WOYWW 630

 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 

these were from me to me

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

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

not sure if it shows (it certainly doesn't as I am typing this in the evening gloom) but some of the multi-faces are in different colour ink - the only one I can tell for sure that isn't black, is the pink set of faces!  

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)  

which is how you find my floorspace/desk today... the new goodies not yet put away!  

sorry this has been quite a photo-heavy post...  

just one more  for you,  to tempt you to the Kew post linked above..

it was poppy heaven at Kew last week!

see you soon - but probably not till this evening after work

WOYWW 629

 Morning deskers, it's Wednesday again...   Time to meet with Julia again for WOYWW  

my gorgeous Shaz tribute from Debbie arrived 

Thank you so much Debbie, it is truly beautiful.  

Now to find somewhere fitting to display it!  

I made some more journal pages

I may have inadvertently misled you last week

the $5 monthly cost for the Dina Wakley group isn't classes as such but a facebook supporters group - you pay your sub and get free facebook "live" sessions/demonstrations

which you are then free to have your own go - 

whichever way, it seems a bargain to me.

I also made a birthday card for one of my cousins, her birthday is Friday, the day before mine (she's a year older!)

I am running low on this size card blank in white (6x6 inch)  so used cream

She won't see this here so am safe to post it 

 which brings us to Kew last weekend - all pics here 

but a couple to tempt you

love these daisy types

and you know I love alliums!

I will be there again on Saturday of course, can't not have a trip to Kew for my birthday- hoping for sunshine but currently the forecast is drizzle and not exactly warm.... hey ho!!  

Thanks for looking .see you soon - work is mega busy, with the mortgage stamp duty holiday coming to an end on the 30th so we are flat out trying to make sure everyone completes their purchases in time where possible.. so I may not get time at lunchtime to do my usual desk visiting  .  

WOYWW 628

 Happy desk day WOYWWers - again!  It's Wednesday again which can only mean one thing.  Dare to share your craft space with Julia and the gang.  

the pic of my floor is a bit dark, despite at the time I took this, it was still quite light outside!   It's all the piles of craft supplies between the window and my workspace that is to blame! 

I was playing in my kraft journal at the weekend and doing  some mark making in that and my original sized journal.

Not at all sure where the black page with the pink scribbles will go - maybe it will stay like that!

these were the pages I did as a result of a FB session Dina Wakley did for her supporters - I just signed up for this, at a massive $5 pm (works out at £3.49 sterling... can't go wrong with that!)

from that I got carried away with the scribbling circle marks (not part of the session just where my head took me)

That's about it for me this week - other than to link the Kew pics from Saturday - twas a lovely day!

this has become my 'lock screen' pic on my phone, (which does change regularly)  I adore this pic

I'll be round to visit you soon.  

WOYWW 627

 Another week has flown by and once more we are getting ready to share our crafty spaces with Julia and the gang for WOYWW.  All the deets here.  

I haven't got a lot to share this week -  was a busy weekend with my morning at Kew (here)  

has to be alliums, love them so much

and Valerian

but the highlight of the weekend was... jab no 2

which of course had to make it into my journal

some of you saw this on Facebook already, sorry.

no side effects other than a bit of a sore arm at the injection site, but no tiredness like last time (just as well, the next day was a work day)  

so that's me this week - short and sweet.

Off to Kew again this weekend,  in fact I now have 8am time slots booked right through to the end of September (apart from one Saturday where there is a late opening for another fun run)  

thanks for looking and I'll be round to see your desk soon.  

WOYWW 626

 Welcome back deskers -  time for another WOYWW  Queen of the Desks Julia has the details should you be new to the planet and not know what this is all about!  

My atc from my swap partner Elizabeth (and Bleubeard) arrived last Wednesday, taking only one of the 3 weeks she feared it may take to arrive - with 2 postcards!

Thanks Elizabeth!

The weekend just gone was a Bank Holiday here in the UK and - surprise surprise - we had good weather! Saturday of course was Kew -check the Kew post here

I thought I'd missed the laburnum arch as I kept forgetting to go and check it out!

but I did also managed to have some crafty play time too

another spread in the Kraft journal - hopefully Neet, you can make it out better this time - yes, all the pages are Kraft cardstock, nice and thick, and take a lot of mixed media punishment

"desk" shot of the floor taken from the sofa on Monday - not much has changed since then  

So that's me for this week.  I'll be round to see your desks either at lunchtime (if we're not too busy)  or after work!

Happy WOYWW 

WOYWW 625

 What a lovely week that was last week - celebrating the anniversary of WOYWW.    Can anyone believe it's the last Wednesday in May?!!  

I've received some beautiful atcs from my swap partners, and it would have been much more sensible if I'd checked the photos I took of them in daylight before dark!! 

we'll start with shopping!  true to form, the goodies i'd ordered (Kraft journal, stencil and the shimmery orange paint) were waiting for me at work last Wednesday.

After Kew on Saturday I went into Cass Art in Kingston on my way home to stock up on some different media and watercolour paper, and some paint pens.

so.  Take 2  for the atcs

top left - Debbie, top right Mary Anne

bottom left  Caro,  bottom right Angela

top left Cindy,  top right Zsuzsa 

bottom left Annie (Wipso)  bottom right Jo (Twiglet)

left, mine,  top right Jan (LLJ)

bottom right Diana

there were several extras too, as well as postcards

thanks everyone!

my official swap partner, Elizabeth, atc is on the way from the US.

I'll share that when it arrives.

So that's my desk today 

Just the Kew link to go - photo overload as usual here

and to keep this short I'll just add one to tempt you over!

my favourite alliums!!  

I'll be back there again this Saturday (and for the next 9 I already have time slots booked for so far)   so you won't be allowed to miss much!  

WOYWW 624 - When we were 12

 Hello, happy deskers,  it's week 624 of WOYWW  - we are 12.  A big thanks to Julia for starting (and keeping it  going), this wonderful desk hop - it's never too late to join the fun - here  

My atcs are ready to post - just waiting for my PIF partner to send them off and i've already had a couple  in the mail - thanks Caro and Jan - but i'll wait till next week to share them, along with the ones I'm sending out.   

I failed completely to find postcards of Sutton, and unlike Jan wasn't clever enough to get my own picture of Sutton printed.  So, it's atcs only. 

So, you're here to see a desk floor  (after 12 years, still on the floor)  

I took this sideways on sitting at the computer 

you can see my pile of envelopes (under the stamps)  ready to go

and a journal page I finished off on Tuesday

(today, at time of writing - I was off work today as I was having a smart meter fitted )

it's inthe 6x6 white Dina Wakley journal

I have an order on the way to me (almost enabling, for WOYWW)  with some more goodies.

It may even be waiting for me at the office tomorrow 

Last weekend's Kew post is here 

it wasn't quite as wet last week!  Back to an 8am entry slot this Saturday, and the glasshouses are open again with the latest easing in restrictions which I am really looking forward to, and there is a new exhibition in one of the galleries too called Naturally Brilliant Colour which should be fabulous.  

Thanks to all of you WOYWWers who have made the last 12 years such fun, whether you are new or old  long established members of the group  - you all make Wednesdays a fun day!