WOYWW178 No tricks . . .just treats

hi wednesday peepers

Oh where does my time go?
It can't really be a week since last wednesday can it ? Maybe it is a trick
 I am still working on the dining room table with my new 'toy' . . .   a real treat. . .  for me anyway. See  last week 's post
Thanks for all the birthday wishes and lovely comments.

(This has turned out to be quite a long post so feel free to skip the waffle and just look at the pictures.
If you want to see more treats, visit Julia head of the WOYWW covern  stamping-ground) .

Anyway here is my desk on Tuesday afternoon. What is on it I hear you ask ?

At the back are lots of  pots of beads....  still needing to be put away, they are taking over my life, must use some up.

Big bag of crafty stuff from work to make display items... dont know when I will get to that, but it needs to be done soooon!

Oh what's that at the front. Can you guess what it is  LLJ ?  Made with my new toy.

 

 

 

Voila..... a LLJ desk bin.
I brought this fab material in Arizona (I wish I had brought more, obviously).
I was saving it for 'just the right' project . . .  I think this is it.
A big thanks to Jo for the tutorial here.   jozartdesigns.
 I didn't have any boning so I used the plastic tubing I forgot to take to the WOYWW crop the other week,  well can't waste it can I.

Talking of the crop (sorry if you are bored of that now).
Here are the projects Julia gave us on the day, finally finished them.

 

 Christmas card kit, the background is very shimmery but it doesn't really show in the photo.

and finally the what if challenge.

 

 

 

Home is where your stash is

 

Well, I will catch you later after work, if you are kind enough to leave a comment please leave your Mr linky no. so I can find you and visit you right back.

Watch out for crafty ghosts this week.
happy halloween
janet

WOYWW177 waiting for a delivery

Hi wednesday nosey people

Desk hopping time again, where did the week go?
Why do I care ? visit Julia Queen of the desks to find out stamping-ground.

This is my messy desk on Tuesday morning.... nothing there .. absolutely nothing.... wait a while to see what the postman brings me.

I did make this during the day on my main desk.
 It is an advent calendar (yes finally started to think about Christmas)!
I love the pinsettia die cutter.
 At the back is my trusty Awl..... so usefull for making the holes fo rthe brads..... its one of my most useful tools and its about 80 years old !! .... no, I didnt make it!

I dont normally 'do' kits but I thought this was cute, there are 24 little drawers which I have decorated with christmasssy papers and brads.

 All I need to do now is find something to put in the drawers.... chocolate? probably.

Are you ready to see what's on my desk now .   (actually it's the dining room table at the moment)
 TA DAH!     
HAPPY BIRTHDAY  TO ME    (BIG hug to the handyman XXXX for buying me this fab new sewing machine)

Look out for some serious sewing from me real soon.......Pretty please  LLJ,  I might want to copy your fab desk bin thing .. if thats ok.

That was nice and brief wasn't it ?

If you leave a comment , I will visit you right back, but please add your Mr Linky no so I can find you....... Ta!
See you and  your desk later

janet aka fairy thoughts

knitting needle case

 

Hi world

from time to time I like make stuff to sell (hopefully) on e bay, not masses, you know, when the fancy takes me.

 Recently I have sold a couple of knitting needle cases. Unfortunately I haven't kept track of the  ones I have sold very well and re listed the wrong ones. So just for Claire who wants to buy one, here is the correct picture..... hope you like it and it works for you.

Most people who actually know me already know know this...... I AM A MUPPET!

 

 

have a great weekend wherever you are

janet



 

WOYWW 176 The Saturday Edition

Hi Wednesday World
Saturday? I hear you  cry. Saturday was the day of the WOYWW crop.
Sorry if you have heard it already on another blog.

 What a day it turned out to be. Everyone seemed like old friends, it was lovely to put faces and voices to names and art!
After the introductions we started with the important part of the day.... eating cake . . . . and what cake there was, yummy, yummy, yummy!     Morti what's the recipe please.

I was still suffering with my horrid cold, and was very aware that I didnt want to 'pass it on'

I had spent the day before battling around Ally Pally at the knitting and stitching show  and was feeling  a bit jadded and not my usual chatty self.

I  didn't take many pics, I forgot really, if you want to see more  hop over to stamping-ground   and follow the links.
anyway here are a few of my pictures of the day

 

This is my desk when Morti was showing us how to alter a domino ( see how it turned out at the end of this post).

