WOYWW (a day late)

I did not forget to post yesterday, I just had no time. Dear son, picked me up early in the am and did not return me to my humble home till 6 pm last night. See, he just moved into a new apartment and needed to go shopping to buy home decor. So, he asked me to go with him. So much fun shopping at the thrift stores for vintagey looking goodies :)

 Here is the little box from last weeks post. I changed my mind about using the punched circles to make the bunnies, they wouldn't have looked right. I like this way better.

 A card I made on Tuesday. I was just playing around with some stash that I have :) I know the desk is really tidy except that pile on the right.

 A little nosey in the top of the built in. This is the bottom and first shelves. This is where I store my albums that have pages I have done. One of these days I will get back to scrapbooking and get them filled :)

 The first shelf holds items that I had listed in my Etsy shoppe (that is no longer open, due to circumstances). It also holds a few other things that well I just had not other idea where to put :)

The white box on the right is holding 8.5x11 scrapbook pages that are done. They used to be in binders, then I had a bright idea to convert them all to 12x12 and well, after the binders were given away, I decided to just leave them as is because I had no time to do it.
   Not much else going on around here. The next few days will be consumed with making curtains for the dear son :) and some major house cleaning.
   Don't forget to stop on over to Miss Julia's (you can get there by clicking on the link to the right). I'm sure there is an even longer list than last week, so it might take you a few days to have a looksie at all the desks :)

WOYWW

Woohoo I made it back again this week :) a wee bit late but still I am here. Not so clean desk this week. I printed out these journalling tags from Creativity Prompt. Avital is gracious enough to share journalling tags for your personal use only.

The second photo is a pillow that I need to finish sewing and my swap project for next month's stamp club meeting. I picked Easter out of the jar lol And in accordance with Virginia's challenge of altering the alterables we have haha I decided to use the little cardboard gifty box that I have had for so many years, I can't even remember lol

Above you can see a page from inside my Quotes notebook. I just write down the ones that I think I will use in my scrapbooking, art journalling or even cardmaking :)
Now I have been remiss in answering questions left in the comments :( So, here goes :)
From March 31 WOYWW
   Paula Gale-- I don't have to hide my stash from the "other half" as there isn't one. Just me and the kiddos at home.
   Paula Gale and Cher- my kiddos are not into artsy stuff like me, so I was not sure if daughter would like the art piece I made her or not.
   Brenda (Butlersabroad)- the room I took over is supposed to be the dining room. Although for the life of me I can't figure out why anyone would want carpet in here haha So I took it over for my crafts.
From May 5 WOYWW
  Liverpool Lou (Anne)- I received the star hanging thing from one of the very talented ladies in the Altered_stArt yahoo group I am in. :)
And also a big thank you for all the cudos on my art journal pages, I am still learning and it is just so much fun for me. Kinda lets me be a kid again to just go with the flow :)  Ya'll did have me wondering what a cotton reel was though :) Then I looked at the picture and realized it was my spools of thread :)
It will probably take me all week to get through the list of desks, I noticed it has grown considerably :)
Make sure you hop on over to Miss Julia's blog to check out the rest of the desks. I can't say it will take you just a little while, it will take you a LONG while but it is just so much fun.
Hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the week :)
Till next week :)

WOYWW (no longer MIA)

Not much going on this am. Yesterday I sat and was copying quotes into my quote book. Today I will be going through my "alterable" cabinet to see what I can find to work on and get out of the cabinet, I have enough to keep me busy for a while lol
After a break, due to oldest moving out, rearranging of bedrooms, and just life in general, getting in my way. I am back to posting :)
Hop on over to Julia's blog  to have a looksie at all the other desks. Might want to grab a drink and a snack, you will be there for a little while :)
Have a great day everyone :)

Sorry for being MIA :) and some art journal pages

Lots going on here. Oldest moved out a few weeks ago and I'm adjusting to life without her and the grandbaby here. So, I have been cleaning ALOT!!!! And I am addicted to Facebook games lol.

 Other stuff going on too, just not at liberty to say at the moment. Nothing really exciting although I sure wish it was.
Anyway so here are some art journal pages I have been working on. I have gessoed all the pages in my one journal. This is the one made with newspaper. I have tried drawing, like the pic above even though I am not too good at it lol

 painted, tissued, and stamped.

 painted, and lettered :) Now just to finish them with images and journalling. I am thinking of sitting down and painting a bunch of the pages with different colors that way they are at the ready, when I am.

 Ordinary composition notebook that I decorated to be my all in one To Do list spot, instead of grabbing pieces of paper here and there lol. And that way the notes don't get thrown away in case I happen to need them at some point.

 a fabric book I am working on for my nephew.

 a little notepad to keep in my purse. Sorry for the crummy pic but I couldn't get it to come out good no matter what I tried.

Off to work on a few things. Hoping to return to WOYWW soon :)
Have an awesome weekend all :)

WOYWW

Welcome to another weeks editon of WOYWW. Be sure to pop on over to The Stamping Ground to have a looksie at everyone elses desks this week. 

The top picture is a piece of art I made for my oldest daughters new apartment. She actually likes it :) 

 And here is my desk this chilly grey morning (am so hoping the sun comes out). My 3 art journals waiting to be worked on. I am hoping for a few free minutes today to sit down and do some work but household chores seem to come first lately.

 a little bit of a close up

 Last week I showed you the top of the built in. This week, the bottom. The above picture is how it usually looks. The below picture is what is hidden in there lol. This is where I hide my stash of book pages, clipboards, cigar boxes, cd cases, and whatever else I have found to alter in some way, shape or form. I love having the built ins but the problem with the bottom one is I forget I have stuff in there :(.

Thank you for all the comments on last weeks post. I was remiss in visiting everyone's desks as I had more pressing matters to attend to. This week I hope to do better. Hope you all have a glorious weekend :)

Something to think about.

[ Ali Edwards ] : Guest Post : Being True To Yourself by May Flaum

A definite good read. I always worry about what others think about my layouts and they end up taking me forever to complete. Maybe if I just do what I like, then it won't take forever.

I will be back later with pics of the cards I made :)

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Finally after having to download a new program, I was able to upload my pics for this weeks WOYWW. And yes this week my desk is messy lol I actually have had a few days of card making this week. I made a total of 19 cards in the past week, with much thanks to fellow WOYWW's for posting pics of the cards that they make. Mine aren't as fancy as most but I like them. I promise to post pics later today of them. 

 Now for the swing around lol In my "craft" room, there is a built in cabinet which is filled to the brim with my albums, and well anything else I can find to put in there. Next week I will take a pic of the bottom of the cabinet :) My oldest daughter always tells me with all the supplies I have I don't need to buy anymore lol I have had myself on a crafting budget for the last few years and really only buy adhesives and such.

Don't forget to pop on over to The Stamping Ground and check out my fellow WOYWW's desk.
Hope everyone has a great day.