stations in the art room a sewing station a main work table station We have the inspiration station, which we're sitting in right now And I really need to work on the painting station Which leads me to the sections and categories I made early on in this book painting and watercolor Mediums Packing supplies were on here. I didn't even know I burnt that down. I took care of that. It's not even in here and Like I said at some point maybe even today I'm going to go through that and I'm going to get rid of a bunch of stuff So in that note, I'm going to leave that open because I'm going to need to cross stuff off when we're done So I think today I'm going to show you the few little changes that I made mainly in the closet I did also create some large canvas like floppy bins for Upcycling things like I have one that's just full of blue jeans because I've been doing a lot of stuff with blue Jeans and they live on the floor under the hanging section and that actually is working out super well for me The temptation is of course going to be save every scrap and every piece because maybe I can use this someday because I have the I might eat a someday disease I'll show you the garbage bag. We're not doing that. I have the garbage bag and The only reason it's still up here because it is getting kind of full is because I'm not sure if I should just put it in the Neighborhood recycling bin. Is there someplace better in the Portland area to recycle literally fabric scraps small pieces and threads? Not anything that's necessarily usable to anybody If you know leave it in the comment below because I'd love to know I there is a place online that you can like buy a buy a bag and fill it up with whatever and then they take it and recycle it That's all well and good, but I don't want to spend the 20 bucks to buy a bag So anyway Fixing the flow. We're still working on it because it's a constant Job in progress. I don't know about you, but it is for me. All right. Let's turn the camera around to see the progress We've made what's working. What's not and see how we can fix it today All right, let's get started This is the tool desk and I had to in the midst of sewing film a couple of art journaling videos so I set up the camera and some lighting over here in the corner on the tool desk and While that works for me Then you can't use the tool desk I Did discover I kind of working like working at a smaller desk for doing my painting and stuff. So we're going to be Clearing off the tool desk and I think we're going to be redoing the acrylic painting corner to be a painting corner and We are going to be working on Making this work better for whether I want to work at the easel this big easel Where are we this big easel or the water color easel and we're going to see if we can get them both in the corner I'll still be doing our journaling at one of the desks or the big table in the center of the room More than likely, but I would love a place where I can just sit and paint Then leave it dry walk away and then maybe go over here Here and do some sewing so I really like that and the Behind the irony board is One of our two bits banks. This is products and tools This one is more fabric patterns and mixed media supplies, which is a constant thing. I'm going through and purging because This is just a lot but for now. I'm happy with what I have It's working for me notice a folding table a couple of card tables a chair These are all parts that I might or might not need for that corner that will work on in a minute It was in the closet and I got rid of one of these black bookshelves I had in here I had two of them on this side and I Would now I'm able to get some hangers in here and some Thrifted items and actually honestly some items in my closet. I never wear we're gonna upcycle them and Make them into things. I will wear Be that person that never wore anything. I sewed for myself Because I was afraid of judgment. Oh, did you make that? Oh, that's cute. I Don't care anymore. I'm gonna make things. I love I'm gonna make things that are comfortable and I'm going to have my room arranged in a way that allows me that creativity and Self-expression when I need it in whatever form it comes. So today We are gonna work on the painting nook now my art room has two of these little alcoves They're not super big It's like two and a half inches too short for my old Craft show table, which is four feet So I'm not sure that's gonna work in this space. It might in a certain respect We'll have to see first. I have to clear it out. So All right, let's get started Okay, I'd love to make this My painting and filming station ideally I'd love a desk under the window Look at my plants do some painting the window sill is kind of low, but that's okay Have some ideas about that Will that work out that way I don't know but let's see if we can make something work All right, let's give it a shot. Why do I have this feeling this might lead to some purging? Cuz doesn't it always? I'll show you guys some better shots in a minute, but I think the watercolor part of the painting corner the painting nook is looking really good and that's Definitely something I can work with to do my abstract painting The the tripod is in the corner I don't need to put the light up because there is a light in here plus one front of the window now I need to work on the Acrylic painting table and Then put the plants and things back that are going to go in the window Off the cart do something with easel. There's a lot still I'll be back Do something like this there's a lot of time just standing back and looking and you might think you get it finished and then you work in the space a couple times and you have to Tweak some things for lack of a better term. That's totally normal. Don't be yourself up about it That's what I'm doing right now That works and the nice thing about using this wooden chair is not only does it fold up? And it can just go in the corner by the tripod when I'm not sitting here in front of the window It's also a gift from a very dear friend. We actually have two of them. She's not doing well and I love having her think she's gifted me in the art room All right, I think it might be time for Going through acrylic painting tools and paint All right, I'll be back Okay, I think the painting corner is working the flow seems to be good right in front of the window I've got my abstract watercolor stuff, which is going to be great I can't wait to just sit here sip a cup of coffee and paint. It's going to be nice And the acrylic is behind me the only thing is I've got two I've got two water things over here To dip brushes in do I need to? Do I really need to be that? compulsive about Separating watercolor brushes brush water from acrylic water. It's not like I'm not going to rinse it out in between I don't know Okay, I think this works better Just having one cup of water right here in front of the abstract watercolor stuff. I think that's good I will probably just use the one for all the painting in this corner, but I do have others I think for right now I need to just put the others away The only one I'll leave out that's on the tool table the tool desk is dirty paintbrush can And I might even put that away for now Really need to keep surfaces relatively open and And the floor and everything I try not to put too much stuff on the floor although I've been working on pairing down my acrylic paint Stash and I've done pretty well with that. I got down to from nine bins to six and I'm gonna let go of some stuff So now I only have four Three bigger ones and