Welcome back happy desk peeps - it's another Wednesday desk peek time... WOYWW week 630
Thanks for all your kind birthday wishes - my birthday was of course spent at Kew - it was Saturday, right!! you can see the pics here
I had some birthday goodies - some from a friend, and some from me to me!!
the paints were to add to my Dina collection.the denim purse was from Jan for my "caption competition" win from her post the week before last which came with a lovely card
one or two more Dina stencils
that fell into my basket whilst
ordering the pre-order newest releases
from Dina! 3 new gloss spray paint colours - brand new colours
from Dina! 3 new gloss spray paint colours - brand new colours
which will also be in paint form too, once Ranger can get the supplies sorted
and a couple of chipboard shape packs and some heavy duty watercolour paper
then I had some flowers (and a Marks & Spencer gift voucher) from work for my birthday.. It's a good job the buses are still quite empty, there was plenty of room on a seat for them and for me!
which I had to spread between 2 vases!
I didn't arrange them very well, I must go back and do that!
I did do a bit of crafting - well some I stamped out some images ready to grab for a journal page
when the mood takes me
and then last week's Dina Wakley supporter group session saw her doing some abstract art in her journal... so I had a go at that too(it's not very abstract, it's too regimented I think)
sorry this has been quite a photo-heavy post...
just one more for you, to tempt you to the Kew post linked above..
see you soon - but probably not till this evening after work
29 comments:
Loving all you photos ! Lots of great birthday gifts for you to enjoy. Your flowers are gorgeous also. And I love Poppies. Have a good week and Happy WOYWW
Glad you had a good birthday Helen. I like your abstract page - especially the use of white space. The flowers are lovely and the craft goodies are fab! Stay safe and happy WOYWW. Sarah #9
Lovely flowers from work, it must have been lovely to have to carry home such loveliness on the bus, very cheering for others too! Your Dina collection is really impressive! I can see blue in the multi faces, but the rest look black. Not that that matters, as soon as you use them on a page, we’ll see the colour intent! Interesting that you ‘pre-stamp’ stuff. I don’t, can’t guarantee I’ll ever find it again!
I meant to get to your Kew post and haven't. I can't seem to catch up and as my vacation nears, I fear I will be even further behind. I love, love, love the stencils. They are awesome. Sometimes we have to treat ourselves to what we want.
And I also love the flowers they gave you from work. I was wondering if you and the gang were going to Wimbledon this year. Happy WOYWW from # 12.
Happy WOYWW. I love poppies (we have some red ones in our garden and a friend is sending me seeds for orange flowers), so thank you for sharing that photo. So much new stash. I get so overwhelmed if I have too much in my craft room, so my enjoyment of a clearer space continues. I now have the space to have 4 crafters join me, so hoping that it will be safe to invite them into our home soon. Ali x #15
So thrilled to see you had a lovely birthday and the flowers from work are stunning. Enjoy all your new stash.
Hugs,
Annie x #16
What a fab birthday you had, those flowers are gorgeous and of course you had to treat yourself to some more stash!! Glad the purse and card got there ok, I still laugh at your caption!
Hugs LLJ 14 xxx
Happy Belated Birthday to you and such a lovely haul. You are one lucky girl, with all the Dina-goodness. Treating yourself, or getting treated to new stash is just the BEST. Not got the new colours myself but I fell off the AJ wagon for a bit and need to ease back in to it before I start amassing more stuff. :D
Happy WOYWW!
Mary Anne (2)
Happy belated Birthday Helen, good to see you were treated and treated yourself to some fab stash too. I do love Dina's faces there's a couple there on my wish list too. There's Poppies everywhere at the moment, we have a random one appear in my garden. I LOVE Poppies.. wish they lasted longer.
Hope you get lots of playtime this weekend, your abstract looks good to me. Happy WoywW Tracey xx
Hi Helen, you certainly have some fabulous stash there, I love the stencils.
I'm so glad you had a lovely birthday, the flowers are beautiful and your photos of Kew are just stunning.
