Wednesday 27 December 2023
What's On Your your Workdesk? Wednesday 760
Saturday 23 December 2023
Happy Christmas
Friday 22 December 2023
Across the miles.
Wednesday 20 December 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 759
Wednesday 13 December 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 758
Wednesday 6 December 2023
What's On Your Workdesk. Wednesday 757
Ha, and I thought the week before went quickly, I don't think I'm keeping up. Ably illustrated by my untouched desk....
In the pursuit of using things up, I found a handful of charity christmas cards from waaaaay back. I think I always intended to add to them, so at the weekend, I had a go. You can just about make out the ingredients, blue ink, silver leaf flakes, glue pen and stencil brush. Oh...you can't see the ton of patience I had to use.......
Wednesday 29 November 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 756
Wednesday 22 November 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 755
Wednesday 15 November 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 754
Wednesday 8 November 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 753
Tuesday 31 October 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 752
Tuesday 24 October 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 751
I made up a good lump of LOs and really had a great time, polishing my mojo...here's one straightforward page
Wednesday 18 October 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 750
Wednesday 11 October 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 749
Wednesday 4 October 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 748
#1 Kathy started it off by going through my Christmas stamps. I'm delighted to report that she doesn't think I have that many. She found a couple that she wanted to stamp and take images home. That led to getting the versa ark and PearlEx out to colour some solid images, something I haven't done for ages. Meanwhile, I fell seamlessly into demo mode and #2 Kathy learned the art of embossing. I pottered about and made a Christmas cake. I really did! Then I remembered that my few silicone moulds were to be loaned to a friend next week, and in the best tradition of not wanting something until you haven't got it anymore, I pressed some air dry foam into them..you can see them there, looking a bit like overworked cookie dough. It's brown air dry foam and will have to be painted before use. There's some open packets of beads at left, #2 Kathy brought them with her and we made these really cute candle decorations. It has given me hope for beading.
Wednesday 27 September 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 747
Wednesday 20 September 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 746
I don't know how much tape she used. But it took the better part of two days to put the patterns together. I'm definitely put off the PDF method for acquiring a pattern. Mind you, how often do I make any clothes nowadays! The real bonus of her work has been that she had to tidy my desk before use..and now it's empty tidy and waiting for me to make a mess! Please share and tell..this week I'm at home and have real internet. And it's raining, so actually, some things are normal!
Tuesday 12 September 2023
What’s On Your Workdesk? Wednesday
OK gentle deskers, here’s another post created on my phone. We’re on our way home from the airport and because it’s nighttime there are so many road closures that it could actually take us longer from plane to house than it did to get from hotel in Mallorca to car park at Gatport Airwick. Argh.
Oh well. For the first time in seven years. I didn’t add a single stitch to my travel embroidery. You know, the one I always show you. In my slightly improved, fitter shape, we are doing much less sitting about than I remember on previous holidays. Consequently he’s less bored and on the evenings I’m too tired to do much but erm, sit about and watch the world go by. Which is a legitimate hobby, by the way!
Tuesday 5 September 2023
What’s on your Workdesk? Wednesday
Not only scheduled, but put together on my phone, so please forgive if there are more than normal amounts of typos and nonsense that you can’t make sense of no matter how many times you read it! Anyway, to business…
I went to the Craft for Crafters fair at Farnborough last weekend. With the majority of The Coven. It’s about an hour away and we set off to get there not long after opening. It had a decent parking arrangement and unlike in previous years, was held in a dedicated exhibition space rather than a semi permanent tent with shuttering and metal flooring. Makes a difference in weather that can’t be guaranteed! Anyway’ it’s no longer a paper craft only show, there was plenty of all sorts to look at. As you can see, I’m trying new things. I bought a box of ribbons and stuff to make a wreath. The stand holder said if I could handle a glue gun, I could do the wreath no problem.you will of course hear about it! I bought a couple of heading kits to make a bracelet and necklace….intended to be a gift at the end of November. We’ll see. This purchase is ‘hot’ off the success I had last Christmas when I made each of The Coven a beaded star to hang on their trees. And swore that I would never do beading again! It I have a magnifying lamp now, and hope springs eternal! Lastly, I did but some stamps; used from a Stampin Up! lady and a couple of new ones from Francoise Reade for Woodware. Well, new to me. Almost every paper craft stand was loaded with stencils and mediums and tools for stencilling. Some fab samples, and an amazing example of what goes around comes around if you ask me. You’ll know what I mean if you’ve been paper crafting for more than ten or fifteen years! Brother and Cricut had huge stands, as did Janome, which had me lusting after a new sewing machine that would take me the rest of my life to learn how to use, and to pay for….!So with an eye on all things waiting to be put away, please show and tell as normal. I’m in foreign parts with very sketchy internet at the mo, so please bear with!
Wednesday 30 August 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 743
Tuesday 22 August 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 742
Tuesday 15 August 2023
What's on your Workdesk? Wednesday 741
Wednesday 9 August 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 740
Wednesday 2 August 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 739
Wednesday 26 July 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 738
Wednesday 19 July 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 737
Wednesday 12 July 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 736
Wednesday 5 July 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 735
I cleared it of rubbish and GKW whilst cooking some supper yesterday, which revealed theses anniversary ATCs that arrived from all corners, Kelly, Neet, Susan and Elizabeth. Despite my tardiness at acknowledging, I am truly grateful that you took the time and effort...honestly June has just been such a flurry of a month that I'm still revelling in it rather than catching up. I still blame my Sissy; coming over here and requiring a stringent re-Anglicising - it was a punishing schedule! Very far left is the Order of Service from the family wedding which was one of the reasons my sister was here. Of course it's on the desk now waiting to be cut up to accompany the bazillion photos that we have amassed. So now there's cards and lovely current up-to-date scrapbooking to do....all I need is time!
Wednesday 28 June 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 734
Wednesday 21 June 2023
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 733
Wednesday 14 June 2023
What's on your Workdesk? Wednesday 732
Some' old' looking ephemera (freshly printed, for sure,) and facsimiles of account books printed on A5, I have no idea where they fit within my craft needs or style, but I had to have them because they were extraordinarily cheap. Likewise the roll of handmade stickers; the other roll is Washi tape postage stamps. Really nice. I got them with a very slow delivery off a website called Temu that kept bugging me on Facebook! One of those where they offer you stuff for a penny for your first purchase. It seems to sell everything, put me in mind of a dollar store or something like it. Happy with these bits and pieces....and at least while I'm too busy to be at the desk, I can be thinking about what on earth I can use them for! If you can force yourself into the house to blog, we'd love to see what you're doing and what shape your Workdesk takes in theses summer months!
Tuesday 6 June 2023
What’s On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 731
My not-much-younger sister is my judge on this one…every now and then she goes through it and if she can ‘see’ what the icon is meant to be, I tell her the story attached to it (by looking in the little diary I keep for this purpose.) At the beginning, I was putting the little pictures very close together for fear of not having enough room, but now they are reasonably spaced. Perspective is a huge issue, but I’m not going to consider it. My attempt at Salisbury Cathedral is almost the same size as the pair of little chicks above it. Thirty years ago when I had 20-20 vision this might have vexed me. Now, not at all!
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