woyww-atc's

Early morning pic of the desk with bits and pieces left over from making ATC's.  If we start from the top right hand corner you can see that the clock is set at 11.11am.  Power went off yesterday and clock has not been reset.  Usually the clock flashes but, I can see that someone has reset the clock to the stop flashing but not corrected the time!  My stack of Craft stamper mags sit waiting for all the projects I want to create.  I have carefully added tags to the specific pages then got side tracked because I absolutely had to buy a stamp.  Spent ages on the internet and tracked it down to France, gave up in the end as it was way to difficult.  On my cutting mat are the freebie stamps from the mag and I should just  be grateful I have those.   The pattern paper and ink pads are just sitting around until I pack away.  A printed set of labels for the backs of the ATC just in case I make more.  The only other items of interest are the black and pink boxes waiting to be repurposed.  The box from last week has gone to a new home which frees me up to create a few more.  Enjoy your woyww hopping.

woyww - desk mess

Another box nearing completion on a fairly messy desk for me.  What you don't see are the piles of mess on both the left and right hand side.  I am still dithering over adding the silver chain around the box and whether attaching a few skeleton leaves (courtesy of RosA) will make a big difference.  No quick decisions will be made as I place and replace items at leisure.

 I have also been making a few ATC's for a swap coming up this month.  But I can't post a picture until closer to the date.  Woyww's will understand......

woyww - ecclectic mix

 Not a lot to show for two weeks since my last post. A close up of the little box I started two weeks ago. A layout that was "ok" according to the teenager. 

 Finally a pic of one of the projects completed at the Finnabair workshop over a month ago.  I quite like the fun approach.  Very different to my usual style.... actually I don't think I have a style!  

I tend to just have a fiddle and sneak a peek at other desks to get some ideas.

Enjoy your wednesday .....

woyww - after a break

After a little break due to technical hiccups a glimpse of my work desk has the beginnings of a new box, metal bits and left over scraps. The plan is to cover the box with lots of metal bits and colour.    I also have a few ATC backgrounds that I am starting to prepare for the big woyww swap.  No theme planned just backgrounds at this stage.  In the top right hand corner is another box which I use to store finished ATC's.  It is covered using TH tapes, alcohol inks and metal corners and a cardboard motif.

The metal theme continues in the LO and it is all due to doing a wonderful class with Finnabair when she was in Sydney last month.

An awkward photo of DD trying to hug and kiss the cat while cat tries to get away. 

So nice to be back in woyww ....

woyww- insipid still life

Nothing very exciting on my desk this week.... Titled "insipid still life".

I am still plodding on with the watercolour class. The latest painting is fairly bland as I am only up to the second wash of  prussian blue.  Hopefully the shapes and shadows will start to form as I lay more colour and then it will be more inspiring.  Or I can continue to dream.....

Next week should be far more exciting as I will be doing two classes with the wonderful Finnabair from Warsaw.  I couldn't miss an opportunity to take a class while she is in Sydney.  I love what she creates with all those bits and pieces of metal and rubbish.

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woyww- wet on wet

My finished "wet on wet technique" drying on my desk.  The idea being you wet the paper and then add brushes of watercolour and see what happens.  An exercise to empty one's mind and go with the flow.  As you can see my mind was a pine forest. 

Most of my desk is covered by the painting board. But you can see my handy paper towel with gumnut motifs  (I often notice prints on paper towels when I visit woyww... strange I know!) and my bottle of water.  Bottled water is frowned on in our house.  But it has stopped me washing my watercolour brushes in my drink. 

Finally a pic of my craft room floor with kitty sound asleep with twitching paw. I hope to get around and visit a number of desks on woyww for a dose of inspiration.

woyww - watercolour grid

Still playing with watercolours and what you see on my desk is the completed glaze grid on a fairly tidy desk.  I had already started to pack away when I took the photo and there was an amazing mess to produce one A3 grid.  Even though the book is on the left it has nothing to do with the grid.   I am actually attending a series of classes on watercolour and this was one of the techniques we did on Tuesday.  Having access to a teacher is wonderful  and having a class of like minded "would be watercolourist's" is really inspiring.

Now I am planning on slowly visiting a number of desks on WOYWW over the next couple of days.