Making things requires making a mess. In issue 10, we celebrated the creative mess in all its shredded, snipped, smeared and scattered glory by asking our readers to submit photos of their creative workspace. Here are some outtakes—we couldn't fit everything into the magazine!

My name is Jessica and I’m the maker behind Miniature Rhino. I loved this “Mess is More!” call for submissions theme. As a maker, blogger, and blog reader I often feel like what we leave out our messes and mistakes. They are far more interesting than the perfect pictures we paint. I call these pictures my craft vanitas, and hope that you enjoy them!

For the creative
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