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Wednesday 9 November 2011

What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 127

I've moved to the floor.  As I get things ready for Saturday, I need to lay them out in a place where I can see what's been done and am not falling over them.  So a corner of the lounge floor is doing the job.  Because I'm too lazy to light the fire and warm the conservatory up....or it would of course, be a table - less bending!
You can see, each basket contains the supplies (ink,stamps, die cuts) needed to make each card.  The large envelopes contain the pre-scored cards, envelopes and bigger pieces of paper or card needed as mounts.  Everything is cut to size and any die cutting is done.  This cuts down on queueing at the tool table and means that the makers can just sit down and make their cards...there's some embossing to be done here and there, but nothing overly taxing - this is about getting as many Christmas cards made as possible!  So there you have it, my workroom is a hive of organisation and the lounge floor is the proof.  Feels kinda good to be productive to be honest.  This is a scheduled post.  I'm scared that Mr D will let me lie in, and more scared that the chores I have to do before going out for the day won't get done if I'm as big a behind as I was last week.  It was yesterday before I finished desk visiting!  
Show us your work area, show us what you're working on; it's very easy - upload to your blog and then come back and link here...please include WOYWW in your title - those of us that visit late often have to page through and can't find the relevant post....especially if the pic is buried at the end of a long post about other stuff.  Thanks, it helps.  Also, Neet reminded us that once you've linked, it's really helpful to include your number on the list when you leave a comment....makes a reciprocal visit much easier!

96 comments:

  1. Good to see you nice and early - even if you're scheduled! I wish we could schedule the linking bit too.... lol. See, how easy it is working on the floor.... your floor is much nicer and neater than mine though...

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  2. Woo hoo! I'm number 2, who wild is that?
    I'm so glad I'm not the only one who moves to the floor-just today I melted the carpet in my studio. Thanks for all you do, Julia!

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  3. Wow, that looks ultra organised this morning Julia. Those Christmas cards look fab, the ladies are going to have a great time. Enjoy the day after all your hard work.
    Looking forward to seeing your 'tidy' desk next week!!
    Hugs
    Cathy xx

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  4. Gosh your so organized hun!Good luck for saturday.Im back at my craft desk and found to my horror a package that i thought id sent you back for woyww birthday....im so sorry will get this out to you asap.
    Have fab wedneday and hope all goes to plan on saturday
    hugs judex 5

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  5. Hmmm... I see... late last week, so catching us out by early posting this week *lol*
    Love your organisational skills - want to make my cards for me too this year? Joking! *lol*

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  6. You are very, very productive and organized. I'm so proud of you. You really know how to make these annual events work and run smoothly. I'm really impressed with your organization skills.

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  7. I would be feeling very pleased with myself if I was as organised as you appear to be. Anything on my floors is more or less a permanent hazard. Your organisation will certainly pay off for the card makers and I reckon they will have a great time.

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  8. Just getting used to this whole 'blogger' thing, and actualy posted my workdesk yesterday. That much organising must have taken you ages!

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  9. So very impressive to be so organised. If you ever come to South Africa on a holiday, i could use some help.

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  10. Apologies, my first link (#8) did not work, is there a way of deleting it?

    You are so organized Julia!

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  11. Yay! Christmas....Julia, I'm so happy you're in the groove. I'm running with that even if it's not true! So very organized I must say, lookin good my friend! Some great tips this week, thank you!

    You bought the entire house Julia, so use it! LOL
    Have a great week!

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  12. Oh how organised you are! Wtg Julia :D, good luck with your cards xxx

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  13. You are sooooo organised and it looks like an amazing plan of action. Hope all goes well.

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  14. such an impressively organized floor today!

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  15. That level of organisation scares me ... I'm all of a piece now and off to eat chocolate in a dark room.


    Hugs

    Kay

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  16. Morning Julia! See - you can be extremely organised at times! Well, we knew that anyway. You weren't the only one to still be desk visiting yesterday butI think that's the nature of the WOYWW beast these days!

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  17. my hubby always suggests a lie-in, day off or chilling when I'm about to faint from deadlines...or says, "Isn't there something simpler you could do...?" "Of course dear, I'll just add 5 extra days to this week, send you off to the YMCA and all the gals can do potato stamping..."

    Looking on track Julia and looking good. Well done you. When it's all in full swing, DO enjoy the I did it glow too!

