Long time , no write!!

I can’t believe it is nearly 2 months since I last blogged.  Where does the time go?  – answer s on a post card please!

So what has been happening.  I have just come back , well a week ago – from 4 days in Reykjavik which was a wonderful experience.  I went with 3 friends and we had a great time exploring this very intimate city.  We didn’t unfortunately see the Northern Lights but never the less had an enjoyable time visiting some of the other natural phenomenon that the island has to offer.  It was rather strange to leave Heathrow when it was blanketed in snow to land in Keflavik where there was none to be seen!!  The climate did oblige before we left with 4 or 5 inches so we weren’t totally disappointed.  Glad I don’t have to drive over there though as the city is very hilly!   Am now busy scrapping some of the many photos I took so I may get around to pasting some on here in the next few days.

Mean while here for those who are interested is the Christmas cushion cover I made for my in-laws.It was well received and I am contemplating making another one for myself to replace the very tatty original one.

Have decided that maybe short posts are the way to go so I will get back to the scrap-booking and maybe see you all again sooner rather than later.

Happy Crafting

Tricia x

JYC – cards

Have tryied to add this photo to a thread on JYC but can’t manage it so am putting it here so people can see what I’m talking about.

card display – 2011

 

WOYWW confession

WOYWW 5th Dec 2012

First of all I must apologise as I didn’t get around many desks last week.  Not sure where the week went and am not sure where this week is going either.  The to do list / pile seems to grow daily and there was me thinking I wasn’t going to get stressed by Christmas this year.  Well I’m not going to get stressed I just need to ensure that the days are filled as effectively as they can be.

My desk this morning shows a little bit of progress on my cushion cover and in the top left hand corner my book in which I am attempting to Journal  My Christmas with the help of the talented Shimelle Laine.  There is a list of cards still to be written and also the original cushion cover I am attempting to recreate for a present.   There is also a little book which came free with a crafting magazine this week.  It is a WI book and is full of little quotes and tips to make Christmas run smoothly.

Right I must go and get the sewing machine set up and get started on sewing those bits down and also wait for the wood to be delivered as that will take up the rest of the day piling that up around the back.  Keeps me fit, just hope it doesn’t snow as some of my local friends have had snow over night.  Not had any here though just 10 miles up the road.   Thank Goodness.

Join in the desk by going to our great leader Julies desk at Stamping Ground here.

Happy Crafting and Happy WOYWW.

Tricia

Another WOYWW

Another Wednesday sees us joining in with our esteemed leader Julia here at Stamping Ground as we hop along to see where and what other people craft.

WOYWW 28 Nov 2012

My table this week is piled high with christmas card toppers waiting to be finished and a journal I am prepping to join in again with Shimmelles ‘Journal Your Christmas’.  I have to say that my journal for last year is still unfinished.  There is lots of writing and bits ready but I never really had the time or the heart to finish it .   I’m determined to do it this year though which is why I decided I would prep the basic pages before hand.  I’m not sure whether I will regret doing it this way as the papers may not be right for the prompt contents but at least I won’t have to scrabble around for basic bits.  I’m not sure if Morti is able to see I have taken on board her suggestion of ‘grounding’ my Nativity and it did make them more acceptable so I feel able to send off the ones already completed.  I have quite a few of this little design to finish off so that is my project for today when I have finished the portion of clearing out of junk which I have set myself.

Woolcraft Ribbon yarn from Wibbling Wools.

My other picture today is a lovely scarf I have knitted, yes knitted.  It is beautiful yarn but not cheap but I am afraid I couldn’t resist buying a couple of packs for a few christmas presents.   Quick and effective to knit up and handcrafted so always a bonus.

Hope you enjoyed you look around my desk.  Leave a comment and I will get back to you at some stage.  I usually get to every 5 up and down from me but it often takes a day or two to do even that so I greatly admire all those who manage to visit everyone.

Happy Crafting and hope the weather is good where you are and that if it isn’t then you are keeping warm and dry.

Tricia

A present and WOYWW

Yesterday was my ‘honorary ‘ granddaughters birthday and I had knitted her a cardigan using Sirdar Smiley Stripes yarn.

D’s birthday cardigan – 2012

So this was what was on my desk yesterday morning.  Well OK it was on the dining table but there is nothing going on today on either desk. There is another scarf on the needles will I will show next week or maybe before, but that is not on view any where as it is tidily in a bag.

Only a quick post as off out to lunch – again.  Was out for lunch yesterday and had dinner with the birthday girl.   Lasagne, salad, garlic bread and jelly, custard and ‘sprinkles’.   quite sophisticated for a 6-year-old.  Mummy even put a candle in the jelly which made us giggle as it was wobbling in the dish!    There had been an ‘ official’ party at the weekend so no cake!

Hope you all have a good look at others desks and I will be back later to have a look around.  Amazes me how even just doing the every 5th up and down from me I often end up at the same desks.  It’s as if everyone joins in the same order every week.

Happy Crafting

Tricia

WOYWW 180

Another day when all the followers of the lovely Julia at Stamping Ground share their desks, tables, floors  and other crafting places.

Mine today is the dining room table where I was crafting yesterday afternoon and will probably not be crafting today or even eating today as I have been invited out to dine with my YS and his family. This will also mean I get to see Daisy and Barnaby this week.

WOYWW 180 – 14th Nov 2012.

The table is also strewn with felt and a cushion cover I am going to ‘christmas up’ for a certain person in the family.  I have rather old cheap christmas cushions bought, I think, off a market stall many years ago which were greatly admired last year so I am going to see what I can do to recreate the same for a present this year.  It will keep me out of mischief for a day or two!!   The list is some things I took to WI for the trading table last night  and I’m not sure why the nail file is there.   The little tiny stamp is my ‘tag’ for the back of my cards along with my signature ‘Handcrafted by Tricia’.   I also use it on other items which I make.

