WOYWW 391 - the post crop post!

WELL!

How much fun was that?  I'm not going to bore you all silly with yet another post about crop.  The measly couple of photos I took pall into insignificance next to everyone else's, and none of mine were as interesting as all the others.... However, it was an amazing day, far too much cake was consumed and it was wonderful to catch up with old and new friends, and generally have a blast.  I got the tissue box finished!

So, lets move swiftly on to this week's desk, for the rounds of WOYWW (see Mrs D for details)...

This week I'm in two places.  The dining room table:

 

And the main crime scene upstairs:

 

 

A closer look at the table reveals Project Life cards - I'm doing the first year of my gorgeous Great-Nephew's life:

 

Hiding underneath that lot is some beading I'm doing for Christmas, that I started at crop:

And really bizarrely, on the main desk upstairs, I'm casting noses!  This belonged to a rather gorgeous black lab called Shadow.  It's a bit warped where the owners might have squished the mould a bit before it set, but each dog's nose print is unique, so it's still a special thing.... I just need to finish it and mount it for them.

 

So, move along, there's not that much that's interesting here!  See you in a comments box near you.  And I'm very sorry I didn't get around to commenting last week!  oopsy....

WOYWW 227

Ho hum.

Here we are for another WOYWW (deets http://www.stamping-ground.blogspot.com) and the world keeps on turning.  Sorry I've not been around much - we've all had the Lurgy here and a fortnight ago we sadly had to let our beloved Twig cross the rainbow bridge which pretty much put a down on everyone's mojo. 

My desk this week mostly looks yarn shaped. I've finished work on one scarf, am working in this one...

...and working on a third one in regular wool as a knit-a-long with Mr B. yes, you read it right here.... Md B is knitting. He already knew the knit stitch, but no others and rather likes the idea of learning. It's the Navy part of him you see.  All those knots. 

I've done a wee bit to Project Life, but as always there's not much to show until the photos are developed so you'll just have to possess your souls in patience till then. 

 Will I get round anyone this week? Who knows? Panto is now in full rehearsal and this week Mr B is working nights on the trucks (having quit teaching - did I mention that yet?) so hopefully you'll see me on the hop....  Catch you around!!!

WOYWW 189 - Project Life Fest! Warning - Photo heavy...

Edited to add:  Apologies - I seem to have linked you all to the Mobile version of this page - please scroll down to the bottom and it will say "View Web Version".  If you want.  Not compulsory, but you might feel a little less like you're in the wrong place!

Hello!  Back at WOYWW once more.  For those not in the know, the deets are here.... feel free to join in with whatever your workdesk may have lurking on it, no matter what...

I am still at home recuperating - I have an appointment with the doctor today, and just had a date for a post-op appointment sent to me.  I will know later whether or not I go back to work on Thursday but if truth be told, I'm still feeling pretty worn out and the thought of driving an hour each way either side of an 8 hour day is rather daunting.  We will see what the Dr says. (Update: Dr said stay home another week....)

In the meantime I'm filling my days with an awful lot of nothing much.  Not being allowed to lift and lug anything seriously reduces the amount of housework I can do (yay) but after a while it does get tedious not being able to run the hoover round or get the washing from A to B and back again. 

Mr Mojo has also taken a hike but I have managed to get a little bit caught up on my Project Life work.  I'm determined (absolutely!) to get 2012 put to bed by the end of this month....  following are most (but not all) of the weeks I've done.  The pages not included are awaiting the arrival of prints to put in - no point showing you the pages if there's nothing to look at!  Any gaps you see are also waiting on prints.  The reason for the gaps?   A couple got missed, but deadlines for getting free/reduced price prints were looming and I had to send off a certain number by a certain time (eg, 50 prints for free, 75 prints for 1p + postage).  Net result, only half the odd week got sent in.  My apologies for the awful picture quality - poor light, late at night...

I'm going to keep up to date with 2013.  And true to my word, here are the title page and Week 1 of 2013.

Catch you around!

WOYWW 172 - back to the desk....

Hellooo!  Welcome to WOYWW - and if you're clueless as to what I'm on about, head on over to Madame Julia's for all the deets and Mr Linky, should you be of a mind to join in too!

