WOYWW 104 - Woohoo!!!

Happy Anniversary Julia!

Congratulations to Julia for keeping this fantastic idea blog idea going - for TWO whole years!!! (Not that I've been participating that long) - check out Julia's extremely tidy desk here!!!

In preparation for this special WOYWW, I had all good intentions to get my workdesk clean & tidy and not just the small scrapping space I usually have - the whole desk, the shelf above it and the units beneath that were slowly becoming hidden by the stash mountain! Hmmph!!! Its that thing called TIME again that always seems to be against me!!!

Anyhow, I think maybe a better title for this week would be...

WHERE IS MY WORKDESK WEDNESDAY???

See what I mean??? Yikes - thats bad - but to be fair, I'm at the sorting out stage so it doesn't always look like that! Honest!!! LOL

I'd also tidied our utility room at the weekend and unearthed the metal garden bench (a miniature bench!) that you can see below - see the dark green - thats it! (not that it looks like a garden bench but trust me, it is) - it's now sitting behind my Expression with my cartridges, notepads & ATG - the best part is that the cutting mat for the Cricut will slide nicely underneath it - so no more having to move stuff from behind the machine to be able to cut!!! Result!!!

I thought I'd try this little storage unit below for all those part-used bits & bobs from various kits - so far so good - I just need to decide where I'm going to put it on my desk now!
Another reason why I decided to have a sort out was my new addition - another Cropper Hopper storage unit (indicated by the arrow) - I already have one for all my cardstock - you can store sooooooo much in there!!! Now I'm left wondering whether to get another one for my Patterned Paper!Anyway, it looks like I'll be spending any free time on Thursday finishing off - I will be taking a photo - to remind me how organized I like my desk which will hopefully mean it'll stay that way!!! Yeah, right... whom I kidding!!!

But I need it to be sorted so I can pack on Friday evening for the monthly crop on Saturday I go to - the one day each month that I can claim 6 hours of pure crafting, chatting & laughing!!!

WOYWW 102 - with NO Internet :-(

All of a sudden its Wednesday again!

Last week I didn't blog, because I couldn't! NO INTERNET!!! After deciding to move providers, Plusnet were keeping us connected till the 20th, Sky are connecting us on the 19th (tomorrow thank goodness!) so we weren't going to be without!!! Hmmph - that was until BT stuck their oar in and cut us off on the 5th - 2 weeks without - I truly feel like I've lost a limb! How soon we get used to having all this fabulous technology at our fingertips!!! So this post goes out from a quick visit to my parents to use their connection!!!

Anyway, back to WOYWW... you'll see the start on my latest LO for the GoGo Chinese Whispers - I'm using the back of one of the die-cut sheets from the April kit and have sprayed/misted it with Bonny Blue & Lemonade Mr Huey Mists from Studio Calico. Just waiting for it to dry before I crack on with it… whenever that will be!!! It may still be there next week - who knows!!! LOL

Head over to the Julia's, creator of WOYWW to see what its all about!

WOYWW 100 - on Thursday!!!

It did it again didn't it? It came round too fast again! Maybe now these bank holidays are out of the way & Kyle is back at school, we can get back to normal again - at least until the end of the month!!!

WOYWW has reached the Century mark - very close to the 2 year anniversary now - for more info, visit Julia's Stamping Ground.

So I forgot to take a photo & then when I did remember, it was too dark to get a decent shot! So here is my WOYWT instead!!!

Everytime I get a new border punch, I put a punched piece of paper on this green card which usually hangs above my desk - as my punches are stored in a drawer, this means that I can see what I have and I find that since I've done this, I use them more!

There are some American Crafts Thickers on there too from the Studio Calico kit I got in April - the one's that Suzy & I received were both damaged and replaced by SC along with other items that were damaged. You can also see a pack of Studio Calico wood veneer butterflies which Suzy bought for me as they were rapidly becoming a rare item in shops over here - Thank you Suzy!

Just showing on the bottom left corner is the A4 sketchbook I bought yesterday to use for my Soul Restoration 1 class I signed up for with Brave Girls Club. How on earth I think I'm going to find time for it... it's taken me all week to finish the LO that was on my desk last Wed!!!

WOYWW 99 or rather What WAS on my desk on Wednesday!

