Behind the Scenes – T.Y.L. Creations

In my business, I never had a problem with deadlines – orders came in for a certain date and time, I planned and had them ready. No problem … until lockdown happened and I received orders for after lockdown. There was no “after lockdown date” as the number of days, lockdown levels and what we can and can’t do changed often.

I realised that I was struggling to get motivated to be creative. So, instead of telling myself to get over it, I gave myself permission to take time out from my normal routine and do something different.

I decided to rearrange my workroom. It was overdue and something I’d wanted to do for some time so now was the perfect opportunity.

It wasn’t a pretty sight at the start, as I used my work tables to sort things out

We had a nice hot day in the week and I decided to wash all my tools and use the sunshine to get them dry. Fondant tools, clay tools, pasta machines … all got cleaned.

This “time out exercise” was fast becoming loads of fun as I cleaned and rearranged and found new places for all my things. Also finding things that I forgot I had.

It took a few days, but I had so much fun that it didn’t bother me at all. Everything was cleaned and I got rid of loads of things that weren’t necessary anymore. I was in my happy place.

Finally, I was done and VERY happy with my newly organised room

My “time out exercise” worked out great and was just what I needed to get excited about being creative again.

So, for future reference … note to self … when you get stuck, take time out and do something different, and it doesn’t even have to be for a few days, it can just be for a short time. This really helped to get me excited again.

Let the creating begin…

I can’t be creative when my workroom’s walls are white … that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it. 😊😊😊

Colourful walls are what I like, and owning our own house means I can paint! Woohoo!!

A while ago, I took some brochures from a paint shop and saw this kitchen they did in one of the brochures, the walls were painted in a lime green and the cupboard doors in different colours … cerise pink, orange, yellow and purple. I immediately loved it and decided that I would use those colours in my workroom. So, off to the paintshop we went to get similar colours … Velvet Ribbon 5 (purple), Flamingo Fun 2 (pink), Harvest Fruits 1 (Orange), Lemon Chiffon 1 (Yellow), and Lime Zest 1 (Green).

Then I just had to decide which colour would go on which wal,l and then the fun could start.

We painted the room in stages and made sure that the walls were properly dry before we did the next colour.

The first wall was painted with Velvet Ribbon – purple