WOYWW #766

 Good afternoon, crafty friends!

I'm way late coming in. I spent my morning at the dining room table with Bob playing cards and Yahtzee.

There really isn't much to tell on my desk but I did have to clear everything off after I took the picture so I could film my premiere video for Friday (2-9-24)

The pouch with the scissors inside holds scissors/ adhesives when I'm working anyplace other than the filming table on projects. Technically, I've not unpacked it since last month when I went on a self-imposed planner retreat.

The 3 pretty red pieces in the center are part of a candle pedestal I need to glue back together before packing away the hot cocoa bar. I'll try to remember to take a picture of that before I pack everything away. 

The item in the package is a face roller from $ Tree. I show one out of the package in my premiere video on Friday. and lastly, I FINALLY broke down and bought one of the finger xacto knives. Even found one in teal. 

If you'd like to have the opportunity to chat live or see what I got in a Spectrum Art Creations haul this week, I will be in a chat room alongside my YouTube video on Friday 9, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. EST. I think that time allows for at least some of my friends across the pond and in Canada to join in. Set your timer and come chat. I'm only there for a little over 15 minutes so don't be late! Otherwise, the video will always be available on replay. 

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 #764

Good morning, crafty friends!

Okay, so it's almost 6 p.m. for my buddies across the pond. I've been doing author work this morning so running a tad behind.  

Here's what I'm tackling today:

As you can see, I've not put some of the things away that were there last week and added to the collection. LOL 

The rub ons and the stencil were from last week. The red pile of rubble in the back is a candle pedestal I need to glue. Silly me tried moving the cart with the hot cocoa bar items and one of the pedestals hit the floor. No worries.

I've also added one of those finger cutting blades to my list of supplies. I see planner peeps using them and they appear quite handy.  The Stampin Up stamps in the back are possibly for a future project so I pulled them out while I could find them.

I hope to have more progress and pretties to show next week.

Before I go, I have a question. Do you tend to buy things you already have because you either can't find them or forget you have them?

If your answer is yes, I invite you to my premiere on my YouTube channel Friday the 26th at 11:30 a.m. EST US. I'll let you figure out all the conversions.  Friday's video is by request from one of my subscribers where I will be talking about how I know what's in my studio. Mind you, that wasn't always the case! LOL.  I will be in the chat while the video runs so if you have questions or comments I'll be there.

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

 

MIXED MEDIA MONDAY - Challenge Pieces

 Good morning, friends!

I'm getting ready to head out to the garden but wanted to get this post up.

I completed a couple of challenges last week so thought I'd show you what I've been making. I'll drop in the video at the end that talks about them a bit more.

For Cara Brandon's May Mini's I got all three challenges done. We were to do ATC coins, Page Tabs and Specimen slides. My page tabs and slides will work beautifully with my June journal challenge.

And here's the video:

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly

WOYWW #687

 Good morning, friends!

Where did July go? Has anyone seen it? Left without so much as a goodbye!

No animals this week but I'm glad you enjoyed my visitors last week. I think even they are hiding in the heat. Well, except for the one squirrel who keeps coming up on the back deck and rattling his feed can. 

I've managed to get the ladder shelves and the work table moved back into their spots.

Die cutting station with photo boxes ready to be filled with all of the dies. I'm still thinking about covering them with the teal & white Moroccan patterned shelf liner. or at the very least, two of them so that I could have white/ pattern - top shelf, and pattern/ white bottom shelf. We shall see.

The planner shelf is back in operation. The boxes are bird suet cake boxes covered in the blue Moroccan shelf liner I'm considering for the die cutting shelves. What do you think about my idea to cover part of the boxes on the die cutting so I have a checker-board effect.

What you came for...

The desk is covered mostly in items for the bee journals, except for the LIFE magazine from 1963.That particular issue contains a story as told by the last man to see President Lincoln's face before the sarcophagus was placed in it's final resting place. If you're a Lincoln aficionado, or even just a history buff, I'm linking the YouTube video telling of Lincoln's multiple burials until this final entombment.  

Finally, a shot of the bee journals in progress...

Each pile contains the journal signature, pieces for the cover as well as completed embellishments and components of things to be finished.

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