WOYWW 900 - what a biggie

 This was going to be such an exciting post to celebrate 900 weeks of this amazing weekly get together, started by Julia, helped by Jan and now Sarah.  I've been joining in for many years and made great friends.  sorry for the generic links. 

my recent wrist fracture has stopped me linking a lot of what I wanted to as I am typing this with my left hand, one fingered and so everything is slow and difficult. As things go, I should have been recovering from the surgery to pin my wrist as one of the little bones was moving so they want to pin it. Sadly it was cancelled for Saturday and just ( - edited mid-day Tuesday) again for Tuesday. Hoping for Thursday 

I am writing this on Saturday as I won't have any other time and wanted to make sure there was something in place!  Sadly no one-handed crafting either. I haven't missed a week since I started so determined to be here today.

this is my post for week 100  which was the week of Prince William and Kate's wedding. the first week ending 00 that Sarah suggested we share that we joined in on.  

I had hoped to add all sorts of photos but a lot of my old ones got lost when the previous computer died many years ago.

this was crop 2022 which is all I can find. 

not sure when I'll be able to visit; it all depends on the hospital.  (Jan is linking me, thanks!)  may not be able to comment either, we'll see. 

sending love to all deskers everywhere over the last 900 weeks past and present.

WOYWW 899

 this will be even shorter! woyww 

wrist is broken , in a cast but have  follow up at Epsom hospital today - really hope it won't need operating but i guess if they want to see me rather than over phone, it will .

this is last half done crafting for some time!   a bodged journal page 

before i crocked myself 

did make kew last saturday without camera obviously, very short blog in usual place .  love to all will visit if/when i can but no comments again.  

WOYWW 898

 This nearly didn't happen but I never miss.WOYWW 

I fell on the way home from work yesterday and ended up at hospital, waiting all night to be checked. They don;t think my wrist is broken but waiting to be called by fracture clinic.  Now home and tying one-fingered left handed!

I won't be commenting! 

Latest journal page . 

can't llink kew, you know where to go .

hopefully see you next week

WOYWW 897

 Happy WOYWW all. Time to meet again at Sarah's for our weekly desk share... 

I was watching YouTube at the weekend and saw a video from Alison Bomber (Paperartsy designer) which really spoke to me 

she made a whole series of "clusters" to use in projects.

I was inspired to have a go and made just one for a journal page 

I used some of her new stamp designs and scraps plus a Tim Holtz photomatcic image.

I was going to do more but the floor was hot and uncomfortable and I gave up!

Kew was another hot visit - though this weekend is likely to be more so - I am ready for autumn now but it seems a shame to wish time away!  

we enjoyed watching the swans at the lake

and some colour in the evolution garden 

I am hoping to see the eclipse this evening although I don't have eclipse glasses so will have to be careful - I remember the last one was a disaster as it was too cloudy to see anything.  

Wishing you a happy WOYWW and try to stay cool!  

WOYWW 896

 Hello again deskers.  I hope you are well.  It's another Wednesday so WOYWW time again. 

Had a play with the new Seth Apter stamps at the weekend. I brayered some paint on a sheet of cartridge paper and randomly stamped several of the stamps from both the new sets in toning inks (mixture of archival and versafine clair) 

I got carried away so not many in progress pics

I stamped some of the words on spare paper to mount 

the paper was slightly smaller than the journal page so I painted a border in Cocoa Dina Wakley paint although it doesn't show up very well 

close up to show a bit of the stamping. 

I knew I'd have fun with these sets. 

Saturday of course was Kew day and another hot one

it was a Henry day 

looking for shadows and holes!  

and a bit later we saw the heron in the shallows of the lake looking for fish

Put the kettle on, I'll be there in a jiffy.  Happy WOYWW 

WOYWW 895

Here we are once more, Wednesday - time for WOYWW again. I hope you are all well. 

Sarah has the link for your to share your craft goings-on! 

I had a birthday voucher from work for the Stampers Grove.. so would have been rude not to buy some new Paperartsy stamps from Seth Apter this week. 

I wasn't going to get these ones as they are quite similar to others (well, there is a theme going on in Seth's designs) but ... free (gifted) so ... 

they'll be great in journal pages 

I also had a couple of cards to make -  my my nephew and his longstanding girlfriend got engaged at the weekend so I rattled off a card....

and an anniversary card for his parents - my brother and sister in law 

it didn't photograph very well but is on the way to them now so can't re-do it!  

Kew was, as the blog title said, another hot one...

it was a foxy day

and a swan-y day

but plenty of flowers too!

Thanks for dropping by, I'll pop round as soon as I can. 

WOYWW 894

Hi fellow deskers, welcome back for another WOYWW. Head to Sarah's to share your desks and show what you've been doing. 

Not a lot, in my case - but I did finish last week's journal page

I added some subtle stenciling to the pages

you can see it a bit better on this half   some seed heads and some diamond type shapes in places

and added lots of Alison's flowers in matching colours.  

Saturday was of course Kew day - and cool enough to wear jeans and a hoodie!!  

the echinacea in the Carbon Garden were stunning 

and some low angle shooting of the Henry near the Pagoda

Most of the rest of the weekend was taken up with sport - the World Cup of course, (so pleased Spain won, if England couldn't!) golf, F1 and there was probably some cricket in there too!