Sneak Peak Inside the Studio
Come join me for a sneak peak into my studio, where all my fave things can be found! Its always evolving with recycled shelving, color and my fave circus, storybook, kitsch and steampunk themes! Most of the furniture in the studio has been recycled or salvaged from destruction, even curb side pick up, keeping the decor of the studio and the whole store on a decorating budget is extremely important, especially in this economy!
Some of my shelves are filled with my own artwork, book samples, swap artworks, gifts, customer/friend handmade items, thrift store finds, purchases from my travels and my life long collecting!Everyone knows I love vintage dolls: kewpies, cupies, charlottes, storybook animals, etc. so when I receive one or buy one, I can't wait to show it off in the studio, lol!I especially love circus memorabilia, these tin cans came from two different locations both were ironically $2.00 each and hold some of my bits and pieces!My studio is located on a former stage, as my store was a playhouse/theatre at the Turn of the Century, this adds to the magic of my studio space not to mention the history of it!

I hope you enjoyed a glimpse into my studio world, I'll be back with more studio photos and fun! xoxo
Lisa

New Vignette Area in my Studio at Piddlestixs!

Everyday I try to come up with enchanting ideas to enhance my store and my studio space at the store, which has become my creative sanctuary, the place where I create and get inspired in. My studio in case you didn't know yet is located on the former stage of a playhouse/theater from the turn of the century in a 150 year old building located in Historic Lafayette, NJ, in the back of my store at Piddlestixs.
I comb flea markets, auctions, rummage sales, yard/garage sales, salvage yards, and dumpsters (lol) to find pieces for my studio and the store, always on the hunt for a glass cabinet, shelving or prop to decorate my store with. I have a total obsession with vintage stamp trays, cigar boxes, old fruit crates and trunks. I love apothecary glass, rusty books and of course dolls, especially my beloved cupies, kewpies, celluloids and charlottes, with a love affair of anything circus, carnival or storybook.


If its wizards, witches, fairies, mermaids or odd, I'm going to love it, the mystery behind these icons and folklore legends has always fascinated me from a young age, the works I do revolve around them and anything of magical enchantment. I'm always on a mission to find things which can bring me to a magical world and allow for my imagination to soar. The hardest part is doing this on a budget as furniture can be pricey, that is why I comb thrifty locations for furniture, and have wonderful friends and customers who bestow goodies onto me, lol.
A few weeks ago I enjoyed the town clean up week, where I found a few amazing tables, shelves, hutch, stamper trays, cigar boxes and fun pieces to re-purpose in my store, plus a friend recently gave me a box of dolls, some broken parts and TLC dolls, which I fixed and added to my studio, especially loved my cupies I received, I see some new molds in the works, lol.
In this post today, I wanted to share with you some of the newest areas of my studio, hope it brings you some inspiration and some magic, it doesn't take a whole lot of money to create a magical workspace, just a bit of creativity and some imagination!

If you are in the area, come on my store for a visit!

xoxo
Lisa!

The Studio at Piddlestixs!

Many of you know I own a shoppe called Piddlestixs, located in Historic Lafayette, NJ. I have officially owned it for 1 year, and have worked hard to cultivate it into the magical world I want it to be, and share with you. Each day is a work in progress, finding props, furniture to create the displays and the ambiance to make it unique. The look for me this year is Coney Island Carnival meets Harry Potter Enchantment.

My store is located over the Millside Cafe in a former playhouse/theater, the stage portion of the store is where my studio is located, that's right my studio is located in the former stage performance section of the store, this is where I have been creating the past year, my labor of magic and love.
Piddlestixs is where my creativity happens, where I heal from the outside world and where I find the my inner magic. This week I begin working on the cupcake/sweet shoppe portion of the store, complete w/seer sucker carnival umbrella's and fun. Enjoy candy apples, chocolate apple sticks, cotton candy, gourmet cupcakes and more.

I'm also working on Piddlestixs vol.4 available in 2 weeks, which is both a print and digital independent artistic magazine I produce and is the basis of where the name of the store came from. Over the next few weeks you are going to see new merchandise, and handmade products from a variety of artists, including work from the amazing, Joan a Sugar loaf artist w/handmade children's apparel and fellow Sugar loaf artist and teacher, AmarettoGirl. Her faux sweet shoppe and cupcake pieces are fabulous.We will be teaming up to do some collaborations this summer and fall, stay tuned....

Next week I will be getting some more apothecary style pieces from a friend who believes my store should have them and I believe she is right, lol. So if you are in the area of Lafayette, come on by and say hi. For now enjoy some pictures of my studio located inside the magical Piddlestixs!

Magic and Joy,
Lisa!

A Glimpse into my Studio World!

These are a few of my favorite things! My studio at the store is also my sacred space, my place where magic begins! A place where I can escape into an imaginary world! Inside you will find a lot of my artwork, artwork from friends, swaps and brilliant artist, vintage finds and collections!

This is the place where I create, its not too fancy or stiff, too pretty or serious, its practical, collectible and magical, just the right fix for me, its always evolving and will continue to be my space! I just need another cabinet, 2 shelves and a paper station, then it should be complete.
For now, I'd like to give you a glimpse into my world of magic, I'll call this part one!
In this picture are some of my fave Kewpies, Cupies, Carnival and Handmade Dolls!
Some more of my favorite things in these two pictures, some of my storybook dolls, vintage goodies and artworks!
The studio is open when I host workshops at Piddlestixs, located in Lafayette, NJ! See You Soon!
Magic and Joy,
Lisa!