The Christmas holidays are always a good time to do some things that you haven't found the time for so far. Especially the days between Christmas and New Years - in Germany we even have a phrase for that, we call it "between the years" - when all the celebrating (and eating!) is done and you can slow down, relax and wait for the new year to arrive...
Well, I dicided to finally give it a try and rearrange the furniture in my sewing studio. I didn't feel that comfortable in there anymore and I have absolutely no idea why - bad karma?? And I have to admit, I probably have the nicest room in our house and still there was something bothering me. This is what the room looked like before:

All the furniture was simply set up along the wall. I had both my sewing and my cutting table at the one end of the room and what bothered me most was that I was facing the wall all the time and sitting with my back towards the door. All in all the room doesn't look bad but there was just something missing.

I put the table with my sewing and my overlock machine with the short end along the wall between the windows. That way I can still use the sunlight while sewing but the room suddenly looks much more structured. My old sewing machine table with the Singer vintage sewing machine took the spot of that table and is now kind of in the focus when you enter the room which I like very much. The dress form finally has a real spot, it has been standing in front of the closet and always got in my way.

At the back of the sewing table I put all three of my small storage carts (one of them has been hidden in the closet the whole time because I couldn't figure out where to put it), this way creating a really neat and cozy corner at the back window.

The cutting table and my white shelf both remain in their old spot. At least at my sewing table I no longer have "open space" behind my back but the comfort of my closet. Just a few small changes but they make the room so much nicer. I finally enjoy working in there again!

Enjoy the holidays, have a very Happy New Year and... be creative! ;-)

Well, as you might have guessed I'm a huge fan of constrasting colors. And I don't necessarily mean contrasting as in the official definition of what complementary color pairs on the color wheel are like. I'm also talking about combining all colors that are obviously very different from each other and not similar in shades (like e. g. salmon and red or beige and brown).
Take a closer look at the items in my shop and you will realize, I follow that color scheme A LOT. I just recently listed some new trifold wallets and my two favorites are these:

It adds uniqueness to an item and especially if it doesn't show immediately, there is a nice moment of surprise. Check out the black and white wallet: the circle pattern itself is nice but the vibrant red zip pocket inside just tops it all! I mean, doesn't that look hot?
The purple vanilla one is one of my most favorite color combos ever. I personally love the bright purple floral fabric anyway but together with the soft vanilla tone on the inside of the wallet, it gets a whole different look.
Sometimes it doesn't even have to be too obvious like in the examples above. If I have similar colors, I sometimes like to add just a little hint of contrast color, e. g. with a zipper or a little ornament. This is really a good idea, if you don't like a contrasting color to show off but to indirectly add a nice effect to the other colors of an item: