WOYWW #643

Good morning, friends.

I apologize for not getting round last week. Trying to make up for what I didn't do the week before then celebrated turning 60 all weekend (birthday was Sunday but I got an early start hehe - shopping!)

This was my birthday present from Bob:

I've already had it out of the box and used it. I played with it on my birthday after I got home from a local festival where I treated myself to an amethyst crystal pendant.

My desk as I left it last night.

I spent all of yesterday redating my older Slim Classic planners for October. I use them for my editorial calendar. I got most of the posts written for my author blog - 8 of them then brought past Paper Pumpkin kits in from the warehouse. I have the Canned Paper Pumpkin Collab on YouTube on Thursday so I need to get at least one of the 4 kits broken down and into something by then.

I'm also hosting a World Cardmaking Day hop on YouTube on Saturday. I'll post stuff to my blog and FB page as well.

Amongst all of this I need to finish my handouts for the conference. I'll leave here on the 7th and probably won't be home until the 14th or so. With that in mind, I've been trying to get ahead on blog posts as well.

Never a dull moment. lol

I'll do my best to get 'round on Sunday after things calm down.

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Julia and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Stamping Ground  for all the details. Miss Julia 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 642

 Week 642?  Really?  Where does the time go?

Okay... too many questions for a Wednesday. Time to show off.

First off, the sofa has been clean for a whole month! I've also spent a lot of time on said sofa with the dog. 

My work table has been seeing activity. I sometimes get comfy on the sofa to work, depending on what I need to get done.

I have been working already this morning... on the prep for a video I should have recorded yesterday. Just didn't feel well and didn't accomplish much of anything. Today is better. 

The sheets on the back-side are print-outs for the financial planning video. Yu can just make out the mini binder clips I used to put the folder of the masters in order by subject. 

I'll be creating more tomorrow and Friday as I have 3 videos due between Friday and the 30th. 

Now that I'm back to actually promoting Stampin' Up! again rather than just a hobby dem, I have stuff to get done on that end. I've opened a group on Facebook - KellysCreativeDreamers.  

One of the big projects right now is World Cardmaking Day is coming up on October 2nd. Are any of you planning to play that day? I have been putting together a YouTube hop of SU dems so that should be fun and help promote all of our channels

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Julia and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Stamping Ground  for all the details. Miss Julia 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 

CARD CHICKS -September

 Hi everyone!

I have been so horrid about getting to my blogs lately. For the last 2 months I've not really wanted to do much of anything except be a lump on the newly cleared sofa. HoneyB seems to enjoy it, too, as that is where he sleeps most days. He is even pretty good about sharing.

I didn't do the Card Chicks card for August. I was deep in 'find the studio' mode before company arrived. The sofa has stayed cleaned off for an entire month!!! That in itself is progress LOL

I do have the September Card Chicks card - and on time! Yeah... it happens lol

My friend, Maggie (Texas), was our hostess this month and she sent a lovely kit of muted shades. She is also an avid butterfly hatcher (She hatches hundreds of monarchs ever year from her back yard habitat) so she had to include flowers and butterflies in her kit. 

I've made one card from the kit so far:

The Front

Inside

Maggie sent DSP from Stampin' Up! Bloom & Bliss as well as Beau Chateau (the chicken wire print)

Sweet Sugar plum (retired color) paired well with the Bloom & Bliss so I used that for my base and the mats both outside and in.

The images were from Heartfelt Creations Floral Butterfly Collection 

I used Stampin' Up! watercolor pencils ( Assortment 1 & Assortment 2) 

I used Basic Black, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo and Rich Razzleberry

I am hosting next month. I'm pretty sure Graphic 45 DSP will be paired with SU DSP just for something diffrent to play with. 

I've been buying an abundance of Graphic 45 lately at the SpectrumArtCreations sales. We gather on YouTube Live every Saturday beginning at 2 p.m. EST. Come join the fun! We play games as well as shop. You might want to put dinner in the crock pot because Madi and Team are live until midnight EST. Make sure to sign up for their weekly newsletter to be in on a special Secret Word game! Only newsletter subscribers are eligible to play!

I'm getting back up to speed and a regular schedule again.

Creative Blessings

~Kelly

WOYWW #640

 Hi everyone!

Sorry I'm coming in the door late, and I may not get to some of you until next Tuesday after Bob leaves but I'll do my best. 

I've been absent just a few weeks but I've been busy trying to find the studio. While I'm not finished yet, I've made great strides as you'll see from the photos.

Let's start with the work table. You may recall this is 4' x 8 ft and where I work on large projects. When Bob is home, this also serves as my computer space:

I've been trying to get September blog posts written. So far today, I've managed this one and filming 2 videos... which leads to this:

This area isn't completely finished but I can work on a project and film at the same time. We also bought me a new office chair that fits the height of the table.  More on this area at a later date but it's almost finished!

Talk about finished... this is what the sofa looked like when I started this whole process. The stamp sets still need to be cataloged. They're in a tub at the moment. Cataloging is my project for next week. 

I had to move the stamp sets to a tub temporarily as my BIL/ SIL came for a 4-day visit and needed a place to sleep.  Now that it's cleared, Spirit kitty has decided it's a good place to nap:

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Julia and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Stamping Ground  for all the details. Miss Julia 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