Wow. 

I had no idea that the 21st century office space designs are actually designs that began in the 5th century...1,500 years ago with monasteries! 

The article linked here, How the Needs of Monks and Empire Builders Helped Mold the Modern Day Office by Beth Daly, [ https://theconversation.com/how-the-needs-of-monks-and-empire-builders-helped-mold-the-modern-day-office-146390 ]  is full of design history about office spaces. It helps explain some of the (awful!) office designs we work in. 

Now, as we work from home, office design is slowly changing. We don’t know if the changes will be permanent...but we’re all on the design ride together: Zoom, WebEx, microphones, telephones, headsets...laptops, working at the kitchen counter...being ordered back to the office....

Want a “Work From Home and I’m Free” double sided custom desk sign for yourself or a friend? To see samples and get your own, go here! We can work together to get one sent to print and later 
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As we set ourselves up in our new home, we throw away a lot of packaging. 

I am also missing my studio, as most of it is in a Florida storage unit a few thousand miles away from Costa Rica. 

Between trash and missing my supplies…I look at many things with an eye to reusing and repurposing. Sooo…the packaging! 

I saved pieces of flat plastic because although small, they are perfect for stencils! 

As I love staring out at the super tall trees at our new home, the tops of these trees became a simple subject to begin my new hand cut stencil collection. 
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To test them, I experimented, of course. 

Packaging here in Costa Rica is very different than in the USA. There’s a lot less packaging here. I’m on a search for a packaging that I can use for stencils that is easier to find, and larger, than the little box used here. 

To see some of my stencils that are in my Florida storage unit, click on through these links:

Dragonflies stencil in progress

How to reuse the wrappers (I used to) that were on my art drop freebies

If you’d like to see some of my hand carved stamps, too, you might enjoy my Luxury Lucky Cats Collection that I’m sending via email to friends. I keep all emails a secret and you can get an inside look at my almost secret collection of Luxury Lucky Cats.