WOYWW #824

 It's What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! We are now sharing through Sarah, at Sarah's Craft Shed.

Hello! What a beautiful morning here in Southern Ontario! The sun is shining, there was a Blue Jay at the feeder, and Inky went outside for a little while! Mittsy did too, but turned right around and came back inside. 0°C is still too cold! Almost all the snow is gone, and the tempertature is rising during the day...Spring is on it's way!

Here is my desk this morning. I was as surprised as you this morning when I saw it!

I don't know what has gotten into me! I haven't been able to do much this week, my doctor has me on bed rest due to an asthma flare up, but I did do a few things. I wanted a stencil of a Russian Doll, the kind that fit inside each other, so I made one. This doll was my first one:

I liked her so much I thought I would make up a bunch of them:

And here is where they are now:

waiting to be finished. They each have their own personality! I may continue and make a few smaller and smaller ones!

Hopefully I can finish them by next week. 

Well that's is for me, short and sweet! I hope everyone has a wonderful week! Inky and Mittsy are so looking forward to warmer days!

WOYWW #823

 It's What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! We are now sharing through Sarah, at Sarah's Craft Shed.

Hello! It's so nice to have Spring creeping in, but I'm sure we are still in for one last blizzard. The birds are starting to come back to the feeder, I saw a bunny, the squirrels are froliking, we are slowly getting there!

Here is my desk this morning. I liked the Shakespeare insert so much from last week I decided to make a template for it, and make one myself. It is in the works on my desk, dragonfly themed.

And I did 2 journal pages this week, one in my Fodder School fabric book:

and one in my JIYA Journal - almost finished! On this page I discovered the meaning of the word Merkaba...

The Merkaba is the geometric symbol that surrounds the image, representing the union of body, spirit and light.

Well, that's it for me! Looking forward to a nice lunch with a couple of friends, and more sunshine!

Have a wonderful week, Inky and Mittsy say "meow!"

WOYWW #822

 It's What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! We are now sharing through Sarah, at Sarah's Craft Shed.

Hello! I have been working in my new and improved art room, it so nice! Just a few minor fixes. 

Here is my desk this morning. I have been very good at putting things away!

Here is what I have been working on this week (and some from last week).

Last week first:

I found this gorgeous shrine when I was cleaning my room, it was made by Christine Palmer many years ago. I had to use it! And I have had that pointy hand for years and years...good thing I didn't toss it!

I wanted to finish my Donna Downey journal that I started many years ago, and I had just bought a Collage Soup book, and I had again, found this "house" I had made many years ago and decided it needed to be used. So this page started with the house. The butterflies were added to the house.

And here is what I worked on this week: This is the DDowney journal - I'm sure some of you even have this one!

These are my last pages. I used some Collage Soup images here as well.

And it's all done!

I also did a couple of pages in my fabric book for Fodder School 1 

and a page in my tiny journal (about 3" tall)

And I finished making my new JIYA Journal, which is a bit smaller than my previous two, and has all white pages

Well, that's it for me, as you can see, I had to make up for the month I was not making anything!

I hope everyone has a wonderful creative week, Inky and Mittsy are so excited for Spring to finally come this month! 

WOYWW #821

 It's What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! We are now sharing through Sarah, at Sarah's Craft Shed.

Warning! Photo heavy post!

Hello! I hope everyone is well this morning! I have finally finished re-organizing my craft room. It took almost all month, and I got rid of piles and piles of things I guess I didn't need. Especially storage trays and containers.  Here is a description of what my room used to be:

My art room is a mess. I can’t walk from my door to my chair without stepping on something. On my way to my chair I bump into something that falls on the floor. No real reason to pick it up, I don’t even pay much attention to what it is. I sit down, ready to create. I feel good, but a little cramped. I don’t have much room to create, maybe about a 6”x6” spot, but that’s ok, I just plop my journal on top of what is already there. I look for a stencil I want…where is it? It was here yesterday, what happened to it? I look in several spots before I find it. Now I need some paint…there it is, all my paints, but I have to reach over a chest of drawers to get to them, the basket is so heavy my arms feel like they are going to break! I find the colour I want, bit now I need a sponge, I know where those are and I am able to get one easily. So I start my journal page. Every time I need something I have to search for it. I have no place to put my journal while it’s drying so I plop it on top of one of my rolling carts, and continue to create in this haphazard way.

So now I introduce my new and improved craft room! Starting with my desk:

And then photos of my room:

This is to my right, just under the table. Everything I use often is within reach!

I won't bore you with more photos, just saying that I did 2 journal pages this week! I will post them next week.

The sun is starting to come out, we are expecting rain today (yes! Melt the darn snow!), spring is on it's way, the cats will be happy!

I hope everyone has a wonderful week, thank you for plodding though all my photos! 

woyww #820

 It's What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! We are now sharing through Sarah, at Sarah's Craft Shed.

Hello! We have had a bit of a snowy weekend this week! A bit more than usual...

But the roads are all plowed and everything is good.

Here is my desk:

Nice and clean, a frame on top which I am giving to the thrift store, but otherwise pretty clean. That doesn't mean I didn't make anything last week - I made my hubby's Valentines card!

Other than the card, I am still working on organizing my art room. This week I organized all my stencils, among other things.

My Mother's 90th birthday went very well, she was very pleased! Getting ready to blow out her candles!

And here she is with her best friend...

And here is Jasper, so excited about Valentines Day!

That's it for me today, I'm off playing Pickleball this morning, so will visit tomorrow! Inky and Mittsy are saying "will Spring EVER come??"!

WOYWW #819

  It's What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! We are now sharing through Sarah, at Sarah's Craft Shed.

Hello! No pickleball today, but it is my Mom's 90th birthday! We will be having a little get together for her at one of her favourite restaurants with a few of her friends, but she thinks it's only with me! So hopefully it will go well. 

I'm still working on my room, but it is getting there! Here is my desk this morning:

The green card in the corner is my Mom's Birthday Card, that I made with Motion Crafts by Uchi's Design. I also made Jasper's Valentine's card with it. This is a stamp set plus a die that I picked up years ago, and have only made it once. It is very difficult, I had to watch the video at least 5 different times, getting something wrong each time!

My first 3 failures! The image is supposed to move...Finally I was successful, and took a very short video, hoping I could post it, but I couldn't 😢, so here is just the inside of Jasper's Valentines card. The image moves up and down and the heart gets bigger and smaller.

And then I made on for my Mom as well, but I still don't think it's perfect!

The bird's wings flap and the flower twirls!

Anyway, that's it for me today, hopefully next week I will have pics of my art room all organized! I hope everyone has a wonderful week, Inky and Mittsy send purrs!