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Late to the party tonight, but better late than never... I am here to offer my desk as part of the great crafting desk nosey that Julia hosts at her blog each Wednesday.

Here is my desk in relative chaos having just decorated a candle using some Christmas tissue paper and melting it onto the outside of the candle using my heat gun.  I haven't used this technique in a number of years, but at our church weekend away, this coming weekend, I have been roped into organising and running the crafts, one of which is decorating candles.  People are going to draw their designs on tissue paper and then I will melt them onto the candles so I needed a practice!  On my desk as well as the greaseproof paper, tissues, candle and heat gun, you can see my almost empty mug of tea, a packet of pez (a kind gift from Alex), a ruler and scissors.

Here is a close up of the candle - not bad for the first attempt in ages and I didnt scorch my fingers either!

In addition to decorating candles we are also going to be decorating pebbles so I have spent some time washing sand off pebbles and them priming them in white so that the pens and paint will show up nicely. There should be enough in this box I hope! 

Here is my sample decorated pebble - I've not done this before so it was fun to play.... I can't get the photo to rotate sadly!  I am very much looking forward to this church weekend away - about 100 of us are going, all ages from 12 months old to 93 and Adrian & Bridgett Plass will be speaking which is very exciting.  I will report back how I get on with the crafts next week.  That's all from me for now... keeping it short and sweet this week.  Have a good week everyone.
Love
Caro
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WOYWW485

Well I'm back again for another Wednesday's nose around the crafting desks of the world courtesy of Julia.

Here is my desk in all its chaos... everything has been shoved to the edge allowing me a small space (about the size of a laptop) in which to craft. To the left is my study Bible, open from service prepping for the Sunday evening service this week, Nearby are my acrylic paints as I was using them on the art journal page that I was working on.  The mug beside them is full of a variety of palette knives, paintbrushes and some pens.  Next you can see my empty mug of tea, drunk while messing in my journal which is in the centre of my desk. You can also see my water pot, a paintbrush, pencil and some word stickers

This is the journal page I was working on... I am trying to stretch myself outside my comfort zone with different colours and being more free in my artwork, brushstrokes etc.  Not entirely sure I like this one, but I am enjoying the process of playing with paint without judgement or meeting a standard.

I am sorry that I haven't yet done the promised 'how I use my journal post' but I have been ill this week with a heavy cold, and very sore throat and cough. This weekend while I was nursing my sore throat and prepping for the evening service Alex sat and painted his first Warhammer figures - he sat concentrating for hours which is unheard of.

I was impressed with the quality of his painting as well... he improved significantly between the first and second figure he painted... this is his second figure - lots of detail and dry brushing. That's all from me for now.  Have a good week everyone.
Love
Caro
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WOYWW 484

Welcome back to my blog and another nose at my desk.  I am, as usual, joining in with the wonderful Julia's weekly desk hop so check out the other desks here.

This is my desk in the process of Bible Journalling. For those of you not familiar with this, it is taking a passage of the Bible and illustrating it (or writing about it) in the margins of a wider than normal Bible.  I have been doing this on and off for over a year and love it as a way of going deeper into God's word.  On the desk you can see a large mug of tea (still hot), my prisma colouring pencils, some gold peel offs and the pens I have been using.

This is the finished page which is of Daniel in the Lions Den.  I have loved this Bible story ever since I was a little girl - as a child I was fascinated by the fact that God shut the lions mouths so Daniel was not hurt, but as an adult I am admiring of Daniel's courage and perseverance to stick to the truth and doing the right thing in the face of potential death.  He didnt hide away, but just carried on doing what he knew was right, and when he was punished for it, he had faith that God would be with him even though he knew he could die.  I wish I was that courageous!

For those of you who asked hopefully next week I will have a little more time to explain how I use my Leuchterm journal - a mixture of appointments, tasks and journaling, so for now I will leave you with this photo of one page in the diary - a mostly memory style page of photos and words (no tasks this time)... for some reason I can't change the orientation.  Sorry.
That's all from me this week.  I hope you all have a good week.
Love
Caro
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WOYWW483

Welcome to the weekly desk hop of crafting desks around the world, otherwise known as What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday (WOYWW), hosted by Julia.

Here is my desk - in the process of getting my bullet journal/diary up to date with pens, scissors, washi tape and craft knives all out as I was using them. If anyone is interested in seeing how I use my journal then please let me know and I will show a few photos.  At the back of my desk is another large mug of tea (almost empty and in need of a refill!

Since last week I have had the week off work and we have done a different activity each day to finish off the holidays including visiting Nets Kingdom in Sherwood Forest

Hoverboarding

GoKarting

and eating far too much at 'Gellatos Sundae'

I am now back at work (and back on my diet!) and Alex has started secondary school - Yikes!  Where did that time go.  He had a very happy first day so praying that it continues to go well for him. 
That's all from me for now.  Have a great week everyone.
Love
Caro
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