WOYWW 898

 Good morning, crafty friends!

We are just two weeks away from 900. I'm sooo excited! I've already pulled my first WOYWW post and scheduled it so I don't forget.

I've posted a video about using other glue's besides mod podge for that napkin technique. Thanks to our Angela for leaving the question on the video last week.  You'll find that video HERE.

Two desks again this week:

ironing platform

After testing fabric with mod podge yesterday I decided I need 3 more 'pockets' for the journal. I'm doing everything in fours for the Patriotic journal. I have the cardstock drying. I'll get the fabric ironed into place this afternoon.

The photo piece in the upper left is part of a fairy challenge I'm working on for Spectrum Art Creations FB group. Still needs a little fussing.

While I don't need the ironing platform as a filming station, I am keeping the filming table cleared until I can get a new piece of wall board for that space. For now, the filming table looks like this:

filming table

Only thing there right now is the silicone brush I used to spread glue. This afternoon I plan to take the desk down, move the 4 art carts and give this space a good vacuum while I wait to go after the wall board.

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 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

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 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

WOYWW #870

 Good morning, crafty friends!

A quick post this morning. Sorry I missed last week. I know I promised BJ an explanation of my 'scrap rack' but that will have to wait until next week.

A couple of weeks ago I tripped and fell into the hand rail on our front deck, then bounced into the storm door with my right shoulder. The ribs on the left took a beating, bruising the entire left rib cage and cracking a couple of ribs. Healing ribs is a very slow process, complicated by my age and T1 diabetes. Thankfully, Bob is home to help with a lot of things. I've not done much the past three weeks.

I'll do my best to get 'round to everyone this week but time at the computer is limited.

Here is my desk as I left it two days ago:

I've moved slowly into a daily challenge called the Countdown to Valentine's Day. The creator, Tracie Hinds aka Nanner BaNanner, put together kits and sold in her Ko-Fi shop for $50. Each kit contained a blank journal of 16 pages along with envelopes, numbered 1-14. As Each envelope includes a handmade element from Tracie as well as a variety of 5-6 things to be used in the journal spread that day. I'll be showing my progress in short Friday videos. At present al I've managed is my tag for #tagtuesday you can see on the desk and covering the cracker box pieces I'm using for the cover. I hope to get caught up tomorrow.  NOTE: I came in too late to buy her box to participate so I'm winging it from my stash. 

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 #866

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I hope your 2026 is showing great possibilities and lots of creative time.

I have two pictures this week:

The desk isn't overly exciting. I've put away almost everything from the last of the 2025 crafting. I have some elves that need glued together and a sheet of stickers to put away.

This mess on the other hand... geesh!

The pile to the left is covering my punches and the pile to the right is the project tray cart.

I've just not had time to get in here to put stuff away. That white bag on the tray cart holds a couple of Valentine items I picked up for a future journal. 

I had to be gone Monday, will be gone part of Tuesday and again today. After that I think I can plant and get some things done.

Hopefully, I'll have better progress to show 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’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 #863

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I totally spaced last week. Bob and I got an early start into the city (2 hrs away) for a day of Christmas shopping. I remembered it was Wednesday on the drive home almost 12 hours later. LOL

I went back into the city on my own yesterday after Bob mentioned a couple of things.  Why couldn't he have dropped the hints last week? ::: smh :::

First off, Lynn. You asked about my writing. If you'll check the side-bar you'll see my Christmas romance that came out eight years ago (Yeah, I had no clue it was that long). If you like Hallmark style stories, I think you'll enjoy An Ozarks Christmas. I'm pushing now to have Book 2 released in May.

Okay.. my desk as I left it yesterday morning:

Nothing super exciting except the glue mat from Stampin' Up! where I was using a dauber to glue the snowflake and the cards those snowflakes went on.

Here's a close up of the card:

This is the last of the elements from the November 2019 Paper Pumpkin kit. I have a few items left over that I'll put in the Christmas crafting section of the ScrapRack. 

I hope to get back to Reindeer Club in 2026. I have projects I want finished and still more Paper Pumpkin Christmas kits to work through. I'll talk more about that 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’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 #860 - Bit of a Read and Pictures

Good morning, crafty friends! 

I think winter may have found us in the Ozarks. 65* F yesterday and woke up to 36 this morning.

I do apologize for not getting round last week. I'll share why in a moment.

My plan for today is to bake a pumpkin custard and pecan custard. I thought about an actual pie but we try to limit ourselves to the good carbs or the treats. We'll have enough treats tomorrow by way of regular Thanksgiving fare.

