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 :)

What's on your work desk Wednesday?

Good morning from our very soggy corner of the world, I hope you are all ok.

I can't believe it's so long since I took part in this..it has probably been because my desk has just been such a tip I was too embarrassed to show it, yes, this has been tidied  :)

The cards you can see are to be finished and packed for Friday and the seating plan is the next thing on my list.

Pop over to Julia's Stamping Ground and see some more desks from around the world :)

Thanks for dropping by xx

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. :) 

What's on yours?

Good morning world! It is early but I have loads to do so I thought I would ease myself into my day gently by posting my desk. Not literally as it would take too long to empty and wrap up but today is What's on your workdesk Wednesday #193 (organised by Julia, boss lady of the Stamping Ground blog) so here are my photos :)

 As you will see, I managed to get the side of my desk cleared to house the Ebosser and as you will also see, the boxes to make my Kanban DT samples are on the floor next to my desk! I have some wedding invitation samples to make today, there are copies of them on the Ebosser but first I need to try and get said machine working. I used it on Saturday after getting my plates stuck and getting them out again with a mallet (!) as advised, I used it on Monday and it worked fine. I went to use it yesterday with my new box die,which you can see on the picture below, and..............zilch so then it was a quick run through everything I could think of but still nothing so it was out with the trusty Big Shot.

This is my WIP basket.....blank cards with printed backs ready to make into cards, stray card bags, finished cards and anything else that ends up on my desk but doesn't have a home.

Right I'm off to find my instructions of how to bully the Ebosser into working, back soon :)

TFL x

PS the car ISN'T on  my desk lol

What's on yours?

It's Wednesday again already and today is the day we get to travel the world without moving from our desks. Mine is ready for my next wedding stationery order so although it's still not as tidy as I would like it, I have got room to work!

Balloons? They were on the tables at a wedding open evening I did last Thursday evening and the couple who do the balloons usually leave them behind and the hotel disposes of them. I wanted to match some ribbon to the beautiful teal colour of the string (which are hidden behind my overflowing basket) so he said to just take them

Right, that's it for now. If you want to know all about the What's on Your Workday world tour (!) then hop over to Julia's blog, Stamping Ground and all the info you need is there. My aim this week is to try to get all the way round all of the desks.....watch this space! :)

Back soon with the new sketch from Kathy's Waffle.
Thanks for dropping by.

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 Workdesk Wednesday #179?

What's on your workdesk Wednesday  is the perfect place to spend a couple of hours to see what crafters around the world are up to! It's organised by the wonderful Julia from The Stamping Ground blog for all nosey people to join in with :)

So onto my desk.......a few people have mentioned the view from my desk so I'm going to show that instead of my desk today. It isn't as brilliant as some people think, it's only my front garden which is in desperate need of a make over lol. Also I was sat watching a robin scaring a blackbird out of 'his' wild rose bush the other day, you can see him right in the middle of the first picture.

My desk is positioned right in front of the window for maximum light and you can just see my lap top in the bottom of the photo. So there you are, not quite as lovely as it appears.

See you later. xx

What's on your work desk?

If you are not of a nosey disposition then please look away now. If you are however, and of a crafty disposition you will be interested in what this post is about :)

Every week crafters, and probably non crafters from around the world congregate on the blog of Julia's Stamping Ground to see what is happening, if anything on the work desks. It is brilliant to see different styles of work and ideas from all over the world, oh and some of the craft rooms are to die for :). If you are still not sure what I'm waffling about then please hop over to Julia's blog and take a look. Here's my desk....

I've just added the jewellery onto my Party Nights FB page as it's being sold from there while we get my web site back up to scratch, and was doing a quick stock take before putting them away so I could get some more out for photographing.

Thanks for dropping by and I'll probably see you all next week. :)

What's on your work desk......

Wednesday? I haven't played along with the girls and boys over at Julia's Stamping Ground for weeks now, in fact it might even be months so I thought I would get my butt into gear and join in again. I will be able to visit the other blogs in between jobs as I don't have any appointments today (unless you class the ironing as an appointment LOL) I must say that I'm pleased it's only the desk I've shown today and not the rest of my work space. I'm sorting out stuff I don't want or bought and never used with a view to selling them and it's just everywhere at the mo. I also need to rearrange my Ikea cube display as it's not working for me at the moment :(

I've even managed to show sunshine today :) I'll be back to catch up in a while but right now the ironing beckons :)

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.

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 #142

As it is now Wednesday, and even though I took my photograph on Tuesday, I will be working on the same order all day this should count as my entry into the What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday #142 challenge for this week. 

So what is the strange looking creature? I'm sure there will be a couple of people out there who don't know what they are so you will have to call back and visit me to see the finished result :)


If you would like to know more about what this challenge is about then please click on the link above and have a mooch round Julia's blog and see what we're up to.....after you've had a mooch round mine of course! lol


Righteo, it's bed time now so I will be back soon.


Night and thanks for visiting my blog.  xx


Ps. For those who are interested, the mini album is in the post below this one.

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.