WOYWW 27th July 2011

Another week whizzes past at the speed of light... though I have managed to finish a book I have been working on and I have loads of stuff in the pipeline to play with.

This is my desk... with the almost finished book... I have wanted a bigger version of the books I make for keeping ATC's... so made myself this one.  The first half is for ATC's that people have sent to me and the second half is for storing ATC's I make ready for swapping.   Also on the desk are a couple of lovely finds I bought this morning... the Tisane box is going to 'altered' to sit on my desk with little embellies in because it opens front ways and will make getting to stuff super easy and I love the To Do list... its a frame with a clipboard at the top... I'm thinking of adding a pic of a melon to the To Do title.... a honey dew melon.... get it?  Get it?  Hmmm, not sure Chris will appreciate it either!! LOL

Clever eh?  Just need to find the papers I want to use on it...

On my other desk are a couple of ampersands I found... as soon as I have time I am going to have a go at changing their appearance!! ;)  In the front of those is the cardboard from a new set of sheets... I unwrapped the sheets and pulled the cardboard out and looked at it.... yep... it looks just like a book!  I grabbed the cardboard and headed off to the scrap room with it... only found the sheets discarded on the bed a couple of hours later... you know you have a problem when everything looks like the makings of a book...

Here is a close up of the ATC book.  Graphic 45 Curtain Call papers... 

I have put a normal paper page between each set of the ATC holder pages.

I put these together quickly because I didn't like empty pages looking back at me!!

Another paper page...

and another quick set for the book!

Don't forget to pop on over to the Queen of the Desk Inspectors... Julia, to check out the list!!

What's on Your Work Desk Wednesday - 20th July 2011

Here we are with another Wednesday creeping up on us!!  Don't forget to go and check out the linky list at Madame Julia's for loads of inspiration.

 On my desk is some chipboard which is about to turn into book covers... and at the back left you can see my latest storage spinny thing which Chris got me.

 To the right of my desk is a set of drawers and some more storage... I had a move about during the week but  I am not sure it is going to stay like that as I miss the flat surface for putting stuff down whilst I am working.

and this is a sneak preview of a book I have been working on... this is my page about the show we went to last week - Wicked.  It was... well, wicked, really!! LOL  The only downside to the evening was that this man who had to be at least 7'6" tall came and sat down in front of me... and he had big ears... so I spent the first half giving myself a crick in the neck trying to see around him!!  It just goes to show that you can pay $118.00 for a seat and not be guaranteed a view of the stage!!  Chris was a true gentleman and swapped seats with me for the second half so I had a clear view and he had a crick in his neck!! :)

Home Alone...

Altogether now... aaaaaah.... it is our 12th Wedding Anniversary today and Chris is away on site for two weeks so I am all on my lonesome for our wedding anniversary.  We did do our celebrating last week when he was home so you don't have to feel sorry for me really!! :)
This is what I got....
Isn't it fabby dabby doo?  The chairs close in and make it a complete oval of books and it even has a secret compartment!! (OK... not such a secret now then eh)?  It's for our home in Scotland and I have just the spot in mind for it... we have a sitting area at the end of the kitchen which at the moment has two old fashioned wing back chairs and a coffee table in it... this is going to look brilliant there!

and this wall clock!!  Isn't that stunning? Sort of steampunky but ok for the house too?

It does say that linen is the gift for 12th Anniversaries... but I didn't want new sheets!! :)

and he bought me this spinny storage unit for my scrap desk...

and it spins and has space for ribbons and a pull out drawer and a magnetic board too! 

So I think I made out like a bandit... spoilt brat that I am!! :)

Calgary Stampede and Breakfast...

Howdy Partners... it's Stampede week here in Calgary and people that are perfectly normal all year suddenly turn into cowboys!! 

 Chris thought that with a cowboy hat people might mistake him for Wills... (completely ignoring the fact that he didn't have a Kate on his arm which might give the game away)!!

We took ourselves off to Chinook and enjoyed a free stampede breakfast of pancakes and sausages...

yes... that is a cement mixer filled with pancake mix... that's a lot of pancakes!! 

 Then in the afternoon we went to the Stampede and wandered about the grounds and finally in the evening enjoyed the chuckwagon races.

Here is a pic of the Fluor chuckwagon... which came in 4th.... which doesn't sound bad until you know there were only 4 wagons per race.... LOL
Had a wonderful day and the weather stayed lovely... we didn't get home until 1 a.m.
Tonight we are off to have a meal to celebrate our 12th wedding Anniversary (which is next week but Chris won't be here so we are doing it early) and see Wicked at the theatre and tomorrow morning is Fluor's stampede breakfast...

WOYWW 6th July 2011

Good grief...(in a typically Charlie Brown sort of voice) it can't be Wednesday again already!! Don't forget to pop over to Madame Julia's desk for the linky list of fabulous crafty desks all being revealed in their glory!! My work desk  this week looks like this...

Yep, Graphic 45 Le Cirque papers... I have had these a while and really couldn't figure out what to do with them as I am not really a circus type of girl but then I saw Linda's version of a book which is a box for hiding stuff on her blog and I told her that I was going to steal borrow her idea because I had picked up a dark and dingy one with some damage at a garage sale for 50 cents.

This was the before photo... it really didn't have a lot going for it.

and this is it now....

I'm not sure you can tell from the photograph but the box side is layered up with the posters and fence so that it has a 3D effect... it's sitting there waiting for me to figure out whether to leave it or play some more... I'm thinking some bling wouldn't go amiss... LOL

Once Upon A Time....

A modern fairy tale.... I finished the material book and I quite like it!! 

 Sat watching television and sewing beads...

 First page...

 I made a paper page and then a material page...

 Added lots of lace and bling...

 and pearls...

 and more beads and flowers...

 and bling...

 I did mention it was a modern fairy tale?

 On the backs of the pages I added definitions for key words..

 and ribbon and lace...

 and more flowers...

 you get the idea now...

 Hmmm, one recipe I don't think I will be trying...

 oh and buttons!!

 and more lace...

and flowers...

Canada Day

Happy Canada Day

We have a lovely sunny day to celebrate Canada Day... with William and Kate visiting Ottawa... I liked her red maple leaf fascinator and the maple leaf brooch (if there is a mother-in-law to borrow jewelry from, it's gotta be a good bet to have the Queen's stuff to borrow)!! It's a shame that Chris is working away in Fort McMurray so I won't be about seeing what Calgary has to offer. Today is also Chris' 37th anniversary of working with Fluor... that's quite some achievement... 37 years of tootling around the world earning a crust or two!! LOL

In three days we will have been in Canada for a year... obviously a week of celebrations!!

Me?  I'm going to spend the day playing in the scrap room...