WOYWW #408

I was so late in posting last week - I hope this week's "What's On Your Wordesk? Wednesday" finds me somewhat more organised :) (It didn't, and In wasn't lol)

This week I am number 38

So... this week I am doing... nothing actually. I have finished the mini-album... though I am not happy with it at all. More about that in a moment. Firstly... my desk:

  A finished album, my coffee, a couple of deliveries of embellishments - and some glycerine. I have some old file folders that I want to turn into leather-looking paper and apparently, the glycerine will help me do this. We'll see lol

My desk looks quite sparse - but around me is chaos - my drawers are stuffed and overflowing, and I've been rifling through my stash.

These are just four of the TEN drawer units I have crammed into my wee tiny craft room - not to mention the shelves, storage boxes, and piles of 'stuff' placed everywhere. It's a tight squeeze in here :)

Now... the album...

It's just way too stuffed lol. I ended up glue-ing the journalling spots directly to the pages instead of making little cards - but I may have to cut down the pages inside anyway and removing some pieces just to make it all a little less bulky.

I'm pleased with the actual design - so I have no idea what bits I shall remove yet...

Showing the journalling spots I've had to glue directly onto the page... and this is the page on the left that I made so many mistakes with. It's a bit of a shame - because I LOVE this paper collection and wanted this album in my living room.

Oh, well!

I hope you all have an amazing Wednesday - I will have a nose around later at what people are showing. 

Want to take part? Hope on over to The Stamping Ground, and follow the links to WOYWW.

Have Fun!!!

Crafting Mishaps #8

Oh, darn... that moment when you've slaved over a mini album for days - WEEKS even - and than you realise that you've made a bit of a boo-boo. I made a pocket too close to the spine of the album, so no tags would be able to slide in or out. The whole page had to be redone. Was that the crafting mishap? Nope...

I had to carefully cut off the pocket and remove the backing paper underneath so I could re-do the page. I managed not to be as careful as I wished, and sliced through the top of the page! I did sort of rescue it with glue and a slither of paper... and managed to glue my fingers to the backing paper on the other side of the page! Was THIS the crafting mishap...? Oh, noooo...

I was stressed about this mistake, I'll admit - and stress makes me a messy crafter. The desk was overflowing with bits of discarded paper, backing card, glue, tools... I had to stand over the project to see what I was doing! BUT I did manage to alter the page  - even though the magnets I bought are too thick, and I had to peel back the paper I just glue'd down because I forgot to place the magnet under it first. So... was this a crafting mishap that was blog-worthy? Oh, dear no...

The page finished, I started to tidy up the extreme mess I had made... and then sat down - heavily - in my chair.

THIS was the crafting mishap...

You see, my desk was such a mess that I had put some tools on my chair because of the lack of room...

I don't think it would have been quite as bad if I hadn't sat quite so heavily. But on the plus side, I was wearing a thick dressing gown because being ill has made me feel the cold. Every cloud has a silver lining :)

Now... does anyone know how to get glue out of a heavy jersey dressing gown...?

WOYWW 407

Welcome once again to my crafty area on What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday (WOYWW)!!!

Race on over to The Stamping Ground and let Ms Julia tell you how to play along if you want more information :)

Today I shall be number... 45

It is now Tuesday night, and I just know that I will be too tired to write this post Wednesday morning - I have had a day in the City Centre with my middle daughter and two youngest grand-daughters (birthdays are looming! lol), so I am absolutely shattered already!

And so on to the mess that is my work-space today:

Yup... still a mess! In all fairness, it's not really my fault - I have a problem. You see, in town today I arranged to meet my daughter at a cafe where I would have to walk past The Works - and part of my problem is the inability to actually walk PAST that shop. I entered. It was triple points day... YAY!!! I bought loads of papers. Again. Oops lol. On the way back home, I realised I had forgotten to collect my ankle boots from the cobblers, and had to walk past The Works again to collect them. Once again, I couldn't (and didn't) walk past, but went in and spent some more. BUT I did remember to buy my mum some lovely gifts for Mothering Sunday :) Should I also come clean and admit to shopping at The Works online last night too? Problem, me? Noooo... I see paper, I buy it, no problem! lol

 I haven't done much more to my mini-album ... just added some of the charms I bought...

... and also started to make the tags and photo mats.

So... that's my work-space ... how about yours? Show it off and let's all have a sneaky peek :)

A Wonderful Wednesday To All!

Spend, Spend, Spend

I took a quick visit to The Range... well, it was supposed to be a quick visit :)

The crafting section beckoned, and I just couldn't resist the pull as Hubby went off in search of fence posts. I wandered through the aisles, not really needing anything, but wanting ever such a lot of things, when hidden away in the corner of a bottom shelf I espied some 6x6 papers. Now, I am not admitting to being a paper hoarder or addict of any kind... but if there was a 'Paper Collectors Anonymous' group, I'd probably be the first member lol

Anyway, I don't usually buy foiled or glittered papers, but these ones just have to be the exception to that rule...

There were six different pack designs, my favourite being pack number 5... but they only had one of those left :( Still, I did buy at least one of each paper pack :) I've not anything specific in mind yet... but I'm sure I'll think of something eventually.

