WOYWW 174

OK, it's past midnight, so technically it's Thursday, but to me it's still Wednesday!

Before I get on to my WOYWW post I just want to thank everyone for your lovely wishes and sentiments to me here, on the forum and on Facebook about my accident.  I'm feeling a lot better aches and pains wise, apart from my shoulder which is still really sore, and I got the paper-stitches off my face this evening so I'm getting there slowly but surely!
I went to a concert (a seated one otherwise I don't think I could've gone) in the same venue we were supposed to be going to last week, so we got to finish our journey.  Felt a bit weird going past where the accident happened but good to get it done!

So, because of what happened on Thursday, I didn't get to do any crafting so my desk is pretty much un-changed from last week.

Just the lap-top has been added.  And I still need to use up the salvaged bits of t-shirt!

If you fancy joining in with the weekly nose around the world's creative spaces, then check out Julia's blog.

Thanks for looking!
 

WOYWW! Finally!

Evening all!

I feel a bit bad that I haven't taken part in What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday in ages - way back in May!  I can't believe it's been that long!  I've been wanting to join in but have been really busy with this and that and for some reason especially on Wednesdays!  Not that this week is really any different - I'm squeezing this post in just on time!
I saw this quote during the week so it made me push myself to get a post done!

When I read it it just made me think of crafters and their usually less than tidy desks! lol!

Here's my desk this week:

So, scattered over the desk in no particular order are my Magnolia Stamp Club parcel that arrived a couple of days ago, but that's as far as I've got with it.  A few pages out of my stamp file of some stamps I might use on a new card (there might actually be some of stamps I've already used recently and haven't put them away yet!) A great big mug of tea.  My most used sentiment stamps from Wild Rose Studio.  And a few bits of things that I salvaged off a t-shirt belonging to my niece that my sister was throwing away.  Oh, and some Christmas sentiments that I'm hoping will inspire me to make some Christmas cards if I leave them on my desk for long enough!

So that's me!  Sorry it's been so long, I'll try not to do it again!

Thanks for looking!
 

WOYWW 154

Phew!  That was a bit of a fright!  My computer just died on me!  The battery was getting lower and lower and I had it plugged in but it wouldn't charge.  PANIC!!!  I had to just let it die and hope that it would start to charge again.  Which it did!  Thankfully!  I've now done a scan and a few other checks and all seems well again.  I just recently got myself an external hard drive but I haven't used it yet - I think that will have to be the next thing on my agenda, to back-up my files!

Anyway, onto the business of the day which I'm just fitting in by the skin of my teeth!  I would've been earlier but for the above!
I didn't get to take part last week as I went to my parents house straight after work and was there until late as it was the 17th anniversary of the death of my little brother.  Always a strange and difficult day.  I still can't believe it's been 17 years!
But I did get a little parcel last Wednesday which I've got showing on my desk this week - I got my WOYWW badge!  Thanks Julia!  I shall wear it with pride!  I love that moustache tape btw!!

I've also got an image coloured and cut out and the copics I used to colour it with. 
I haven't been hugely crafty since my last post, there just always seems to be something else going on that I have to stick my nose into!
I was suppsed to be going to Dublin on Saturday to see Coronation Street The Musical (I don't even watch Coronation Street!!), but we got word today that it has been postponed, so at least I've got Saturday to catch up on a few things as I'm only just starting to feel relatively well after having several different bugs over the past while.
Maybe I'll back up my computer files!

I think it'll be tomorrow now before I get to have a nosey around some of the other desks of the world that are linked up to WOYWW on Julia's blog.  Always nice to have something to look forward to!

Thanks for looking!
 

WOYWW 152

Evening all!

Just a quick post today for WOYWW as I've now got a horrible cold and I want to go to bed!

Here's my desk:

So I've got some leftovers from a couple of cards I was making, a list of ingredients for one of the cards and a couple of photo's.  I work in my family business which is a quarry and was asked to make a retirement card for one of the men who worked in the quarry for many, many years.  He's in the dump-truck so I was gonna see if I could incorporate it into the card.
I've also got a pile of dies that need to be put away and an empty DS tape roll which really should be in the bin by now!

So if you fancy a nosey at a lot more desks then Julia's blog is where to find them.

Thanks for looking!