Her is my desk for this week:

My desk is a mess in spite of no creating this week. lol  I needed the black dimensionals for an organization project and that ribbon is going back in the ribbon storage. I kept enough out for the project I was working on. 

No card this week because I was working on this mess:

This has to get taken care of so I can put up the Christmas tree. This is where all of the Halloween/ Christmas crafting got moved to 'temporarily' from the shelves where I put the stamp/ die boxes I did last year. Draw as line between the carts and up between those 2 baskets. the left is Halloween and the right is Christmas. 

I spent 3 days working on the Halloween. Everything is either in the cart on the right or in two 12x12 Scrapbook binders to use similar to a scraprack. When I want to work on Halloween, I'll pull my project trays cart out of the way and put the drawer cart in place with the binder on top to work from. 

This is one of two drawers of ribbon/ fibers that I probably won't use anywhere but for Halloween/ Fall. The long ones in the back are black and orange velveteen ribbons from $Tree, mini net, and Fall/ Halloween wired ribbons.

I'm going to wait until Friday to start the Christmas side. Hopefully, we can bring the big tree up from the basement. That's my goal. I'm determined to have the big tree up in honor of Bob's first year of retirement. I bought his ornament last week:

I try to add a new ornament each year to our family tree. I've missed a few years with the big tree not going up. The family tree hasn't been up in over eight years, when we hosted the Polish Symphonia.

The tug boat is in honor of Bob's one year retirement anniversary as a tug boat captain. Scuffy looks similar to the very first tug he ever operated almost 43 years ago. I collect Little Golden Books. I have this one in three sizes so I'll create a hanger for this booklet to hang on the tree. 

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 856

 Good morning, crafty friends!

Did you see that Neet posted last week? Was so good to see her. Sending her all the love & healing blessings.

Getting some things out of the way so I can set my planner up for November.

Here is my desk:

This might looked staged - and it is... Just not for you. ;-)

I had set the desk up for filming today's Day 29 of the #31daysofhalloween tag series. I used the Toil n Trouble paper pack from Stampin' Up! (retired) as well as the coordinating dies and punch. That pocket letter looking thing shows samples of the paper pad. I catalog all of my Stampin' Up! paper pads this way - all 151!

Here is the tag I made:

I'm just getting the video set to upload now. You should be able to see the process later this afternoon. The 19 min video will take approx. 3 hours to upload. Sadly, even prepping everything last night the video still took longer than I wanted. LOL  By the way, videos for every tag are available on my YouTube Channel - KellysCreativeDreams, and visually on my Instagram (same name) and quick shots on my last two weeks here on the blog. I will be doing a full flip-through on Saturday November 1.

If you or relatives are in the path of Hurricane Melissa, please be safe.

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 - 855

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I did get 'round to a few of you from last week. I am home now. Hopefully, no more traveling until April 2026 when I hide to do the final edits on this book. I'm ready so ready to send it out into the world and start on Book 3 in the series.

I won't be around today as my dear husband, Bob, turns 65! Today is all about him.

The desk is quite boring this week. You can see the remnants of my #31daysofhalloween tags for Tim Holtz Tuesday. I posted today's and I have next Tuesday's done/ filmed and ready to post next week.  If you want to see them, they are all posted on my IG channel - KellysCreativeDreams. All that's left is the kindle and note pad from a book review post on my author blog and the note pad for my cauldron blog schedule.  Tomorrow, I'll clear all the Tim Holtz paper & ephemera away then start the rest of the tags. Only 10 tags left to create! November will be a bit slower. 

I did take the Halloween Curio Class with Tim & Heidi at Simon Says Stamps. I even got a comment from Tim on my IG post. I was thrilled. Here's what I made:

I enjoyed the 4-hour class and learned some things. I can't wait to get out some of the other cloches & things I purchased over the years and make more dimensional items. 

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 #854

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I should be able to get 'round to everyone before next week. I'm still not home rom the writer's conference and a visit with my sister.

Here's my desk this morning:

After the conference closed on Saturday night, I headed to  my sister's on Sunday for a short visit. Now I'm at the hotel getting a bit of work done before heading home this afternoon.

For those of of you who asked about the tags. I finished the tag ring on my crafting retreat last month. Here's the video flip-through of that and the pocket letter page I did for the collection:

I will be doing a follow-up post tomorrow catching up with the tags. I had them done (filming 9 videos last Wednesday!) so I could get them posted on IG and scheduled the videos to post while I was away. If you're interested in those, please pop back tomorrow or that post or you can see them on my IG. Look for the #31daysohalloween hashtag.

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 #850

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I apologize for not getting round last week. Seemed I couldn't be in one place long enough.

