WOYWW 904/124 - A Temporary Workdesk

Hello Everyone,

Happy WOYWW to you all and I hope life is being good to you.

There was just too much going on last week for me to have time to post on What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday as I would have liked. I am hopeful that this week is going to be better.

I have nothing to show on my dedicated craft desk.

Instead, the dining table is my temporary work space just for the next few weeks. The reason for this is that I am unable to get online in the craftroom  - the signal just doesn't reach there - and I need to use my laptop to view the classes for Shimelle's Clear The Desk Live Autumn Edition classes over the next few weeks. So, for now, this is my workdesk. 

I've not got a lot more to share with you today except a few scrapbook pages made for the classes. Here's a few. 

A Super Mice Day

Fun Day

All Smiles

Spooky Faerie Trail Discovery

Autumn

Can you tell that autumn is my favourite season. When I was younger and my hair was auburn the colours of this season suited me perfectly. Not so much now my hair has turned white. 

Of course, the final photo for today has to be this one of Silver.

Where I am, Silver is always nearby. Here she is sitting on the windowsill just beside me, birdwatching. It's the perfect viewing point, even on a rainy day like today.

That's it from me today. Not much, I know. In the words of Van Morrison, 'mama told me there'll be days like these'!

As usual, if you don't already do so, I urge you to join in with WOYWW. You can do this by clicking on this link, Sarah's Craft Shed, where you will be made most welcome.

Take care and have a fabulous week.

Elizabeth

WOYWW Week 902/122 - A Tray of Goodies

Hello Everyone,

Happy WOYWW to you all and I hope you've had a lovely week. Thanks to everyone who left a comment on my post last week - they are all very much appreciated. 

What's on my desk today is another of my kits - photo taken yesterday evening. This one is a bit quirky and I'm not sure what I had in mind when I put it together, but I'm sure I'll work something out. Eventually! I forgot, when I got it out, that I have an online class to attend today so it may have to go back in the bag for another day. 

A wee job that kept me busy for an hour or so yesterday was filling this tray of goodies. Otherwise, the loose embellishments that have lying about in various boxes in the craftroom for ages. They accumulate while putting layouts together. Discarded this time, but maybe they will be right for another page another day. Hopefully, they'll stay tidily in the tray but they do seem to have a life of their own!

My latest layout. The stickers I'd enclosed in the kit were dated from ten years ago - from Simple Stories 'You Are Here' collection. The patterned paper is from Kaisercraft's 'Time Machine' collection, from about 2012/2013, purchased in a kit from Funky Farm Scrapbook Barn - a supplier I loved but, like so many, has long closed down. The photo is a reminder of our trip to Amalfi in 1999. We visited the Piazza Duomo every day while we there, to sit outside at a cafe, drinking coffee while people watching. It's a great gathering place for tourists and locals alike. Today would have been Alan's 88th birthday so I'm sure he would have loved to see this reminder of some of the many happy days we had together. 

There would be no show without Silver. She just has to get in on the act. 

I'm late with this post and I may well be late with leaving comments because I've a busy two days scheduled with the classes I'm attending today and tomorrow. I will, however, do my best to get to you all as soon as possible. I love reading your posts and seeing what is on your desks so wouldn't want to miss a thing. 

As usual, if you don't already do so, I urge you to join in with WOYWW. You can do this by clicking on this link, Sarah's Craft Shed, where you will be made most welcome.

Take care and have a fabulous week.

Elizabeth

WOYWW Week 901/121 - After the Week 900

Hello Everyone,

I hope you are all well and having a good day. After the fun of last week, I must thank all who left their very welcome comments to last week's post celebrating WOYWW 900! It was a pleasure to catch up with so many deskers we haven't seen in a while. 

That's not a mess on my desk today. I've been preparing for a class that had me putting together a few autumn themed kits ready for the off today. The class is Shimelle's Clear the Desk Autumn 26 - an extension of her earlier Clear the Desk Live. 

Most of you will have seen me banging on about the kits I put together before moving house in 2022 but I don't think I've ever mentioned where I got the idea from to make them. It's all down to several clever scrappers who make videos for YouTube and/or run classes on how to put kits together. My first introduction was from Nicole Jones (nicolejones911). Then I discovered the many videos from RTS Scrapbooking - Record the Story And, of course, Shimelle who puts together monthly kits and then creates live videos throughout each month using the contents of those kits. It's thanks to these talented ladies that I am now having great fun working my way through my own kits, discovering supplies I'd completely forgotten.  Beautiful papers and fabulous embellishments all making it easier and quicker to put together a layout, and as I am the slowest scrapper in the world this is a bonus! 

This layout was made using one such kit. 

I had fun using up the sticker borders - something I continually forget to use - on this layout inspired by a sketch from Scrap-a-Sketch. The photo, dated 2019, is off three of my great-grandchildren getting excited on the car trip to Motherwell Country Park with their grandparents. One of the patterned papers used is 16 years old, and others have no date on them at all!

Last week, I wanted to include a photo of this layout but didn't locate it until too late so here it is now.

It's of Shaz in Oz who travelled all the way from Australia to be with us at the WOYWW crop in LLandudno. I thought traveling down to Wales from faraway Scotland was quite a long trip, but Shaz's journey beat me hands down. That smile says it was worth the journey. 

It's been more than a wee while since I posted what's in my vase today. That's because my garden here isn't as floriferous as my previous one.

This very dry summer has been particularly hard on the garden but early in spring I tossed a mixture of annuals on the top of the pots of clematis more in hope than certainty that they would grow and flower. But, the Welsh poppies, marigolds and clarkia, together with a few cuttings of ivy, have struggled through.  

Finally, it's Silver time.

Here she is supervising what I'm up to on my desk - one of her many duties! 

It's a long post today so if you have got this far give yourself a pat on the back. However that's me for this week. As usual, if you don't already do so, I urge you to join in with WOYWW. You can do this by clicking on this link, Sarah's Craft Shed, where you will be made most welcome.

Take care and have a fabulous week.

Elizabeth