As a lovely, thoughtful Christmas gift, my hubby built a new desk in the office for me. My old, circular, former kitchen table desk was really not cutting it. It took up a lot of room, and the circular shape was odd for crafting. It always seemed like I was wasting space on it. This new desk would fit in the corner and allow me ample room to spread out, which I did as soon as he said, "It's done!"
I covered it with a bunch of stuff - unfinished crafts, craft inspirations, cutting mat, coasters, lamps, pens, scissors, holidays cards, etc. My existing stuff left very little actual space for me to create new stuff. Realizing this, I cleared one blank space about 18 inches wide to be my designated work space until I get more organized.
Yesterday, I began working on a poster, which involved paint. Smartly, in my one clear spot, I put down newspaper to protect the top of my awesome new desk. It's all about planning ahead with this stuff. I painted the first layer and left the piece to dry.
Later in the evening, my family decided to Skype. (3 cheers for family face time despite distances!) Since my computer was already hooked up near the desk and the lighting there is good, I sat down with the computer in my lap. But that got old quick. So I set it in the extra chair, but the angle with the lighting was not working. So I set it on the desk. And...
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...I was sure to move the art before I set the computer down. Saved the art, didn't spill the paint. See - planning ahead.
I did forget, however, to move the glass of rose I had set down on the newspaper (because it would do just as good of a job as the safely-located-out-of-the-way-in-a-corner coaster of protecting the top of my awesome new desk), and I suffered my first design loss. Goodbye little cupcake! Sorry I drowned you in rose.
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