WOYWW - 895

 Good morning, crafty friends!

Week 895! As I set up my planner for the month of August, was surreal to write 899 on one of my post its. We are so blessed to have Miss Julia, Lunch Lady Jan (who kindly took over while Miss Julia dealt with a health issue) and now Miss Sarah! Thank you, ladies, for making this grand event possible.

The Pink Christmas journal is nearly finished. I'll be offer the journal up for sale in a week or two on my YouTube channel.

The pile to the immediate left is a stack of items I got from a recent live sale with Rebekah Wills. She does lovely handmades a well as thrifty finds. The far left pile is stuff I gathered up during a cleaning session Saturday and haven't quite figured out where it needs to go. Tag material, mostly.

Progress is being made on the studio. I hope to show at least an in-progress picture next week.

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’s Craft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

WOYWW 894

 Good morning, crafty friends!

It's been a long couple of weeks. Thank you for being here when I had time to come back and visit with you.

I got some great information from the RSJ conference. Normally held every year, they've decided to go to every other year while adding smaller events throughout the off year. I think that's nice and it saved me a chunk of money I really couldn't afford to put on my card right now.

I didn't get as much done during the writing retreat but I still have eight days left of the month-long writing challenge. 

Add in that I've not been able to access my email through mail.com on the computer for about six weeks. You do not want to know how much email backlog I have across three emails. Ugh! I've had to start using my gmail for everything, which is also not going to be fun.

Finally, last Sunday I got with a tech on JustAsk that was fabulous. He troubleshot everything I'd already done and finally came to the same conclusion I'd been thinking for the past two weeks. Mail.com doesn't want to keep the browser email. They want everyone to move to the app. I don't do a lot on my phone but I do have my art email on there. As we talked, he asked, "you are using an iPhone. Do you have an iPad, a slightly larger screen?"

The lightbulb went on. While using the iPad isn't my favorite solution, it is a solution. Later in the week I'm going to order a bluetooth mouse to make navigating the email a bit easier.

Good news is, I'm getting crafting in. I've needed the release from all the technical stuff. LOL

Not the best lighting this  morning. I have the page edge pieces and three tags for the Pink Christmas journal. But I have a question for you. Look on the far left and you'll see something with an orange/ red and gray handle. Any clue what that is? I'll give you a hint.. it's by EK Success.

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’sCraft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list. 

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

WOYWW #892

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I did manage to get 'round to those of you who commented last week. Between the 4th of July weekend here in the states then realizing the writing conference I thought was next week is THIS week... ugh!

I've been recording videos like crazy for the 25 Days of Christmas series, including the ones I need scheduled for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. 

Here's where I left my desk last night after recording the same card video SIX times because I either messed up my intro or forgot to push record. LOL It's been a Monday on a Tuesday for sure!

I have things laid out pretty well for the multi-project crafting. I've moved some of the collections from the shelf over to my ScrapRack base. I have the Pink Christmas kit on 2 spines, pink, white embellishment components in the other 2 spines. 

I've started leaving the collapsible cup on my silicone mat up. Works out quite nicely for holding things. The card to the top left of the mat is the card for Thursday. In the process I discovered I'm out of Real Red cardstock so tomorrow morning before it gets hot, Bob and I'll have to go out to the warehouse to see if I have any left in the back up. I hope so. I've been using a lot of Real Red and Garden Green for the card bases.

My first meeting is at 11 a.m. CST tomorrow morning, then it's late nights, early mornings through Saturday. I'll try to get 'round.

By the way, there is a video on my YouTube channel every day for each of teh 25 Days of Christmas.

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’sCraft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly 

WOYWW 891

 Good morning, friends!

Welcome to July!  This year is just sliding by. That's why it's so important we keep in touch.

Last week was super crazy with interruptions. I'm getting back on track this week.

Today, I launched the 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS on my YouTube channel. I'll be posting the week's cards on Friday of each week but y'all get a sneak peek today.

Each day for the next twenty-five I'll make 5 cards; 1 premade before the video, one on the video then three after I've filmed to round out the stack. By the 25th I'll have about 85 cards. I want all new ones for folks this year.

