WOYWW #660

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

Another Wednesday!

aah!  but it isn't just another Wednesday . . . . .it's the last one in January . . . .

How on earth did that happen?

what happened to my blogging every day in 2022?

Too late now . . . . only 5 days left and we are into February . . . . . 

My desk

And on the left  . . . one found and recycled item

I am finding it increasingly difficult to smooth down the backs of my coins and ATCs when I have attached them.  Silly but . . . then I saw someone on TV using a special tool for this purpose and thought how good is that?!

Clearing out the other day, I found Peter's shaving brush and had a lightbulb moment.  The brush top is for clearing out the cutting grooves on my paper cutter and the padded bottom is perfect for smoothing the backs of the ATCs . . . . or any other image  . . . cost?  time and effort.

Actual work . . .

I am about to start on my next set of ATCs so I am using my new stamps and one of the backgrounds from Spyder . . . . thank you.

Here is the Screenshot . . . . 

I seem to have staff meetings more frequently nowadays . . . .

WOYWW #659

WOYWW?  What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday of course!  My Thanks go to Julia at Stamping Ground for enabling so many desks and lifestyles to be shared each week.  Thank you.

Housework doesn't become me, never has, never will . . . . . . that's it.  I will add here that to prove the point, I nearly failed one of my computer exams cos I hadn't cleaned my PC ......

I have told you this because I have been doing some housework . . . .  clearing files and sorting files on my computer, maybe a bit in the craftbin but  . . . . . mainly on the PC. . . .

This means that the posting time of the month has crept up on me and I am heads down and creating as fast as my little bit of energy will allow!

My desk

Numerous stamps, cards, ink, whathaveyous in an attempt to get my mail posted this weekend.  

I'm not doing too bad . . . . these are the last of my ATCoins, just a couple more cards to finish . . .

If you don't mind that's it for today . . . except for the screenshot

I love the layout and the colours used here  . . . .  oh! and the sentiment  . . . . .

WOYWW #658

 Back in the days of  #656 I fully intended to Blog every day, as I used to . . .  even if it was just an aide de memoire. . . . 

Well, life, and 'not covid', prevented all that!!  I am now able to move around without being so out of breath it hurts . . . . yeah!  I can even make it up AND down the stairs . . . . big leaps for me . . . .

So on a sunshiney, frosty morning may I present  . . . . . . the Desk . . . .

Not much to see you think . . . .

New stash . . . .   I've been visiting Julia Watts website and these mini gnomies have appeared  . . .plus a bit of other stuff that fell in the basket.  These I need as Spyder gave us a free door frame and the gnomies just fit  . . . . . perfect for an ATC.

Then there are the December swaps to be photographed and the senders to be thanked  . . . .

 . . . . and then there's the wall paper . . . . this is so me at the moment but the rest times ARE getting shorter . . . .

Have a good week, stay safe . . . . and apparently playing games is good for you . . . . .

WOYWW?  What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday of course!  The day I go travelling round as many desks as I can to see what other folks have been up to and, of course, my Thanks go to Julia at Stamping Ground for enabling so many desks and lifestyles to be shared each week.  Thank you.

WOYWW #656

I joined, what I am sure were, the masses and spent Boxing Day onwards under the duvet, suffering a very bad cold - I tested negative so . . . . . 

I am up and about now, catching up on that which was left behind (cue for a book!), arriving late for everything.

I managed to send out a few cards so if I missed you, please forgive me . . . . knowing how I felt I am certain you wouldn't have wanted a card from me, germs and all that!!!

Anyhooos . . . . onward and upward . . . . the tough get going . . . . . you know them all . . . . .

The desk

I have just received my latest edition of Creative Stamping (top right) and if there is one thing that inspires me it it this magazine . . . . . the Year of the Tiger is coming up.

I am now trying to catch up, mercy me there was a lot of action going on in the world while I slept under the covers . . . . . the postman delivered lots of cards, TV progs were recorded, emails were sent - and received!!!

Thank you for all your cards, I love to see all the work that has gone into the creations.

Short but sweet and a close up of my screen . . . . .

Happy New Year everyone and I hope, and pray, that it is a much calmer, germ free one for all of us.

WOYWW #654

 Hello

The sun has got his hat on!!!

The desk . . . .

I'm late to the party here . . . . I don't do batch die cuts but this year it is all change round here.

After I had finished all the cutting and sorted out the sentiments, I remembered Shaz telling us about storing her diecuts, even bringing some to a Crop, so I spent a lovely couple of hours in her company.  Thank you Shaz, you will never be forgotten.

Also on my desk, which you can probably just make out on the left side, are some lights and a tree.  They have had a glue session . . . . 

This tree belonged to my Mother, who, no matter how many times I told her to throw the tatty thing out, always brought out this little tree at Christmas time.  Now I don't know what memories it held for her but it always makes me smile thinking of how she loved it . . . . . .

Christmas always seems a time for remembering doesn't it? 

Another memory is here, out of the Decs box . . . . happy memory from MaryAnne, she introduced me to the WOYWWers . . . thank you. 

Happy memories for me cos Christmas is special.

I have my tree decorated and lit but my village has yet to appear . . . . I think next year I will start Christmas preps at the end of October . . . .

Wall paper this week . . . . . 

. . . . . so just remember . . . .

 WOYWW?  What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday of course!  The day I go travelling round as many desks as I can to see what other folks have been up to and, of course, my Thanks go to Julia at Stamping Ground for enabling so many desks and lifestyles to be shared each week.  Thank you.

WOYWW #653

 WOYWW?  What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday of course!  The day I go travelling round as many desks as I can to see what other folks have been up to and, of course, my Thanks go to Julia at Stamping Ground for enabling so many desks and lifestyles to be shared each week.  Thank you.

Another short post.  It's cold and wet and I'm miserable so I just want to go virtual visiting . . . 

The Desk. . .

The cards are nearly complete and I hope to be able to write them ready to post out next week . . ..  something of a tradition is posting the Christmas Cards on my birthday . . . . Peter could never do that as his birthday was in July!!  lol  😂

I have invested in a new paper cutter this week although it has really been to use for scoring.  I have several scoreboards but oh!  I can never score properly.

I thought this screen wallpaper very appropriate at the moment as we are now into our third day of rain. . . . .

Here I come a visiting . . . . 

PS  don't you just love the font size?  on my writing screen it is the largest and really BIG .  Must shrink with the publishing!!!

WOYWW #652

short but sweet today because I have a lot to do . . . . . 

The desk . . . . . .

must stop watching Strictly, I always feel like Claudia and Tess . . . . The Desk!

These bad babies are going to be diecut and USED!  I know that I say this every year but this year the left overs are not going back in the pot . . . . . definitely!! 

Some of these are so old  . . . .  on the back of one is a message from an auntie about moving into a new flat in 2013!!!!!!

So today is going to be very busy and hopefully the rest of the week will be taken up with sticking, writing and posting . . . .

I saw this gorgeous design on the web . . . . . doncha just love it!

Thank you Julia for hosting again, you do a grand job.

Did you notice that I didn't mention it is the 1st Day of December . . . . .