Here is LLJ flexing her muscles ready to serve us a delicious hot lunch, no wimpy sausage rolls and sandwiches for the WOYWW girls.

Sam (hettiecraft) and fergus weren't sure if they had brought enough stuff.

Kate's ( i think) beautifully packed bag, love those coloured pens

Pam started off with a blank canvas, this is how it finished . . . beautifull .....it won a gold medal :)

I managed to finish my domino this morning.

The bee is shrink plastic and the stamp is from craft stamper

Here is my desk early on Tuesday afternoon, it isn't stripey just very sunny.
Most of the stuff is still to be put away after the weekend.
Still full of cold and didn't feel like it.

 
The pink goodie bag had choccies, a pincushion  (in the middle) and a card challenge from Julia and LLJ.
The green felt is for my next charity project..... poppies for the british legion poppy appeal . . . ... more  about these next week.
I will try and visit as many as possible this week, it is a real problem now with so many posting.
Several of us at the crop do the same thing ... that is, visit  followers, all that comment and those with the same ending number, it seems to work well.
thanks for visiting, please leave a comment if you can.

See you on a workdesk near you soon
janet aka fairy thoughts

WOYWW 175 a quicky post

Hi wednesday peepers
A very quick boring post from me this week as I have a horrid head cold and cough.....
Here's the pictures of my desk. Not much to see, I have been in bed all day.

 
The string on the tray is hair left over from making an angel  ... as you do! . . . .I had to finish it for display at work. That's all there is .

Last week I saw several desks that had stuff from craft stamper magazine on. So I thought I really must get on and make something from there, so here is a card I made using perfect pearls and DI.

For any of you out there who are going to the crop on Saturday and would like to make the beaded tassel see it here   tassel
Lastly for anyone out there that doesn't know what this is all about check out the crazy world of workdesks here  stamping-ground. 
If you are kind enough to leave a comment I will visit you back..... headache allowing that is
janet
If you are going on Saturday see you there 3 more sleeps to go

WOYWW crop

hi wednesday peepers

I know it's not wednesday but this is just a quick post about the WOYWW crop on the 13th.

In my madness I have offered to do a workshop at the crop..... either one of the beaded tassels below.

You dont need any experience (but they are very small beads) and I can bring some kits with everything you need, for a small charge of about £3.50, which will just cover the cost of the ingredients.

Obviously if you have your own seed or feature beads do bring them along, the tassel will take about 2 hours.
If you are interested just leave me a comment or want to know more e mail me at beadbaby58@hotmail.co.uk
only 8 more sleeps to go till we all meet.... yah... it will be lovely to have  faces to go with all the crazy names.
janet aka fairy thoughts

WOYWW 174 MOVING ON

Hi wednesday peepers
Well, this weeks desk is post  wedding ,,,,,, yay. Everything was fabulous on the day, even the sun shone. The bride was absolutely beautiful. I might post a few more photos next week from the reception that other people took... Nope I think it is time to move on. . . .  enough
Anyway lots to show so I won't waste your time by writing too much ..... just show the pictures!
This is my desk Tuesday afternoon...... lots going on

I am on holiday this week so I am catching up on stuff that was left before the wedding
 Trying to finish D1's wedding album from last year.

Some of you may remember the last minute necklace I started last week. Here it is finished, plus earrings and a bracelet. See, I said I had loads of time hee hee.

These are the original wedding geckos, they are made from  MDF, I painted them with crackle paint and decorated with papermania gems. just to explain D2 has a real gecko called Tango

As you can see geckos are a bit of a theme, these are from the top of the wedding cake. Cute huh!

I finished the album, this was the last page. Later on I started  making some more boxes to stack my DI pads in.,
This is my desk later in the eveining

 They are made from foam board, they work really well and are quick to make. But now time for a little glass of something red, a bar of something brown and nutty and a rest ZZZZZZZZZZZ

If you dont know why I am showing you all this, where have you been, it's the nosiest blog hop around. hop over to   http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/
I hope to visit a lot more desks this week . . .  no wedding stuff to do.
Well I'm done with all that ... well for a couple of years anyway!!!
If you are kind enough to leave a comment I will visit you back so please include you Mr Linky no.
See ya
janet