Well this is all for now, the roofer has just come to tell me that he needs to replace the batons under the tiles on the hip end of my roof and not just the ridge tiles so that is more expense I could do with out.  My next door neighbour has just been up at his end to see what the damage is and says they definitely need replacing.  Don’t suppose we can complain really as the house is getting on for 100 years old and has probably never had any of these things replaced before, just a pity it should have to be while the house is in my care!!!  Oh well such is life.

Have a good day all and if I don’t get to visit today I will get there over the next day or so.  I usually visit all who visit me and every 5 up and down from my number.  Would love to visit everyone but would  just never get anything else done!

Happy Crafting.

Tricia

A productive day with chocolate!

I have promised to help out at the Village Autumn Fair tomorrow and was offered either the gift stall or helping with the teas.  No contest really as I hate catering of any sort and especially teas.  I like my tea black and very ‘thin’ if you know what I mean.  I’m a dip it in and take it out type of gal where tea is concerned so hence the aversion to making copious quantities of it.  Anyway I digress.  I spent yesterday covering chocolate bars and Elizabeth Shaw chocs in a bid to at least have something on the gift stall.  I’m hoping that the lady who asked me to help will have a goodly supply of things to sell as gifts.  If not then we won’t be making much on that stall!!

Father Christmas , Reindeer, Trees and Snowman lend themselves fairly easily to covering little bars of chocolate

Christmas Favours 2012

and I was quite pleased with my little robins which I fashioned for the slightly more adult version.  The packs of 6 bars have been on offer at different times in the supermarkets so I usually stock up on the when I see them.  ( They are good for when I’m needing a chocolate fix too.)   Elizabeth Shaw chocolates are the same and often appear as BOGOF and this year they also had an Amaretto variety which is scrummy – well you have to do a test don’t you!  Sorry the light has bounced off the cellophane bags but there didn’t seem to be any way I could stop that .  I have to say these ideas aren’t mine.  I saw them on the lovely Lisa’s blog at least two years ago and adapted them .   I can’t seem to find the actual items on her blog but there is a link to her blog which has lots of interesting things on there.  She is a very talented lady and I don’t want to think that I am using her talents in a bad way.

Well that is me done.  Off to have some home-made soup and then off to town to see the chiropodist.  Oh what an exciting life I lead.

Enjoy your weekend and keep crafting.

Tricia

WOYWW post

I didn’t think I would join in this week as I was out to a meeting early this morning and knew it would be well into the afternoon before I got home, then I am out again this evening and have to get something to eat before I go.   The image was taken ‘just in case’ and I felt quite bereft not joining in when I got back to the computer so here I am , better late than never as they say!

WOYWW 7/11/2012

The desk is just as full as ever but you can at least make out the cards I made during the week.   There are some bauble ones at the back which I’m really pleased with but the little nativity ones at the front are not quite what I was intending.  To the left is a pile of images which were all stamped out last year but never used so I am having to match them up with paper now.  Despite the size the desk rarely gets used for working on at the moment.  The dining table is in a much warmer place and the light is better down there so I usually make my selection og items and take them to the table.  I have to admit they don’t always get taken back as quickly as they ought to , but there again as there is just me I just exercise the ‘push back’ technique for a day or two till the project is completed.

Join Julia over here if you want to join in the desk hopping.

Happy Crafting

Tricia

The promised pictures

I said I would post a couple of pictures today of the scarf and my lovely Grandson. So here for you is Barnaby

Barnaby 14 days old

aged 14 days in his adoring daddy’s arms.  Son didn’t want me to take his photo as he was in his messy clothes!!     There is also the picture of the scarf

Noro sock wool scarf

I made using 80 grms of Noro sock wool which I had left from making the cardigan to be seen here.  I used the pattern which was one of the elements of Barnaby’s shawl here cos it was a very simple pattern and quite effective.  I think it will be a very useful item but am not sure whether to keep it or give it away for Christmas.

These photos never go where I want them the first time around and I always forget its easier to write the text and then insert the photos and not try to insert the photos as I go.  Just had to delete them and start again as they were all over the place.  Technology does make me spit sometimes!!

Well hope you’re all feeling better on this 1st November day.  Have to start thinking of Christmas now I suppose.

Happy Crafting

Tricia

WOYWW and some answers

First of all thank you to all who visited me last week and a few answers to questions:   a) The desk is from Storage 4 Crafts and I do like it.  Lots of space to work on  – when I use it,  (b) – My bedroom is very big and goes from front to back of the house and as I’m on my own now there is not an issue with using the space.  I still have an alcove the other side which is almost ample for my needs, (c) – the unit with the ink pads was originally made for files 40 years ago and I repainted it recently and repurposed it.  It was more a happy accident that they fitted  than anything else.

So what is on my desk today.   Pretty much what was there last week.  I have finished  the cushion and was trying to organise the punches which reside in two places – one drawer and one bag which is not visible.

WOYWW 31 Oct 2012

The idea was to keep a record of what I have but I haven’t decided where they are going to be kept yet. This picture is taken from a slightly different angle so you can see more of the other corner of the desk.  I’m still moving stuff downstairs to do on occasion and there is a pile of acetate bits waiting cutting up for re-use later on.  Not sure what to make yet but sure something will come to mind.

If you don’t know what WOYWW is about, join in with this little community here  and hop around desks of the world as you like.  Julie is the Queen of WOYWW, she will make you smile .

I will be back later with a picture of my new grandson and a scarf I have made but Julie likes us to keep the post short for WOYWW.

Happy crafting.