Hope you have a good week
Diana xx #28
Glad you had a good birthday, that poppy photograph is lovely. Such a wonderful sight in summer! Happy WOYWW Angela #7
What a lovely bouquet or two! You must work with some nice people to keep track of your birthday! I thought I recognised that pouch as Jan's handy work and you're absolutely allowed to spoil yourself on your birthday - in fact, it's obligatory! Happy belated, hope you have a good week! xx zsuzsa #31
Love poppies, so tempting to visit!
Lovely gifts r, they are all crafting things which make them all the better. Except the flowers but then who does not like flowers and what a bouquet that was.
Hugs, Neet 10 xx
Happy Belated birthday!! (I think I was late last year as well) You are on my list but I have no concept of time at the mo, you'll just have to forgive me. Gorgeous flowers, beautiful bright colours. Of course you were at Kew for your birthday I would expect nothing less. My poppies have all finished for this year, apart from the little yellow and orange ones, they were really beautiful and so many! I think they are my favourite after the tulips. Happy WOYWW, stay safe, stay well, love n hugs Cindy #18
I finally made it to Kew. It took four days, but better late than never.
Love those poppies. I always feel special when someone gives me flowers. Paint is ok too! Robyn 5
Loving all your new goodies - you will have fun playing with them. The flowers are beautiful as well. Happy WOYWW. Take care and stay safe, with love & God bless, Caro xxx (#29)
Happy belated birthday, Helen, and I love your presents, especially the ones from you to you! Goegeous flowers, and I'm glad your work colleagues were so generous. Also poppies - I adore them too. For me, there is nothing more beautiful than a field full of them. I took a load of photos when we were on holiday in Norfolk once. We've got a couple of very pretty pink ones coming out in the garden at the moment - I'll probably post those photos next week.
Thank you for your visit and for your good wishes for my operation on 9th. They have been brilliant and haven't kept me waiting at all. I am glad you liked my "Thinking of you" card.
Happy WOYWW,
Shoshi x #26
Hi Helen, I would say at first glance on my screen the face to the left of the pink one has purple undertones but, the others all look black to me. :) YAY the birthday fairy was good to you this year ;)
~Stacy #33
Happy belated birthday Helen! I'm glad you spent it in your happy place! You sure were good to yourself, lovely stencils, and the cutouts look intriguing! Lots of fun ahead for you! Have a great week, Lindart #34 (PS - I love poppies too!)
A belated happy birthday! With a trip to Kew I know you had a great celebration! And what wonderful "gifts" no matter who gsve them!
Love the flowers!
Thanks for popping by and have a wonderful week!
Carol N #4
Lots of new goodies here again Lol! but then I have no room to speak. But if you can't treat yourself on your birthday then when can you. Wishing you a very happy and creative woyww, Angela x23x
Belated birthday greetings - so happy to hear you had a lovely Kew time (will pop over to see those pictures shortly)... and with lovely flowers and new stash to play with too! I'm happy to be back in Craftyblogland, and will do my best to be a better blogger over the next month at least!!
Alison xx
Happy Belated Birthday Helen, great that you got to celebrate in Kew your favourite place (other than on the floor creating LOL) loving all the stencils which fell into your basket and what luck winning the caption competition too. Super flowers, love the strong colours. Thanks for the visit BJ#25
Oh lots of lovely crafting goodies to celebrate your birthday, loving the flowers, how stunning were they!
Have a great weekend and week ahead.
Hugs
Happy belated birthday Helen, you surely got spoiled with all these items. I love the pattern stencils and I can see/tell the different colors you stamped the images with (cataract surgery worked well, yay!!!) Enjoy your weekend lovely one, hug from the Netherlands! Marit #13
What a lot of lovely goodies! Belated Birthday Greetings!
Happy WOYWW!
Stay safe and keep well!
Susan #24
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Hi Helen!
Thanks for the visit and Belated Happy Birthday wishes! Lovely flowers. Yes, I could see the different colors in the stamped images. Look forward to seeing what you do with them. Creative Blessings! Kelly #32
Happy birthday! What fab presents you got, love all your Dina stuff, that will all come in very handy! Love the poppies too. Happy belated WOYWW! Elle #35, EOTC
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