Another one of those weeks means that WOYWW is a Wednesday photo of my desk but posting on Friday! WOYWW 99 already - I can't believe how quick Wednesday came round - must be to do with all the bank holidays at the moment, it really throws me - I can never remember what day it is!!!

I'm working on a LO using the April ScrapaGoGo kit - this was one of those kits that I took one look at the preview and thought NOOOOOOOOOOO - its so not me!!! But when I saw some of the LOs created by the Design Team it soon made me change my mind!

After all, the initial reason for signing up for a monthly kit was to push me out of my comfort zone and this kit certainly fits the brief!!!

Looking at this photo has made me realize that I've been working in a very small space and everything is starting to encroach on my workspace! Must be time for a tidy up again!!!

But that won't be happening until after the Royal Wedding!!!

WOYWW 98

Not a lot of space on my desk this week, but not because I'm in the middle of anything :(

More a case of needing a little bit of a tidy up after the last 'real life' creation. I've been digital scrapping a bit in the last week.
There are some new additions on there though - a pack on Monster Journalling Sprouts from Jenni Bowlin, a set of Sentiments stamps from Studio Calico (thank you Suzy), a couple of borrowed Craft Stamper mags & a box of coffee filters! I've been on the look out for those since I saw this from Mary Anne to make flowers - fluffy ones at that! I think I may well actually try that next!

A little mention for my best buddy Suzy, who isn't having the best of times at the moment! A big hug for you & I hope you start feeling better very very VERY SOON!

WOYWW 97 & LIttle Musings Stamps

I remembered to take a photo of my workdesk on Wednesday and this is the first time I've had chance to upload it!

So for WOYWW 97, I got to kill 2 birds with one stone, & show you my finished LO - My Angel - the photo was taken just a few days after Madison was born. We have a fair few photos of her on the settee this day as she started smiling in her sleep - and NO, it wasn't wind! It was definitely a smile!
After completing this LO, I realized that it fit the challenge over on UKS this week - a celebration (Madison smiling), using pink or blue (used both in this) and for the third 10 points, I claimed my points by using my new stamps from SJ's Little Musings. They are sooooooo beautiful I just had to buy them all!

As soon as I saw these angel stamps, I knew I wanted to put them on a LO with a photo of my very own little angel! It's unusual for me to stamp like this on a LO but they were just perfect!

I've only used 3 on this LO but don't worry, the others will be used - rest assured!!!

WOYWW 95

Oooh, looks like I'm getting into this blogging lark now!!! LOL

So, for WOYWW, I have some very exciting stuff on my workdesk today!!!What do you mean you can't see it???

Oh, okay, yes I'm kidding - that is it - absolutely nothing! Its not that I don't have loads of projects on the go already or that I haven't got any LOs created in my mind, its just that I'm digiscrapping at the moment!

I'm in the process of creating 5 digi LOs for the Scrap Factor competition over on UKScrappers. But I'm definitely missing the 'real life' cutting & sticking! Hopefully the empty space will be filled again very soon!!!

WOYWW 94

WOW - I've actually blogged WOYWW on a Wednesday - see miracles do happen!

Fairly tidy for me (that'll be the tidying I did on Monday!) - on my desk is the LO I'm doing for this weeks challenge on UKS set by my fellow Red Ribboner Jo (aka Wonky) - the challenge is to use scraps, bunting, 2 photos & stamping - all criteria met, I just need to get my sewing machine out, do some glueing, add a few bits & bobs & it'll probably be complete by the weekend! I hope!
At the far left & far right of the desk, is my latest stash of Bo Bunny Ad Lib & Timeworthy goodies - I just couldn't resist!!!

WOYWW on Sunday!!!

Well, someone (hmmmm, Sandra!!!) from the fantastic mad house - sorry that should be Red Ribbon House on UKS suggested us bloggers should participate in WOYWW!

Not a good start - I forgot it was Wednesday then when I did remember I was in the process of packing up this mini album I've started using the Fairy Castle album from Kaisercraft and the new Magic Happens range of papers. (I just need some photos printed of a certain little one before I can carry on with it!).

THEN...

I don't know what came over me!!! I decided to tidy my desk AND sort out all the various bits & bobs leftover from kits that I hadn't 'filed' away. But it was getting very late & my bed was calling to me! I took another photo & this is what was awaiting me to sort out on Thursday!

YIKES!!!