WOYWW 897

 Good morning, crafty friends!

Last Wednesday just came and went. LOL

I have 2 workspaces this week. First, my usual filming table:

Pretty empty due to a bit of clearing. I had to move my camera holder over to the ironing mat for last week's video so I thought this was a good opportunity to give a good cleaning. I photographed the tags for yesterday's blog post and a video so I've not moved anything. The tag on the far left was last week's #tagtuesday then the one on the dark mat was this week's tag/ pocket from napkin-covered cardstock. Now that the Pink Christmas album is finished, I hope to get that stuff all put away then finish the Patriotic journal in the next couple of weeks. After that, 2 bee journals that just need a bit of sewing.

The pressing mat with the immediate use items for the past 2 weeks. I needed to film my technique for applying napkin to cardstock using mod podge and an iron, giving you almost wrinkle-free finished product.

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

TAG TUESDAY - Patriotic Tags & a Pocket

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I'm trying to get back on the ball this week. My goal is to finish the Patriotic journal in the next couple of weeks then finish the Bee journal I started three years ago. Just needs a bit of sewing.

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This tall tag was created using a Dear Julie Julie digital - American Hydrangeas The flag is from a bag of cupcake picks from $Tree, the word is cut from the paper pad I'm using. The button is part of a Stampin' Up! collection and the paper clip from my stash. The paper clip will be used to attach the tag to the side of a page. 

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This tag and pocket were made from the Friday Freebie video where I showed a napkin tip. The tag and pocket were cut from the napkin-covered cardstock.

The embellishments are from hte Stars & Stripes Junk Journal Kit from the PochandPothosStudio on Etsy. 

I will be back tomorrow for WOYWW. I hated missing last week but trying to stay on top of things.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

I'M STILL HERE!

 Hi friends!

That 25 days of Christmas was a struggle towards the end. Trying to get through everything I needed to do and I failed to bring anything here. 

The Pink Christmas journal is finished and available for purchase. You can see the final flip-through video HERE.

I also wound up with a lot of Christmas cards. I'll try to show some of those on Friday's this month.

My plan for this month is to finish the Patriotic Journal. I need to stitch in the five signatures then I can start the decorating process. In a perfect world I'd love to finish the journal this week but I have to pace myself with author stuff and household duties. I'm determined to have An Ozarks Homecoming done and ready to go before the 31st. Let's hope!

Sadly, no pictures for  you today as I'm crunching this in on Saturday just before supper but I did want to check in.

There will be a TagTuesday video late afternoon Tuesday. I'll be working on tags for the Patriotic journal.

Let me know in the comments below; what are you working on?

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

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