WOYWW 637 (I think!)

 Hello and Welcome back to my blog for another edition of What's on your Workdesk Wednesday, the lovely blog hop hosted by Julia.

This is my desk as it was yesterday evening, various washi stickers, my bullet journal in which I write my timetable for the day, my to do list and then record the events of the day and exercise taken in the evening. Each page has a similar layout and I add just a few stickers for interest and colour.

I have done some other crafting this week and have mostly caught my main little journal (the one where I put photos in) up to date.... I am just a week behind now which is pretty good going.  These are the latest pages so you can see how far behind I was.

Some of you will have realised that I was missing last week. This is because I went on an mini-adventure with Alex - a 2 day jaunt to London to see Everybody's Talking About Jamie. The show was incredible, and both of us really got into it, cheering certain speeches and all the songs and gave it a standing ovation at the end. I thoroughly recommend going to see it if you get the chance. We packed a lot into our trip to London including seeing the London Dungeon, going on the London Eye, seeing the Holocaust exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, clambering round HMS Belfast for 2.5 hours, eating at Borough Market, and shopping. 

I mentioned last week that Alex had recently got back into Warhammer - well we discovered that there is a Warhammer World in Nottingham, so we took Tim with us (he played Warhammer as a teenager) and spent a happy morning exploring all the amazing dioramas and painting. That's all from me for now.  Take care and keep safe.

With love & God Bless,

Caro

xxx

WOYWW 635?!!

 Hello and welcome back to my blog for another edition of What's on Your workdesk Wednesday, the friendly blog hop hosted by the lovely Julia. I have been missing in action for a few weeks due to a combination of house renovation (slow and very messy) and a holiday (more on that later).

My desk is actually very dull this week as all I am doing is catching up with work, and then frantically cleaning up the mess the various workmen are making. So instead of showing my desk I thought I would show Alex's - he is back into his Warhammer and is enjoying sitting at his desk listening to music/radio/YouTube and painting.

The only crafting I have managed is keeping my bullet journal up to date - a little bit of decoration on each page!

You probably saw this on Annie's blog, but here is my lovely BlueTit badge display on the wall above my desk and decorated with the badges I have earnt from my wild swimming so far. These include ice breaker and Arctic Flappers as part of my winter challenges, and the commando badge for not bothering to fight with underwear after a swim (in the winter it is far too cold to wrestle with bra and nickers)! 

Last week I was on holiday in Shropshire with my Mum, my brother and his family (picture heavy warning!)...  

It was so wonderful to see everyone again and spend some quality time together. We had lots of good walks, visits to Ludlow castle, Ironbridge and Wenlock Priory, a swim in Alderford Lake and a 12 mile canoe on the river Severn... we packed a lot into one week!

What was also wonderful, was the fact that I managed to escape one afternoon and visit Annie! It was so wonderful to sit and chat - we could have talked for ages.  That's all from me for this week, Take care and stay safe,

With love & God Bless,

Caro

xxx 

WOYWW 632

 A brief hello and a very warm welcome to my blog and another edition of What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday, the nicest blog hop in the world, hosted by the lovely Julia

This is my desk as it was on Sunday when i was playing and decorating some index cards, stencils, stamps, inks, pens and my trusty mug of tea.  That is the only crafting I have managed this week as work has gone crazy. Never mind, a little is better than none at all!

These are the 4 ICADs I made (I am now officially behind unsurprisingly!). I used a mixture of stencils and background stamps and the focal images are Dina Wakley stamps.

I have managed to swim about 5 times in the past week so all is well despite being busy... and I am enjoying my waterproof camera - we spent about 45 minutes in the water photographing these ducklings!

The big excitement of the week for me was a party!  14 of us met in a friends garden under a gazebo, shared food and danced to 80s music.  I cannot tell you how wonderful and hilarious it was! I will leave you with this rather daft photo of me unwinding after a stressful work day yesterday - not flattering but fun. Have a great week everyone and stay safe.

With love & God Bless,
Caro

xxxx

WOYWW 631

 Hello and welcome back to my blog for another edition of What's on your workdesk Wednesday - the nicest blog hop in the world hosted by the lovely Julia.

Here is my desk in all its creative glory - confession time though- this was taken at the weekend when I had time to craft.  At the moment it is empty apart from my laptop and a mug of tea.  I was asked by someone last week how I managed to get it so tidy after crafting - the answer is necessity as I am still working from home so my craft desk becomes my work desk during the day. Not ideal but I make it work. Anyway, in this picture you can see various ink pads, ephemera, index cards in the process of being decorated as part of ICAD (index card a day) challenge, stamps and my mug of tea.

These are the index cards for this week - I am (she whispers!) currently up to date - it won't last! 

I promised last week that I would show you some of the photos taken with my new camera which is a waterproof camera so here they are... there are quite a few so please feel free to skip past.

I warned you!  Needless to say I am having fun with it.... selfies are a challenge as I can't see where I am pointing it! I love the way I can get a little closer to nature with it. 

I will leave you with this photo of a friendly coot who came to say hello on my swim on Monday.  I hope you are all staying safe and well.  Alex is full of cold (Covid tests so far say negative) and the new Covid variant seems to be running rife among the teenagers and students so fingers crossed we all manage to avoid coming into contact with it and can get on our family holiday in a few weeks time. That's all from me for this week.  Take care everyone and stay safe,

With love & God Bless,

Caro

xxx