WOYWW #721

Welcome, it's 3 a m here and sleep isn't  happening, the next 2 days will be consumed quickly.  It's the day we share our desk and friendships 

HERE is where it Starts

My desk was changed a bit Monday, I moved the center supplies to each end and it gives me so much more easier workspace. funny how I've never thought of that !!  

Somewhat cleaned up, I spent Tuesday making Sympathy cards

For my husbands 2 sisters

For his brothers 5 grandchildren.  2 in Aqua for girls, 3 in gray for boys

For 2 nieces, 1 nephew

For our sister in law

She collects Angels so I made this from a odd shaped bottle. 

This is my husbands older brother, 72, who entered ER Thursday and died Saturday. The wake/viewing is tonight with funeral to be held tomorrow. 

Not expected so it's been a very saddened family time. 

Hug your loved ones and keep in contact, just no warning sometimes.

It's so cold here again High winds right now Rain forecast for tomorrow 

Thanks for being here. Widget's back !! 

WOYWW #720

Welcome, glad to be back.  Using my laptop which is the only thing connecting to my computer.  I don't have any space left on my fav home computer...have done 100 plus things to delete but makes no difference.  a new one is due but prices have sky rocketed beyond belief.  I am using what I have for now.  

No sign of Spring, except warm temps 40's and snow has melted here. As week goes by a warm up and LOTS of Birds migrating. I can't wait.  

wanted to know if your mail service is better?   any theme for the May ATC's??  and to see Julia's blog HERE will take you to Mr. Linky

My desk this week is the top of our bar, remains of our family room downstairs

working on a Steampunk playing card for Full Deck Challange  

Here are 12  of the past weeks of my 3x3 inkbox cards I share on FB & Instagram for the Collage Art Collective 1 each day  theme for March is Mad as a March Hare.  

Some of you may have seen a photo on FB of my SURPRISE visit from my son in Germany. Showed up at church before Mass Saturday night March 4th..  I was stunned to turn around and have him video ing my reaction. My hubby knew about it. He spent the night and had to leave Sunday for DC meetings  But we worked fun times in and hated to see him go.  IT's been almost 5 years. 

May you all have a wonderful week

I am de stashing every room.   Just a crazy mess and my ribs seem ok but the left arm is now not wanting to reach up.  Using heat and ice and pain pills,  I think it's a pinched nerve. And signs of Covid all around. Fingers crossed we luck out. Happy WOYWW

 

Sylvia......don't know if my signature shows or not   I don't see the widget ! 

 

WOYWW 718

Surprise...I'm back, and I've missed the fun of visiting. Seems after my last post we were in and out so much/ 3 funerals, /no time to comment so was easier not to post as not much changed on the Desk !  HERE is where we share Mr. Linky with others, on Ms Julia's blog. 

This is the tiny space I've been using as too cold and bad lighting back in the area of my bigger desks. I need SPRING and calmer days. The wind, rain, snow, ice gloomy days just do my body in.  

Mainly just  partaking in a daily challenge of Ink box 3x3 cards, make 2/3 at a time, some collaging weekly by prompts all thru Collage Art Collective.  Feb, was hearts, My last one of the month was this background card stock, fussy cutting the flowers and adding a photo of the box of candy and the metal guy my hubby gifted me. He's always so thoughtful. This is a 3x3 card.

This month it's theme is  Mad as a March Hare: close up of the desk should show a few but here's 2

I was taken by SURPRISE Saturday, we go to Mass on Saturday night and  while waiting for it to start my husband told me to turn around. !!!! Odd? well my son from Germany came home to surprise me. Tears of happiness and excitement. We picked up my nephew and went for Pizza.(his request) My husband knew about this and kept a good secret.  J has meetings in D.C. so time spent together was short. But he also got to visit his brother and some very close friends before leaving. I felt like I was a real Mom again !!!  it's been 5 yrs.  Possible he and family will be state side in 3 or 5 months. Oh will that be nice, I miss those 3 grand girls so much. It's hard and I hate missing all their school events etc.  At least I can travel within the USA if we ever get nice weather.  Haven't even had Xmas with the Iowa son / family yet .   

