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Good morning to all our WOYWW friends and anyone else who pops in to see what I'm up to.

I've actually managed a bit of crafting of my own this week by making a background piece ready for some card making 

I added a few flowers and free machined a couple before I ran out of steam.

My dear hubby has passed his cold on to me and I've a nasty sore throat so not much energy.

We did manage a visit to the Ironworks at Oswestry. They have a fantastic display of sculptures made from recycled metal.

Some of them are quite scary but Ben loved them.

They must take hours to produce and seem to be made from car, motor cycle and machine parts as well as old bike tyres, chains etc 

Hopefully I get rid of this cold before the weekend as we are going to Wonderwool Wales in Builth for our Tilly Tea Dance staff outing.🤣

Have a good week all 

x x Jo 🌈 

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Good morning all.

My beautiful plants were a gift from my little sis for our wedding anniversary.. They are Senetti which I hadn't heard of. I love the bright jewel- like colours.

My sewing room has seen a bit of Tilly action this week.

I stitched the finished bookmarks onto her cards and bagged them up for sale.

Then she gave me a dozen little flower brooches to add fasteners to the backs and bag them up.

Every little job I do helps to keep her little business flourishing so it's very satisfying.

She's had a few problems with folk copying her work and then going on to hold workshops based on them. I guess social media makes it possible and easy to find lovely work and use it for financial gain. It's just a shame that these folk can't use their own ideas and creativity.. Crafters are usually so much more thoughtful and respectful. That's life these days I guess. Rant over!!

So that's me for this week.

Have a good week all.

x x Jo 🌈 

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Good morning all. I hope you had a lovely Easter weekend.

Ours ended with family tea here and Ben made my busy day all worthwhile by saying "I love it when we all get together" It just shows the simplest things with love, security and friendship mean more to youngsters than we might think.

At last I've got around to knitting a few more twiddle mitts......

A seaside one with a puffin and a lighthouse. There is a fisherman in a dinghy on the reverse.

Then I fancied making a coral reef. 

They are fun to knit and decorate.

Now I need to get a few more design ideas so that I can make a few more.

Lastly we had another lovely outing to Powis Castle. So, just a few photos to share ...

It was a beautiful day and we all enjoyed a gentle walk and the beautiful blossom, tulips and Clivia.

Have a good week all 

x x Jo 🌈 

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Just a quickie this morning!

This week I have been continuing my work for Tilly Tea Dance .

She is taking her work to the Flaxmill Yarnies event next month where she will be demonstrating her art and selling felting materials and her own art.

So, I have been busy making fibre packs. They are just little packs of fibres, yarns etc that can be used for. Needle felting projects. I love putting colours together and creating little packs of gorgeousness 

My next job was to use up some of our alpaca yarn and dye it to create colours for foliage on felted pictures. It is such lovely soft yarn that takes the dye beautifully. Tilly will be felting this into her pictures and also snipping it up to use in workshops. (See her updated website here if you want to know more Tilly Tea Dance)

So, that's me for this week.

Have a great week.

x x Jo 🌈 

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 Here we are again.

Another week, another What's on Your work desk Wednesday.

This week I have been working for Tilly. This was my table yesterday..

I created over twenty fibre packs. It's time consuming but I enjoy the slow pleasure of choosing merino fluff in toning colours and putting them together ready for sale at workshops.

I've also been bagging up postcards to go with all the other stock for Tilly's sale shelf at The Bog Visitor Centre.

I love this little print from her needle felted foxglove picture.

For relaxation,  I've been knitting a few more tiny hearts. I love this random wool...

And finally .. 

This lovely peacock butterfly was basking in my garden before it turned cold and the wild, wet, windy weather descended on us!

So that's me for this week 

I hope you are all well.

x x Jo 🌈