Last blog post I said I needed to stop procrastinating and empty the shed to set up stained glass studio. Well ......... now I don't need to because I have put an offer in on a commercial property so my studios will be combined and will be in Downtown Wilson! No more worrying about the cat walking on students projects while they are working on them. Sorry Wesley but some people to not appreciate you helping!  So all you people with allergies it will be so much better. Don't worry I will make it up to my studio mates Nanook and Wesley when I get home. I will have a little jewelry studio at home just for us.

I have listed three jewelry classes on the Class Tab that I will hold at Art at 123 Studio on Barnes Street in Wilson. I will not be able to do any stained glass classes until I set up studio downtown after May 31. There are renters in the building until then. Plus I still have a load left in Virginia that I need to get here to add to studio- stained glass display racks, student tool kits and project boards plus other goodies. Photos below. I have been thinking about a name for the Studio. I was considering staying with Kim S. Joy Stained Glass and Jewelry but I might want to have other artists' work in there also and teaching as well. Any suggestions?

Moving to Wilson has been amazing. The people I have met and the opportunities that have come along are just more than I could have imagined. Please come and visit. I do have a spare room and the animals have not made it their own yet.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! It is also my maternal grandmother, Annie Allan Sellars birthday, as well celebrate her 134th birthday.

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So I have been working in my jewelry studio in the largest bedroom in the house, looking out the window at the shed and the pile of glass in my driveway for 3 months now. Ugh! The shed needs to be emptied and all the stained glass supplies and work surfaces put in. I guess I am procrastinating!

Until Tuesday when I went to look at a store front in Downtown Wilson and fell in love with the idea to move out and up to a real store/studio. It is a little crazy because I moved here to be debt free and am unless I purchase this retail space. Oh what to do....

I put an offer in last night and have not heard anything yet. Fingers crossed. My contractors are going to look at it Monday. It looks pretty good but I can not see everything. I will keep you updated, until then here is a teaser photo.
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