Week one of Made on Marion

I have never been so tired in my life! Oh wait, yes I have. Every first week of every new job. It's so easy to forget how much energy it takes to learn something from new. :)
On Sunday it was my birthday and our first day of actual ownership, so we had a working bee with cake, and many wonderful friends turned up to help rearrange the entire shop. Of course, I didn't know where to begin so I was very relieved when my dear friend Ross turned up and took over. Ross who designed my fabulous kitchen and is a spatial genius. He also somehow managed to avoid being in any photos!
The amazing Sarah took lots of photos that delight me so I'm just going to pop a whole lot in here to hopefully delight you too:

 Perfect white hearts. I think they are a bit odd but come Christmas time we're going to have fun turning them into beautiful tree decorations

 Cane, cane, cane.

 Craft or alchemy?

 I love the heads! The wall below it is now completely different, and crammed with crafty goodness :)

 Lots and lots of ways to string beads, pendants and bone carvings. 

 My indulgence - little sugar paste flowers. Claire and Zoe donned gloves and bagged these up for the shop.

Action shot. Me at counter doing??? The Embroidenator cleaning a window sill. And she is teaching 3D flower making too! What a mother, what a woman! :)

So this is where I am every day. It's fun and hard and fabulous and scary all at once. No wonder I am tired ;-)