WOYWW? Oct 10th 2012

a mess!! which is on my to do list today to tidy up!

Quick post from me as my to do list is huge and i seem to have picked up a lovely cough and stinking cold which just for good measure comes with a splitting headache!!

Until next time

Charlie.x

WOYWW? September 12th {a change}

Morning All, hope you are all well, this will be a picture heavy post as i have as the title suggests had a bit of a change so the first photo will be my desk last thing at night – nothing will have changed since then as i have only been up a little while! lol And then i will show you my re organisation and the change of look in my craft area for those that wanna stick around :)

So this is what is on my desk at the moment; the start of my convention swaps turned over so as not to spoil the surprise for the recipients, a gift from my friend and upline Bekka, a few new stamps, and a couple of stray hair clips.

SO the last few weeks i have posted pictures of my huge pile of mess; well this week i tidied it all up, and i mean ALL i pulled everything off the shelves and sorted through it all before putting it away i also reclaimed a dresser from the children’s craft stuff to put all mine away out of sight. 

So now that it was tidy i was thinking i don’t really like the fabric on my chair and footstool anymore and in our new house we have a different colour scheme so it was time for a change so off i popped to the local had dash and an afternoon and evenings work with the staple gun and hammer later here we are;

 

                Before                              After

This time i went for a nice mocha brown with a silvery tree pattern on which toned in well with our creams and browns in the living room.

Here are the rest of the shots of the chair, footstool {that Mr.C made a while ago} and a new notice board to match. 

if you are still with me thank you for looking what do you think of the change?

Until next time

Ttfn

Charlie.xx

So Long, Fare Well…. {blog hop}

…………………………. auf weidersehen good-bye! You know the song lol i couldn’t resist!

We are coming to the end of the Current Catalogue so that means in order to make room for our new and extended range some items sadly have to leave us; some of these our favourites and will be missed but on the positive side it does mean lots of yummy new stash coming our way next month {eep!!}

A few of us on In Love With Stamping decided to do a blog hop today to showcase our favourite stamps sets that are bidding us farewell this month.  Now if you are new to this a blog hop is where a group of blogs link together in a big circle and we hop from blog to blog ending up where you started again.

So onto the Stamp set that i love; and i do mean love it was a long held joke between a demo friend of mine that she would hear me scream NOOOOOOOO! if it was retired! It was one of the first sets i brought even before i became a demo and i have used it for so many occasions it is perfect for both Men and Women.

Here are some projects i have made using the Trendy Trees set;

Mini Milk carton and gift card

Trio of mini cards

gift box for the trio of cards

So i will really miss this set i use it such a lot.  If you would like to see what is on the retired list you can find it here;

http://www2.stampinup.com/gb/eng/8348.asp

but be quick we have had some sell outs already and once its gone its gone. Email me your order NOW so we can do our best to get your must have items

Don't forget to head on over to Leanie to see what gorgeous projects she has in store for you

http://www.beautifulimpressions.co.uk/

Enjoy the rest of the blog hop

Until Next time

ttfn

if you get lost on the blog hop here is the full list

www.craftyalisoninlyon.blogspot.com
http://craftylittlemoos.blogspot.com/
 www.beautifulimpressions.co.uk
 www.jaynescraftycorner.blogspot.com
www.ribbonhoarder.blogspot.com
http://pearsonifiedcrafting.blogspot.co.uk
http://cocktailofcard.blogspot.co.uk
 www.craftingalison.blogspot.com

woyww September 5th 2012

Morning quick one from me today as have tons to do M went back to school yesterday so know is time to get the house in order.  Me and Mr.C sorted out our out building so that you can walk in there without being attacked by garden furniture!

To the desk……………………..Okay not much has changed since last week except that more Cr*p has joined the pile!! Sunglasses my mum brought back from Spain for me from the looky looky man {he walks along the beach going looky looky so the name stuck!} a pack of new seasonal catties waiting to be sent out.  So my mission today now that M is at school and Mr.C has gone back to work is to tidy and sort my desk so that tomorrow i can craft!! i have sky +’d Downton Abby, Holby City and the soaps and plan to have them on in background now that i have regained control of my tv from the Disney Channel!!

I will try to get round as many desks as possible this week, and if you comment i will at least visit you but please leave your number so i can find you thanks.

