Last year I bought myself a new easel and it’s been sitting in it’s skinny little box leering at me ever since. I’ve had it leaning on whatever surface it will lean on and then having to move it to get to something.
As you’ll be able to tell from my pictures, my studio is now crammed and a total mess. Funny how that happens. I saw a funny graphic on Facebook the other day that said something to the effect of “creativity is messy and I am VERY creative”. Yeah, that’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it.
Anyway, so here I am with the handy dandy screwdriver, which came with the easel thankfully. It’s not that we don’t have tools sitting around, oh it’s just the opposite. My hubby just won’t let me use any of them. Something about he’ll just have to re-do it the right way anyway.
So I was really proud of myself getting all the way to the end I could see it all coming together and it had gone well thanks to the ultra informative instructions in spanish. *insert eye roll* See me working all hard and stuff.
But then it happened. I was putting this pulley thingy on it to move up and down and there were pre-drilled holes. I don’t know who thought that was a good idea to put those in there but the screws ended up looking like crooked teeth. One was pointing this way and the others pointing that way. I tried and tried to straighten them up with the piece of crap screwdriver they supplied. Damn. I was going to have to ask for help.
To turn this long boring story into a happy and short story. The easel happily put itself together magically! Tada! Not exactly. Turns out I had all kinds of things wrong and we (as in he) had to take the whole thing apart and redo it. pfftttt.
My building things is as good as my math he says. Oh well, let’s see him throw together meat, cheese, veggies and water and make it magically delicious. Never mind, it’s together now and I can’t wait to take pictures of me painting huge paintings on it. I pretty much live my life as that saying goes… if you can’t be a good example you’ll have to be a horrible warning. Yep.
Your whole story made me laugh,
because I’m the person that is more like your husband.
Not that I am good at math,
but putting things together comes easy to me.
I love Mocee, sniffing something ‘new’
Anyway love your easel and your studio…
and YOU♥
PS: Just noticed the beautiful pendant
you are wearing in your bio pic 😀
It’s always comical looking back but so frustrating when it’s happening! Although by now, it’s just a running joke I can’t put anything together. haha
Yes, Mocee had to check it all out even though she was right there with me while I was putting it together. Looking at me like what do you think you’re doing? My faithful studio cat.
You are so sweet Lisa, thank you for commenting and yes, I wonder who DID make that beautiful pendant I’m wearing??? Oh that’s right YOU DID! For anyone reading, see Lisa’s work for sale here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/PritiStudio?ref=pr_shop_more
You tell a funny story! Am surprised you’ve been painting all this time without an easel — I’m impressed!
Thanks Di! I do have a table top easel I did paint from before I bought this big one. I would put a step stool on my table and then put the table top easel on it! It was a wiggly mess. I do love my new easel for sure! Thanks for commenting!
Haha! Yep. That’s the way it goes sometimes. Oh, and just ask my husband about the knobs on the kitchen cabinets (hey, I think they look pretty good considering it was the first time I’d ever used a drill).
I’ve never used an easel to paint on. Always hunch over a table or the floor. Would probably save my back/neck if I did. 🙂
Good for you Anne! Well at least you got the gumption to do it! Usually if I start getting out the hammer and a stool I make sure to walk in front of my husband. If that doesn’t work, I start banging on the wall with the hammer and he pretty much takes over. Or at least it has worked in the past, haha… I did however get some very helpful lessons from him and I can, if need be, hang pictures on the wall properly using a drill and even using those annoying anchors.