What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday?

Wednesday is here again and that means it's time for another WOYWW.  Doesn't time fly so quickly when you are not at work?  I go back to work tomorrow after 13 days off and I just can't believe how quick time has flown.  I'm quite sure the next 2 weeks until half term, when I have another week off, will not fly by so quick.  There is no picture of my desk after last weeks viewing because, despite being off work, it still looks exactly the same. Nothing added and most certainly nothing removed!  I have done some crafting; crochet on the sofa and scrapping in the kitchen.  

Here is my last LO that I completed:

I have used the My Mind's Eye range Lost & Found 2:Blush for this LO plus some mini alphas, large glitter alphas, a doily, gems, Jenni Bowlin's weathervane ink and Studio Calico's Mr Huey in Piglet.  I originally had these papers as part of a class at Sarah's Cards Retreat last November but I have purchased more as I just love them.

The design is based on this very beautiful LO by Lisa.  I just love Lisa's scrapping especially her use of embellishments. Lisa lives in Germany and although we live many mimes apart I have had the pleasure of meeting her on a number of occasions when she pops in to Bromsgrove Crop which her sister Libby runs.  Do pop over to Lisa's blog and take a look at her fantastic and creative work.  One month I will try to join in with the Counterfeit Kit Challenge.  Just need to find the time at the beginning of the month to pull a kit together; lets face it, there is plenty to choose from in my house.

If you fancy seeing some other great crafty spaces pop on over to Julia and take a look.

One A Day Tuesday Tallies (24 January 2012)

I have been spending sometime crocheting this past week but I have not had the chance to do as much as I would have liked on the pram blanket.  I have decided to do 5 rows of dc instead of 3 either side of the cream stripe.  I have now completed 3 blocks of colour and 2 blocks of cream.  

The pram blanket looks like this:

I have started to sew some of the ends in but with 5 single rows of dc in each colour block there are alot of ends and I don't like sewing ends in!

I think the blanket will need 7 blocks of colour and 6 of cream which means I am 1/3 completed plus a border.  I was hoping to have progressed more than this but sadly life got in the way.  


However, I have been working on my squares for Stocki and also squares for the Charity blanket the knit group I attend in Stourbridge are making.  We are planning on making a blanket for the local hospice in spring colours.  

I have been using Rico Creative Cotton Aran Yarn which I purchased at my LYS.

This is what I am making; Granny Daisy Squares:

And stripes:

Three squares made to date:

You will be pleased to know I have sewn the ends in on these squares.  One thing I am struggling with is getting them to be 6" exact.  Any ideas on how I can achieve this?


Don't forget to pop on over to Gingerbread Girl Carole's blog and see some other one a day projects.

Scarappy Sunday

Yesterday I spent the morning scrapping.  It seems forever since I scraped but in reality its only a week.  I put it down to all the madness going on here right now.  Work has been a big issue in my life the past few months and the last 10 days have been hell.  Until things are settled, I am hopeful it will be a positive outcome, I am plodding on and trying to live with the stress of it all.

Scrapping on a Sunday morning was just what I needed.  These are the LO's I created with the help of Sarah's Cards DT:

It was nice to scrap some older photos from back in October 2010 and fill the spaces in my albums.  

When I first received December's Sarah's Cards kit I really thought that is not me, I am never going to use this kit.  

However, I used some of the kit for my Project Life title page and then surprisingly I made the above 4 LO's.  I add the piece of Kraft and some small alphas but apart from that everything is from the kit.  I think I have another one or two LO's in this kit and I'd like to get them completed this week so I can say I have finished a kit in its entirety.  This is a very rare thing in this house!

Pass The Page Blog Hop

Last year Julie put out a plea for people to join in a pass the page game.  The idea being that Julie would make a lo then send it on to the fisrt person who would make their interpretation.  Then the second person would make a LO based on the first person's and so on.  

Julie designed and made a LO and then passed it on to me as first participant.  This is the page I received:

After I had picked myself up off the floor and realised my comfort zone had just just got up, walked off and ended up in outer space I then went in to panic mode!  No patterned paper, paint, mists, words can't express how not me this is!

Anyway, I finally gave in to the panic and made this page:

I placed the photos and just could not do it with no paper and just paint there.  I just had to add a little paper and some hessian.  I then proceeded to cover the hessian and paper but felt comfortable with that.  Strange I know but knowing there was paper there made things so much better!

Although it really is not me I have enjoyed pushing myself to try something new and have gained a little bit of courage to step outside of my comfort zone.  

Thank you for arranging this Julie and I hope the other ladies enjoyed taking part as much as I have and I can't wait to see all the finished LO's.

If you would like to see the finished LO's too, pop on over to Lea or if you have come straight here the first stop is Julie.


Don't forget to have a look at Deb's blog where there are details of a giveaway.

Here is the full list of participants:

Julie: http://jsquaredscrapspot.wordpress.com/

Candace:  wannabescrapbookaddict.blogspot.com      <---  You Are Here

Lea:  finallyscrappin.blogspot.com 

Helen (Hosted by Lizzie below)

Lizzie:  http://lizziemade.blogspot.com 

Sian:  http://fromhighinthesky.blogspot.com 

Clair:  http://obstinatepursuit.blogspot.com 

Helen:  http://craftimperfect.blogspot.com 

Alison:  http://alisonslife-in-the-slow-lane.blogspot.com 

Ginger:  http://gingerslifeofspice.blogspot.com 

Jemma:  http://www.Just-Jimjams.blogspot.com 

Lisa-Jane:  http://comeinsidemycrazyhead.blogspot.com 

Deb Clark:  http://debisjoy.blogspot.com 

Alexa:  http://simplyalexa.typepad.com 

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday?

No words required.

Pop on over to Julia to join in or have a look at some crafty spaces which you are not seeing here.