Our Workspace on Lifehacker

Thanks so much to Lifehacker for featuring our workspace!

You can find the article here, and while you're at it, check out their tips for apartment living!

For the full post on our shared workspace, click right here!

♥ Shannon

Apartment Therapy

Matt and I have been in full moving mode! Before we left our apartment, we snapped some photos of our living room / work space (full tour coming soon!). Apartment Therapy was kind enough to feature my desk area. Check out their page for a closer look and ways to shop for my home office!

♥ Shannon

5 Tips for Working from Home

It's been a challenging transition, going from a day job to working from home. Sometimes having all the time in the world worked against me; I would put off doing work because I had time to do it later...then I would get nothing accomplished. So I've put together a few tips that help me get work done:

1. Get Dressed for Work. Put on something nice and inspiring, just like you would for a fun day job. Trust me, you'll be more productive if you feel professional. I never get good work done if I'm in my PJs.

3. Have a Designated Workspace. Keep it clean and tidy, put up some inspiring artwork or quotes, and make it a lovely spot that you look forward to working in.

3. Keep a Schedule. Get into a routine so you know when it's time to work and when it's time to play. This will help keep you productive.

4. Take Breaks. Get up and stretch every hour, reward yourself with a snack break, or a tea break in the afternoon. I find this helps break up the hours, leaving me refreshed to keep at it!

5. Finish the Day. If you consistently work late into the night, you could burn out. Make sure you give yourself a closing time so you can relax at home, guilt-free. This is important! Just because you could be doing more work, doesn't mean you should.

Do you work from home? I'd love to hear any other great tips.

♥ Shannon

Unplggd Top Link!

My workspace was the top tech tour this week. Thank you to everyone who checked it out!

And thank you once again to Unplggd for such a lovely feature!

♥ Shannon

Unplggd Tech Tour

Remember when I said I was working on a little something?

I tried to play it cool when Gregory from Unplggd contacted me about doing a tech tour, but let's face it--I was amped!

For those of you who have come here from Unplggd, welcome to my blog--please make yourself at home! Everyone else, check out the tech tour here (don't forget to enter the tour)!

And thanks to the whole team at Apartment Therapy, not only for making my day, but for being awesome and inspiring all the time.

♥ Shannon

Color!

Hello loves, I've been working on a little something and I just wanted to pop in and give you a peek.

I hope you're having a bright June! The countdown to summer has officially begun (17 days to go)!

♥ Shannon

Unclutterer Love

Thank you so much to Erin from Unclutterer for featuring my workspace last week (and thanks to Dawnie for pointing it out for me!). All the comments of my room have been so sweet and very truly heart-warming. So thank you everyone for your kind words, and welcome to new visitors!

I'll be back later today with a fun Easter craft!

♥ Shannon

My Workspace

Hi loves, welcome to my little world.

Matt and I used to share the space, but he had too many boy things and he always made it dark so he could film so I booted him down to the basement-turned-awesome-mancave, and now I have my light and airy craft room!

One could make almost anything in here. Those boxes are filled with even more craft supplies, and behind the dress form is a closet with boxes of goodies.

Thanks for checking it out!

♥ Shannon

Yellow & Green

Natalie's Christening photo shoot inspired me to fall in love with the first colors of spring all over again.

Now, we have years before little luck tree is in jeopardy of featuring babies, but Emily did such a beautiful job with this shoot, I just can't help myself:

And of course, as you know, I love me some daffodils:

So it was pretty easy to bring the inspiration into my office:

Tomorrow I'll be giving you a full tour of my workspace--it's probably the most girly room I've had since I was 8, but it's full of so many craft corners, and I can't wait to share it with you!

♥ Shannon