What's on your Workdesk Wednesday

Good morning everyone, writing this post this morning is very distracting as I have five burley men erecting scaffolding so they can do some work for us! (and breathe ;))

So my photo today is for the lovely lady Julia who runs the Stamping Ground blog and WOYWW. She made a comment about my desk... 

"I don't get it - I publish my mess weekly and yet you say it's too embarrassing for you - now is that you have higher standards or I've no pride?!!"

...so this week I'm going to show her what mess really is lol 

and yes, a good proportion of that lot was on my desk, probably some of it for months so now you see why I couldn't bring myself to show it :) It might, however get that way again as I really don't have the time to spend tidying up at the mo ;) 

Yes Julia, that was my daughter's IPad mini in the pink case. it can be bought from ebay. It's actually cut out and foiled rather than sparkly but it's very pretty and it reflects the light beautifully.

This is my desk just now, eek lol

Thanks for dropping by :)

My poor desk

Well it's Wednesday again and I have absolutely nothing on my desk at all to show over at What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday this week. I have been holed up on the settee for three days and I feel dreadful. I've got this man flu bug that's going round and as well as having no energy at all, my ribs are killing me from coughing :(
So onto my poor desk

I had several people ask me about the eBosser last week but I thought I would save my reply till this week and make a total muppet of myself in public. When trying to sort out my stuck die in my poorly ebosser what do you think was the one thing I didn't check? Yes, you guessed it, the plug!!! I had put a big box on top of the plug and hadn't noticed that it had knocked the switch to off. So the answer to the question quite a few people wanted to know is yes....the ebosser works a dream.

In reply to Julia's question......I really like the ebosser Julia and find it very convenient to have on the side of my desk, it's so easy just to load a die into the machine and carry on with what you were doing. It also doesn't take up very much space unlike the Big Shot Pro, which I was saving up for. I won't get rid of my Big Shot because I sometimes need a lot of more than one die cut for my wedding stationery and my mum takes it home with her to cut some for me but I still have a cutter too. I will say though that although it has a carry handle I wouldn't like to carry it very far, it's blooming heavy.

I'm going back to sleep now but will be up tomorrow as I have work to catch up on.

Take care and thanks for dropping by. :) 

WOYWW #191

Hi everyone, I hope you are ok.

Well here we are again, not only is it Wednesday again but someone appears to have stolen January (I really must fine a new opener for a regular post, I seem to use this one a lot). It's What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday  #191 and my desk this time is filled with wedding stationery (the pile of wallets on the left of my craft mat).

I forgot to say, when I wrote my post yesterday, that I'm in print again :) one of my cards was published in this month's Papercraft Essentials magazine :) and it was made using Funky Hand papers

Materials used are
Funky Hand Papers - Oh Come All Ye Crafters - Stylish Tree #3
Oh Come All Ye Crafters - Stylish Tree #4
Gold mirri card
Wide gold ribbon
Crystal gems

Thanks very much for popping by. :)

WOYWW

Another week has passed in the blink of an eye so no one can have listened when I asked for 2013 to pass a little slower than 2012!! :) However, I have now revised my working week and my new timetable will begin on Sunday (even though I don't work Sunday) which is the start of my week. 

Anyway, you are here to look at my messy desk (again!) and boy, you won't be dissappointed lol. See what I mean

 The space on the far right of my desk is in the process of being cleared, believe it or not, in order to house my Ebosser as there is nowhere else for it to go where I have access to it all the time. I think this is a lot to do with why I haven't got to grips with my Craft Robo as I have to put it away all the time. :(

There you are, I told you it was messy.

If you think I should be embarrassed by the state of my desk and want to know why I'm not and am blatantly showing it for all the world to see then you will need to know that it is the fault of Julia who runs the Stamping Ground blog as she actively encourages it. Pop over to Julia's blog and you will also be able to go on a world tour looking at messy desks as well as some not so messy and even some pristine desks, but I bet there won't be many of those.

Happy travelling and I hope you come back and visit me some time :)
Bye for now

What's on your Workdesk Wednesday?

#189 is now live on Julia's blog, The Stamping Ground, if you would like to take a look and find out more about this phenomenon that is taking over the world ;). I usually forget about it until it's too late in the day to post my picture but this week I thought I would give everyone a giggle and a tip on how to keep warm. I'll be good and show a photo of my desk first though, after all, this is what the post is for :)

 I've spent the last few days making Mother's Day and Valentine's Day cards and am in the process of cleaning up to start on my new wedding orders and samples now my orders have arrived. Things always seem to take longer in the first couple of weeks of January as the suppliers catch up after the Christmas period. Talking of Christmas, has anyone started their 2013 Christmas cards yet? 