WOYWW 150

I almost forgot about What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday today, I've lost track of what day it is!  But then I saw some other people's posts on my blogroll and realised!  I couldn't miss the 150th!  Congrats Julia on reaching out to so many desks!  Bigger congrats are due in a few weeks time though!

So here's my desk:

 So, I've got pro-markers, the scribbled on piece of card is strategically placed to cover the image I'm colouring for my next DT piece.  I've also got a post-it (under some of the markers) where I'm writing the details of the card I'm making as I go along.  The pen to write said details.  Some Stampin' Up! bevelled window panes, which I would like to put to use on my card and some other bits and bobs that just live on my desk.

To my left, I've still got the shoe from last week.  It's been mended but now needs to be put away.  That's the bit I'm not so good at!  I haven't started the box either.  I swear, I can't believe it's been a week since I posted about that!  Where does the time go?

I'll leave you with a few photo's of where a little bit of my time went this week when I went to feed the ducks with my niece and nephew.

We had a fun, but cold day!

Thanks for looking!
 

WOYWW 149

Good evening all!

It's been ages since I joined in with WOYWW, because of being away in Australia and then the jet-lag that followed.  I know you are probably sick of me talking about the jet-lag, but I've never experienced anything like it before!  It wouldn't put me off going back some day though!

So what's on my desk?  Not a lot!  I did a major tidy up over Easter - of the whole house, not just my craft room, but it did get a bit of a blitz too.

So I've got a roll of tape, a shoe box and a shoe.  The shoe did not come out of that particular box though!  I was fixing the shoe as a couple of the crystal beads came off when I was away but I managed to save them.  The box, I'm gonna decorate and turn it into a memory box from Australia.
The roll of tape I used to parcel up my blog candy that Anne won!

So now that that's done, prepare yourself for a photo overload!  I've been going through my hundreds and hundreds of photo's this evening picking out which one's I'm gonna show you.  It's hard to leave any out!

In the meantime, head over to Julia's blog for more fabulous WOYWW entries.

Thanks for looking!

 

WOYWW Whoopsie!

Hi everyone!

Oops!  I missed Wednesday!  I've got so much going on at the moment that I feel like I'm in fast-forward, but everything is taking longer to do!

And it doesn't help when this happens...

 The wee tray that I had put all the wee bits and pieces I had gathered up to be sorted out fell and scattered it's contented all over the floor.  Thanks gravity!

To be fair, it's probably because I can barely make out the shape of my desk under all the depris on top of it!

This is the tidy part.

I'm off to do a few other things and have a nosey at some of the other WOYWW desks.

Thanks for looking!
 

WOYWW 142

It's that time of the week again when we all have a nosey around everyone's desks, courtesy of the fabulous Julia at Stamping Ground, and I'm back to being late on Wednesday again this week!  That didn't last long did it?!

Another thing that didn't last long was me keeping my desk tidy!
Let's see the proof:

I still haven't finished the cards with the images that I was colouring last week - I've had a couple of last minute things needed done and I had to put them to one side.  So as they're now back on my proper workdesk I thought I'd take a picture of the area beside me to my left and it really is a mess!  It's where I dump everything that I've finished using or have yet to use.  My poor wee pens have to do more than colour!

I'll not even show you what's to my right!

So I'm off to have a quick nosey before I head to bed.

Thanks for looking!
(Oh, and I haven't forgotten about the blog candy I mentioned last week, but I'm still waiting on a couple of things arriving in the post before I can take pics etc.  Sorry for the wait!)

WOYWW 141

Oh, get me, posting so early (which is actually so late as it's really Tuesday night but technically it's Wednesday!)  I'm usually about 24 hours later than this, so I thought I'd try harder this time and get this done nice and early as I have so much to do!

I'm colouring some images for a swap I'm taking part in on the MAC forum (Anne, don't look too closely!)

My to do book from last week is in it's new home and although I've managed to tick off a couple of things out of it, there are a lot more to get done and I'm hoping to make a good dent on the list over the rest of this week and the weekend.

I've got a bit of a thing coming up and I need to have all my cards done before it so that's the main reason my list is so long!

But anyway, that's me for this weeks What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday - if you fancy looking at some more desks then head over to Julia's Stamping Ground.

