WOYWW 99 - the post-Easter one...

Whoops - what happened to last week?  Well, ok, I was a bit mojo-less, and we were out having fun.  I've been a busy bunny too, which meant that I couldn't do my desk here until late tonight as there were bits on it that I couldn't show off..... teee heee....

However, I'm here now, with a slightly cleared desk and a few other choice pics from my week off. 

So, why am I banging on about my desk? For those newcomers to my blog, and those that may have come by a different route, WOYWW is What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday, a strange yet delightful phenomenon started by our Darling Mrs Dunnit HERE. Oh Ok, it was really started a lot further back than that, but that's this week's!

We managed to get the piano moved out of Lil Miss B's room where it's been for a few weeks since we moved her out her bedroom into the single with her nice new cabin bed.  And then she opted to have a piano practice for the first time in weeks.  Tch.

 

Here at Morti Mansions, the ol' papier mache has been making an appearance with Mr B making headdresses and masks for his Jester stories at Wolfshead.  The items you see below are apparently going to become three dragons and a mouse..  I've also been indulging in some paper and paste play, but I can't show you just yet.  You'll have to wait at least...ooh...5 weeks?  Fnar fnar.

Other things going on here include our weekend at Corfe - amazing crowds and some fabulous - and not so fabulous, but mostly fabulous - weather.  You can see Lil Miss B there in the first picture, sitting on the grass dressed in blue.

Also on the agenda this past week we squeezed in a visit to Caen Hill where Lil Miss B got her first go at opening a lock gate (for that matter, so did I!) .....

And we paid a visit to Monkey World in Dorset....

.... though I'm not so sure that one of the residents didn't sneak a ride home with us....





All in all, a fab Easter.

Ok, I'm off on the hop - don't forget to check out my BLOG CANDY which I will be drawing on Friday!

WOYWW 97 - the dangerous one...

Ok, talk about a title and a half.  Now, for people who have come here by accident, WOYWW is something set up by Delectable Desk Detective Dunnit, and you can find out more here.

Moving on from last week's kitchen table, Mr B suggested that I really should call this "WOYFW" as in What's On Your Floor Wednesday.  No, it's not THAT anacronym, Doone.....  See below.

We've moved off the table and onto the floor, and what you see lined up before you is the final stages of the marathon painting session.  There are more lurking around the corner in the cloakroom!  I would like to thank Mr B and even Lil Miss B for their assistance - without them this would have been an epic fail.  Grateful thanks indeed go to Mr B who has varnished all these today while I've been at work.  Twice.  That's not to say I've done nothing.  Someone had to cut the stencil and mark up all the boards, and paint.  The two B's just helped, one much more than the other.  Lil Miss B even put her hand to sanding.  Nuff said.

Normal service will resume next week.  There's an art journal just crying out for me to take part - except I'm 15 weeks behind and have some SERIOUS catching up to do.

And go on, you know you want to join in the candy - there's only 16 entrants so far and whilst I know it's not the greatest selection, there is a recession on you know.  I'm not sure how people can afford to offer such great candy.  *sigh*  Still, you might be in with a chance of winning this one if not many take part.  LOL.  So if you want to join in, go HERE

Catch you around!  We're off to Corfe Castle this weekend for an event, so if you're in the area, pop in!

WOYWW 96 - the one from the kitchen table

Just a quickie from me this week, and a late one at that!

This week's WOYWW (go here to see more info and jump onto the desk bus for all stops) is brought to you from my kitchen table.

Yup.

It's my desk this week.

My normal desk is still my desk, but this week I'm working from the kitchen table on.......

Danger Flying Arrows signs.

You see, every year we have a kit weekend for Wolfshead, and every year the paintwork on the Danger signs gets tidied up a little.  Only this year (just about a month ago) the signs were touched up...... and were then not finished, and to cap it all, the paint didn't dry.

So we brought them home and have been working on them.  Trimming them all so they all match and are the same size (having been made in fits and starts over the last decade or so), sanding them down, repainting them, and varnishing them.  I have about 18 to do - none are as yet completed, and only two have all the painting done.  All of them will need a coat of varnish.

So excuse me while I disappear - my paintbrush awaits me!

Oh, and don't forget to enter into my blog candy will you!?  It's HERE

PS.  We've decided on the Panto for next year and it's The Wizard of Oz.  Yours truly is the.....drumroll please..... set designer! Woohoooo!!!!!!

WOYWW 93 - the one with the sigh of relief

I has done it!!!

Yay!!!

One CJ finished, and today winging its way to its owner.  Flo, it's coming home!

Sadly, for the rest of you that is going to mean a wait of at least another 24 hours to see the finished page properly - can't publish it to here before the owner gets her mitts on it, eh?

Anyways.....

Welcome to WOYWW (for more info, visit Desk Director Dunnit here) once more, and as you can see from the picture below, there is next to nothing on my desk!  Whoopie!!!  I've finished the CJ and tidied up, and you can see it there being photographed before I cut the work in half..... ulp..... and put holes in for where Flo is going to use her BIA to bind it.  Yes, you're going to need big O wires, me dear!  

I'm not sure what my next project will be.  Probably Mother's Day cards.  I also have a load of cards to make for Mr B's staffroom.  He's in a small village school which has a post box and no shop, so the other teachers find themselves caught on the hop cardwise occasionally.  They've asked that I provide a box of cards.  I think that's pretty cool....