I've joined in again this week.  Not that I have much to report - the desk is tidy, so is the bed!  Wonder of wonders....  The pile of crochet squares is growing, slowly....

This week we had crop, and I managed to sort out two more pages of Project Life, plus a regular 12 x 12 layout.  My apologies for the terrible picture quality - my camera does NOT like taking photos indoors in the evening with flash/without flash. 

  

The cross-stitch hasn't changed at all, so I won't bore you with an update!

Only a month until the big WOYWW crop, and Mrs Julia has said I can do a demo/tutorial on altered dominos.  I'll work out what the heck I'm doing and let you all know, but if you are coming on the big day and want to join in, I would suggest looking for some dominos now.  You want smooth plastic ones (or bone if you find them) in a light cream or white.  There's plenty available very cheaply on ebay if you don't already have some.

 Catch you around!

WOYWW 167 - skin o' me teeth....

Woohooo!!! Happy WOYWW to y'all.... it's Wednesday again and time for more desk hopping mayhem courtesy of the delightful Mrs D...  If you think I've gone nuts and don't have a clue what I'm on about, visit here for all the info and Mr Linky if you want to join in.

Why "skin o' me teeth"? Because I *just* managed to visit everyone who visited me.  LOL.

So here we go again.

My desk?  Voilà!

Not a lot to see really.  The latest sketch from Sketch Saturday which I fancy having a go at this week, plus supplies.

However, I figured I should show what I did at the crop on Saturday, and thanks to Julia showing my ugly mug on her blog this week, and said pic showing me holding a layout involving her, I realised courtesy of BJ that I'd not actually blogged said layout when I did it.  Which was back in May.  And that was when said photo on said layout was said... lol.... taken I mean!  Heheheh.

So, four - yes FOUR - weeks' worth of Project Life, plus a double layout from two years ago (long awaited that one!) from the crop.

And the layout with LLJ and Julia.

 See you in a comments box near you!

WOYWW 162 - more Project Life...

Whoa! Where the heck did that week go? Oh, I know. Down the gutter with all the rain. And the country’s hopes, when Andy Murray lost at Wimbledon. Poor old Jonathan Marray though, overlooked as one half of the winning men’s doubles team.

Well, here we are again for another round of WOYWW – prepare thyself to do battle with Blogger, for she verily is a scurrilous knave and somewhat pesky in the posting department.

*shakes head to clear it*

Sorry, not too sure what happened there. LOL

Anyway, for the deets and Mr Linky, head over here.

My desk this week is not that interesting. I’ve not done an awful lot other than have a general push around and call it tidier. Mr Wobbly Man and his sidekick Junior are just hanging about doing not a lot (as per usual, nothing new there), and the tissue box hasn’t actually moved much further forwards. That would be because the Outlaws were here again, with Mr B heading off to the Fairford Air Show with Grandad B. The steampunked/industrialised mask has moved on a little bit further – not a lot, just a little.

I’m really getting into my Project Life though, having completed Week 3 and well on the way to finishing Week 4. At this rate, I will have caught up by the last week of December! (do the maths...). The crochet has taken a little bit of a backseat as it’s starting to set my carpal tunnel off. Mr B wants me to teach him next, so maybe we’ll be able to sit and crochet together – there’s love for you!

Well, we’re hopefully off to a special event on Saturday, weather permitting, and I will make sure I get photos for next week’s WOYWW...

In the meantime – watch out, watch out, there’s a Morti about. See you in a comments box near you!

WOYWW 161 - moving on!

Hellooooo!  Welcome to another WOYWW - honestly, where DOES the time go? Mind you, at the moment it feels like it's November from the miserable wetness outside, although it is still a few degrees warmer.

So.  WOYWW.  If you're not familiar with the term, head on over to Julia's place for all the deets.

As for what's on my workdesk this week - yup, there's a pile of squares.  And you're right, it IS a tissue box I'm working on, but nobody guessed as to what it was going to look like.  It's definitely a WIP as its going to need a couple of coats of paint first, but we're looking good so far!  I see little wobbly man is hanging out in the coffee cup.....tsk

Here's all the squares laid out.  The picture doesn't really do them justice cos it's warped the colours a little - the green is lovely and minty, the grey and the pink look quite 80s but I can assure you there will be other colours!  I'm just working my way through the collection of balls of wool, one ball at a time.  19 squares down, at least another 340 to go....