Posting this Tuesday pm . My computer / printer not working together so both are going in for ????? clean up/repair. I don't do much on my phone for visits. So maybe Thursday I can stop by. 

 

WOYWW 715

Welcome, It's WOYWW share the workspace day. HERE the Blog that makes it happen. I tried last night to schedule, and have almost spent an hour trying to get my computer to work.  Weather may be an issue 45 mph winds. We have saturated ground for a continuous rain yesterday. Ponds all around. So with temps dropping we will have ICE everywhere.  A real mess. However our tiny area should be free of more snow, but the rest of IOWA will have 6-8 inches sometime tonight. 

My workspace has been a variety of places. upstairs, downstairs, here, there and everywhere.

Lots of projects, room temps up and down, in fact I am SICK of WINTER.  Even my vehicle has issues, have not driven it since December with left side rib  a mess.  So the battery was dead, 2 front tires lost air just by sitting in the garage. Well my dear hubby has been restoring it so when weather is better I may go alone somewhere !!!

My 2 workspaces for this past 3 days

Making my daily 3x3 Inkbox cards for a daily February challenge at the Collage Art Collective

This is the one I posted for Valentines day.  

2nd place has bits and pieces of fabric, lace for a journal I am slowing working on. 

I'll be all in for the upcoming ATC exchange,  Is your mail doing better ?   

I think ours is,  we had 2 days of no mail as roads were blocked with snow, and the shortage of help with the county, and the road crew forgot our road.. He called and they came to clear it. FINALLY.

Despite the rain yesterday we went out for a great Mexican lunch :   Shrimp tacos/chips/salsa and a Margarita.  IT WAS DELICIOUS ..... then I got my hair cut and went to a few thrift shops. Even gave Bailey a few treats.   

Have a great day, 

WOYWW #712

It's WOYWW share the workspace day. HERE's the Blog that makes it happen.

A busy day, we went to see the Movie  "A Man Called Otto" Tom Hanks. So good, happy and sad moments. Then TV  our Iowa's State Men's Basketball beat Kansas State to tie for the top spot in BIG 12....

As promised last week  the 2 birthday cards   A yellow card for a friends mother turning  90

A card for a lady turning 100   She makes delicious angel food cakes  and the card has 100 candles. She was a good friend of my mother's at assisted living. 

3 pages of 84 each 1 page with 16   I used distress ink for colors 

My workspace for making fabric journals. Doesn't look like you can even see the cover !   Maybe by next week !~ 

Two of this weeks Inkbox cards 3x3 theme of Winter for January. 

I love making these.  This was like a little miracle, the 2 long white/brown were vertical birch trees from a calendar, the bottom cars from a different one blended in to make the base. I guess it pays to save scraps !!! 

Thanks for all the great visits and comments.  I'm doing well with the ribs, got a Ladies ! elastic support and it really has helped. Now I'm off to bed

it's 12:30 am.  

ONE question, are any of you familiar with Eindhoven?  EFSL,  in the Netherlands.  Happy WOYWW 712

WOYWW #711

Just doing this post, I'm have unusual sleep habits with this rib mess.

Overall doing OK  thankful on back/side and not near lungs.One bad pain comes with a sneeze ! WOW........ THANK YOU all for your kind comments. Since it's the day we share our workspace, if you are a new wondering visitor go HERE to Ms Julia's to visit many others or even share your spaces.

 I have been keeping creative, went to the grocery store today with the hub, as another snow storm will hit Wed pm thru Thursday. Nice warm day, but messy with melting snow/water. We had rain, ice thankful I am retired.

Another deconstruction day, I've saved McDonald's fish boxes, the bottom is 4x4 great for small card making, just the right thickness. Some small strips from the sides, good in collage pages, I'll use paint/distress ink/cover with papers in using them. 

Shared this with a Vintage facebook group, a collection of Old sewing notions. Sits in front of one of my workspaces.

A couple of 3x3 Inkbox cards for The Collage Art Collective group A daily  Winter theme  on facebook/instagram also

My DESK: 

A true mess...working on a collage, made 2 birthday cards that I will share next week.  
Hope all is going good for all of you. I 've enjoyed all your comments and my visits. Lots of good things on your workspaces. 

