WOYWW 210

Morning WOYWWers, Followers and Bloggers Everywhere,

Two desk shots for you this morning.

The first shows the ATCs, made to celebrate 4 years of WOYWW, and cards received over the week. Top left from Debbie, the Daylee Doodler, a fabulously intricate zentangled (have I just made that word up?) ATC and card. Top right from Jo, aka Twiglet, a card and beautifully embroidered ATC ... Jo tells me she made this whilst sitting in the sunshine so whenever I look that image will come to mind :) And finally, a super ATC from another Jo, Jozart, which cleverly combines stamping with the art of zentangle. Thank you everyone, they are terrific :)

The second, my workdesk which is looking remarkably tidy this week. No project in progress! Just a pile of magazines and books, another pile of scraps and, at the back, the usual tools of the trade. I'm off on my jollies at the end of the week so I need to select some reading material to take with me ... with the exception of a bit of crochet, I'm not taking any crafting stash this time but I do intend browsing through a crafty magazine or two -  in the sunshine should we get any. And the pile of scraps, I'm working on them, using them rather than 'filing' or tossing them ... it's an effort but I figure that if I do that I'll have less of a scrap mountain! Well, that's the theory. Trouble is I keep adding to the pile!!!

And why am I showing my workdesk to all and sundry ... if you are not familiar with what What's On Your Workdesk is all about, pop over to the instigator and manager, the amazing Julia Dunnit's blog, The Stamping Ground, and read up all about it here. I think you'll want to join in, and why not? It's all good fun, you meet great folk and learn all sorts of interesting stuff, craft related and otherwise, just from hopping from one desk to another every Wednesday ... though for some of us, e.g moi!, it takes the better part of week to visit just a few :)

And that is almost that ... but for a word about Flat Susan.

A few of my friends mentioned in their comments on the previous post that they initially thought I'd finally lost the plot! Now, with my advancing years, I can understand your concern, after all it is very possible that I'm on my way to becoming gaga ... it's true the memory isn't all it once was ... but methinks not quite yet! Flat Susan does exist and, because she is so teeny-weeny, here's an enlargement for all to see. She's the product of Neet's, Hickydorums, imagination and creativity, though she does have a cousin, Flat Stanley, who is the inspiration behind her story. For more information on Flat Susan's origins and travels you can click on the Following Flat Susan button on the sidebar to the right. Sadly, it rained so much yesterday that a planned trip to the home of our bard, Rabbie Burns, had to be postponed. Instead, she spent the day cuddling up to  The Boss, Bonnie, who wasn't too impressed to begin with but has now taken FS under her paw :)

It's still raining today which means another day at home but there's plenty to do ... lots of decisions to make - what to pack for the jolly holidays, what reading matter to take, how many batteries will be needed for the camera, etc., etc., etc.

I promise to visit as many of you as I can before taking off ... after that it will be as, when, and where, I find access to the Internet.

In the meantime, I wish you all have a lovely WOYWW.