WOYWW #219

Hmmm, a desk...where did I put that thing?! Awww, I know and why would I want to show it off? It's all thanks to Julia over at Stamping Ground! :) Here are several shots, now that I am a little more settled in:

View to the left and the next is panning to the right...

My dog had to have his bed so I rearranged everything under the desk to make room for him. Yes, he is a little spoiled. :) But it makes a handy surface too! ;) Continuing to pan to the left:

And the next shot is walking into the paper section:

Here is the fabric section, almost filled up...

Here is all I got done craft-wise. Yep. Slow week, was still very busy rearranging and organizing.

Last shot, promise! :) I guess I did get this stamp made, from fun foam or thin foam, and stamped it in dark blue to see how it looked...pretty good actually. I will end up use it, I'm sure.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week! :)

WOYWW #186 A bit late...

Well, I just completely lost track of time this last week and the stores being closed on Tuesday made me feel like it was Sunday so Wednesday felt like Monday which means today should still only be Tuesday! Hey. That means I'm actually early for WOYWW! In "Deeyll" time. ;) What's WOYWW? Ask dear Julia, here!

So anyways I've been working on a super fun project, though it's not turning out as smashingly as the one I was inspired by, here. See how clever I'm being this week? I remembered who inspired me! Actually I just still have her blog opened up on another tab, otherwise I would be telling y'all someone inspired me but not remembering who! lol I don't know that lady personally but WOW am I impressed with her stuff! Next I want to make a carousel, but first I tried the wagon thingy...which is not finished but here's what I've got so far:

The whole thing is up on ribbon spools right now and until I get the stairs put in, they seem to help support its weight, but this is the main display side. Next is the end, where I will put the little set of stairs once I get them finished...

What do you guys think of the fence? It's metal and rusty looking, which is kinda great, but I'm wondering if I should do a shabby white paint job on it? Well, here is a close-up of the "entry" end...

And here is a close-up of the display side, oh I think I wanted you guys to be able to see the mini trellis like thing I wrapped around the front door with its tulle and flower vine ribbon on it...or just the details? IDK
Thanks for stopping by and seeing what I've been up to this week and have a fabulous weekend! :)

WOYWW #184

So, what have I been up to this week? Well, for those who are here since it's Wednesday, thanks to the fabulous Julia at Stamping Ground, you'll be wanting to see the workspace, huh?

I've made a right old mess, eh? I've also been watching Shakespeare soooo...a bad English accent is running the commentary in my head right now. :) But here is the project I've been working on, the one I alluded to last week and for which most of the mess can be blamed upon...

It's not finished, exactly, yet. But I think its close. I love the colors and shabbiness but its actually not a style I feel that I am able to do very well at...what do you all think of it? Can you tell me what it's missing?
Anyways, here is another card I made this week...The 5 pennants part is copied from a design I saw elsewhere but the rest is pretty much all me. Except of course that putting doilies on cards wasn't my idea originally, either...well, I still *actually* made it so that counts for something, right? :)

It's really pretty cheerful, huh? Well, I hope your week is as bright and cheery as this card and as yummy as the chocolate cake I had last week. And this week. ;)

Pictures from most recent Crafting Party...

My lovely sister even made it up for our last crafting party! The ladies didn't really have any projects they had been working on so I taught them how to make a couple different kinds of paper flowers and paper rosettes. I also gave a "live" showing of my paper rosette trick, which *blew* their minds! It was so fun. Now we can't stop making paper rosettes and by we I mean me...pics to follow! But first here are the ones from the crafting party.

3 very young ladies were able to make the party since school was on winter break and we let them decorate some pink bags to take their new creations home in. The pictures of the flowers the ladies made really didn't do them justice. Their flowers really turned out very pretty but its next to impossible to grab a super good picture on the run, ya know? Anyways, here are some shots of the many, many, many rosettes I've been making...I just don't know what to do with them now. Leave suggestions in the comment section, if you have any you care to share...they don't all have their centers done, so I can still do lots of different things with them.

 Wow, these did not photo very well, either. They are much much cuter in person. : (

 This one even made my Mom gush about how precious it is! (She's not really a crafty lady, but she pretends for me. Only she didn't have to on this one!)

Love these puppies, but they do have some real dimension to them so putting them on cards gets a little awkward so any other ideas for what to do with them?