 

710 What's on Your Workspace Wednesday

Welcome,  It's 2:45 AM   up naturally so while I sit with icepack I'll join in 

our WOYWW group HERE at STAMPING GROUND  My left side is a mess, I tripped and fell downstairs and landed on a hard wooden stool. Pain in the side of my rib area is bad, but reading on it I don't think they are broken. Using ice, not moving, and will locate essential oils. I worried about falling on Ice, not in my own home.  But it is what it is.

Have a had a week at home, because of weather so have had a lot of fun with crafty projects.  And started to put away Christmas decor. Doubt that I can finish that for awhile, but I have a good helping husband.

Some of my makes, 

I was working on Deconstructing cardboard upstairs as quite cold downstairs,  I'll paint some, use it for tags/backgrounds etc Soon it will be Valentines Day.

A view of our beautiful frosted trees West of our farm. Lots of fog and frost here this week.

A tag made of cardboard, fabric with tears, black cord hold on twisted wire 

And one of my 3x3 cards for daily "Winter" theme at The Collage Art Collective. I have had so much fun making this "Tiny Art"  has helped me organize a lot of my papers/images/colors. 

Wishing you all the very best, enjoy all the things you love,  I did this past week, I made chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter  with the chocolate star. Found a Pumpkin Bundt cake in the freezer so I'll no doubt gain a few pounds !!  Thanks for the visits last week.  Happy WOYWW

#709 What's On Your Workspace Wednesday

Welcome, it's Wednesday !  I think I'm back to a somewhat normal life. Oh not really, I still have all of Christmas up.  Loving the little lights  and we've had a lot of darkness here. 

My desk top cutting strips to make a masterboard

The finished products. I will cut them into 3x3 squares to make Inkbox cards for a daily January theme of "Winter" at the Collage ArT Collective. There are  to the left. I usually post also to Instagram (love the short posts there) and Facebook. I finished up the Rolodex cards for December.  I enjoy working on "Tiny" spaces.  The Weekly  Collage in a bigger form with special weekly prompts seem time consuming to me as I look to long for the items to work with.  I hope to go back to making journals.

And my regular desk, a complete chaotic mess. Prepare these a few days ahead of time  

Of course if you want to visit more desks, head over to Ms. Julia's HERE at STAMPING GROUND lots of fun spots. 

Apologies for no visits last week, we left to have breakfast, shop and get ready for forecast of ICE storms, high winds. Here in country if we lose electricity we have no water, so bottle up for our use. He has to do special things for the Cattle and their little ones. Thank goodness most of it didn't happen, delayed out each day for about a 5 days and we ended up with Tuesday rain, 34 degrees turned to ice covered yards, but winds missed us so trees were all ok. No road travels were advised. 

Then I ended up with Vertigo and did nothing but be in darkness and quietness.  I am anxious to travel !!!  Seems calm today, it's still dark here at 6 a m.  

Thanks for stopping by;

Auld Lang Syne by Celine Dion

Very Best Wishes to You and Yours for a Happy, Healthy Great NEW YEAR  2023  

It's 708 at WOYWW

Good Morning, it's 6 30 am and I truly slept all night. Sharing our desks today, by way of Stamping ground 

I quick went down to take a couple of photos, feed Bailey and was glad this computer hadn't shut down. It takes SO LONG to reboot.

Here was working on the kitchen table, much warmer. Tried decorating a few tea bags. One will be reworked at the string does not show colors well. Some new little stamps of snowmen

A small table near a heater downstairs, trying to make a collage. The larger ones I think too much time locating the 5 prompts. It's why I make the tiny rolodex. No prompts and done in a short time.

My normal desk CLEANED OFF from the Kayos of Christmas 

A snow scene from a nearby town that has a well known GROTTO Our weather has been a real challenge for wind and cold. Prayers for Buffalo New York. 4 ft, no electricity, 34 deaths so so sad. 

 Wishing you all a wonderful New Year

In the post just below was a few family photos from my Christmas wishes. We spent Christmas alone as the weather was way to bad to be traveling, We couldn't even make it to Christmas Mass with the huge drifts. 

I'll be around to visit later, we are off to the City for breakfast and a bit of shopping.   Thanks for stopping by