Here are some photos from around the studio today. No beauty shots, just some snaps of how it looks right now.
Wide shot of the studio. Click to view larger.
Bookcase full of old books. Some I will keep and some will be made into journals or other projects. That's the leg of my tripod extending into the picture.
Top of the bookcase with two small collages, one completed and one in progress. I found the two small polka dotted feathers on a walk yesterday afternoon.
Bulletin board 
Recent purchases.
Piano rolls.
Three shoe boxes full of dirty old postcards from a railroad company in the early 1900s. I use these for the Vintage Index Card gift tag sets. (The boxes are cool too.)
Vintage sewing patterns
Office supplies, vintage and otherwise. Many thanks to my sister for the thumb tacks, brads, etc. in the cool vintage boxes.
Stack of old ledgers from the turn of the century. From a dry goods company down South. These are 10" x 14" each and very thick, filled with beautiful handwriting.
French titles.
Stack of old atlases, photo albums and a bundle of letters from Cecil Quackenbush to his mother. He was a rounder and a rambler--traveled around the West and Southwest picking up jobs as a movie extra in early silent Westerns, a ranch hand and a laborer. He wrote faithfully to his mother in Indiana wherever his ramblings took him.
And finally, Ellie, the (other) love of my life. 
Hope you've enjoyed the tour. A memento of my life and studio at a singular moment in time.
Sharon
11 comments:
I love your pictures. All those old books make me feel funny. Like I jumped off a ledge in a dream. How glorious they all are.
I would love to see inside those ledgers
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Cecil Quackenbush...now there is a name!
Kelly
Second Hand Chicks
FABULOUS! Thanks for "showing" us your working space.
I am a mother in Indiana, too!
love all those wonderful books.
Marti, the letters are incredible. They would make a great novel or movie. I might post them on here at some point.
By the way, I have a friend with the last name Schrock. I wonder if you might be related?
Thanks for stopping by!
Sharon
wonderful!
Louloulovesbooks - I LOVE your comment. So beautiful and such an apt description.
Hope - I've been a fan of your work for a long time. Thanks for stopping by.
Sharon
Sharon, LOVE the wide shot of your studio, was that taken with your new camera? Always such an inspiring and lovely space!
And sweet Ellie, that shot deserves a place on your wall!
xo, jen
Those photos are so cool. Thank you for letting us have a peek of your wonderful studio. Have a great day.
So refreshing to see a studio that looks a tad like mine - meaning, as is! Actually, my work area is so much messier, but it made me feel good to see that others have stacks and stacks of stuff too! Lovely - and a beautiful dog as well!
Hi Julie. Nice to hear from you! Thanks for stopping by! Sometimes, my studio is even more "as-is" than this. Tee hee!
Sharon
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