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This is intended to be mainly about my crafting stories, as a personal record of what I do. However, I interpret crafting quite widely, not just paper crafting but other things too. I have a butterfly mind and like to change from one thing to another depending on what I feel like on a given day - knitting, crochet, cross-stitch, cards, baking and several others, including my favourite right now, parchment, both traditional skills and Groovi, very relaxing and calming to do.

I have decided to put some structure into my blog so that each day will have something of a theme.
Monday- for Mindfulness; Tuesday - Tidy Up Day; Wednesday - What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday; Thursday - Technique and Tips; Friday - Finish Off Day; Saturday - Start Something New; Sunday - Anything Goes
These themes are not hard and fast and will be changed if I feel the need.

Showing posts with label Weston Boxes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weston Boxes. Show all posts

Wednesday, 6 March 2013

WOYWW 196 - Still hiding things.

Welcome to another Wednesday of WOYWW (What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday), hosted by the lovely Julia at Stamping Ground.  She will be very pleased to see you over there,where you will find links to desks all over the world.  Why don't you join in with lots of people with similar interests.

I should have taken these photos earlier, when the sun was streaming in through my open window.  Sadly the clouds are beginning to gather again.  Still, we did manage two days of Spring, which was lovely. 

I am showing my desk, or part of it, but most of what I am doing is hidden under the plain paper.  All I can say, is that I have been using some Sheena Douglas stamps and some Hobby Art stamps.  A couple of you will probably know what I am doing but please keep it quiet.  It will become clear as April progresses (Oh dear, this year is flying).

I am desperately trying  to get ahead of myself this month, for birthdays etc and Design Team work, so that I do not panic when we start to go  away in the caravan - weather permitting.  As you can see, I have got my beloved Derwent watercolour pencils out, and they are joined by the Derwent Graphic Pencils.  I use those to add detail or to join up bits of stamping to finish the scene.  You might also notice another Derwent product, my electric eraser.  I am not just being lazy with that.  You can sharpen the eraser itself to a fine point to add detail to pictures or to take out minute marks that you don't want.

My final picture today, is the final storage solution for my non-Clarity stamps - as you may already know, those are kept in their own boxes on a different shelf.  what you see here is the file in which they are listed (they are on the computer too), and to the side of that, there are some storage boxes, which are labelled to show what they hold.  The boxes are from Weston Boxes and I have to say that their service is excellent.  I ordered them on Sunday, had an email to ask if I minded the substitution of a different colour combination yesterday.  They arrived this morning - how good is that.  There are another two boxes to fit on to the shelf but then the job is done. 

If you want to see what I was hiding last week, the card on my previous post will show you a part of what I was doing.  Then, you will need to see all the other wonderful desks on show this week, over at Julia's.  Have a great week.