WOYWW #529

Sharing with Julia at Stamping Ground.......come share your desk ..... it's fun.

here's mine ....

I am making August swaps..... yes!  August!!!

This heat is a nightmare for me, I am a Winter Baby and anything above 20C is too much.  My room Temp thingy only goes up to 32C and it has gone over that..... I'll just go and lie down.....

On my desk I am, intermittently, creating some ATCs (Colour - Blue) and some ATCoins (Theme - Famous People).

So a very short post today but at least it is on time .....

Well done to Helen H for catching me out last week (or was it this week!), was lovely to hear from you and thanks for the comment.

Hope you can stay cool, or warm, or whatever the weather is doing round by you .... have fun!!

WOYWW #528

Here's a late link up...... so busy that the PC hasn't been switched on.... is that good or bad?!?!?

Good in that my life has been very busy but bad in that I missed Wednesday's meetup!!!
Still.... better late than never ..... Here is a round up of the week :

We have visited a Fete

                                   

We had a visitor after we had sorted and tidied the pond

My hairdresser was unable to 'do' my hair so I had a go......

We made a start on the garden

Checked out the Water Play Tray

Visited Althorp House

      

and the Island ..... Princess Diana's memorial

Bought some new friends for Rhoda!!

So all in all a busy week!!!
Hope to be on time come Wednesday and showing a proper desk.....
xxx

WOYWW #527

Very quick post today, lots going on and no time for anything!!!

Here is the desk....

DDN and I had a girly day on Saturday starting at Solihull Motorcycle Museum, where there was a craft fair run by Excalibur.  There were a lot fewer stalls this time but we still managed to catch a bargain or two.
I bought several Christmas verses stamps from a lovely company called Circa Design which sells verses for the inserts on cards as I thought it might save on time!
DDN bought a few stamps that she thought might be useful for me and I bought some more card at bargain prices as I want to try my hand at making coloured cards next year.
The 'bag' containing the card also included some red DS tape, a glue pen and some tags.
Great day.
We then went to Resorts World at the NEC site.  I thought it was mainly high end shops but it turns out that they are outlets ....... very interesting!
A really lovely day and some more stash ...... useful though....
We are out and abut again this week but will catch up later and possibly blog a few more posts ..... that's the aim anyways.
Have a good week.......

WOYWW #526

WOYWW - All the deets on how to link up etc. and, more importantly, why you should, can be found at the top to the page.  Thank you Julia for hosting another week of fun and mayhem.

Busy workdesk this week..... and NO.... it's not a dumping ground at all!!

There are five things going on ........ periodically.......
1) I am sitting perusing the Stamping Up! catalogue from Anne (Copper Beech Crafts) or then again maybe
2) Sorting threads because I have run out of yellow or am I
3) reading the new Creative Stamps Magazine.
4) I have been/am sorting through the pile of papers and chucking those which I really don't want to hang on to any more.  Yes!  I know, my laptop is not a shelf .... but it is a space!!
5) I am also sorting out some Magazine ideas and 'things' for this month's card swaps.

So that's my desk ........I forgot....
6)  Writing up my WOYYW post!!  lol

I am 'doing' the piles as and when I come inside the house.  I am not wasting my time outside but doing something I wanted to do when I retired ........ (big ideas!)

STITCHING!
I have gone from this

back at the beginning of May to this

and now have to sort out another yellow in order to continue.  When I decided to work this chart back in the day, PJ and a work colleague paid for all the threads I would need - one of each (at the time) DMC colour - and they have been kept separate from my other threads.  I found a company who would supply quarter skeins wound onto bobbins and bought all the colours in one purchase.  Some of the colours use more than one bobbin so I have to raid my stash.

The box of threads will return to my 'sewing cupboard'

So that's how it is round here ........ Us and the boys are out and about today so will catch up with visits etc tomorrow onwards....
Have a crafty time till we meet again!!!!