Hello again, sweet friends!
If you've followed me from the beginning, waaaaaay back in 2009, then you know that I've had quite a few craft studios. Let's take a walk down memory lane of my previous studios... and how I got to where I am today:)
- I started in my classroom- I was a teacher and would make fun designs and different things with my students. I wasn't making "cards" but it was the start of my crafting passion. **Technically I started making cards in high school- I would send notes to my friends in class on colored paper with colored ink. I would fold the note up to look like an envelop and then write on the outside: Deliver to Emily, seat 3 row 1 (kind of like an address🙃).
- Then I married Trav and moved my craft supplies into the garage and used the kitchen table as my workspace. This was in our first home together.
- After a few years, Trav converted one of the back bedrooms into a studio- it was beautiful! We bought a huge office desk (I still have this in my sewing studio!) and I had my sewing cabinet coming out of the closet like an island so I could cut fabric there. I also used my desk to write blog posts and create cards. It was on this desk that I started the 1st Savannahland blog on my MAC computer. **Side note: My first blog was through MAC/Apple... it was too hard to be involved with blog hops with this blog since I had to wait to post for the permalink. So I moved to Blogger at the end of 2009 and started Savannahland2 (that's where the 2 comes in! LOL!).
- We bought a new home and I was instantly given a front bedroom for my studio. It was awesome but cramped. I created a video tour of this room HERE. It was in this second studio that I created ALL of my videos for Paper Smooches, Imagine Crafts, Reverse Confetti, Sweet Stamp Shop, etc. I made a lot of videos in this room!
- Then we moved to Tampa in 2017- this studio was a bit bigger but became cramped as soon as I moved in! LOL! We had custom cabinets installed and painted the room a baby Robbin egg blue- all my other rooms were yellowish. I was working for the magazine Cardmaker at the time as a DT member, and they featured my studio on their blog (it's since been deleted... but I have the original photos). You can't see the sewing desk or how stuffed the closet is... but trust me, I was bursting at the seams! LOL!I stopped making videos and started working for our church, but then COVID hit and all things changed. Craft companies started closing down and there were a few personal situations that took me down a deep, dark path of depression. I took a small break but came back and enjoyed crafting MUCH MUCH MORE! I started working for Spellbinders, Pink & Main, and YourPaperInsiders in this studio.
- THEN..... we decided to move to SC and I was promoted to TWO craft studios! They are joined by a Jack and Jill bathroom so I can easily go from one room to the next. Both have walk-in closets and are HUGE! I would say I'm still bursting at the seams with stuff... I need to destash! LOL! Here's a photo of when we moved in after some boxes were dropped off--- not the greatest photo but imagine NO room to walk around! That's what it was like after 12 hours of moving boxes from the two moving trucks!Here's a photo of my closet in SC--- it's wonderfully HUGE and yet STILL bursting at the seams! LOL!
After 17 months of waiting to sell our FL home (bad market and a VERY long story)... we are finally able to remodel this studio. I've been on a makeshift workspace and in boxes since May 2024.
It's so nice to have my custom cabinets back and a new quartz countertop (which was installed yesterday!). I am getting things settled and put into place. I can't wait to get this room done because then I can move on to my sewing studio!!!! Here's a photo of what I have in my sewing room now... but be aware--- I'm going to change MOST of it! LOL!
And just because... here's a photo of Finn in my studio while doing the remodel. He doesn't care if the carpet is ripped out! He just loves being near me:) 
That's it for me today. I hope you've enjoyed reading about my studio journey. I'm very excited for these NEW studios, and I cannnnnnnnnnot wait to get crafty again!
THANKS so much for stopping by! MORE to come 💌
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