Thanks for stopping by and hello to more new followers!  I've now got over 100 followers (which I can't believe - thank you!) so I'm thinking of doing a wee bit of candy.  Watch this space for when it happens - I'm gathering some things together for it now.

 

WOYWW 140

Another Wednesday has come and almost gone so it's time I had my What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday post done and linked up to Julia's Stamping Ground!

I managed to get to everyone on last weeks list by Sunday evening and read each one and commented on each one!  It's quite a feat!  There were 187 entries!  I'm glad I did it and I saw some fantastic desks and work spaces and picked up a few ideas on storage solutions etc.  So I really enjoyed my journey around blogland, but I don't think I'll be doing it every week!  I had very little time left to craft, and that sort of defeats the purpose of the whole thing! lol

Thanks to everyone for the sympathy over my sore finger last week - I'm sure you'll all be pleased to know that it's all healed up and isn't sore any more (I'm sure you'll all sleep better tonight knowing that!).
I also had a few comments on my light box/tent thingy.  I bought it off Amazon and it came with 2 wee lights, but they emitted very yellow light so I put them away and I use my daylight lamp instead.  It folds flat which is great for my small craft room, so I put it up and then away every time I use it.  I got it cos I can only ever really craft in the evenings so it's usually always dark outside when I'm taking my pics and I just wasn't getting good quality pics at all (it also means that I don't always have to tidy up the mess on my desk!).  So, I would recommend one to anyone who thinks they need one.  I know people who prefer not to use them but they are generally able to take their photo's during the day.

So, onto my desk this week...

Not a lot to show this week,  I got the new limited edition pro-markers so I was just adding them to my pro-marker colour chart and adding coloured stickers to the lids.  I was also filling in my "to do" list as I realised I have quite a lot of cards that I have to get made in the next few weeks and I need to keep track of them.  I remembered that I made this wee book about 2 years ago so I thought I'd put it to use.  I've now got it hanging off a hook over my desk so it's at easy reach.

So I'm late as usual in posting - hopefully I'll get to visit a few other desks over the next few days, but maybe not them all this time!

Thanks for looking and for your lovely comments - and hello to another new follower! :)
 

WOYWW 139

Evening all!

I'm just getting around to posting this now.  I'm gonna try to see if I can visit everyone on the list before next week (some of whom I've already visited in trying to get a head start!).  I've never really tried to get to everyone before as it is a daunting task and I don't think I'd be able to do it every week, but I'll try every once in a while.
If you're with me then you'll know what list I'm talking about but if you're wondering "what list?" then take a peek over at Julia's Stamping Ground for What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday and all will become relatively clear.  And you'll be hooked!

So what's on my workdesk this Wednesday?
Well, right now, my laptop is on it, but before that this is what it looked like:

I have been crafting and I was taking photo's of the finished cards last night, so my light box tent thingy was set up at photo taking time.

I took another photo as when I was making the last card, I was cutting out my stamped image and was so engrossed that I didn't notice my pudgy finger in the way and snipped straight into it!  The cut itself looks tiny but it feels huge!  And I never thought I used that part of my finger as much as I have used it all day!  It didn't help that I also burnt that very same finger when I was making my dinner last night.  I think my finger needs a break!

So that's my desk finally uploaded for another week.  I'll be trying to get around everyone - wish me luck!

Thanks for looking and for your lovely comments!
 

WOYWW 138

Wednesday again!  These weeks are moving by too quickly and the year will be gone before we know it.

I'm a bit earlier this week than I should be cos I've taken a couple of days off work to see if some R&R will help me get rid of this (insert swear word here) cold!  It doesn't seem to want to go away and just when I think it's not as bad as it was my nose starts running, my head is buzzing and I can't hear again!  I suppose it doesn't help that I can't sleep.

Anyway, onto the desk...

As you can see, I've been playing a bit with Photoshop Elements which I loaded onto the computer yesterday (see the lovely frame around my picture? - that took about an hour and a half to learn how to do, I think it wasn't working right the first time I tried.)  There's so much to learn about on it and I've been googling bits and pieces.  I think that will just have to be work in progress.  Any hints or tips gratefully recieved!

I have also managed to make a couple of cards - the one I shared last night that you can see here and the one peeking out from underneath is my DT card for Friday.

