WOYWW 564

Well with weeks of enforced inactivity ahead,  I have plans to tidy the tower, make lots of Easter cards, possibly some Christmas cards, and hubby decides we are going to work on the garden.
However with some Birthdays coming up, I struggled, in between helping lay turf, with a card for my nephew,  age 44 (aren't men difficult) and by the end of the day there were three cards on my desk.

 

The part finished Easter card in the middle will get finished later this week, but the card for Al, front right, must be in the post tomorrow at the latest, but it needs something else, and I don't know what. And the card back right is destined for the bin, I think!

So as I struggling with this on my phone, tablet having a strip, I will finish with accouple of pictures from the windows of the tower.

If you are wondering why I am sharing my desk with the world, head over to Julia's The Stamping Ground     to see lots more crafty desks.
Bless you all and keep safe in these difficult times
Chris

WOYWW 557

Well it is 4 months since I last managed to actually get a post up, life just seems to be full of insignificant things that get in the way of sharing what is on my desk.

But here goes, not very exciting 3 unfinished cards and the various detritus of making cards.The card in the centre front is another "Thinking of you" cards that I prefer to send rather than "Sympathy" cards, and I seem to need these more and more, so I am trying to build up a stock, and the unfinished one behind has the message is "You are in our thoughts and prayers" so also suitable as a sympathy card when finished. And the sunflower on the left back, I am hoping for inspiration about what to do with it next.
So that's me, and if you wonder why I am sharing this,  pop over to Desk queen Julia's Stamping ground to see some more crafty desks,
Thank you visiting and I wil try to return the visit if you give me sufficient information.
Bless you
Chris

WOYWW 551

H9APPY CHRISTMAS everyone.

So to the desk, and not a lot going on there.

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The pieces for a decoration tha never got made, a pile of Christmas dies waiting to be put

 away, and a rather belated Christmas magazine  purchsed before he weekend. And on the right of the glass mat, the bithday list reminding me I have to make cards for 3 little great nieces by January 3rd.
Thanks for reading, now go and have a great Christmas everyone,  don't waste it commenting on my blog, but if you want to see some more Christmas desks, pop over to Julia's Stamping Ground to see some interesting Christmas desks.
Bless you for visiting
Chris

WOYWW 542

I was determined to post this week, so I'm sorry that this pic is from Monday, but what you can see is my haul from a craft show I went to on Sunday.  Margaret came over for the weekend and we went to Sincerely Yours show at Newark show ground.

I mainly bought card, but also a lovely couple of stamps, some gilding wax, blending tools and tapes. It was good to be able to see stuff before buying it, I don't like buying online, but it is either that or the limited choice available in The Range or the high prices of Hobby craft.

This is a later one, I was trying to show you some of the cards I have made, but Flottie was determined to get in on the action . Not a very good picture of him, but at least you get to see a card and a cat.

And a couple of collages of the Christmas cards I have been making.
If you are reading this and have no idea why I am sharing,  got to our wonderful host, the lovely Julia at her  Stamping Ground
where all will be revealed.
Thank you for visiting my desk,  I will try to respond to any comments you make.
Bless you
Chris

WOYWW 537

Hi lovely  people, well I am determined to post this week, I've been away for so long. So  often I  reached Tuesday evening and don't have a picture,  and as I have said before,  the down side of having a separate studio is that it is not so easy to nip to my desk to take a pic at midnight,although  however today I remember so I'll wade straight in with the desk.

Tuesday afternoon,  with 8 Christmas cards done yesterday and the blue box containing 80 more cards, all carefully posed so it looks good. Also at the back, a new holly die to make some more, and a plastic breaker with lemon squash in it.
Not awfully exciting,  if you want better stuff, visit our wonderful desk hostess, Julia at her stamping ground.
Thanks dropping in, and for any kind comment you chose to make, I will try to get back to you before next week's desk hop.
Bless you all
Chris

WOYWW  530
Well, I am going to try and communicate with you all this week, but have a technical problem in that I don't have a picture of my worktop .  One of the disadvantages of having a dedicated studio, separate from the house, is that taking a picture of the worktop, late at night, on Tuesday, which what I am sure most Deskers do, is that I can't just nip out, and take a picture ,  at least not dressed as I currently am,  with the A57 only 20 ft away.
So at least Julia will be happy, this will be very photo light. Instead, as we went to my sister and brother in law, last Friday,  for their Golden wedding anniversary party, I will show you the card I made for them.

 

We had an amazing weekend from Friday to Sunday, they have a huge garden, and the put out tables and chairs and marquees and we had too much food and too much drink, and a really good time.

Just one picture to give you a flavour of the event.

My sister and brother in law under the tree, my niece in red, three great nieces on the carpet, great nephew reading, and my hubby sitting on the left. This was in just one corner of the garden, out of the sun, for the "ceremony", which is another name for Lottie embarrassing her parents.
Well that's all from me, if you want to know why I am sharing,  visit the WOYWW queen at Her stamping ground
Thanks for reading my drivel
Chris

WOYWW 522

Well what a fab day we had at the crop in Shrewsbury last Saturday.  21 woywwers and 8 hubbies did a lot of crafty stuff at Radbrook community centre. Actually, I lie, there was a lot of talking,  lot of eating of cake, a lot of craft material swapped, lots of ATCs exchanged and a little bit of crafting.

So why were we there, well it is all down to this lovely lady in pink with her 'crown', the Queen of Snoop, Julia, who started it all 10 years ago. You can visit her blog at her stamping ground. There you will be able to snoop at lots more crafty desks.
The lady in blue is Annie, one of the two lovely deskers who organised Saturday's wonderful extravaganza, thank you Annie and Jo.

So I came home with lots of ATCs, and various other swappable beauties.














William Morris famously said  'have nothing in your home that you do not believe to be beautiful or useful', he forgot the yummy, and some of the swapped goodies were indeed edible, and yes, mine are still untouched in the Crafty tower with the ATCs.








Some people also took along craft materials, from their stash, that they felt were surplus to their requirements, so I had to be kind and relieve them of some of their excess!

And just to prove that some of the haul was indeed useful, I nearly missed showing you this nice book mark which started work the same day I received it, which is why it was not in the picture of the other treasures. Thank you Caro,
 






So, I hear you say, this is all about What's on your workdesk Wednesday, and I haven't shown you my desk. Well, you see, the disadvantage with having a detached 'studio' is that one has to access it, and Mr D has built new concrete steps right by the gate to the lawn, the other side of which is the crafty tower, so I can't get there until it has all dried, or the rain stops enough for me to go round the long and slippy way, and you have enough pictures to look at already methinks.
Thank you for wading through my drivel, and for any comments you make, I will endeavor to get back to you before next Wednesday
Bless you
Chris