WOYWW 900

 Hello fellow Woywwers everywhere,

here to celebrate 900 WOYWW posts

 

900 Wednesdays to celebrate. Such a lots of cards, and other crafty makes, so much laughter and most of all, some firm friendship made. There have also been some sadnesses, friends lost, and some amazing love and support shown to those in need. I will never forget the love from WOYWWers when Adrian had his big, very scary surgery, nor the messages of love when I tried to fly, and came a cropper. What magnificent people you are. 

And I’m sure the wonderful Julia had no idea what the future held when she started WOYWW more than 17 years ago, but she started something fantastic, and Sarah is continuing it, bless her.

So to my desk, and those who remember my desk from previous visits will instantly recognise the chaos that my workspace always is! And today is no different!

And for those who have just randomly ended up here, and wonder what on earth I am on about, go and visit Sarah's craft shed where all will be revealed. 

 So a quick catch up about where we are now, we are still living alongside the canal near Lincoln, but sadly we had to sell our beautiful narrow boat eighteen months ago. Time seems to have done some strange things to our bodies, they no longer obey our brain's instruction with alacrity and efficiency as they used to and we just cannot manage the boat any more, it could be quite hard physical work at times, and the family insisted that we weren't safe any more. So after more than 50 years of boating, we now sit here with 200ft of mooring, and no boat, but we watch the other boats go by, and enjoy the wildlife and go on getting older.

We did have a wonderful time of celebration two weeks ago, when our eldest grandson got married, absolutely brilliant family time, sorry no picture yet. 

 So what I am working on today is clearly Christmas cards, although it shouldn't be. Out of shot of this picture are the makings of a birthday card, but it is for someone who may be tuning into WOYWW, so I can't share that. Maybe at the end of the month, if I manage to continue to post until then. 

So, once again, thank you for visiting my scrappy page, and keep on crafting.

Chris 

 

Watching post

 This will not be a long post, just sufficient to allow me use the ULR so that I can welcome Sarah to the post of major domo of WOYWW.

I am still making cards, but life is very busy at present so I am spending a lot of time looking after Adrian who has been unwell, which means I may not be able to respond to comments promptly.

Just sharing a pic of card made for grandson’s birthday.

Have a great WOYWW day

Chris

WOYWW 624

Hi Woywwers! I'm here for the Anniversary but I haven't managed to create any ATCs. I'm actually finding lockdown, although I know technically we are no longer in lockdown, a time of achieving very little. I have managed the essential cards, but I'm finding it really hard to get motivated to do anything except the essential.

However, my desk: well I took this picture of a typically messy desk, lots of stuff, but nothing very exciting, a couple of those cards that you get so far with and then can't find the right paper to continue, the right colour ribbon or just don't like when it is done. The blue bit at the fron, it a piece I embossed about 5 years ago and still haven't decided what to do with it.

Having shared the boring worktop, I thought I would share the view out of the window behind, unfortunately just as I positioned myself to get a good picture, it started raining, so there are rain drops on the window, but much more important, I have sheep outside my window! Lovely, lovely sheep that remind me of Wales.

And the birds refused to co-operate on the bird feeder for the camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 Then I looked back at my desk and found I had a visitor there to help me not make cards.

So that's me I am afraid, nothing exciting happening, but I couldn't miss the twelfth anniversary.

Thanks for visiting me, I will try to visit people this week, but it might be rather later that Wednesday.

Bless you all

Chris

WOYWW 611, coming together to share.

 Hello, fellow Woywwers, a long time since I blogged, but felt I needed to be part of the 'family' as we grieve for the loss of a very special member of our WOYWW community. Shaz Silverwolf was such a vibrant member of the group, and she always had lovely comments to make on my posts, such an encourager. So many times I have read her posts and been inspired to try something new, a different way of using something I already have, or prompted to spend real money and buy something new, my crafting horizons were opened up by reading her posts and trying something different. And her posts always had a humorous element, so honest and unassuming and just down to earth, nothing pretentious.

 I only met her at a couple crops, but she was just so warm and friendly, it felt as if I'd known her for years, an amazing personality and a larger than life lovely lady and now the world and the crafting community are going to be poorer places without her.

A lovely picture of her at the Llandudno crop, we will miss her very much.

So the order of the day is What's on your Worktop Wednesday, and here you can see my worktop, Tuesday evening to be honest, with some very lovely goodies

  A smashing set of freebies from a papercraft magazine, can't remember which one, but there are, I thinnk, 7 dies, 8 masks and about 10 sheets of stamps from Craftascope.  I quite frequently go on the magazine websites and enter the competitions for the freebies, and this is the second time I have won something really good. (Previously, about 5 years ago, I won my Gemini, in a similar way, just lurking at the right of the picture.)

 

 I'm not sure I will use all of the stamps and masks, some of them are definitely not my cup of tea, rather grungy, but I expect I will find a home for them somewhere.

So, in case you have just dropped in at my blog, and wondering what it is all about, you can find a lot more crafty desks to snoop at, over at the lovely Julia's Stamping ground.

Bless you all

Chris

 

WOYWW 583

 Well several weeks have gone by since I managed to post, either the days have gone by to fast, or the Mojo has been AWOL, or I have been too busy helping with the new bathroom, however the new bathroom is finished at last.

The desk is cluttered with the makings of Christmas cards, but I have to say the Mojo is still not co-operating with the need to do something.

And this was a picture taken on my walk on Monday evening. sadly the camera on my phone is not brilliant at sunset pictures.

and finally,  this is a birthday card I made for a friend's 60th birthday a couple of week's ago. It is carefully posed in front of a picture she painted for us when we lived in North Wales, brilliant artist she is, as are all her family.

 

So that's me for a few weeks, too hot and bothered to do very much.

Thanks for dropping in

Chris.

WOYWW

Well, another Wednesday has come and gone since I last posted, they keep sneaking up on me, and suddenly it is Thursday after Tuesday and I seem to miss Wednesday altogether.
I have very little on the card desk, barely been there for a week, instead I received a very heavy parcel before the weekend,  containing 2 curtains 4m wide and 4 m long and a request from my daughter to  make 8 curtains, 2m by 1.7m.
Have taken original curtains apart, and have all 8 ready for tape, but of course, I am now waiting for tape to arrive.

I currently only have enough tape for one pair.
In the meantime,  I have also been kept busy trying to prevent the house disappearing under dust as Adrian is busy converting a small shower room into a small utility room, and the larger utility room into a decent size bathroom.









So this will be a small utility room

  And this will be a bathroom

 


by the end of next Wednesday,  or that's the theory.
So that's all from me this week, 
Just time to refer you to desk queen Julia who hosts all our crafty desks, do visit her to find lots more exciting desks to snoop at.
Thanks for dropping by
Chris

WOYWW 576

Quick post today lovely deskers, just to show the finished Robot

  And my desk, untouched for four days after I made some cards similar to the ones Shaz Silverwolfwas sharing, but not as good as hers.

And our pot grown Christmas tree looking absolutely beautiful as it puts on new growth 

Do go and visit desk Magister Julia at her stamping ground to check out more crafty desks
And this is where I guiltily confess that I am unlikely to be able to do much visiting today as I have a lot of plants to put in the garden, and my sewing desk is loaded with a pile of scrubs bags I promised to deliver tomorrow and they are not finished because I have been helping hubby sort out windows for the new bathroom !! So I will be digging and sewing today, and not snooping on your desks!
See you all Thursday, thanks for dropping in
Chris