Wednesday, 4 June 2025

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday - Week 835

Hello Everyone,

I hope you have all had a good week finding lots of time for crafting. There's not been a lot of crafting going on here. Too busy elsewhere, unfortunately. Because of that, all that's different about my desk from last week is a pile of pages waiting to be filed. They are waiting because I can't decide which album to put them in. The photos on the right are old ones found when I was sorting out a box of framed photos brought from the old house. We had a lot more wall space there but it's much more limited here so I've had to decide which to keep and which to sacrifice. Not that I plan to bin the photos, just the frames. I hope to scrap the photos eventually. 

11/2025 - Misty Loch
The two photos of Loch Linnhe were taken on the first morning of the holiday we had in the Scottish Highlands in 1995. The B&B we stayed in was almost on the shore of the loch. Only a road separated the house from the loch shore. That morning we were both enchanted by the sight of the loch partly shrouded in mist. Magical!

The inspiration for the layout was simply the leftovers that had accumulated after making a few earlier pages. After choosing the base sheet, from Jen Hadfield's Peaceful Heart collection, 'New Day' 2021, I juggled the scraps until I was happy with the way they looked. Once I had the photos in place all I had to do was build the embellishment clusters from bits and pieces found in my stash.

Materials - printouts from Scrap-A-Sketch, 49 and Market's Vintage Artistry Mango Ephemera Stack, flowers fussy-cut from various patterned sheets and wooden buttons from Cocoa Vanilla's Storyteller collection. Title made up from Simple Stories Snap Studio's alphas. 
Due to the change in the weather, from heatwave to deluge, not a lot of real gardening has been done. However, I'm pleased to show you the work my daughter and SIL did, while the weather was good, to the patch of garden to the front of the flat. Above is the before shot. That grass was hiding a very uneven base. It was difficult to maintain and equally difficult to walk on for someone like me with dickie hips. 
And here's what they have accomplished so far. They've removed the grass, levelled the ground, cut the hedge, removed the dead ivy that was adhered up the wall, and laid the weed suppressing material. They have done a brilliant job, don't you think? The only thing I've had to do was weed and tidy up the plant pots. The next phase is to choose and order the gravel which will cover the entire garden. The idea being to make it as low maintenance as possible with only the pots to take care of, leaving most of my time for the new back garden. 

Speaking of which I have been enjoying watching and photographing the antics of the starlings that visit the birdfeeder there. Alan bought it when we moved in here but, sadly, never got the chance to see it erected and enjoy his birdwatching. 

And finally, no funnies this week but a photo of Silver out in the garden with me.
She's my constant companion whether inside the house or out in the garden. In fact, she would be happy if I spent much of the day out there with her. 

That's all from me for this week. Apologies yet again to those of your posts that I didn't manage to leave comments on. Life just got in the way. There's a story there but I'm not ready to tell it just yet.

To see more creative workdesks pop over to Sarah's blog, Sarah's Craft Shed. If you don't already do so, feel free to join in the fun and show us what's on your workdesk this Wednesday. You'll be made most welcome.

Have a great WOYWW day and a fabulous week everyone,

Take care everyone,
Elizabeth  


11 comments:

Annie said...

Your family have been busy for you…the garden is looking lovely. Brilliant idea to have it so you can enjoy it with low maintenance.
Hugs,
Annie x #7

Twiglet said...

Well done on the garden transformation - that will be so much better for you to manage and pots will look lovely on a neat gravel base. Your Misty Loch LO is beautiful,- what a lovely place to stay. x x Jo 🌈

Sarah Brennan said...

How wonderful to get a low maintenance garden Elizabeth. They have been working hard. Great layout and story behind the page too. Meow to Silver. Stay safe and Happy WOYWW. Sarah

Helen said...

looks like the garden will be much easier to manage - well done your daughter and SIL for their hard work! happy WOYWW (no crafting at mine either!) Helen #3

Julia Dunnit said...

I love the misty loch story (and LO) I hope you're enjoying the memories as you scrap...I must say the really memorable photos slow me down but it does make me happy! Your girls have done a fab job on that lumpy garden, gosh won't it be so much easier with a gravel surface. Please don't ever worry about visiting me, I totally get it, always!

Lunch Lady Jan said...

What a wonderful job the girls did with your front garden, they must have worked so hard. It’s going to be much easier to maintain that from now on, pots are so handy! I adored the photo and LO too, I remember Loch Linnhe well, a beautiful place, we camped near there.
Hugs LLJ 4 xx

Crafting With Jack said...

The misty loch photographs are gorgeous. How wonderful to have a hotel right across the road from the loch. Your daughter and SIL did a great job. It must be lovely to have Silver as a constant companion. Happy WOYWW. Angela #12

Felix the Crafty Cat said...

sadly I don't seem to have done much crafting though I did make a card today for a friend. Sitting in the gasrden sounds good to me and the change to the grassed area will make things much easier. Happy woyww, hugs Angela x9x

Mary Anne said...

Well done them! A great help for you I'm sure. I think we must have that same bird feeder - or at least the people who owned the house before us left it for us! Love your layout and the Loch looks a lovely spot for a holiday. Pets for Silver from Poppy :D
Catching the last few - Happy WOYWW!
Mary Anne (2)

Lindart said...

The Mist Loch looks wonderful! Magical! I'm glad Silver is watching out for you, cats are so good at that! My Inky is. She makes sure I get up in the morning and don't stay up too late at night! I would love to have someone come and clear out my back garden, which is, at the moment, unusable. Your kids have done a wonderdul job! Have a wonderful week, Lindart #16

BJ said...

Love that you are scrapping you old photos, such lovely memories. Mine are all in stickyback albums although I did redo my ballet page some years ago. Wonderful starling photos in flight well done there. Carpal tunnel comes and goes is horrid at night but have a surgeon call booked for 7th August so hopefully the op sometime after that. Hugs BJ#1