I also managed to find some other papers, a die-set, some mini kraft booklets and tiny tag books as well as a few other odds-and-ends I obviously desperately needed :D

The die set was half price at just £4... oh, and all the 6x6 books (30 pages each)? they were £1 each - bargain!

I am supposed to be finishing working on the 'Wild At Heart' album - making tags and photo matts... but keep getting distracted by animals, deliveries, phone-calls and sneezing fits lol

I WILL get it finished - I'm waiting on a few little bits that I bought online to be delivered and then I'll have no excuses left at all.

Happy Crafting To All... or whatever it is you all do to make yourselves happy :)

WOYWW #406

ARGHH!!! For all my good intentions of once again being a regular bloggerite, life got in the way and I have done absolutely NOTHING. I have had my flu jab - and again got incredibly ill after having that awful needle jabbed into my arm (it was expected - though I am forever hopeful that one year, my flu jab will do nothing except protect me from the flu lol). So... apart from very slowly crafting and laying in bed feeling all sorry for myself, I have done very little - as my messy kitchen can testify to :)

It is now the extreme early hours of Wednesday morning, and I have 'things' on my mind that are keeping me awake - so, a perfect opportunity to partake in the ever-expanding, always interesting "What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday?".  Ms Julia at The Stamping Ground hosts, and the rules and regs are over on her blog if you want to find out more or  take part :) This week I am number... 11

So, onto my desk...

 Bit boring, huh?!

 I have finished the base of the project mini-album I started working on - it's an album with a drawer attached. I have to make all the tags and photo-matts to go inside now :)

 I had to include this little bit of the desk - at the back there is my favourite pencil sharpener with hugging foxes on it ... so cute! The lucky troll was a present from my mum, a long time ago! She also crochet'ed the little flower it sits in. Oh... the foxy eye mask - that's my daughters and I am supposed to be repairing it.

 I did treat myself recently - I bought a little craft tidy that hangs off the drawer of my desk - I just use it to keep my most-used glues and tapes handy :) It was £3 at 'The Works' ... a shop I have NEVER been able to walk past lol

 I ordered myself a few paper pads too :) The mini-album drawer combo I just made was decorated using the "Wild At Heart" First Edition paper pack - I LOVE these papers :) 

Now, I must apologise... some people may have noticed that the black curtains in my craft room always look a bit grubby and dusty. I swear it's not my fault... my cats love to sit on the windowsill as I am crafting - so it's not dirt or dust you see - it's just masses of cat hair :D

 See...? This is Coco just sneaking out from behind the curtain. The local fox was just doing her rounds and my cats like to watch her from the safety of the inside lol

 Coco (we call her "CoCoBean") loves nothing more than sitting on my crafting space and stopping me from working lol... but she's not the only distraction...

 Barkley McScruffles doesn't like to be left out either, and he often sits or lays on my feet as I craft the hours away.

Well... that's my Workdesk this Wednesday - and I will admit that I have discovered something in the last two weeks...

I have tried my utmost to 'clear as I craft' and tidy up as I work on my projects and creations. It makes every project take twice as long... and it's BORING! I tidy up, and I can't find anything! Okay, so I do find it hard to find anything in the mess and chaos I create in the wake of my crafting anyway - but at least rooting around in piles of stash is fun (and I always seem to find something I'd forgotten I had too). Tidy crafting is boring crafting - mess is good :)

I shall leave you with that thought... and wish you all a wonderful week and a Happy Wednesday!

WOYWW #404

After another LONG hiatus, I am back again :) and returning for the always fantastic "What's On Your Work-desk Wednesday?". Hosted by the amazing Ms Julia over at The Stamping Ground.

Want to join in and have a nosy peek at other people's work spaces? Just click  to pop over to Julia's page, and all will be revealed on what to do.

So... 

Today I am number 17 :)

Not a great deal has happened since October last year - I am STILL trying to lose that last 12 pounds in weight... and I haven't been crafting a great deal at all. I have been trying to get my home in order - room by room :) Right-O! onto my desk. I was inspired by Alexandra M to make a mini-album, and on my desk is the start of my new project. 

 It's all quite tidy at the moment - but that won't last long lol. The project sits in the middle of the desk - along with a little chocolate to keep me going. The only items I seem to be accumulating are adhesives - tapes and glue - because I can never make up my mind which to use at any certain point in making the mini-album.

I did spend almost an hour cleaning my craft mats. I do have a new one - but didn't want to start using it because it will get ruined lol.

 My cup-flask of coffee has to stay handy too - as well as my glasses. 
This project is going to take a long time. I have had a few falls in recent months - breaking bones all over the place. I broke my little finger on my right hand, and it's not healed properly, so much so that it's practically useless. I also suffer with psoriasical arthritis, and this has caused the skin at my finger joints to dry and crack so much that I can barely bend my fingers. Still... could be worse :) 
Right now, I'm writing up a list of "I want..." that includes dies, scissors, papers, glues, tools - a whole medley of little things that will add up to a whole lot of money lol. Well, I can dream... right?

I'll try to post more regularly - but not making any promises :)

Have A Wonderful Wednesday Everyone!