Other than that, not much to report.  We spent last Sunday at Corfe Castle shooting, and the weather was fab as you can see below.  What more could you want, eh?

Well, short and sweet - be sure to check back in a day or so for the full pic of the CJ!  And there's a blogoversary coming up too - with Blog Candy to come!

Catch you on the bloghop!

WOYWW 92 - the hurried one

Just a quickie from me today guys, before I dash off to work, the reason being that not a lot has changed.

If you're clueless on the WOYWW front, go and visit The Stamping Ground where all will be revealed.  Well, not quite all.  It's not a glamour photo site!!!!  Actually, lets steer our minds away from that image and the possibilities.....

Where was I?

Ah yes, my desk.

It's a muddle, to put it plainly.  The floor is getting clearer and I'm gradually finding holes to put things in, but otherwise not much has happened.  I've not made any cards this week (on account of being at the Wolfshead Kit Weekend at the weekend), and the CJ is being worked on (sorry for the delay Sarah) but has hit a glitch in that I've decided I need to buy Memento ink in a grey.  I might try using the second print on the CJ, but if that doesn't work, the grey it is.  The background makes the focal image get lost, if you can understand what I mean by that!  It's not normally a problem, but when you do what I do (and you'll see what I mean soon enough), losing an image becomes an issue.  I'm not sure if just colouring will rescue the problem.

Enough of my ramblings!

On with the hop!

Nobody pass out....

.... but here's a second post today! ROFL

I thought I'd give you a quick update of the last month, as I've been a bit remiss in posting of late.

First up was (and for those of you who spotted it via Twitter, well done!) Relay for Life. A fun and interesting and EXTREMELY tiring 24 hours of walking around a racetrack with Elvis. Yup. Elvis. Mr B was he. Ok yes I know. Elvis was taller. Shhhhhhhhh!





We then spent 9 days at Bentley Wildfowl Centre and Motor Museum, doing "Robin Hood" as is our usual wont in summer. Not next year though - next year we're doing "Australia". Quite literally in fact.

I have over 300 photos from our week and a bit at Bentley, and it's hard to choose between them all. So here are possibly my top five. Well, they might not be, as I'm sure my favourites will change as I ahve a chance to go through them all properly and edit and crop and notice all the little things that make each picture unique.

The end of Summer.....

Hello readers!

Sorry I've not been around for a while. Life kind of caught up with me - since I last posted we've had a long weekend in Cornwall (all fabulous, gorgeous weather and icky sunburn), spent 12 long days in Shropshire with Wolfshead Bowmen in the (mostly) pouring rain, and been to the Great Dorset Steam Rally.

I figured it was high time I shared some of this with you.

Here is a picture of a beach in Cornwall. Wa-hey. Thrilling, eh? We're the little shelter at the far end. Yes, a Cornish beach with no-one on it. Amazing for late July. Which I why I though to share it with you. It was like this for about 45 minutes after we got there, at about 12.30pm, but didn't exactly get packed. I think that was cos only locals knew about it. The reason we went there was that it was the only beach in about a 30 mile radius that was both clean, safe for swimming, AND allowed dogs.




By complete contrast, here are a couple of photos from our stay in Shropshire. Note the pouring rain. Note the rain, pouring off all the canvas. Note the mud. It was like that for about 8 out of the 12 days we were there. And all the while my back was playing up too. Ho hum. It did dry up towards the end of our time there, so it was fun in the end.....

Back from Carew - UPDATED

Back from a fantastic weekend with Wolfshead Bowmen, at Carew Castle near Tenby in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The weather was extremely kind to us - we always say that a good event is one where we both pitch and strike the camp in the dry...



This was our campsite at the foot of Carew castle. You can see the campfire (many an evening spent around this!) in the middle, and my tent is to the left - the green and white striped humbug.



My tent. It's a 15th Century Burgundian, made by a lovely company called Past Tents. Rough dimensions - 27' long, 13' wide by 9' tall, approx.



Close up of the campfire. Of the two men stood there, the one in the black and yellow sweatshirt is my brother, the one in the brown T-shirt is my DH...



Sunset on the 3rd May



Sunset on the 4th May



L-R, Helen, Becca, Pam, H, Tom & Pippa



Justin having a "moment" cos Katie is leaning on his head.... LOL

TGIF

Ok - from what I can gather, TGIF is also a challenge blog. Maybe I should have a look at it sometime soon!

Anyway, as promised I need to start updating you guys on what I've been up to.

Before Christmas, on Aunty's Forum, we were set two challenges. One was a stitching challenge, where we had to come up with something "Stocking" related. My effort was this....



It's a kit manufactured by Mill Hill, and is one of the series of "Charmed Stockings". I absolutely adore them, and have made a couple of others previously to this one. I'm currently working on a charmed mitten (oops, spoiled it for the guys on the forum. Oh well!) for this months stitching challenge, which must involve beads!

The other challenge I took part in was to create a Christmas Decoration and photograph it hanging on the tree. My effort....



It looks more pink in the photo - in real life it is Christmas reds and golds, and is gorgeous. I can't lay full claim to it - it's a pattern by The Spellbound Bead Co - but I did pick my colours and provide my own beads and bauble!

More to come, so watch this space!