Tuesday 4 January 2011

WOYWW: Work!

What's On Your Workspace Wednesday is where the crafty of the blogosphere go hopping to glance in admiration, envy and sheer pleasure at other workspaces.  The practitioners of tidiness and the "pile it high, push it back" brigade (no prizes for guessing my own school of working practice) can find plenty to marvel at under the supervision of Head Desk Meister, Julia at Stamping Ground.  Try the link to the left to explore further.

In a rare departure for this blog, this WOYWW post contains......drumroll......wait for it......WORK!

Below is the second page of the 2011 calendar.  Get ready for a red hot and pulsating February.  Now I'm not normally a girl for hearts (flowers are another matter entirely), but I thought that OH's birthday, which falls mid-month, deserved a big juicy red heart.  So I broke out the pigment inks again and swirled away vigorously with the kitchen towel.  The squared border is made of two overlapping ink pads, and there's a bit of pearlescent rocket red in the heart.  I've decided that I'll draw the date boxes freehand this month - which will be a bit traumatic, but I'm willing to give it a go - so for now, consider this a work in progress.

If you're interested in seeing an icy blue January 2011 page, you'll find it in the previous post.


And I do need to share some of my lovely sales stash from Hobbycraft: stamps, stickers, journal blanks, elegant dress form toppers, stamps from the sea and a twizzly wire worker that makes interesting beads.



Apologies in advance if I don't manage to get around all the WOYWW desks quickly this week.  I'll be away for a couple of days (house is occupied, so no harm in posting that here), and I don't know yet if we have WiFi access.  I did manage to do the rounds last week, and enjoyed a peek at lots of celebrations.  To the many of you afflicted by foul pestilences (pesteli?), I hope you are now on the mend.  

37 comments:

  1. Happy New Year hun and back to normality now and the dreaded work and school for most of us.Love your page for feb .You must trey pop by my blog you may be surprised thats all im saying...he.he.
    hugs judex

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  2. Awww - thank you so much Jude. (I've been the lucky winner of candy from Jude's blog.) What a lovely start to the year!

    Happy Dances aplenty are going on here.
    Bx

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  3. Great to see the work. Lots of pink and I like it a lot.

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  4. Thanks for the peek and sharing.

    Hugs, Marjo #23

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  5. Great heart and you did well with your sale bargains :-)

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  6. Enjoy your Hobbycraft booty, it looks like you're going to be having fun!
    Happy New Year!
    Chrissie #3

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  7. I was just about to ask if you'd been to the £2.99 shop but then I spotted something that was 99p so my joke fell down then!

    xx

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  8. happy new year! the calendar backgrounds are looking great! and the new stash looks really interesting!

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  9. Loving the look of febs page and well done on your bargains.
    Happy New Year to you
    Minxy #25

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  10. Great pics! Thank you for sharing.

    Do you know about my candy? Pop over to my blog and join!:)

    http://maggiescraft.blogspot.com/

    Maggie
    xx

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  11. Happy new year to you and I hope you have an abundance of mojo to go with your new booty!

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  12. Happy New Year! love the journal page - nice haul from Hobbycraft there too! have fun playing and thanks for sharing. No. 28.

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  13. Oh you are raring ahead of me! I just finished Januarys pages last night!

    I love that heart and the border around it!

    I just read your reply in the comment box below about Henry :P Dear dear we better keep an eye on him - Hetty is all a tremble - I presume it's innocent trembling and nothing else!

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  14. Your February page is red hot and sensational!! Love your icy blue page for January too - I just had a sneak peep - those brilliance stamps are fab!!

    Happy New Year to you xx

    Sherry (82)

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  15. Ooooooh I love those new stamps you've got out on the desk there!

    Thanks for stopping by this morning. Have an art-filled *work*??? day! :)

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  16. I saw you won Jude's giveaway this week. What a fabulous way to start the new year. And those stamps and wire worker thingy look like real bargains. I know the wire thingy was very expensive when it first came out. Happy WOYWW from # 16.

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  17. So much lovely stash - enjoy playing!!

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  18. That IS red hot. Congrats on the win and enjoy your couple of days away. No doubt "work" will be awaiting when you get home.

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  19. You seem to be a very busy lady these days. Hope you have a pleasant time whereever you are going to be for a couple of days. Love the stamps. Can picture me in the beach chair. Funny cause I only live a few miles from the Gulf and can never seem to make it there. Went more when I was the visitor, LOL. #95

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  20. You did well at Hobbycraft, I love that D Morgan stamp, no such bargains to be had at mine!
    Linby x #109

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  21. Great booty there! I know I have lots of stash (as you saw when you dropped by...) but i feel the need to get more...
    The office was a bit better today, someone brought in a fan heater that actually heated!!

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  22. Wow I'm impressed that you got a Stamp Happens stamp for that ridiculously cheap price! Love those Debbie Morgan images.

    Hugs
    Brenda 83

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  23. Nice haul of stash from the sales. Enjoy February !

    Marilyn

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  24. Think I need to make a journal - some lovely pages on the blogs today!

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  25. I popped in my local hobby craft and they had crates full of stamps but I have a hate of rummaging so gave up after the first one. Hugs Pam

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  26. Hiya

    great page, I am so impressed with the price of that rocking chair stamp!!! oh to be sat somewhere so peaceful right now would be lovely

    Joey x

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  27. I love the February page as well as the blue January one from the previous post. And wonderful finds from the store - have lots of fun with those! (#99)

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  28. I need sunglasses for your very bright pink page.You did really well in Hobbycraft....enjoy your break and enjoy your stash when you return!
    Sue xx 50

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  29. What fun! Your delicious new stash looks fab as does your February calendar. It will be great with your writing! Happy WOYWW! #7

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  30. What a lovely big juicy heart, gorgeous.
    Your Hobby craft stash is great, what bargains you found.
    Enjoy your few days away.
    Hugs Lisa (108)

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  31. Great calendar pages... I'm still trying to find time to start January so well don'e to you! It always amazes me how everyone else finds great things in Hobbycraft.. .it never happens there for me! boo hoo!
    thanks for visiting me,
    joZarty x

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  32. Whats a Twizzly wire worker that makes interesting beads? I'm intrigued. Tell me more.
    I know I have blown this months budget (but I did get free postage cos I spent £30) so I'm thinking a little more stash won't do any harm. Off to order some goodies from the link you sent me. Just don't tell 'The Doc'

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  33. Love the calendar pages. :-)
    Thank you for your caring comments yesterday. I'm pleased to say the sciatica seems much improved today and I'm actually able to tackle some sewing :-)
    Hugs,
    A x

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  34. Oh you are grand to be doing the journal and I adore this page...and yep, the boxes will be a trauma, but I'm right behind you when you do it - you'll know beceause I'm without the courage to do it myself!

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  35. Lovely calender page and wonderful new stamps! Is that boat stamp for iris folding?...I've never seen stamp templates for that.

    Thanks for the peek! :D

    x♥Tracey♥x...ƸӜƷ

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  36. Love the February journal page - great bargins you found to and congratulations on your blog candy win ~ Nicky 124

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