New Beginnings

We get asked all the time how Altered Wing Studio was born. The answer is simple. Two girls had a dream. We were driving around our town on a hot July day, talking about our studios. We both had been banished to our garages for our creative chaos messes. We thought about how fun it would be to have a combined studio and classroom space. It was just some dreaming for about 24 hours.

I went to work the next day and saw a 800 sq ft. building for rent. Just dreaming.  We called the number to ask about the rent and our dreams came crashing to the ground. There was no way we could afford that, but before I hung up, I blurted out a ridiculous offer to the owner of the building and to our great surprise our dreams took flight.

August 3, 2012, Altered Wing was born and changed everything for these two girls and the women who have joined us.

We started teaching classes and designed a beautiful retail area.  Each Resident Artist had her own studio area and we shared the classroom space. Pure BLISS. Clients would come in and watch their favorite artist work and often place one of a kind orders or ask "Can I do that?" Our response, "Of course you CAN!"

By December we were experiencing growing pains. So in January, we broke through the wall and took over the second suite. Then a week later, broke through a third wall and took over another suite for our sewing/design rooms. Now we had 2,400 square ft. of beautiful studio/retail space.

Our one year birthday is quickly coming upon us and as I look back on this year I am so thankful.
Since we have opened, we have always been in the 'black', albeit, sometimes by a hair, but always in the 'black'.  We have made so many friends, not just clients, but true friends. We've become a place to hang out and drink bad coffee. A destination... to sit down and create something all while laughing hysterically and making divine messes out of everything around us.

Tears have happened, too. But hugs are often offered and returned gladly. It's  the way we grow, don't you think? Create, cry, laugh...grow together. We have all changed in one way or another. For the better, I think. We dared to dream, took a risk and now we are flying on our ALTERED WINGS.


I Hope YOU Create Wildly Today,

Ginger