Also on my desk this week I've managed to complete week two of Project Life.  Hopefully, by next week I should get weeks three and four done too.  I'm starting to get used to working with Adobe Photoshop Elements, as you can see, I can overlay type and the like.  Mind you, I'm using quite a few of Cathy Zielske's templates which help - but my fingers are itching to break out and try my own thang...

Now, onto the small matter of Artstamps at Newbury.  I might be going, I might not.  I was thinking of going, and mooted the idea in JDs direction.  The trouble is, Mr B and Grandad B are off to the big air show that's on (RAF Fairford, I think), which leaves Lil Miss B and Grandma B at home with me.  Now, if Grandma and Lil Miss go shopping, it's going to leave yours truly in charge of the hounds, which I can't take with me.  Plus I have very little Moolar at the moment.  So, chances are, I'm not going so I'm sorry if anyone was getting their hopes up!

Ok, enough waffle, on with the hop!  See you in a comments box near you....



WOYWW 160....another week goes by....

A high speed post from me today!  I waffle far too much for you all to read it and move onto the next desk, so I promise to be brief(er) today.  If you don't know what I'm talking about... go visit Julia @ Dunnit Dimensions.

On my desk this week are the beginnings of project I've been considering for some time.  Years perhaps.  But sometimes it can take that long for an idea to develop, and then the right recipient comes along and BAM! off you go.  That's what this week's desk is all about.  You might get some hints from the bits on it.  Little Wobbly Man thought he'd help out this week.

I've also finally finished week 1 of Project Life - yay, go me! - and we're only at...what... week 26 of the year?  I'll get there.  Meanwhile, if any of you out there know anything about Adobe Photoshop Elements, maybe you can help me suss out why it's printing images smaller than the size I specify on the canvas or image...

You'll be pleased to know that the spare "desk" is a bit clearer this week, and the pile of granny squares is getting taller - not that I remembered to take a picture of them though.

 See, I can be brief!  Catch you in a comments box near you!

WOYWW 141 - A change of scene....

Welcome to WOYWW once more!  The Wonder of WOYWW is once more upon us.  Ok, I'll shut up now.... hehehehe.

For those who think I'm raving mad, as opposed to just mad, head on over to The Stamping Ground where most, if not all, will be revealed.

Just for a change, I've been working on my other desk.  I've been improving my knowledge and skills with Adobe Photoshop Elements this week, with a view to taking part in Project Life, as it seems kinda fun and will progress some skills on the PC for me.  Who knows where it may lead?

So, what do we see on my desk?

The usual computer sundries - printer, keyboard, cables.  Yes, my mouse really is a cute VW Beetle.  Yup, those are pink socks.  I have a general hatred of light when I'm trying to sleep, and the computer desk tends to light up like the flight deck of the Starship Enterprise at night, with lights we really can't completely get rid of.  Like the Broadband hub.  And one or two standby lights.  So everything we can't switch off, we cover up.  The webcam is covered simply because I'm paranoid.  Why I don't unplug it, I don't know!   Two coffee cups, one empty, one full.  This is because beloved Mr B brought me up a second cuppa to replace the first, then promptly went to bed without taking the empty downstairs, and me not wanting to disturb our mutts, I've left it there too.  (I hasten to add, this photo was taken Tuesday night, and by the time I went to bed, second cup was also empty.)

My other desk this week is showing some signs of movement.  Seems like wobbly man has spawned a mini-me!  There's also some evidence of Valentine's work, but that's a rare aberration and should be taken at face value only.....LOL.....

Just along the wall from my desk, some of my storage.  With stuff precariously balanced on top as usual!  Hmmm, seems like the bed is taking a hit too.....

Ah yes, a small amount of stash to go with my foray into Project Life.  Nice new scrapbook folder, some coloured cardstock mats, and photo paper.  And a cute ribbon.  Go The Range!

Well, that's all I'm prepared to bare for this week - catch you on the blog-hop!