I am grateful for it being Wednesday today, the Engineer has transformed into a Builder for the moment ..... he never made it last week so today is the day! Drills, plaster boards, doors, planks.... they're all there .... transforming my craft room so that I can add a bit of tidiness to the place! lol
I bet you're wondering where my desk is hiding?
There it is!!!
Where do I hear you say?
Well, behind the bags, to the left of the boxes, over the magazines ...
... here it is......
I have managed to keep it clear enough to give me space to work but today - Out Of Order!
Today I am tidying up my files on this laptop and my external files, sourcing images for the upcoming swaps ......
PJ has decided to paint the pantry so he has been busy emptying everything into boxes, stacking them where he can, and is now cleaning all the shelves and walls prior to painting it all beautiful white.
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When these two rooms are completed we start on the last remaining room, the back lounge.
This poor room has suffered so much during this refurb, it has become a dumping ground prior to articles being removed to tip or Charity shop...... but soon ..... hopefully no more workmen will be needed (famous last words!)..... soon .... it will be 'open the French Doors and let's clean this place up!'
I do hope so.....
Just in case you wondered what I did create on my desk in the small amount of time I could reach it ....
I managed to paint and draw on my teabags for the swap, label and parcel them up.
I also found my Chinese embellishments (bought from Llandudno after the Crop) so I could also complete my Chinese New Year Swap.
They were all posted off yesterday.
So although it is pouring down with rain as I type, I am looking forward to the wonderful Summer Days sitting in my Back Lounge watching the birds, chickens and butterflies etc.!
Hi Christine, sometimes it seems like renovation is never ending! Love the trading pieces. Have a lovely week, Hugs, Shaz #6 X
ReplyDeleteI bet you'll be so glad to get back to 'normal' after the renovations, all the upheaval will be worth it. I'm envious that you have a pantry, that must be so useful. I have pantry envy, lol!!
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The trading pieces are lovely. I bet the renovations will be worth it in the end, but what an upheaval in the meantime... Thanks for sharing. Have a lovely week. Love and God Bless, Caro xx (#19)
ReplyDeleteTidying up is also never ending and you have to go through the getting much worse before it gets any better at all. Thank you for your visit today and your knd comments. You migh find that the Groovi system would enable you to try again and succeed with parchment work. Just a thought. xx Maggie #1 or #7
ReplyDeleteYour teabags are so pretty - your desire for summer days is shining through in each one. I love the Chinese New Year ATC's too - great embellishments.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get your refurb done soon, it will be worth all the chaos when it's done,
Have a great week,
Diana x #18
Hi Christine, hope you get sorted soon but crafters can always work in a small space if necessary as you have proved. Have a lovely creative week and a happy woyww, Angela x10x
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain - we have been trying to get ahead with the decorating, refurb and de clutter (ha!) but after 4 months so far only two rooms - my son's and the bathroom - actually look like we've achieved anything at all!! The others are all still fulfil of re-located stuff that I have yet to deal with. I don't think I'll ever have the patience to re-do my craft room! Love the little tea bags - so cute. Thanks for the earlier visit, Happy WOYWW Cindy #27
ReplyDeleteHi Christine, you must be so looking forward to the end of renovations, I’m not good at being in a mess, gets me agitated, hopefully we will get to see it all when it’s finished.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your earlier visit and comments. Have a great week
Jan no28
there is so much here that needs doing ... i just can't face the upheaval, the sorting of quotes, moving all my stuff whilst the work is done.. so it doesn't get done.. thanks for dropping by. will be fine soon. Helen #5
ReplyDeleteHi Christine, ooh the joys and dust of remodeling... hopefully you will be on the down hill side of all that too. I love that you have round tea bags that is so totally fun to me :) ~Stacy #31
ReplyDeleteHi Christine, Hope all the building work gets done quickly. When you finish that last room you must celebrate.
ReplyDeleteYour Teabags for the swap are lovely, as are your Chines New Year swaps.
Thanks for stopping by my blog.
Happy WOYWW 502
Sue #9
I hope all your painting, remodeling, etc. goes smoothly and quickly! Oh my! But how nice it will be when done! Cute tea bags! Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!
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Hi Christine, hopefully you can put all this palaver behind you soon. Your tea bags are cute! You're so lucky to live near the Cotton Patch - they're fantastic - I would like to rummage through their stuff in real life instead of just online! Thanks for your visit! zsuzsa #21
ReplyDeleteI do hope the work is all done soon Christine so you can get back to work at your desk. I love your ATCoin teabags! Happy WOYWW. Sarah #2
ReplyDeleteAh Christine, my desk looks like that and I don’t even have refurb on. Laughed that you could find Llandudno things more than I can .l although my current msising items are pre-then!
ReplyDeleteWere here a month or so ago one of them as used them but tidied summat.. and now can’t quite recall! So used other items on cards today not two planned items!
Happy belated WOYWW. Shaz in Oz
X #11
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The end is in sight Mrs! that French doors and summer evenings ambition sounds very do-able and very attractive! Your room looks extraordinary, who’d have thought we have so much stuff ‘out’! am jealous of the pantry...and that your lovely Peter is clearing and painting it..what a player. So it’ll be a double whammy of getting stuff organised and back into the right room soon, good luck!
ReplyDeleteOh you will be satisfied and smile all day when your house is all done... I'm sure of that! And wow, you managed to create in this 'mess'... you must be superwoman! I love the piggy-stamp! Thanks for stopping by my blog the other day, enjoy your week! Marit #22
ReplyDeleteRenovating can be such a pain, but I'm sure when you look back you will so happy you did it! Good for you for finding space on your desk to actually create art-awesome! Have a great week, and thanks for your visit! Lindart #31
ReplyDeleteMaxine is having work done at the moment too - what a pain it is and such an upheaval. Hope you are soon enjoying the benefits. Love the little arty items that you have finished. x Jo
ReplyDeleteIt is a while since I had a pantry but i remember my friend's pantry in America - it was so big and so useful. Yours will be lovely especially when it gets painted white. I hope you get all your renovations done quickly and back to normal - and crafting even more.
ReplyDeleteLove the teabags you have painted.
Hugs, Neet 4 xx
It’s ghastly living among builders’ mess, isn’t it, Christine! You get the feeling it’s never going to end, and there’s dust and mess everywhere and it’s really hard to find anything! I’m glad you’ve got a pantry - I absolutely love mine, that emerged from the awful disaster of discovering dry rot under the old kitchen cupboard. I hope you soon get back to normal, and in the meantime, well done for managing to achieve anything creative - I particularly love your teabag art. I’ve got soooo many teabags now and really need to do something with them!! Thank you for your visit, and so glad you like my scarf, and reading about our funny kitties! I remember what it was like, with our two old ones, and getting them to eat could be a real problem as they both had health issues at the end. They died within three weeks of each other. After a break with no kitties at all (awful), getting our two little kittens was such an adventure, and it’s fun having young cats about the place again - they certainly give us the runaround!! Unfortunately the plumber was unable to come yesterday as his wife is just out of hospital, but I’m hoping he’ll be with us the week after next. It’s not urgent but inconvenient more than anything. The roofer hasn’t got back to me so I shall have to chase him up again!
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Shoshi #16
Hi Christine sorry I'm so late! Those teabags are so pretty, I love them, that's one craft I have never tried ...yet! Good luck with all your renovations, hope all the upheaval is done with soon. Like you, I am SO looking forward to the longer warmer days :o) Annie C #17
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