And this is my little pet who lives under my desk. There is an air brick under my window but it's under the floor in my craft room and my poor legs freeze! As you will see we bought quite a thick mat to go on the floor on top of the carpet but it hasn't made any difference as it is the space under the desk which is cold. Hubby thought this might do the trick and bought it for me as a prezzie at Christmas. It is thermostatically controlled so heats my feet really well :) Now my knees are cold but my feet are lovely and warm so my next purchase will be a small fleece to go over my knees.  My youngest daughter says I look like old Granny Grunt with it, especially when I'm knitting lol,

Right, I'm now going back to work and will leave you to go on the world tour with WOYWW, happy travelling and thanks for stopping by here.

Thanks for stopping by xx 

WOYWW

This is serious!

You have been warned.......this post is so serious that it has it's own sub-heading!!

I joined the new bloggy/Facebook challenge - a Card a Day blogging (with a difference - the difference being that it's not really a challenge more of a foot up the back side of like minded shirking bloggers :) It's really to encourage us to restart our daily creating and blogging and more importantly visiting the lovely people who leave us comments.)

I've got the creating off to a tee as you will see shortly, my problem is that I have trouble finding the time to blog what I've made therefore I don't leave my link. I need to get back into it properly and take 10 minutes after I have made my project to add it to the blog and to comment on those above me.....that's the theory anyway.

So now onto my workdesk (the really serious bit. If you are of a nervous disposition please look away now.

Yes folks, it's that time again, I'm making Christmas cards and how I find anything in this mess is beyond me but I actually know where everything is lol I really need to tidy up quickly though as I'm at the opticians this afternoon and have a lady coming to see me this evening about coming to make her Christmas cards, if I leave it like this she might just run a mile :)

Right, you've had a nosey at my room so now you need to call over to the blog of Mrs Dunnit and add your own.

Thanks for looking, back soon. xx

What's on your.....

work desk? Yes people, Wednesday has arrived once more and this time I WILL make more of an effort to check out more crafty desks!

I would just like to say that those numbers aren't on my desk, our car is parked on the drive just outside my studio window :)


If you would like to join in with our nosy tour of work desks then please check out Julia's Blog 

Back later.

Less is more

Two very quick cards from me today as hubby is working tonight, doing a 50th birthday party but he hasn't been told if the party is for a lady or a gent!! My solution......make one of each then he has a spare for the next time :)
The Less Is More challenge this week is 

NEUTRALS

This could be anything from off white to black with any shade of beige, brown or grey in between

This one is done in shades of beige and brown with off cuts from the latest down loads from Funky Hand which are Steam Funk and Funky Kraft Stash, both can be found by clicking the links.

This one is the black and off white colour combination. The ribbon is an off cut off my tip of a desk and the flower is cut from a lovely shimmer paper but I don't know where it's from (I think it might have been a sample from somewhere). The glittered numbers are by Papermania and the gems are from my box.


Thanks for popping by and I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. I'm getting my stuff ready this evening for a wedding fayre tomorrow and my plan for Sunday evening is TV and blog hopping, I'm seriously behind with WOYWW this week!


PS I just remembered that I haven't added it to Di's Snippet challenge!

Oh my word!

Yes Peeps, it's here again and to make matters worse..............it's March tomorrow!! Who on earth pinched February or am I really such a lousy blogger that dates keep disappearing due to my lack of posts which means the dates are inconsistent LOL So yes, the week has disappeared again and it's time to spread a little nosiness around the world. If you're not sure what I am waffling about then please take a trip over to Julia's blog and see what she started with the 'What's on your workdesk Wednesay #143'


Just look how tidy my desk is this week :)

Just look at all that space waiting to be filled! Well now I will let you into a little secret lol

I will start my hopping in a couple of hours, I'm going to bed :)


Back later. TFL

WOYWW #141

Wow, not only can I not believe that Wednesday here again (I'm sure someone is pinching a couple of days whilst I'm in bed!) but also how much WOYWW has grown since I started showing my desk about 6 months ago. I made a claim to myself last Wednesday that I would carry on all week and visit all the participating blogs. Well it didn't happen, I gave up last night and had visited well over 100 but not being able to sit at the lap top 24/7 (life got in the way, oh, and so did crafting). I'm still pleased with myself though. Will I manage it this week? Who knows, we are away at the weekend (while the kids are home alone, yay)


If you're not too sure what I'm waffling about, take a look at Julia's blog, The Stamping Ground where she explains all, however, you do need to be of a nosey disposition to take part lol 


Righto, on to my desk this week

It's a bit tidier than it was on Saturday I'm making a 6" x 6" album at the moment and these are the snippets I'm using for it.