And I've also been re-watching the 3rd series of True Blood, cos the 4th series starts next week on FX and my wonderful memory needs a refresher on what happened in the last series.  I got Sky installed last week so I will be able to watch it in my own house now - I was going to my brothers before and then couldn't go sometimes and ended up missing most of the series - hence buying it on blu-ray.

So that's it.  I'm gonna head over to Julia's place now to see more workdesks from around the globe.

Thanks for looking and for your lovely comments!
 

WOYWW 137

It's time for another What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday (in fact, it's almost past time for it, again!).  So lets see all the busy/messy/tidy/lovely workdesks all over the world at Julia's place.

I tidied my desk up today as I had to take some "proper" work home and needed space for it so my desk is actually tidy at the moment - 2012 looks like it could be the year of the tidy desk!  (It probably won't last for long!)
I was glad to get home today as I'm a little poorly :(  I'd gotd a sduffed node and a sore head and generady feelind a bid icky :'(

My post from last week seemed to appeal to those of you with an obsession for markers (like me!)  My (non-crafty) friends and family think I'm mad that I think so much of my markers but I know you all share those feelings.
So, I thought I'd show my markers again! :)  That always cheers me up!

Ahhh, that's better!

I was asked by a fellow Northern Irelander where I got my markers as they are not freely available here.  I have to admit that my extremely generous mummy and daddy got most of them for me for various birthday/Christmas presents.  I have added a few to my collection myself and I had to buy them over the internet.  And you're right, they are so expensive, but so worth it!

Oops, a bit over-exposed there...
I also have to thank my lovely aunt who brought my copic stands over to me from America.  They're also hard to get here and 3 times more expensive than they are in the states!  So I got my 3 from America for the price of 1 here.

Not forgetting my beloved pro-markers.  I've had these bad boys from before I got my copics and although I lost them to my brother for a while, I managed to claim them back and they're back in use again.  I coloured stickers with each marker before sticking it to the flat lid of each pen to easily show their colours, then I put an elastic band around each colour group - that leaves it so handy to pick which ones I want to use.

And last but not least..

I've got some Tria markers and Flex markers stored in tins behind the other markers.

Maybe next week my desk will be back to it's usual mess.

For now though, I think I'll have a lemsip and go to my nice warm bed.  Sniff sniff

Thanks for looking and for all your lovely comments
 

WOYWW & A New Home

I may just make this on time - by the skin of my teeth!
I'm back to saying that I can't believe another week has passed!  Time is starting to fly again.  I suppose it's because I went back to work on Monday after my lovely Christmas holidays and I was trying to get back into a routine before I went back.  I don't know why but I always get my routine way off when I'm on holidays - I usually end up sitting up all night and sleeping all day.  It's not good.
But anyway, at the rate I'm typing this post I'll be back on my holiday routine and I'll have to find a blog that does "What's on your workdesk....Thursday"!  (This, of course, is meant for Julia's "What's on your workdesk Wednesday")
So the desk is a little tidier than last week as I still haven't made a card in 2012.  It's that old excuse of trying to get other things done before I start new ones.

I've moved the laptop back to it's spot so I do actually have somewhere to do some work - should the notion grab me.  I just have a couple of bits of jewellery I was repairing and a cuppa to keep me company.

My other desk looks a little more different though...

I've now got my new printer in situ, but it hasn't been installed yet and that's the printhead thingy sitting on top waiting to be plugged in.  I've also moved my beloved markers out into the open.  They used to be where the printer is now but I much prefer them where they are now.  Where I can see them.  And hopefully one day, use them!

I have used them, though this card is one I made ages ago and I thought it was about time I blogged about it.
It was for my cousin who had just moved house.

The image is by the lovely Spyder and I coloured it with copics (I think, it was a while back so I'm not totally sure now)  I think the paper is a Stampin' Up! one, but again, I'm not totally sure.

I used an MS punch and some ribbon from my stash and made the ribbon flowers by twisting and sticking ribbon onto a circle of card.  I finished off the centre with a wee diamante flower from my stash.  The sentiment was computer generated.

The sentiment on the inside is from Waltzing Mouse as are the wee shamrocks stamps.  I just cut the image and inside randomly with my knife and metal ruler.  I added another flower to the inside which helped to stop the card from falling over as the front was quite heavy.

