CNN ireport Assignment: Your Home Office Attitude

Around the first of this year, I put pictures of my newly cleaned and organized craft room up on my Flickr site. Right now, I am SOOOoooo in love with my space. It's pretty and functional! So was I ever surprised when I found this email in my mailbox.

You've been sent a Flickr Mail from CNN iReport----- :: Closet office photos

Hi there, I came across your closet office (http://www.flickr.com/photos/xtraspecial/4245732517/in/photostream/) and wanted to encourage you to send it to CNN iReport. We're asking people to share photos of their home offices as part of a special report and have received a few shots of closet offices -- I thought it could be fun to create a gallery of closet offices for CNN.com if we get enough. Here's the assignment:
http://www.ireport.com/ir-topic-stories.jspa?topicId=379044 Please let me know if you have any questions. I look forward to hearing from you!

Best, Katie Hawkins-Gaar CNN iReport producer

It took me a couple of days to get my thoughts together and write something up but today, you can find that post HERE. A big shout out and THANK YOU to my husband who made this happen for me!!

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