Have a wonderful day and don't work too hard :)

What's on your work desk?

Well peeps, Wednesday has crept up on us once again and it's time to show my messy desk to the world again! Not sure what I'm talking about? Then take a look at Julia's Stamping Ground and all will be revealed.

I'm currently making an album for a lovely couple who are celebrating their Ruby wedding anniversary this weekend so I will carry on working late until it's finished, by Friday at the latest :0 


I wish I was a tidy worker but I have tried, believe me, but I can't work unless everything is out around me lol (oh and I need the ever present coffee on my desk) Even when I had the shop and tried desperately to keep it tidy, it didn't work. I do sort everything and put stuff away before I plough through the next order though......then the mess all starts again :)


My target for this week is to get through every post on WOYWW, something I haven't done yet.


Thanks for looking and I will be back later.

WOYWW 138

Yes folks, it's that day again. Not much going on on the Scruff's Corner desk this morning (see post below) so I'm taking the time to sort out my wedding stationery albums and am also redesigning my brochures ready for tomorrow.

He did take a break from about 2 am and I'm just waiting to see if I can turn it on.....I daren't incase he hasn't managed to sort it lol

If you want to know more about these mad crafters who post pictures of their desks on a Wednesday then take a trip over to Julia's Stamping Ground for more information.

Thanks for dropping by.

What's on your workdesk Wednesday

is here again and it's to go for a nosey around the desks of crafters from all over the world. Don't know what I'm wittering about then take a trip over to Julia's fab blog, The Stamping Ground for all the details.

I shall try to do better this week, I spent far too much time reading the blogs I visited last week and didn't get round many blogs at all. This week I shall visit quickly and make a note of the blogs I want to revisit then I can do it all at my leisure :)

Thanks for visiting.

What's on your workdesk Wednesday

This is my first visit of the year to Julia's Stamping Ground to show my desk and see what others have on theirs today. I took my photo last Wednesday morning then forgot all about it. This isn't the same picture though, lots has happened on my desk since then!

Sorry about the pants photo but the light is terrible here today.
This is my first time up after being in bed since Monday afternoon with this dreaded flu bug, as I have some cards to make. As soon as I'm done I'm heading back, I still feel awful :( I will take my lap top with me and have a pootle round the other blogs taking part today.

Back soon

Good morning

It's Wednesday again so that means only one thing........What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday! Don't know what I'm on about? Well take a look at Julia's blog,  Stamping Ground where all will be revealed. Julia is on holiday this week but her friend, Lunch Lady Jan is sitting in for her.
So onto my desk

The bag is a commission by a client. It was covered in tiny bugle beads but quite a few had come off so the lady wants is stripping and rebeading. I sat yesterday and took all the beads off and today I will start stitching new ones on. Once it's finished I will add the photos on here (I forgot to take 'before' pics!!)

This one just shows the untidiness at the other side of the desk and my ever present cup of coffee :)

Off to work soon, thanks for looking and have a good day.

WOYWW

I can't believe I managed to get round so few blogs this week but I kept getting sidetracked by all the fab desks and the beautiful work of the members of Julia's 'What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday' project at Stampin Ground. However, I shall carry on commenting on this weeks posts alongside last weeks :)

So here is my desk again, it doesn't really look much different from last week. I think you can click on the photos to enlarge them, I must check that out :))

And by popular demand from several of my commentor this week...............a close up of the beads on my desk!!

 Right, I've got more work to do and then I shall be off on the blog hopping journey.

Thanks for stopping by.

WOYWW

I have looked into Julia's blog, Stampin Ground for quite a while now and looked on in envy, not quite feeling worthy enough to join in with all these super witty crafts people. However, I have decided finally to take the bull by the horns and show my 'tip' to the world!! I promise I will work my way through the list asap :)

As you will probably have gathered, if you don't already know me, I run a small shop which is also my craft room and believe me this IS tidy compared to how it was sometimes when I was only crafting at home.

See you all soon. x