Creative Spaces : My Happy Place

Going through old pictures in my Dropbox I came across a shoot my good friend, Avery, did of my sewing sanctuary during college - capturing where people design and work.

I loved these pictures because this old clunker, my 20 plus-year-old, 20 plus-pounds, Kenmore sewing machine is just captured so beautifully and working behind it holds the most fondest memories for me. Because this is a place where I can freely create and anything becomes possible. behind my old Kenmore sewing machine is one of the most comfortable places for me to work and express my creativity - and the way my 20 year plus used sewing machine is captured in these photos is just so beautifully.

We didn't have much extra space during my college years, but somehow my roommates always graciously allowed me a corner or extra space in our houses/apartments/duplexes to set up my machine with my trust mannequin, Lucy, standing near by.

I believe it's important to always have those set aside places for you to freely create - whether that's a corner in your house, an easy chair for reading by the window, a desk near a fire for writing, or a special napping place - it's important to have that YOU time. It would be a dream to one day have an entire room dedicated to my sewing and designing shenanigans (a room I would never have to clean up at the end of the day) - but for now I love my sewing corner.

What does your creative space look like? Where do you like to escape to?

Cheerio!

Naomi Joy