Jill MacKay's BLOG

WHERE WOMEN CREATE

I am so excited to share that my studio and I

are featured in the winter issue of

WHERE WOMEN CREATE!

Released the first of November it is now available at bookstores and magazine stands.  Or you can purchase your copy here https://stampington.com/Where-Women-Create-Winter-2017 

My feature is a 10 page spread! WOW! Thank you Stampington & Company, and Jo Packham! I am so honored as I have always loved this magazine and now I am featured in it! I'm pinching myself.

Me

My studio. So glad this is documented as it will likely never look that clean again!

My friend Mary Pridgen did all the wonderful photography for the feature in the magazine. She's a friend and a local photographer here in Fort Collins and her company's name is Bare Bones Studio. Thank you Mary!

I'm glad they put this photo in. I am holding a photo of my mother when she was 6 years old. For as long as I can remember my grandmother (Mom's mom) had this in her home. When she died it lived in my mother's home and always sat in her living room on a hand embroidered table cloth. Now that my mother is gone I have and cherish this little treasure.

Feeling Blessed!

xoxo

Jill

 

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HELLO OBAMA! (& studio part 2)

Hi All,

Today is a TERRIFIC DAY! Today  "W" leaves the Whitehouse and Obama is cheered in!! Amazing! Historic! A good day for the whole world! Very, very happy! Thank goodness!

It is freakin freezing here today, wow! So happy to report that my new studio has stone floors with in-floor heat! Talk about luxurious. Warm feet. WOW! It used to be the previous owner's GREEN plant room so it's all glass and warm floors kind of like a greenhouse. Now different types of things are beginning to grow in there...namely my imagination!

I wanted to post the second short installation of the process being made of putting together the new studio.  Right now it doesn't feel like I will ever get done with all the traveling  coming up...Just too much going on getting ready for CHA and Tucson... but I'll just keep plugging along.

I'm giving you tube another try and if they remove this video I will know not why!

The quality seems really low so I am not sure what's up with that. May have to do some investigating. When I play it on my computer it looks clear then when I download to Youtube it loses a couple of generations. Not sure...maybe they  downsize to lower res? Anyone know? I'm such a newbie!

Goodbye "W"... Hello OBAMA!

xoxo

Jill

My New Studio

In the past month I have relocated to a beautiful large old home in the country that was owned by a successful lifetime artist / sculptress, brilliant woman that I was privileged to know. This place is magical and like a paradise for me. Private with ponds and great beauty abounds.  

It is big enough for a spacious in-the-house- beading / jewelry making studio but also has a separate BUILDING that houses the sculpture studios and gallery. I know! Crazy! (Crazy good).

Relocating has been insane after living in the same place for 22 years. How did I accumulate so much STUFF? I only brought with me that which I could not live without. Mainly my clothes, my kids keepsakes, my tools, studio stuff and materials. This in itself was enough trust me!

I thought it might be fun to give you a look inside the process as I put the new studio together. This is a lovely opportunity to try and get really organized and make a very nice space for myself. Thought you might enjoy watching it happen over a period of time via video. This will be my first attempt at anything video! (disclamer!)

I thought I would have had the studio all done and put together by now (ha ha ha) but as usual my schedule has not let up, if anything has become more hectic. I barely have time to get to this room to unpack. This is making me nutz because I cannot find anything I need and am making stuff on the dining room table, instead of eating there!

So what do you think? Wanna see if I can do this? Put together a beading/ jewelry making studio and record the process? Maybe you all can write in with helpful ideas. I for one am always open to good ideas...

So I am being brave here as this first video is really poorly done, I made the mistake of filming at night ...I will get better I promise! Have patience...better yet be encouraging! Well let's hope I can make it work now...never posted a video before!

I think it worked!

xoxo

Jill