What’s On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 895

 Turns out I didn’t tidy for no reason….I've used my desk! Hurrah, fanfare!!

As you can see from this morning’s photo, it’s on the cool side in my workroom all morning, so at the weekend I turned my back on morning routine and enjoyed a couple of hours at the old desk. I made up the cards from the Stampin’Up Pumpkin Patch subscription kits I signed up for. Turns out I’ve quite a lot to say about the kits, so will photo the made cards and talk about them separately. I soon turned back to my stamps and mess making though, and really did enjoy a thoroughly good session- and although I did tidy, it wasn’t thorough, huh! I’m off to join in with some community crafting this morning at a local pottery painting shop; I think I may actually paint a pot rather than drag stuff with me to do, after all, there are Christmas presents to be made!

I’m grinning now at the various reactions that talking about Christmas will have caused….! Join us over at Sarah’s for sensible and creative desks! 

What’s On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 894

I’m actually past the stage of letting the sun and temperatures be my excuse for not doing things. I’ve managed to go about the daily essentials so I know I can do more, but the draw to be outside is rather great! However, I’ve shaken off the ennui and tidied and wiped!

I’m actually embarrassed to say that there were cobwebs! Ah well, there aren’t any now. This room is at its coolest in the morning and I rarely have the chance to use it then. I’ve invested in a fan to sit under the desk…I’d rather my legs froze than the bits and pieces of paper and GKW got blown about. We’ll see! 

Here’s a swing to the right to show that I have indeed tidied in as much as I’ve put things away rather than just shoving the piles somewhere else!  

I’m hosting a crafty coffee session this morning so must get a move on…no paper involved, if I get to it, I’ll be weaving in ends on a crochet project. Perfect for this morning but oh boy, yawn! 🥱 

Join more WOYWW folk over at Sarah’s. There you will see stuff actually being made, rather than an old woman bragging about a bit of tidying up after herself. Talking of 🥱!

What’s On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 891

I put my head down and got my LLJ on last week. Hiding from the hot sun, I made a bag to tote around the projector screen for our WI branch. At the time of purchasing it was me that researched and found it, so it seems that it’s me that gets to store it and then remember it when needed. It needed a bag to make it easy to carry - I usually walk to the WI venue but when needed, wrangling the silly shaped box was getting ridiculous. Handles were required!

And yesterday, despite not tidying up, I did some desk work, first for ages! The ATC isn’t traditional shape, but is the right size, thought it would make a change, for our ‘fruit’ theme. The stack of felt squares that looked like a box has been removed for cutting into shapes, but otherwise there’s still a teetering pile and I’m managing to ignore it! 

I’ve finished another string of felt gin bottle bunting, and am working on birds and clouds now. These light evenings are great for slow hand stitching projects! 

So at last, that’s something to show, however badly photographed! Show and tell what your Wednesday work surface looks like, see loads of others that link over at Sarah’s.

What’s On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 889

Good morning gentle desker. I was going to type this in block capitals to help Jan, but it seems that she’s a really good patient and her eyes are improving daily and I’m very relieved, and very pleased for you mate! Try not to wince when you see this….

It’s a story of disuse and neglect. Tidying up to use the surface will involve dusting. Apart from bone idle and procrastination, the reasons vary from being too busy with non-desk crafting (poppies) and the weather…when it’s warm and dry, my guilt gene obliges me to be in the garden. Now that does look tidy!  Anyway, have a look around…that bluey green box is my bead stash. Not huge, but contains a bracelet kit that I thought I might have a go at this summer - you know, sitting in the sun and quietly creating. Turned out to be a sit-at-a-desk-and-concentrate-hard job, so that’s now In procrastination corner.

The rectangular red box is an attempt to fire up the mojo and get some cards made…after all, I really like doing that, it’s what brought me into paper crafting. It’s actually a subscription kit from StampinUp! - it’s called Paper Pumpkin, a kit a month for however long you subscribe. This is the first, and to be honest,, I’ve opened it, felt a bit underwhelmed and put it on the desk because it must be used. That was for May, and June’s is already on the way, so I want to get enthused. I suspect that once I unpack and open, it will be a nice way to work. More on that when I do! 

The square red ‘box’ is a pile of felt pieces. I’m working on felt stuff on my sofa desk….

Making bunting. Will also report back with that when it’s more advanced. So far it’s just a few vaguely lemon shaped wedges!

So what’s on your Workdesk, lap, sofa, dining table? We’d love to see, there’s a bunch of us doing the weekly reveal over at Sarah’s. It’ll take me even more time to visit this week, today is jam full of appointments and visits, please expect me when you see me!

What’s On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 888

 That’s a good roundy number isn’t it.

If my ‘desk’ looks familiar it’s because it’s a continuation on a theme! 

I’m still making the poppies. I am such a one-job-at-a-time person that I’ve been making myself unhappy with the number of UFOs and materials lying about waiting for me to start on. So I’ve drawn a line and am going to clear them all, one job at a time! The poppy manufacture is quite amazing.i had 3 balls of red yarn and one ball of black. I said that I’d use all the black and that would be the number of poppies I’d make, and pass on any left over red for another maker to finish. Well, I’m on the third ball of red and the black isn’t half used, so it may well be the other way around!  At the last count there were over a hundred poppies so that’s a good amount and it means I won’t be in a panic in November when the deadline rushes into view. I wonder if I’ll be able to say the same about December and Christmas cards….

There’s more crafting and the loveliest people to meet up with via Sarah’s blog where we meet to link for WOYWW. 

What’s On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 886

We were away last week, enjoying slightly lower temperatures in Crete and very much less amazing Internet connection at the place we were staying. Ironically, on Thursday we took a boat trip to Spinalonga and somewhere off that peninsula in the beautiful clear water my phone pinged to life and downloaded a week’s worth of messages and emails. Anyway, I did some gentle crafting…

Yup, crocheted a few poppies! Our church is doing a hugely ambitious display (in terms of numbers of poppies required) for Remembrance Day and has asked through the WI, Town Council and other organisations for donations. You’ll probably see more of these on my desk as the year proceeds!

Here’s a few shots from lovely Crete. We were too early for a lot of their really interesting places to be open for tourists which I was very surprised by, but it didn’t spoil the scenery, weather or the lovely smell of wild oregano in the out of town areas. Lovely.

Join us for some real crafting desks at  Sarah’s.  I’m going to be sitting in the garden under a tree not doing much for a couple days, my word I love the heat but it’s not conducive to daily routine! Take care. 

What’s On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 884 - 17!

 Well happy birthday Deskers, WOYWWers, friends..we’ve made it to a seventeenth anniversary; with great thanks to Sarah for womaning the controls!

Like Sarah, I spent some happy time browsing through my ATC collection last night. Well, probably half of it actually. They are stored in football card files and I only have the current one instantly accessible, the other is in the attic. We have a walk up attic, but *cough* I’m not sure where to look once I’ve walked up….

Anyway, here are some ATCS that Neet has sent me over the years. They weren’t hard to pick out, in fact the fascinating part of going through so many years worth is that some of you brilliant crafters have such a distinct style that I could identify the makers without having to look at the backs. Amazing art, I can tell you. 

So if the last 17 years have taught me one thing…if art (craft in my case!) makes you happy, do it. I am thankful for the positive impact it has had on my life in so many ways: meeting you on here is the biggest.