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  18. Good Morning! Wow, I'm at 24- thats really early in the list for me. You are looking very organised, and Yes, Julia, that is a years worth of shopping! lol.See you all later.

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  19. Morning Julia, I bet your bed is lovely and cosy! You may need a lie down after you see my desk - you will be (shocked!) impressed!!
    Great organisation of the card baskets there.

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  20. cn you come organize my room too... :)

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  21. Gosh you're ultra organised! Love how you're on the floor though! Happy Wednesday!

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  22. Love your organization! Well, now we know that the floor is clean! LOL! I am so jealous of how organized you are! Bravo! I really need to learn how to do that scheduled post thing. That way the posts don't bunch up. Thanks as always for hosting! You are the best! Have fun with the cards!- Amanda

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  23. hahaha I am glad someone is using up floor space, that doesnt make me feel like such a slob. Wow you have everything organised so it should run like clockwork. Hope you get as much done as you hoped.
    Bridget #29

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  24. my you have been a busy bee and sooooo organised
    have you been taken over by an alien. enjoy your workshops
    thanks for sharing
    janet

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  25. Gosh ultra organized... well done you. Looks like a great day in store... hope all goes well for you and your makers!!
    Frankie
    xx

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  26. Hello, This is my first go at linking to workdesk wednesday, still don't know what I'm doing so if it doesn't work, there's always next week!
    Von.

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  27. This sounds really organized! And made as much Christmas Cards as possible sounds like music for me. I've just made my first two. Good luck for the makers and have a lovely WOYWW.
    xFranka

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  28. Dear Julia,
    Please can you come and organise me...please, please please?!
    Yours,
    unorgainsed and swimming in piles of paper, ribbon, and general mess!...lol

    xxx

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  29. Wonderful workspace Julia! Can't believe how organized the floor looks...my floor has nothing but fallen stash and bits of papers...lol

    xoxo Marjo

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  30. Looking forward to the marathon - wonder what cakes to make this time??
    Hugs, LLJ #44 xx

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  31. Right that's !!! I am nicking your organisational skills!!!!

    Well done on getting it all ordagnise, have a nice lie in hun, and thanks for your lovely comments about my mess lol

    Happy Woyww

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  32. Wow, that is organised Mrs D. When in doubt...stick it on the floor...I've had a few mishaps in the past trying to cram stuff on the desk only for it to topple and end up in an almighty mess LOL

    Toni xx

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  33. Looking super organsised. Hope it all goes well

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  34. I'd say that this is the height of organisation... sounds like everyone is going to have a brilliant day!
    I still haven't come up with a design for my personal Christmas cards, I'd better get a wiggle on!
    Have a good week!
    Chrissie

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  35. That is so impressive Julia. Hope you have a really fun day card making...and eating cake :-)
    Hugs,
    A x

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  36. Hi I messed up bigtime and linked to my dashboard. Is there anyway you can delete link no 39, it is the one linked to my account and not to my post.
    Thanks.

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  37. Now that is organized....hope you have a fantastic cardmaking day ...the whole format of your class is so clever .... btw cant believe its 7.30 and I'm No 48.

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  38. always forget my number - must try harder. lovely organised floor space there. lots to keep you busy. famfa #55 HURRAH

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  39. Morning :)
    That all looks very organised...well done you.
    Kate xx

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  40. OMG so organized! Should have seen me earlier scrambling about to make sure I had all the things I needed to teach the tag class tonight. It sounds, and looks, like you are going to be very busy soon. Have fun and thanks for sharing. Vickie #56

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  41. That's a pretty organised system there; that's scary! Have fun though; all that organisation will pay off in the end.

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  42. Wow! I can't believe how organized you are!! I love it! Sounds like you're going to have a fantastic time with all that card making!!!

    Amy E. #56 (I missed being first again!!!)
    scrapthissavethat.blogspot.com

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  43. Well, very productive and organised this week. I think I'm going to pinch your ideas and use them in bulk making my card stock. Good luck on Saturday.

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  44. Ho,Ho,Ho, looks like a happy little fellow.Looks like Wild and Sweet next to him.. That's me!! I am almost 100% well. wow what a hacky 2 wks it's been. And you very productive. Gives you that Peace On Earth..and by another window. Enjoy the organization and have a great WOYWW, #60 here.

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  45. Oooooh all 'uber' organised and everything....Oh how I wish...lol...