So I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Anything Goes; Anything Goes
Bling It On; New beginnings
By The Cute & Girly; New beginnings
CES Challenges; Anything Goes
Colour Create; Red, cream & sage green
Craft Your Days Away; New beginnings
Crafty Boots; New beginnings
Crafty Catz; A new beginning
Crafty Ribbons; New beginnings
Cupcake Craft Challenges; Something new
Diva's By Design; New beginnings
Dream Valley Challenges; Anything goes
Oh la la Challenges; New beginnings

Thanks for looking!
 

WOYWW 135

One of my resolutions to myself was to be a bit more active on my blog this year (although I think I made the same resolution last year!) and a good way of doing that (apart from making more cards obviously!) was to take part in a lot of the fun weekly things that people do on their blogs.  One of which being WOYWW (aka What's on you workdesk Wednesday).  I did take part a few times last year but as most of my year was taken up with wedding stuff my desk was never really very interesting so I didn't bother.  So my last ever wedding is officially over and I now plan to be a little more creative (I hope) and I might have a few more interesting things on my desk.

As I'm still on holiday from work (woohoo!) I have completely lost track of what day it is and was surprised to see other people taking part in woyww!  Good start huh?!
My desk is also a little sad looking as I haven't actually made anything yet in 2012 so there's still remants of wedding stuff and Christmas stuff and a few things that I have to get onto the computer.  I am working on it, but having nothing that you need to do doesn't half make you lazy!

Anyway, here's my desk which seriously needs a good tidy up and sort out

See, nothing the slightest bit interesting!
You can see a CD that I want to add to my itunes, and I got photoshop elements for my birthday just before Christmas so I need to get that onto the computer along with software for my phone and my new camera.  And then there's just general mess - you really don't want to see the rest of the room!

So if you want to take part, or just have a nosey at other people's mess then head over to Julia's blog and take it from there.
Hopefully by next week I'll have made something!

Thanks for looking!
 

WOYWW...ish! #98

Hi everyone! **big wave**
It's Wednesday, and as I've been doing quite well lately at blogging for WOYWW, I thought I'd go again this week - even though I don't actually have any pictures to show :O
I can tell you though, that my desk is not the nice tidy and organised vision of loveliness that it was last week, oh no! It's back to it's normal disheveled, manic mess that it usually is!
I've been kept very busy lately and have made more cards this month than I did in the whole of last year (I didn't actually count, but I'd say I'm not far off!). And of course, as I always do, I've left quite a few that need to be made to the last minute - commence panic mode!
One of the projects I was panicking about was a card swap that one of my lovely friends on the MAC forum had arranged for Easter. I had planned on being organised and stamped and coloured my images ages ago, and then they sat. and waited...and waited. The poor wee bunnies were feeling very neglected so I took pity on them last night and turned them into cards! So they're now all in the post. So that's one thing marked off my list.
The main thing that has been taking up my time is the wedding invitations, for my cousin, that I mentioned last week. They're due to be sent out this weekend so I'm hoping to get them finished tonight - hence not having any pics of my desk, I don't think she'd be too pleased if pics of her invitations were being beamed across the planet before her guests have received them!

I have a long weekend this weekend - YAY! - so will hopefully get caught up on other things that I need do card-wise - as well as a much needed cleaning of the house! Then I should be suitably behind for some other projects that I can start panicking about!

Thanks for dropping by!

WOYWW #97

A late entry from me this week, have been busy all day and even though I had planned on doing this when I came home from work, something came up and I'm not long home!
My aunt is visiting from New York, so we went to visit her this evening as she's busy over the weekend. I've got a lot of stuff planned myself for this weekend - I'd like to get another push on the wedding invitations I've been making that are due to be posted out soon.

Anyway, not a big change on the look of my desk from last week as I've been very good and have tidied up (mostly) after myself

I got some new paper bags for putting cards into - you can see them on my side desk here. I've never had a stall or anything so never needed bags before, but after getting quite a few orders lately, I thought it would look more professional if I put them in a bag. I still haven't got around to cataloguing those stamps in the basket yet!

There's a little bit of evidence left on my little desk of some crafting from this week

If you haven't already, head over to Julia's Stamping Ground to see more workdesks. I haven't been able to visit many people lately, but hopefully once I get these wedding invitations done I'll have a bit more time - although, I have 2 other weddings coming up too...it never rains but it pours!

Thanks for looking!