Here's my desk this week:

Slightly staged to show you what I'll be working on today. I'm in the process of trying to finish up the Ciao Bella Sound of Autumn tag ring by Saturday. I've found some Stampin' Up! sets that coordinate with fall and some of the patterns in the paper, like pine cones and leaves. I'm adding in making dangles of coffee cups, pumpkin spice sayings, etc.  As you can see center stage are the 31 tags in varying sizes matted and ready to embellish. I also have some things from the collection fussy cut out and Stampin' Up! cardstock colors to punch out hole reinforcers. I decided to use hole reinforcers instead of eyelets because the latter take up too much space for this many tags. I'm not sure my 3" ring could hold them all... not sure it will now. LOL

I leave Sunday for a combined retreat. I'll spend four days in KS with my crafty gathering group then five days in a hotel finishing pulling Book 2 in my series together. I'd love to release it in February 2026.

There may or may not be a desk from me next week but I hope to get 'round to everyone.

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 849

 Good morning, crafty friends.

I'm sliding in late this morning. Needed to get laundry on the line then take pics of what I've been working on. No desk this week.

I purchased doll houses from $Tree about 3 or 4 years ago to make 'haunted houses' found in THIS video on Youtube.

This week, with cool/ dry temps I was able to pull out the container and start spray painting.

The three taller ones are two of those smaller houses built upon one another. That small one in the back with the bay window roof... you take the roof off that one, remove the roof from the smaller one in front then attach the bay roof to the top of that one. 

I really don't have room in this house to put out my entire Christmas Village so last year I decided to give them their own places throughout the house. I placed all my North Pole village pieces on the top shelf in the laundry room. This year, for October, I'll put the haunted houses. Alternating the 2 story houses with the 2 smaller houses.  I'll fill in the gaps with figures and these...

These are white bottle brush trees from the dollar store. I'm giving them two coats of Espresso Brown spray paint to give them that dead pine look.  I plan to put orange, purple and green lights inside the houses. thought about putting the small strobe lights from $ Tree but I'd have to climb up every night to turn them on as opposed to just plugging in string lights. 

I'll post pictures when I'm finished.. probably the first week in October.

hat'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 848

 Good morning, crafty friends!

First off, Happy Retirement to our leader, Sarah. Be prepared to be busier than you were when you were working. ;-)

Now for my quiet desk:

Stamp sets from the tag I made for #Tagtuesday, the ribbons I chose from and the newly cleaned scissors. 

Seems we've been on the go a lot lately. I'm looking forward to being home for at least a couple of days.

One day a week I take a ME day. I go into town and sit at my favorite coffee shop - usually with my planners. But I made the decision this week to only take one thing - a book.

I read one book a week to spotlight the author and review their book on my author channel. I decided I'm taking an older book with me instead of my planners. Not one I need to review but one I want to read. I have a 5-shelf book case in my bedroom of books to be read. When I've finished the book, I put half the cover price (NOT the price I paid - which was usually .10 - .25 each) into my book journal envelope. I figure by the time I've read all 360 books, I should have quite a nest egg. 

What about you? Are you a reader? What do you like to read.

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 846

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I have to be out and about today so took this picture last night and set the post so I could link up this morning before I forgot.

The tag is part one of my Tag Tuesday. I ran it yesterday on my youtube channel. Will have the finishing in part two next Tuesday.

I used papers from Gilded Autumn (Stampin' Up! 2021)

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 845

 Good morning, crafty friends!

QUICK NOTE:  The tag I'd hoped to have done today will definitely be tomorrow. The book I needed to review took longer than I'd anticipated, so no crafting yesterday.

I'm sliding in the door late. Got up to a dead battery on my phone. 

I have two desks to share this week.

First, my actual crafting desk:

Not overly exciting. The pile on the far left needs to go back to the office desk and those post its get entered into my planner. The awl... guess who used then didn't put back (Bob), the iron I used to press some ribbon and my detail scissors. The white holder in the back is full of little stuff I need to put away. Easy peasy clean up for crafting this afternoon.

Office desk:

I finally got the large work island cleared so I could set it up as my permanent office space (unless I need to cut large pieces of fabric). My computer, external keyboard, a clean mouse pad, the planner holder for my BIG Happy Planners and my mini kanban board for my current To Do projects.

I've been trying for months to get this worktable to this point. I have one small sorting box I need to clear out, find better places to put the keeper items then get rid of it. This will allow me to move the work stuff to the far right of the table. Or, set my mini kanban board to my right. But at least the desk is clean and functional. yay!!!

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