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Wednesday 12 August 2020

WOYWW 584 - there’s a fog blowing in

Welcome to another edition of WOYWW!  Hosted by the lovely Julia over at The Stamping Ground, if you’re a random visitor you can see more desks here. Can’t  see much in Cornwall today - the whole North Coast is shrouded in very thick fog!

After a week off, I do t really feel like I’ve had a holiday. It’s always that way when you have a stay-cation and spend your week on household stuff. We do have a couple of major developments, one of which is some new shelving in the craft-room-cum-office. 


They’ve made a huge difference - the room somehow seems bigger, but maybe that’s just because it’s tidier. Mostly....




Creativity-wise, I’ve now got three cross-stitch WIPs on the go!

The barn owl...




The Peppermint Purple SAL



More boxes added and last week’s box done (new box chart released today). 

And I’ve started a Mill Hill beaded ornament kit...



Not much else doing at the moment but that’s plenty to be going on with. 

I do need to sort that desk out because I’ll have a load of memorial jewellery to start soon for one of my best friends who lost her mother early in the pandemic. I knew Marion myself, many a tuna and salad cream sandwich was I fed as a teen, and it is a sad loss. 

Right! Onwards and upwards - have a great day, all!






13 comments:

Helen said...

good luck with the desk... I am sorry about your friend's mum, how very sad. Helen #2

Lunch Lady Jan said...

That's a good memory of Marion - my memorable lady was Peggy, who'd travelled a lot and introduced me to Lapsang Souchong tea, very exotic for a teenagerin 70s Wales! I'm sure your friend will be grateful for the memorial jewellery. Love the cross stitch WiPs, I may have to look up some small charts on Pinterest, you've inspired me!
Hugs LLJ 1 xxx

shazsilverwolf said...

Hi Di, sounds as though it's cooler down there, it's a horrible, sticky 30+ up here, too hot to do anything.Liking the cross stitch, they're coming along nicely. Stay safe, have a lovely week, hugs, Shaz #4 X

Felix the Crafty Cat said...

Your studio looks ultra tidy in one part and manic mess in another....how familiar that seems Lol! However it's not stopped you doing some nice projects. Sorry to hear about your friend's mum, I can relate to that as I lost my father in April this year and it's hard. Wishing you a lovely week and a happy and creative woyww, Angela x16x

Kathryn Frantz said...

Hello!
I love your "new" craft room. Doesn't it feel like you have room to breathe? It gives me a calming effect but the tidiness and the calm do not last long around me! I try to put things back, I really do, but the other things and scraps out number the ones back in their places!

Sorry for you and your friend about the lost of her mother. It is hard whenever that happens but this pandemic is horrid!

Lovely to see your WIPs. And such a few number...I'm sure you can tell I have many, by the way I said that.

Stay well and Happy Wednesday!

Kathryn #29

Crafting With Jack said...

Some lovely projects on the go and think it does make the room look bigger when it’s tidy x Angela #23

Tracey@Hotchpotchcreations said...

Really sad to read about the loss of your friends Mom, never nice news to hear i'm sure the memorial jewellery will be of great comfort.
You should be proud you have something to show for your stay-cation, handy shelves and boxes. Your desk looks alot like my other up in the sauna hee hee.. It'll get sorted when the heat lowers again. Your very brave to have 3 cross stitch pieces on the go at once there all looking mighty fine.
Happy WoywW Tracey #3

Sarah Brennan said...

The new shelving looks great. I am sure your desk won't take too log to tidy. Sorry about your friend's mum! Stay safe and happy belated WOYWW. Sarah #9

Julia Dunnit said...

Cloud and mist at least will keep it cool for a bit, the sun didn’t burn the cloud off till about 1pm here today and it felt better just to be in shade! The shelves make a difference dont they..seems lighter. I guess we just get used to temporary so quickly that when the change is actually made, we surprise ourselves. Humans! I think three cross stitch WIPs is enough too, although I do acknowledge that you will probably have to hack some space out to make jewellery on it! So sorry to hear about your friend’s Mum, hope you all get a lot of pleasure out of the memories the jewellery will prompt.

Sue Jones said...

So sorry about your friends mum. i am a little in love with your blackwork - its stunning. Sorry I am late - Have a fab week.Soojay#22

Susan Renshaw said...

Good luck with the desk - the new shelving looks brilliant!
Looks as though you have a lot of stitching on the go...
Sorry I am late getting around.
Stay safe and keep well...
Susan #13

Karen said...

Terrific projects ~ That barn owl is going to be amazing! Good shelving and storage is so helpful ~ Enjoy your weekend

Shoshi said...

Sorry to hear about your friend's mum. Memorial jewellery sounds a lovely idea. I love your neat stacks of drawers, and I thought what a lovely tidy studio, till you showed us your desk lol lol!! Looks like my entire studio!

Happy belated WOYWW,
Shoshi #18

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