On Monday the 6th, I'll also be sprinkling in a new journal - a Pink Christmas kit I've had in my stash for about five years. I'm trying to work through all of my kits. It's time and it's feels great to be creating on a regular basis.

As if July isn't going to be crazy enough, I'm also taking part in #jaritupjuly pantry challenge. I don't want to run either of the canners or dehydrator when the AC is running, I'm only doing dry canning. If you want to learn more, you'll find what I'm making in my Ozarks Journal blog post this week.

Lastly, I'm finding my writing routine again and dedicating two hours every night (except the 4th) to pull this manuscript together. I love my characters in this book but I'm ready to meet my next reunion couple.

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’s Craft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

 

WOYWW 889

 Good morning, friends!

Well, I wrote my post, linked at Sarah's and the post has vanished so let's try this again!

First off, I apologize for link issues last week. HERE is the correct link for the Angel Number video.

Here's my desk:

In the center you'll see the 'list' journal I created for Julie's Mini Challenge In the Challenge for this month. She has one of these mini challenges every month for those who might want to play but don't have the time or the inclination for the larger month-long challenge. Like all of her challenges, there are specific requirements. In attempting this mini, I remembered why I stopped doing her challenges. I want to create what I want, how I want, use my own creativity. I just don't find the challenges fun for me. I'm okay with that. This is NOTHING against Julie. She's a lovely person and so many people enjoy her challenges. Sadly, I'm not one of them. You can see my struggle in my #TagTuesday video yesterday.

So here's my plan going forward.

I will be making a journal every month from kits I have curated based on my preferences and style. This month, I'm making a Patriotic birthday to celebrate the 250th birthday of the USA. Definitely a keeper journal. Next month, I plan to work through my Pink Christmas for Christmas in July (mind you, while posting Christmas cards - time to get on those!)

If you'd like to follow my process, please subscribe to my YouTube Channel and click the notifications. Your follow is very much appreciated. 

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’sCraft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list.

 

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

WOYWW #888

 Good morning, crafty friends!

Wow! Look at that number. 

I've always been conscious of numbers and their meanings. I'll leave a short video at the bottom for you. But in general, 888 means Abundance, Prosperity, and everything is falling into place as it is meant to be. 

I'm feeling that now. As my desk this week shows, I'm back to creating.

I'm doing a patriotic journal this month and decided to jump in to the DearJulieJulie challenge this month. June Just Junk Journal Challenge 26. I've not played in her challenges in a couple of years but she's been doing some new things with the challenges and I love to learn new things.

The chair holds a canning jar box with most of the items I'll pull from for the challenge. The page in the center of the desk is the list of requirements. I'm not doing the full challenge, which requires posting to the facebook group, but I'm following some of her items and will be doing videos along the way. You'll find the details for this month's challenge HERE. This is a month-long challenge so plenty of time to jump in. I've done her challenges in as little as 3 days. I don't recommend that. LOL

And here's the short video on the Angel Number 888.

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’sCraft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly 

WOYWW #887

 Good morning, crafty friends!

Sorry I skipped last week and didn't get 'round to folks. I'll do better this week.

First off... progress has been made:

A relatively clear desk. I filmed two videos yesterday so the organization had to happen. the 2 brag book photo albums on the right are my catalogs of 12x12 paper pads. I'm on the hunt for something with a Patriotic spirit for this month's junk journal as USA is celebrating 250 years! Sometimes I wonder how we got this far. I wonder if our forefathers saw this for us and if they're shaking their heads at what we've done to this country.

I also got the big red bag moved to my car. Little things here and there.

Okay... next. I've been doing a lot of gardening. With the exception of two flower beds on either side of the front step and the accompanying flower boxes, I'm done planting. Now to just keep everything alive. 

This is a tower of Juliet Roma grape tomatoes. They're supposed to be meatier (like full size Roma paste tomatoes). We shall see. I plan to dehydrate the produce then grind into tomato powder this fall.

I have one of these towers with strawberry plants in them. We can't put the strawberry bed in until the local fireworks tents set up and I can confiscate cardboard for mulching the new bed. For now the strawberry plants are in a holding pattern. 

I'll show you the front flower displays next week (if I remember. hehe )

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’sCraft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly