What's On Your Workdes Wednesday - n#811

 Morning deskers, welcome to the weekly Wednesday Blog Hop WOYWW which is now being hosted at Sarah Brennan's blog. Here's the link for that lovely lady - Sarah's Craft Shed - pop on over and join in, see what it's all about and join in yourself.

Hello I'm back!!

Sorry about being AWOL but that's life!

The reno took longer than expected (still not quite done!!), I've had two bouts of horrible flu-y type cold/illness that left me wiped out and with a worse than usual cough.  Add to that lots of extra childminding for Lionel (fun but very tiring) due to childminders personal situation and the weeks have kind of slipped by.

But that was then, this is now.  And here's my desk.It has seen very little action as you can imagine. Thank goodness I had made all my Christmas cards earlier in the year!!

What are you all doing for Christmas? The tree is up but no decorations yet! I have had a week full of meals and lunches but thankfully not a lot going on this week - loving that I have a day to myself today, hasn't happened in weeks. I have a family get together on Sunday and am hosting 12 for xmas lunch. I truly haven't planned anything after Dec 25th and am quite looking forward to a couple of weeks of slothing and eating leftovers. 

Well that's it for now.

Merry Christmas all,

love n hugs Cindyxx

What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday # 798

 Morning deskers, welcome to our weekly Wednesday Blog Hop WOYWW which is now being hosted at Sarah Brennan's blog. Here's the link for that lovely lady - Sarah's Craft Shed - pop on over and join in, see what it's all about and join in yourself.

Gosh, nearly forgot it was Wednesday again. 

We are deep in the throes of renovating downstairs to create an open plan kitchen/diner/lounge. It will suit us better going forward and when (eventually) it is just Kevin and I here. (He won't be able to hide in the living room while I am cooking). Also much better for get togethers now that the family is getting bigger both in numbers and physical size!! 

It's gonna be about 6 weeks in total in stages - I'm already frazzled. 

In between I have been retreating to the craft room but I am mainly occupied sorting the kitchen cupboards. This is my desk.

Don't ask. It is for a steam punk themed swap. I put it aside for a while, now I don't know where I was going with it. 

Anyhoo that's it for me. Off for a nosey.

Love n hugs

Cindy xx

What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday #797

Morning deskers, welcome to our weekly Wednesday Blog Hop WOYWW which is now being hosted at Sarah Brennan's blog. Here's the link for that lovely lady - Sarah's Craft Shed - pop on over and join in, see what it's all about and join in yourself.

Hello all, I'm back again. Just got back from a family holiday in Spain, 10 adults and Lionel who has just turned 18 months.  Or should I say Lionel and his 10 attendants. 

With one thing and another there has been no crafting for me lately - I should be prepping for a craft fair on Saturday but frankly can't be arsed and the thought of standing outside for a whole day has no appeal so I have cancelled. 

Missing the sun already and been back less than 24 hours. 

So all I have for you is holiday photos. Will try and get round everyone this week.

Love n hugs,

Cindy xx

What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday #793

 Morning deskers, welcome to our weekly Wednesday Blog Hop WOYWW which is now being hosted at Sarah Brennan's blog. Here's the link for that lovely lady - Sarah's Craft Shed - pop on over and join in, see what it's all about and join in yourself.

Well, have I been feeling sorry for myself or what? We finally get some decent weather and I tweak my back (no idea how) and have been unable to do anything for the last two weeks. Plans cancelled left right and centre, couldn't  garden, couldn't stand, couldn't walk, couldn't go out, couldn't even do anything in my craft room. I did watch a lot of the Olympics. But I am feeling better now and nearly back to my normal almost functioning self.

I have nothing to show, the desk is pretty bare as the back went just after I'd had a tidy up day, so I have pulled out some gelli prints. Did these well over a  year ago. Can't quite think what they were for, some ambitious project I'm sure. Colours are nice. 

So that's me checking in. 

Hope you are all well. Love n hugs Cindyxx

What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday #791

 Morning deskers, welcome to our weekly Wednesday Blog Hop WOYWW which is now being hosted at Sarah Brennan's blog. Here's the link for that lovely lady - Sarah's Craft Shed - pop on over and join in, see what it's all about and join in yourself.

A different desk pic for me this week - it was too hot in my South facing craft room to get in there yesterday afternoon so I decided to start a bit of crafty sorting - starting with my many copies of that old favourite 'Craft Stamper'. 

Before regretfully assigning them to the skip I had a quick trundle through to remind myself of forgotten techniques and projects, removing a few pages to keep and possibly act on. The page in front of me caught my interest - you'll see why if you look closely. Next month's craft class project sorted I think.

We had a bit of a family 'do' at the weekend as we all met to celebrate Little Splodge's christening. He was an angel during the service and we all decanted to a local park for a celebratory picnic. There were so many of us it looked more like a small encampment than a family get together!!

Well that's it from me, hoping to get round a few peeps before the heat forces me out of my room again. Enjoy the glorious weather, drink water and laze about. 

Love n hugs,

Cindyxx

What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday #788

 Morning deskers, welcome to our weekly Wednesday Blog Hop WOYWW which is now being hosted at Sarah Brennan's blog. Here's the link for that lovely lady - Sarah's Craft Shed - pop on over and join in, see what it's all about and join in yourself.

Here's my desk: 

Yes, I am that sad person who writes when they last re-inked their ink pads. 

But I am pleased to report I have been doing some crafting that wasn't a card.  This is for a (very overdue) swap for someone I'm pretty sure has no idea about WOYWW so I'm taking a chance and posting because there is diddly squat else here to shout about.

Sorry to have been away but the last couple of weeks I was getting a bit overwhelmed (mainly with fun things to do so don't get all concerned for me) and unfortunately something had to give!! 

Still haven't resolved the weird photo saving/uploading problem but for now I have found a work around. Resolving it will have to wait until I have time (ie never) or when the workaround stops working,

Have a great week, 

Love n Hugs Cindyxx 

What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 785

 Morning deskers, welcome to our weekly Wednesday Blog Hop WOYWW which is now being hosted at Sarah Brennan's blog. Here's the link for that lovely lady - Sarah's Craft Shed - pop on over and join in, see what it's all about and join in yourself.

sorry I was awol last week but I was away with my sisters. Much fun was had, but my desk is in a much neglected state so here are a few photos from that last card class. My ladies  fell in love with the Bokeh idea and did themselves proud. 

Unfortunately I can't seem to upload any new photos right now so I shall have to post without and see if I can edit later as I think this may take some time to resolve. (My computer appears to be saving my images with a .jfif extension, I am just pushing the same buttons I usually do. The server is rejecting them. Any ideas?)

I also can't seem to capitalise the first letter of the second paragraph....

Have a great week from me, sitting here, refusing to let this stress me out.....

Cindyxx