WOYWW #805

 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.

It's November already! I won't comment on the election in the US, except to say "God help them".

Here is my desk (Tuesday) morning:

Something new on my desk today! My new project has started, but I won't tell you what it is yet. But you might be able to guess...

I finished my accordion book from Fodder School 1! This was a lot of fun, and I would love to make another one! Some of you (I know one did!) may have guessed the theme from last weeks post.

I played around a bit this week with my stencils, making "fodder". I'm almost done with my latest JIYA (Journal Into Your Art) Journal, and need to make another one.

Well, that's it for me today, I hope everyone has a wonderful week. Mittsy now refuses to go outside anymore, but Inky is in and out all day still. They both wish their kitty WOYWW cousins "Meows and Purrs"!

PS: I don't get a chance to visit WOYWW until at least Thursday, so check your comments on the weekend! I usually try to visit everyone.

WOYWW #804

 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 everyone! Well, hubby has COVID, and so I suppose it is expected I will get it too, although I hope not! I took the pic of my desk yesterday, I'm just finishing up my Accordion Book from Fodder School #1, a lesson by Roxanne Padget (July's lesson). She made her accordion book with dresses, but mine is completely different! Here is my desk. There is a clue somewhere on my desk...

Some teasers...

And hopefully it will be finished by next Wednesday!

Here is a page in my JIYA journal, not sure how it will be finished yet. The journaling part is ready to note how many Trick-or-Treaters we will be getting, but I have the sneaky suspicion it will be zero, due to our COVID 😢 So we will see what happens.

I will leave you with the Jack-O-Lantern that my SIL carved with Jasper, although she seemed much more interested in drawing J-O-L faces on post-it notes than helping her dad carve!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I hope everyone who celebrates has a fun Halloween! One thing for sure, our 2 black cats will not be going outside on Halloween!

WOYWW #803

 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.

What lovely October weather we have been having! Temperatures going up to 21°C! We have been able to sit on the porch for wine time most of the month! Crazy...

Here is my desk, taken yesterday:

Not much happening, although I did buy 2 tins for upcoming projects, and a couple of new paints. Other than that it has been a slow week, not much action here! Hopefully next week I can get back to working on my accordion book.

Here is a page from my JIYA journal. The skeleton is something that I have had for years and years, that was made by a woman named Tolegranny that belonged to a group I was in many years ago. I've always loved this skelly, and was glad to find a permanent home for her before she fell apart!

This past Sunday was our 40th wedding anniversary! It's hard to believe! Here is the card I made for my hubby from one of the collages I made in the spring:

We went to see Jesus Christ Superstar on the Friday night, and we got a snap of us, 40 years! It seems like a long time, but doesn't feel like a long time!

1984:

                                                                            2024

I made a special anniversary dinner of roast beef and Yorkshire Pudding, and this time the Yorkshire Puddings worked! First time for me!

Well that's it for me today. The cats are enjoying the fall weather, but come in often to get warm, then pop out again. They do love the afternoon sun!

So Mittsy and Inky say "meow" to all their cousins across the pond, and I say "have a great week everyone!"

WOYWW #802

 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 everyone! I missed last week's post! I completely and totally forgot about it until Thursday. It's because I now go to pickleball on Wednesday mornings, and that's all I can think about! So I will make a concerted effort to write my blog on Tuesdays. Here is my desk this Tuesday morning:

Not much on it, just my instructions for the new project I am working on - an Accordion Book.

Here are some of the pages for the book that I have done so far:

The big pages with the painted "dots" are done on scrapbook paper, something I have a lot of but rarely use, I love this idea for background paper!

Here are 2 more JIYA Journal pages, the journal is almost done, I need to make a new one!

Some days I just choose to be miserable...LOL!

We had our Canadian Thanksgiving yesterday. This has been a day in the past where we had a full
houseful of people and friends...but this year it was just us, so we had a "mini-thanksgiving" dinner.

No big turkey, just a skinless turkey breast which I wrapped in bacon - yum! It kept it juicy!

Well that's it for me today. It was 4°C this morning, winter is definitely coming! Even Inky refused to go out first thing! I hope everyone has a wonderful week! The kitties say "Brrr! Meow!"

WOYWW #800!!!!

 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.

Happy #800!! Wow, that's a lot of Wednesdays! I've been posting since August 1, 2012, #165. I wasn't as much into journaling as I am now, and I made a lot of cards, which I really don't anymore. I had 2 views of my desk at the time:

All of those drawers are no longer on my desk! I was noticing the little pile of Washi Tape on one of the boxes...I have a whole big drawerful now!

Here is my desk today:

Just waiting for the next project! 

I gave Jasper the cat book, but she wasn't too impressed, hopefully she will like it more later on. We had a lovely few days with her, "Miss Bossy" these days, as 3 year olds often are! Here we are at a local coffee shop, listening to live music with our coffees, and a "Jasperchino" for Jasper (steamed milk)! Jasper loves live music, and the woman in the background is singing "Crazy" by Patsy Cline!

I hope everyone has a wonderful first week of October! The kitties are getting a bit chilly in the mornings, they come in to get warm then out again...but yesterday afternoon it was 30°!

WOYWW #799

 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.

Only 1 week away from #800! Very exciting! Fall has landed in Canada, and the trees are just starting to change colour. Not so much right now, but the colours will get brilliant soon!

Here is my desk Tuesday morning. In this photo I am almost finished with a little book I made for Jasper, my 3 year old Granddaughter.

And here is the book, completed!

It has all of the cats that my hubby and I have had in the last 40 years!

The Back: this brilliant idea came from Naomi Tipping!

The Front

Sleeping cats

Awake cats

This was definitely a work of joy, remembering all our cats from the past, and sharing them with Jasper. Her mother will remember many of them, I but not all! I think I will laminate the cats before I give it to her on Thursday just to make it last, and the cats will slide in and out easily!

Here is Jasper on her first day of Montessori, in her third year! She's growing so fast!

Well, that's it for me, have a wonderful week, Mittsy and Inky say "meow" to all their cousins across the pond!