Until next time

Ttfn

Ps. Blatant mini plug {sorry Julia} if you would like anything Stampin’ Up! and don't have a demo i would love to help you out :) just email me.x

woyww?? August 29th 2012

Morning all quick post before i take my girls to the doctors they seem to have caught a horrible bug :(

So the desk is a bit of a mess today!  At the weekend i had started to get cracking on my swaps for the Annual Stampin’ Up! convention in November and had spread to the dining table so the old scoop and dump was in need last night so me and Mr.C could sit at the table and have a ‘date night’  If you look really close you maybe able to spot some bits made from the upcoming Seasonal Catty but i cant show you them in detail until the first when the catty goes live! i LOVE new stash!! :)

Of course my craft spread on the window sill is still there and Mr.C has asked me to rearrange so that i am better stored as i will now not be having a craft room as a utility room is of greater need so until my girls are off and married {about 20years time!} i need to keep my self tidier!!

So that is my mission for the week tidy up!

Until next time Happy WOYWW

WOYWW?? August 15th 2012

Morning WOYWW’ers and all who follow just a quick one from me as i am planning on getting some prototypes made up for craft fairs today before doing the worst mummy task of the year – new school shoe shopping this afternoon!! Cue a few tantrums {mine mostly} and lots of no you CANT have those!!

Bit messy will have to tidy up before i can get started its so dark here this morning i think we are in for some rain so i shall be grabbing the extra lamps today i think i just cant craft in the dark!! Was up late crafting last night so that i could put my pre order of the upcoming Stampin’ Up Seasonal Catalogue –one of the benefits of being a demo getting my grubby mitts on new stash earlier than it goes nationwide!

Will try my best to get round to every one today but it maybe more like next Wednesday before i finish! lol

Until next time

Ttfn

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Reason to Smile

Good morning hope you are all well, just stopping by with a quick post to let you know about the latest offer from Stampin’ Up! for this month.

During the month of August and only during the month of August you can order this gorgeous stamp set

It’s so pretty and you have two options you can buy this stamp set or you can earn it for free with a qualifying order of £60 or more.

This set will only be available during the month of August so give me a call now to order yours

If you would like any products used to produce this project then please contact me craftylittlemoo@hotmail.co.uk

Until Next Time

Ttfn

My Craft Space

hello all, i hope you have been enjoying the nice weather it is very hot here especially at night which is not helpful for sleep so i have two very grumpy girls today who unbeknown to them will be having a sleep after lunch.  I am now posting to you from a sun lounger in the garden in a pair of cut offs that i just created from a pair of jeans that a lovely friend told me was doing me no favours! lol – happy days.

As some of you are aware i often take part in a massive global blog hop on Wednesdays where we all snoop at each others workspaces, well i have had a few emails asking how i store so much in a small space.  Well the answer to that is i don’t! lol I do have a small space in the dining end of our living room but i store a lot of stuff under our bed such as stamps i very rarely use but cant bare to part with, and display pieces that i have made for craft fairs etc.

Before we moved at the start of the year my desk was in the walkway of the living room and was only 110cm x60 to get it to fit the space it is in now i has to lose 20cm of that length so it is now less than a metre!! 

This will be a picture heavy post so grab yourself a cuppa and i shall begin;

 

This is the view from the door way of the living room. This is my computer area, i have my printer and laptop here, all on top the bottom half of a Welsh dresser that i brought for £10 on a local Facebook selling page.  Luckily the seller was my friend and they have promised me they will find the top half for me, i had planned for this to go in my craft room once it has been built but Mr.C has nabbed it and filled it with the girls craft stuff.

As you can see this is next to my ‘overflow’ desk also known as a dining table!

 

 

Above i have two shelves;

On the top shelf i have a Large box filled with my 12x12 paper and the scraps from DSPs.

The middle box is full of my cardstock scraps – quite recently i was very ruthless with is box so if i was two small to be made into a card blank i either punched a shape out of it of threw it in the bin!

