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Tuesday 16 February 2021

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

 




19 comments:

Sarah Brennan said...

Great win Chris. Well done. A sad week indeed to WOYWW. Stay safe. Sarah #6

Neet said...

Wow, you won a Gemini! You're the first person I know of winning such a great prize. Sounds as if this latest one is quite a good one too, lots of goodies for you to play with there.
Hugs, Neet 17 xx

Lunch Lady Jan said...

Lovely tribute to Shaz, it’s been great to read about other’s memories of her - she was a truly wonderful woman and i shall miss her so badly. Thanks for sharing your winnings, what great prize to have!
Hugs LLJ 9 xxx

Lisa-Jane said...

I'm loving seeing all these pics of Shaz ans seeing the faces behind the blogs that I hadn't met or needed reminding of! I'm sure there are a lot of willing recipients of anything too grungy for you! Much love on this difficult day, Lisa-Jane #7

Tracey@Hotchpotchcreations said...

What a super tribute to Shaz, I really wish I had met her. What a great win you had, I never think to enter competitions but it's really nice to see that those prizes really do exist, I hope you will enjoy them. Hugs Tracey #3

Diana Taylor said...

A lovely blog post and tribute to Shaz - she will be missed by so many people. How lucky to win that stash and also a Gemini - that was one very good prize! Enjoy using your new goodies,
Diana xx #22

Annie said...

I’m sorry I’m so late visiting this week. I’ve been head down making Memory bears this morning. Well done you on winning your new stash.
Such a beautiful tribute for a special lady.
Hugs, Annie x #9

glitterandglue said...

Hi Chris. Working my way down the list!! It was good to have a conversation this morning. Thanks for ringing. Goodness, we both have a prize! Well done you. No, grungy isn't my style either, but as you say, I'm sure you will find a space for them somewhere.
Take care. God bless.
Margaret #29

Felicia said...

Wow, what a win Chris!! I never win anything...and....a Gemini!!!!????? Lucky you!! Wait, I did win an umbrella one time!!! LOL Not my idea of a great win, but there you have it!! LOL Best wishes and have a great rest of your week! Felicia #34

Helen said...

Great to see you today, even if it was Shaz's passing who encouraged you back, (it's always good to see you though) and well done on the Gemini! Take care and stay safe. Helen #2

Chana Malkah said...

Nice prize! I never win anything and I've stopped trying!
Hugz,
Chana Malkah, #36

Heather M said...

Hi Chris, lovely words and photo of Shaz. Well done on the win - I never think to enter competitions, maybe I should try, you have certainly won some nice prizes - and a Gemini - wow! Take care, hugs Heather xx #19

Crafting With Jack said...

Well done on winning not one, but two of the magazines prizes. Angela #21

Felix the Crafty Cat said...

I started off okay today with the visits, walked dogs and went into the cabin and now I don't know where the time went to! Shaz will never have really left us because her blog will keep her alive for us and I can tell you it wont be the last time I pop over there for some ideas when I get stuck, God Bless her. Well done with the wins. I absolutely love anything grungy, I'm afraid I'm not really the pretty card type though I have been known to make them for special people. Have a lovely creative woyww, Angela,x18x

Lillianb said...

Thank you for your visit and lovely comment,

i never met Shaz but she was always encouraging about things I have done, Well done on your win,

Take care and stay safe.

Lilian B #14

Julia Dunnit said...

Good to see you Chris, and read your words about Shaz. Encourager is true.
What a great win! Hang on to the non ‘you’ bits for a while...something or other may turn out to be perfect for something or someone...after all, we work quite hard to make cards that suit the recipients don’t we..there might be an ‘ah’ moment!

Susan Renshaw said...

I have only been a desker for 8 months but I share exactly your words about Shaz.

Those freebies were an excellent win...

Susan #5

Shoshi said...

Thank you for your tribute to Shaz, Chris. How we shall miss her! She was always at the centre of our WOYWW family, and I am glad that Doug has agreed to keep her blog up so that we can still all go there. You've got some fun new freebie stash to play with there.

Have a good week.
Shoshi #25

Spyder said...

Wow! What fab freebies! Well done you! Good luck with all the things you're going to make! (one day!) Keep Crafting! Stay Safe! Sorry for a very late WOYWW ((Lyn)) #13