WOYWW 110

I'm not really sure where last week went. Ok so, let me think..... Tues shopping in Falkirk with mum, Mon coffee with a mate, sun swimming with my BFF, sat babysitting, fri/thur/wed working. Ah, so that is what happened.....

Isn't it strange how a whole week can be reduced to a couple of sentences. Well, back to today and this is what is on my workdesk. If you hadnt' already guessed, no crafting got done really so my workdesk is EXACTLY the same as last week. How SAD is that! I had great plans, but they all kind of went pear shaped. I dont have any excuse other than not being focused.

Still, today i can focus on the other fab desks that you will find over at Julia's blog. Hopefully they will inspire me to get cracking and crafting...

Happy Wednesday.

WOYWW 109

It's here again...wednesday. My first day of work so this will be a short post because i forgot to write it last night.

This is my desk today. It has lots of lovely Papermania christmas stuff on it. Check out the white and black christmas ribbon. Not my normal choice but they looked so fab i had to have them.
The pack was put together by Karen at my local craft shop as a bargain for the Blooming Tea Party she held for Marie Curie on friday. Papers, vellums, stickers etc.

I dont normally do Christmas in July, but couldnt help myself with those lovely papers. Hopefully i will have a stash by the time posting deadlines come around this year.

Well if you want to see more desks pop over to Julia's blog.

Happy Wednesday

couple of baby cards

One of the girls that i work with has just had a baby girl so i was making these cards for me and mum.

swiss dots card stock and LOTV babies cute squares, some anitas gems and some left over plastic flower string that i had lying around.

Then i thought I might as well make a boy one for my box as i had some left over bits of decoupage. I dont really like decoupage that much, but thought I should use all my leftovers up.

At our local craft shop they were selling the new papermania packs cheap. The promotion was on the christmas carol linen paper range and some vellum, then i just had to buy the coordinating ribbon. So working on some christmas cards just now - more so that i can play with my new stash than a deep desire to get an early start on christmas!

Also, happy 4th of July to my American friends.

to be or not to be....prepared for a crop

Well, I organised my photos, pulled out some papers that went together, separated some of the embellishments and headed down for the crop yesterday.

I got a whopping 3 whole pages finished, and  start on another couple too. Definately a record for me, normally i spend half the morning just looking through my papers.

I also tried to use sketches for all 3 LOs. The first was for the weekly challenge on UKS the other 2 i just drew up a sketch myself. It seemed to work for me: sketches and some pre-crop prep!

DCWV Mango frost pp; papermania rikrak; anitas gems; stickles; sizzix lettering

DCWV paper, DCWV mango frost for the scalloped strip; papermania buttons; card candy, tesco foam letters

WRMK papers, Tesco foam letters, papermania minialpha fun green

I am well chuffed with my output level, but sitting across from Barbara who got 7 LOs done means that i could probably do better still. I had fun though, and that is the main thing.

WOYWW 108

Another week gone in a haze...and another desk. Just one of the many on Julia's blog. This time, my poor mum has given up her computer desk so that i have a proper chair to sit on and more than a postage stamp to work on, lol!

OK so there is not much on it, apart from a WIP but there is more stash this week than I've had the last couple of months to play with. That pleases me.....I'm sure you all understand why....

Got a couple of cards done this week and a layout. Trying to get all my birthday cards made in advance so that I have a stash ready for what ever happens in the next few months. It is so nice to have finally finished snagging and handed the house keys over to the letting agent. Now I dont have any guilt hanging over me stopping me playing with my stash.

I am ahead of the game in organising myself for the crop on saturday....so i will report back and let you know if i am any more productive or whether I will just chat and procrastinate anyway - Ha!

100 posts!

Wow, I can hardly believe that i actually reached double figures, now I am writing my 100th post!

Todays thought: Do you cut or not?

Reading some of the blogs of my craft buddies, it would appear that unlike me they have no hesitation about cutting into a full 12x12 sheet of patterned paper. And you know what....their pages are all the better for it.

I on the other hand struggle with making that first snip. Ofcourse, once the courage is plucked all bets are off and it doesnt matter if i need a small piece or a bigger section, a circle or a star shape...anything is allowed because it is already cut into.

So how do you go about galvanising for that first snip?

Do you work out the price of the sheet? Does it depreciate with age or does that make it more precious?
Do you balance compromising the full sheet with buying another newer one?

What works for you?

up for a challenge

I am not well known for being organised when it comes to crafting, but reading Julia's post her comment about crops and how her friend has a productive session due to her pre-crop preparation, I figured why not give it a try. Normally I am well impressed if i come away from a crop with a whole page finished. I'm ecstatic if i get a start on a second page!

So next Saturday is Kaledia-krop and I have set myself the challenge of:

1. preparing photos (shouldnt be too difficult as i just had 150 printed off last week)
2. preparing papers (a tad more difficult, I'm a nightmare at matching papers to photos)
3. preparing embellishments (think i might just take my entire stash, which isnt a lot in UK)

Basically, i will try to be as organised as i can be and see how many pages i can produce at the crop. I'll let you know how I get on.