    Happy WOYWW

    Jackie x

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  46. Am hoping I managed to add myself to the list this week ... MaggieC helped me out last time so finger's crossed! Not that my worktable has much to show in the way of work! Happy Crafting and happy WOYWW'ing!!!!! Debbie (BetteK #62) xXx

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  47. ohoooo tidiness! You are sooo organized! I was once asked, why don't you do (meaning me) a crafty crop, get all the 'stuff' ready, hire a hall and loads will come! (as I was standing at the time, I fell off my legs, laughing, imagining the chaos!)So I'm giving you a gold star for being sooo organised! Please come and sort me out! Those little plastic baskets are great,aren't they? but they do fall into tiny weeny diddy crispy little bits when they've been up in an attic for about twenty odd years! Have a great week, Happy WOYWW ((Lyn))) #66

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  48. Ooh, I do like a bit of organisation!! Wish I could be at your event on Saturday, a card making boost is exactly what I need! After a week faffing about with about 6 cards I decided today to go in to clean and simple mode and have done 5 already. Good luck and Happy WOYWW (Please don't think you have to visit me if you are busy Julia, I KNOW how it is!! Cindy #70

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  49. WOW so organised!!! that will make everything run smoothly. I have toyed with the idea of hosting a crafty crop but am very unsure about how it would go for me. Your baskets for each card are a great idea. Looking forward to hearing how it goes. x

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  50. Wow, that's TIDY! I'm impressed and jealous, so wanted to come on Saturday but can't :-( My Christmas cards are way behind schedule, have about a dozen, need about 75!!

    Have a great WOYWW

    Debs #71

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  51. This is looking incredibly organised, Julia. You have obviously thought long and hard about making your day nice and easy for all your creative card makers. I bet they have a lovely time and will have absolutely no idea about all the effort you've gone too with their kits, but we do!!
    Have a great day.
    Hugs Lisa #74

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  52. Hi
    Are you teaching some kind of crafting class? Looks very neet and organized :)

    Have a great day!

    MsPlum #77

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  53. Think I need to take a leaf out of your book Julia and ‘get organized’. It most certainly looks like you have everything under control.

    Happy Crafting!
    Sue
    x

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  54. Sure to go well on Saturday with all your preparation - well done you.
    Your post made me smile when I saw you refer to 'as big a behind' - how did you know I had a big behind???

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  55. At LAST beastly blogger is letting me post a comment - it's being a right pain this a.m. You look frightfully organised Julia - all set and ready to go! Hope it goes really well for you. I've been a bit more creative this week and making good progress on my mum's cards and having fun with backgrounds. Happy WOYWW and thanks for all you do for us so we can all link up and have fun!!

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  56. Oh my so organised - perhaps one week we should show our floor area as well our desks as I suspect most of us have as much on the floor or is that just me?

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  57. Great idea to have it all organised like that!

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  58. Oh so well organised Mrs Dunnit! Hope it all goes well. Jo

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  59. Oh I see it's the floor now..... though you had a mircle or something and that was your desk :) :) :) just kidding girl!!
    Don't know how you get it all done sometimes!!
    Enjoy your day!

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  60. Wonderfully organised, Julia - hope all goes well for Saturday. Enjoy today x

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  61. Looks fabulously on track! And I'll be the sense of accomplish feels terrific! I hope your class is a success and everyone has much fun!
    Deb

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  62. See, I've always said us messy ones know exactly where everything is. Don't worry about calling by, unless you need an update on the bear!

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  63. That all looks so fabulously organized! I hope you have a great time Saturday!

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  64. Julia, I am in awe at that level of organisation. I would never dare to put anything like that on the floor here, though. It would get chewed up by our two nutty dogs (like Husband's hearing aid). Thank you for hosting us as usual, and can we schedule our linking as well as the posts? Have a great week and good luck with all those Christmas cards.

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  65. Nice and organized! It takes a lot of thinking to prepare for making several different cards! I am sure everyone will have a fun time! Patsy from
    HeARTworks

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  66. Hi Juklia, you're well organised and ready to go by the looks of things so good luck with the marathon at the weekend. Relieved to hear you're not as big as behind as you were last week and respect to Mr Dunnit for leaving you to sleep in at all :) Elizabeth x #76

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  67. Argh! You know what it's like when you see a typo go flying off just as you submit something - worse still, it's your name I've spelt wrong, Julia :( Elizabeth x #76

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  68. hello Julia, that's looking very organised.