one tiny tiny one So that's we're slowly gathering speed on that that doesn't mean I still have two bins on the floor But that's okay for the moment I think this is gonna work for me really well So I and I have over in the corner back there. I have my bigger tabletop easel should I need it and My inspiration folders and some extra watercolor paper that works I'm gonna put a few things away and I'll be back. Okay. I didn't go far with the water things. They're on that drying shelves behind the work table And I didn't put a few things away, but I can tell you getting them out of this spot Super good idea And then if I need them, they're not too far. They're over there and I can just grab one That that works well for me. Nice to have a little bit of extra Reddly handy storage space whether you're using for projects that are in progress and are drying or just to put things like those water containers Okay, let's put some more stuff away and see where we can get with this and how many things we can cross off are fixing the flow list I think this is already fixing the flow in my art room a lot I'll show you when I get everything Situated I just put a bunch of stuff away and I've got some paint on the table to let go of and I'll Bring you over there and show you what I'm going to do and tell you why in a minute But I just put a bunch of stuff away and walked back in the room and this corner feels so much better open and Inspiring and I can breathe and I can look out the window. I can't even tell you I love it so much The only thing I wish is that I had some little corner shelves for my plants, but they can sit on the window So I don't really open the window that much, but if I do want to open it. I'll just move them open it and put it back I mean It's not that big a deal. All right. Let's go to the table Okay, so one of the things I'll do with this stuff that's left is take some pictures of it and I'll post it on my buy nothing group For my area where I live by nothing is a group They have them all over the place. So look for buy nothing and then wherever you live And it's people who want to let go of stuff and they're just giving it away and they post it on there for sit I'm not for sale they post it on there and Yeah, then somebody comes and gets it so Yeah, okay sewing station Tools bits bank tools and Extra glue and stuff that I still need to work my way through or something tool desk and by tools I mean like rubbing alcohol and Tape there's a bin down there of just tape. You know what I mean, right? Okay. Anyway tool desk I did put this chair back over here because I do occasionally like to use it when I'm at the tall easel but tool desk Said tall easel our new watercolor Desk in the painting nook the painting station This is One end of my computer desk, but now it's got the acrylic mediums and mark making tools baby wipes Said computer desk inspiration nook or station Random office supplies they can't do anything about at the moment storage closets stencils and small bits bank This is a rolling Ikea cart I use for when I'm journaling working on various products This is said bag of fabric scraps. I said I talked about earlier. I don't know what to do with that and then drying racks and ready every day Commonly used stuff that I always seem to need at the work table And dress form. She still doesn't have a name by the way Okay, that fixes a lot of workflow problems in my room in my space some things that While I was having fun sewing and I'm still I'm having I'm not stopping that anytime soon You know, there are times when you want to work on one project like me with the sewing But at the same time you want to stop and take a break for a bit and do something else, but you don't necessarily want to Put all the sewing machines away and you have to clear off the desk I did that in my old room. My old one room was only 10 by 10. I'm luck I'm very lucky to have a large room where I can have stations but even in my old room if I had done better or known better I Could have had things like my sewing machine out all the time in a corner And then also had, you know a work table that is, you know blank and empty unless there's a project in progress But you have a little station where the sewing machine is over here on this table your painting stuff's over here on this corner For me, I think that's really the way I need to go to be creative that doesn't work for everybody It doesn't work for everybody's space, but for me it definitely works, especially in this space. I can now cross off Let's see a few things Mediums. We still have to address packing supplies And I'm not so sure about mixed media. I'm going to circle that one decor Packing supplies random stuff. I did as part of my sewing Find some things In my costume closet. Yes, we have a costume closet from Renfair days That don't need to be in the closet because I'm either going to incorporate them into my everyday wardrobe or hang them up here in the art room, which I did and a couple of jewelry pieces I put downstairs in my jewelry box because why not wear them? They don't do any good up there so We will talk about decor and for me I hang things up in my space that make me happy that make me smile my own work friends work It's a little visually cluttered probably but it makes me happy So we can cross off number five So if you don't know where you want to go with your creative journey you have no idea where to even get started and you have to figure out what it is exactly that you want to do to Express yourself through your creativity. Did you know I wrote a book? Yes, I did. It's available on Amazon. This is it It's a Amazon print-on-demand book. It is a workbook. So on one page it's going to have Something written by me and on the other pages can ask you a question the back of the book Says do you want to have a more creative self-expressive life? So do I. Here are some things I used to keep myself on track. They work for me. Who knows they might work for you too and You know work through the book and maybe these things will work for you Maybe they won't but maybe at least it'll help you figure out where you want to go with your art and creativity because if you have those moments Where you walk into your art room your craft room You look at it and you just want to turn around and walk out. We've all been there and The inspiration and flow in your room isn't working for you anymore. You're not sure where you want to go with your creativity If you want to go with your creativity You need to work through it. There's no easy way around it. Don't rush and get rid of everything It's not about being a minimalist or a maximalist. It's about having a space that works for you. All right So I worked through some issues today that make me very happy I still don't know what to do with the bag of fabric scraps, but I'll figure it out eventually Again, if you have ideas leave them down below That's it for today If you want ready access to me and to ask me questions to follow what I'm doing on the daily Think about becoming a patron. I do have a private YouTube channel for them. They have a private Facebook chat with me Among other things so the link for that is down below and I do help them with their craft rooms And we have video conference calls and stuff like that. So yeah, think about becoming a patron and I'll help you with your space If I can and yeah The most important thing is to go out and have a good day. Do something nice for yourself because you deserve it I'm gonna enjoy my space and have some lunch. I'll see you later. Bye guys