WOYWW 556

Hello and welcome to the nicest and most supportive Blog hop in the world. Don't know what I am talking about? Then check out Julia's blog as she is chief in charge of the What's on your Workdesk phenomenon, a lovely community of like minded individuals from around the world.

Firstly, I am so sorry I only managed to visit a few of you last week, but life just ran away with me - I promise to do better this week! Here is my desk as it was on Monday evening as I was playing in my journal - my desk is sadly empty now as I am at work and I am still going with my routine of tidying up after every crafting session. In this picture you can see my Hobonichi weeks journal, some pens, a nearly empty mug of tea, and at the back of the desk some new washi tapes

Here they are in a little more detail.  They were a little treat as I had a tough week at work (long and depressing story that I wont bore you with now), and so I spent a therapeutic morning on Saturday playing with some of them and my journal - making the most of Alex being out for the day with his church group.

Here is one of the decorated pages from my journal (I will do a flip through at some point if anyone is interested) with washi tape, stickers and photos.

This week I also made a card for my nephew who is into Lego and Rugby so I figured this would fit the bill - confession time, I completely forgot his birthday until the day so this was a bit of a rush job and still arrived late!

I will finish with Alex in full on creative mode - completely taking over the dining room table as he builds his latest creation. I hope you all have a good week,
With love and God Bless,
Caro
xxx

WOYWW 555

Welcome back to another Wednesday Workdesk blog hop courtesy of Julia and WOYWW.

My desk is actually looking rather clean and boring at the moment because I was writing an assignment for my church of ministry course last night and am marking exam scripts today.  The tea is there for sustenance! 

This is a much more interesting view of my desk last Saturday where I am actually putting my Tim Holtz glass mat to use and creating a card with Distress oxides, stencils and stamps.

Here is the finished 50th Birthday card for a work colleague - made just in time for her party on Saturday night.

The party was great fun, and I was sensible about the post viral fatigue and leading church services the following day so left by 11 (some of the others continued until 5.30am !!!). This is me and another colleague looking rather flushed on the dance floor.

I promised I would show some of Alex's artwork if I was allowed. He is currently working on a top secret project which I am not currently allowed to photograph, although I can tell you it is a 3D model of an Ork Gargant (it is about 2 foot tall). He did however, give me permission to show you this cartoon - it is himself imagined as a cartoon character.  He is wearing a buff round his neck, a hoodie and a necklace he wears. 
I'm afraid that I am going to be late with commenting this week as I have an information evening at school after work today. I hope you all have a good week
With love and God Bless,
Caro
xxx

WOYWW 554

It is Wednesday and time for another blog hop around some lovely crafting desks courtesy of Julia and WOYWW.  

Here is my desk as it was on Tuesday night - a nearly finished journal page, a nearly finished mug of tea, acrylic paints, brushos, gesso, water spray bottle, baby wipes, stabilo all pencil. and Tim Holtz paper dolls and ephemera all on my desk.

This was a quick journal page as I had got into a bit of a crafting rut, getting put off by the blank pages of my new journal so I challenged myself to put something together in less than 10 minutes and this was the result! I used two scraps of paper, gesso (one colour), dark grey acrylic paint, gesso, black pen and stabilo all black pencil and a Tim Hotlz paper doll. The paint and gesso were applied using finger painting - so satisfying and deliberately messy.  It was definitely a releasing type of page and different from my usual controlled style.

Alex is also being creative at the moment - if I get permission I will share one of his drawing next week. In the meantime here he is painting some Orks!
For those of you who were asking, I am over the worst of my pneumonia and am back to work, but tire easily so had to go to bed on Friday afternoon to recover from the week. Hopefully I wont need to do that this week!  Take care of yourselves everyone and have a good week.
With love and God Bless,
Caro
xxx

WOYWW 553

It's Wednesday and time for another tour of the crafting desks courtesy of Julia.

Here is my desk - I have been doodling on some gelli prints in my art journal as a form of relaxation so you can see my art journal, my doodle journal and my mug of tea.  In the background you can also see a lovely card I was sent by Kathryn Franz, which appropriately arrived on Epiphany!

Here it is in close up - it is beautiful and I love the shine on it. It will go in my Christmas box and come out again next year!

This is the close up of my art journal page.

The other 'creative' activity of this week was to finish my first ever 3D jigsaw.  This one is of Diagon Alley from the Harry Potter world.

Alex and I were back to school and work respectively this week so in the last few days before the end of the holidays we had a few trips out including to Star Wars and to Chatsworth for the Christmas decorations and fun in the grounds.

Finally, this is the sunrise from my crafting desk taken yesterday morning before work. Have a good week everyone,
With love and God Bless,
Caro
xxx

WOYWW 552 - Happy New Year!

Firstly an apology that I failed so dismally to comment last week - illness and family got in the way, but I am back this week determined to do better.

Here is my desk as my entry to WOYWW - a new Tim Holtz glass mat in evidence (my Christmas present from Tim), a mug of tea, some new Scribble sticks (another present and I don't know how to use them at present!) and my diary. At the back of the desk you may spy a photograph - this is of my grandparents and was taken the year of their golden wedding (1997) and is one of my favourites of them - Grandad died less than a year later.

Thank you for all your concerned messages - the antibiotics have vastly improved things and although my throat is still bad and I tire easily, I can breathe more easily and have managed to sleep better since last week.

I made it to my in laws for Christmas day and even managed to eat a little.  We then had a very lazy Boxing Day to recover and get some energy together ready for the trip to Somerset to my Mum's.

We had a lovely time in Somerset, enjoying the mild weather

helping with the gardening (the boys driving the tractor),

some walks (I did the gentle, shorter versions),

a lovely Christmassy dinner party and trip to the theatre to see the musical version of the Railway Children.

If 2019 has taught me anything, it is that you never know what is going to happen and you should not take things for granted. It has been a year of adventure (trips, and a new Church course, preaching etc) and deep sadness (the death of Gran less than a year after Dad died), and through it all I have been loved and supported by family and friends and sustained by my faith.  Wishing you all a very Happy 2020. God bless you all,
With much love
Caro
xxx