Above that are 3 A4 placky boxes that contain bits that i have been working on and not finished yet or just bits that need to be put back in their homes. One of the boxes has all my Christmas samples in an effort to kick start my Christmas crafting {hasn’t happened yet but i live in hope!}

Then the last pile of boxes in the white box i have my cardstock and DSP samples so that i can show customers at workshops

 

On the Bottom shelf i have my photo album of craft related photos from training days and projects I've made

Next to that is my swap box this contains all my swaps from the last event i attended and when i go to the next event this is what i take my swaps in. On top of that is my prettied up cash tin.  And in the not so pretty Xerox box is my punch soup boxes – this so needs a prettier home but i just cant find anything i like at the mo., we have a fab stall on our weekly market that sells vintage stuff so i know where I'm getting it from just got to wait for the perfect thing to arrive as she usually only has one of each item.

Next to my printer i keep my catty box including past catalogues for SU and my lovely pink i pod it is a 1st generation i pod mini and i just cant give it up and replace it cos its pink and has been with me all through college and growing up and still works i got it when i worked in an electrical store, when they first launched and you couldn't get them anywhere that Christmas for love nor money.

Right to the other side of the room where i actually do the creating :)

So this is my desk it is made from a fire door blank that i picked up in the off cuts section at our local builders merchants, as it is a fire door it is incredibly solid and fab for stamping on as there is no ‘bounce’ it has been sealed with yacht varnish so is super durable my hubby paints every bit of wood in my area with this.

The cream cubby holds my inkpads and punches and has a salvaged slate top where my lamp, clock and other necessities live. 

In the wicker basket that i got from Jacqui on the market for only £4! lives my pretty pen pot that Mr C brought me which was his way of telling me he was building me a desk last year in our old place after a year with out one!  The basket houses pens, my lesser used tools such as massive scissors, inky sponges, some left over card blanks i hadn't used yet and clear blocks. 

 

My current notice board is on here also at the mo. made with SU twitterpated fabric and lush pre-pleated ribbon it will live here for a little while till i send it to someone as a gift and make myself a new one.

 

 

 

Two shelves again here top one has another lamp my 12x12 cardstock, two files of A4 cardstock, my wheel stamps and stamp sets that are retired and i just don’t want to part with.  I have also put my Christmas ones on this shelf so that they’re all together.

Next shelf i have my Envelopes {need to order more lol} in front of that are the watercolour wonder crayons and my stash of tombow glue i have about 5 bottles atm 2 open i cant bare not to have some in in case i run out!  Then my brads and buttons, some stampin’ spots then current stamp sets and my case of markers which house all the colours that SU make i use these more than my inkpads now so worth the investment.

 

This is my rolling Big shot cabinet that Mr.C made it also has a salvaged slate top. As you can see my dies are on the shelf, my big bite in the side compartment and the white basket is where my ribbons live at the moment.

 

 

 

 

And this is my crafting chair i actually have two of these but one is stored for now, i have plans to re-upholster it again as i am off red but i just cant seem to find a fabric i love – any suggestions?? it just needs to go with creams and coffee colours as it is in the living room.

 

 

So that is my craft space for now, this is where i will be moving too in the hopefully not so distant future

If you are still reading thanks for sticking with me i told you it was picture heavy! lol

Until next time

Ttfn

WOYWW July 25th 2012

Morning WOYWW’ers and all who follow just a quick one this morning as it is stinking hot and muggy here so we haven’t slept well so my girls are grumpy and trying to kill each other over what we watch on TV this morning!

So not a lot happening i took this yesterday just after i had finished the canvas that is propped up; and not much has changed except that the canvas was picked up last night and the local paper has been deposited on my desk this morning!

  

The canvas was for a friends little girls first birthday party, She wanted a picture that could last for years and the brief was that i had to include a way to her to add family finger prints so that is why there are some bright white balloons.  I am happy  to say that she loved it and has promised to send me a picture of its new home as they move to Scotland on Friday!


Until next time
Ttfn

ps pop back later as i plan to do a full 'my workspace post' as requested by some WOYWW'ers :) see you then.x

ETA you can find workspace post HERE

WOYWW? July 4th 2012

Happy Independence Day to any followers from across the pond.

Here is my mess i went to a team training day at the weekend and promptly came down with a delightful head cold and an attractive chesty cough thrown in for good measure so i haven’t been near my desk since i did the old scoop and plonk before i left Sunday morning!

 

So owing to feeling like death warmed up and having a teething toddler to deal with please excuse me if i don’t make it around all the desks today you will be on my to do list for by the end of the week.

Until next time

Ttfn