I decorated some thumbtacks for my cork board the other day. I just removed the loops from the back pieces for some covered button forms, made up the buttons and glued on some tacks. They look pretty cute on my board.

So, I want to paint my studio blue but I can't make up my mind which blue I want it to be. I really feel comfortable surrounded by the colour blue; it's cool and soothing.  I want a blue with a little green in it though to give it some warmth and energy (especially in the winter when it's cold and grey outside).

I've been picking up paint chips whenever we're at Canadian Tire and sticking them up on the wall to see what I like. They look so different at home than they do in the racks at the store. I was thinking as I put up today's collection of chips that I liked the one I already had in the bottom right the best so far and then discovered I'd picked it up a second time. This might be the colour I'm looking for.

I'm planning white accents to go with the blue walls. All the trim in the room is white already and my clock is made up of a bunch of little white picture frames (you can just see it in the top of the picture). I'm going to paint the legs of my sewing table white and leave the top plain wood (hides scratches better) and change the frame on my cork board (or maybe cover the whole thing with white fabric, not sure yet).

(Please excuse the mess. I haven't found homes for everything in my studio yet. It's actually much better than it was - Rob got me some storage drawers and now you can see the floor.) On Monday my studio became a wood shop. My dad came over to help us out with our deck (it is now level) and to help me with my sewing table. It was Rob's desk when he was at university; I've been using it for my sewing machine for a few years now but it was kind of high.

I checked with Rob (who said I can do whatever I want to that table since he's got another desk) and asked Dad to cut four inches off each of the legs. We got saw dust all over the carpet but my table is now the perfect height for me. Dad also brought over a piece of fibreboard to reinforce the back of the table so it doesn't shake so much when I'm sewing.

I wanted to try it out so I made a pincushion. It was a lot easier on my neck and shoulders to sew with the lower table. I can look right down on what I'm doing and my hands are at a much more comfortable height (my elbows don't have to bend so far). The pattern is "Kelly's Pincushion" from Last Minute Quilted and Patchwork Gifts and turned out so cute. I have to try more projects from this book - I really like all the ones I've done so far.