    Blessings to you from Angela (#97)

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  69. Hello ...I really enjoy seeing everyone's organized creative spaces ...or unorganized creative spaces...I always seem to be multi-tasking projects...I guess it is built into my brain to try to do too much at once.
    I am number 98

    - KAT - @ Kat's Nature from Cincinnati, Ohio USA

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  70. WOW you are organized! Looks like some great designs, too!

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  71. I'm very impressed with this level of organisation. Is the work surface organised too? Tee hee.

    Marilyn

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  72. Organized and determined. Two sure signs of success!!
    Thanks for hosting, not linking today.But will try to visit as many new friends as I can.
    Have a wonderful weekend Julia

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  73. #101
    I see you are into Christmas cards also.
    It is fun to make my own and see all the wonderful ideas.

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  74. Julia, you have inspired me. I need to get things in better shape or there is no way I'm going to make it through the next 6 weeks. Thanks for shaking me.

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  75. You are so well organized! I will take my photo now...

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  76. Maybe all this detailed planning and preparation is what is giving you your card block! Hope you have a great day today Julia!

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  77. ahh I love to see organisation. The cards look fab I really like the santa one at the front.

    I hope all goes well on Saturday if I don't see you before.

    Laura x

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  78. Oh you look so organised, I could do with some of that.

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  79. WoW! I definately am ashamed at my Work Desk and my floors after seeing such organization for Christmas Cards! It's just another reminder that the Holiday season is approaching us fast and that I need to get on the ball!

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  80. Can't wait to see what everyone is up to this week! I'm finding time to visit lots but not always leaving comments - because I have so much to do before leaving for the USA next week. Woo Hoo!

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  81. I put the wrong link in the first time. Can you delete #113 for me please?!?

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  82. #118
    That's super organised, looks like a very good system to me! Sharon x

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  83. Very organized indeed. I'm impressed!

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  84. #119
    I am stealing your idea to label my baskets. Very organised.
    Happy WOYWW

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  85. Hi Julia, can you delete entry #123, the screen went really funny when I was linking my card up and I ended up linking something completely unrelated but don't know how I did it !! I'm having nothing but problems with my computer and internet at the moment :(

    Don't blame you for not wanting to go into the conservatory, I bet it can get quite cold now the nights are drawing in.

    love Mandy #124 (correct one anyways)

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  86. What an organized little gal you are. Just think, soon Christmas cards will be just a memory and we'll be on to Valentine's day.... I wonder if non crafters ever think about when we start making Christmas cards. Ive been at it since June. I always make one on New Years Day... makes me think I am ahead of the game. That thought doesn't last long though...I'm usually scampering around in November trying to catch up! Have a great week!

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  87. wow, how super organised are you? I am very impressed!
    have a great day Debx #125

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  88. You look very organised Julia. I've got bits of cards all over the place at the moment. Hope alll goes well at the weekend. Sorry but I think I have probably put my desk piccies near bottom of longish post. Very sorry will try and do better next time. Anne x

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  89. OOhh...great organisational skills your showing there...are you trying to put us to shame! (lol)

    The scheduling worked well...think I may have to give that a try.

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  90. WOW super organised & tidy, just the opposite to me LOL. I really must have a tidy so we can eat at the table!

    Enjoy & happy craftin
    Rebecca

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  91. Hope your week is super productive! Thanks for visiting my blog and giving such a warm welcome. I copied my reply here...
    Thanks so much Julia! I DO feel welcome at your group and love being a part of it!

    from annie! #113

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  92. Looks like you are all organized and ready to go. Have fun Saturday! #131

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  93. That is quite impressive! Actually, it's very-super-impressive. Wish I could attend the card making, don't think hubby would pony up for a ticket across the pond...oh well. Still t'would be lovely. Have lots of fun!

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  94. I'm really interested to know what a Christmas card called Wild and Sweet looks like! I received your beautifully presented little parcel on Wednesday, thanks so much for that..... but I still don't know the cost!! Hope the card marathon goes well.

    Hugs
    Brenda

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  95. Thank you for your visit this week and your lovely comment. I suspect that Silhouette would not be too interested in my opinion as I would be only one of thousands. I can't wait to finish Christmas stuff and really get playing with a vengeance. Maggie #94

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  96. Using the Mr Linky number is unrelieable. One Wednesday I was number 97. Today I'm number 99.

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