studio inspiration series - nicole balch

Good morning, friends!

Here is another round of our studio inspiration series {if you missed the first one, go here.} This next studio space is by entrepreneur, stationery maker, blogger, and very-soon-to-be-mom Nicole Balch. Nicole is the author of Making it Lovely. A wonderful blog on the different projects that she and her husband have taken on to make their house a home. I am a big fan of her work!

Here is her studio that she works on all of her stationery and cards, Pink Loves Brown. I am drooling over how absolutely organized everything is in here. I have this fascination with organization. Little boxes, containers, etc. anything that can help make life more organized is beautiful to me.

So, here...take a look for yourself...

Look at all of those yummy boxes and trays to hold her cards and stationery!





I am in desperate need of an organized shipping station like this.
Right now all of the envelopes and shipping materials for my shop
are just lying in a pile {neat pile, but still it's a pile} on my desk.





Those curtains are adorable!



This little cubby would be great for outgoing orders!

{all images by Nicole Balch via Making it Lovely}

To see more of Nicole's beautiful studio, go check out the studio tour on her blog. She has a lot more pictures and descriptions of all the items that make up this lovely space of hers.

Once again, I'm inspired to organize my office even more today. :)

If any of you have a studio or office that you think should be featured in our studio inspiration series, please email me at tiffany {at} zajas {dot} com I would love to see pictures of all of your spaces!

Have a wonderful Thursday!

studio inspiration series - candice stringham

I love finding inspiration for improving our workspaces and home office. Since Jonathan and I both normally do most of our work from home, it's nice to have a comfortable, organized, and cheery home office/studio that we actually enjoy being in.

Looking through blogs of different photographers, designers, crafters, and artisans, I am greatly inspired by their different workspaces. And here, in a new blog series entitled studio inspiration, I am going to share a few of those with you.

Our first inspiration comes from photographer Candice Stringham. I love her office because she makes great use of a small space, and it is very chic and functional.

I also love her use of black, red, and white...because those are, afterall, some of my favorite colors.

Look how organized the entire office is. I love it when there's a place for everything and everything's in it's place...it's such a refreshing feeling. Something I've been trying to work on achieving in my own office.

I have to say, I would love to own my own copy of that vintage camera poster.

Aren't those little bins for trinkets adorable?


{all photos by Candice Stringham Photography}

I love love love that large calendar. Love it!

Now that I'm even more inspired to go and organize my office, I think I might go do that right now.

Feel free to check out the rest of Candice's office at her blog. She has lots of descriptions and more pictures of what she has in her workspace. I highly recommend going to check it out!