Good morning all.

This week has flown by again.

We had a lovely meet up with Jan. I'm sure she will be sharing photos. It was so good to see her and of course we chatted and giggled together whilst enjoying the stunning views from her holiday home. It was a nice relaxing day out and ride into the Shropshire countryside.

My sewing room is sparkling with the addition of a nice new ironing board cover. (I'm easily pleased)

I've been busy adding textured yarns to Inspiration packs for Tilly.

I love making these little packs of fluff.

My other job has been to make a Stranger Things birthday cake for Ben. As I always say... Good enough is good enough.,.. and it  really was a yummy rich fruit cake, which we all enjoyed after our tea yesterday.

And finally just a little bit of Autumn colour in our garden. It really is amazing how quickly everything recovered following weeks of drought...

Before I go, I wonder if any of you lovely card makers and paper crafters can help me?

A query for the folk who know about coloured pencils. Max wants to renew her Karisma pencils. Is there a current replacement or something of similar quality?

Have a good week all 

x x Jo 🌈 

WOYWW

 Another week, another Wednesday!

Today I have 3 useful pieces of fabric on my table - waiting for inspiration. My friend passed them on to me so that I can make a few items for our local charity. I'm just not sure what to do with them just yet. Maybe some little bags and purses.

This week I have been restocking Tilly's local outlets and clearing her exhibition at Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre. She was really pleased with the sales from it, so it was well worth all the effort.

Tomorrow we are meeting up with Jan so we are really looking forward to that. Aren't we lucky!😀

Short and sweet this week.

Have a good week all!

x x Jo 🌈 

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 Good morning all.

I hope you are enjoying the cooler weather. We even had rain on Monday night! 

This week I have been helping Tilly by framing her tiny floral and sheepy pics. They all sell well in the local shops. We are surrounded by sheepy Shropshire Hills after all.😀

My work room hasn't seen much crafty activity but I did manage to do a set of Bluebell Woods workshop packs. I only have 6 more sets for September to put together!

We had a day out at Stokesay Castle, Craven Arms on Saturday.

This is a view from the top. Can you spot the key shaped bush in the garden? There was a little quiz for the children to find clues to it. 

It's a lovely little fortified manor house. You can just spot the gatehouse on the left. It's a shame everywhere was so scorched but it did mean we could walk around the moat. Usually it's a bit boggy.

So that's me for this week.

Have a good week.

x x Jo 🌈 

WOYWW

 Good morning all.

Last week I was out with Tilly setting up her exhibition at  Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre at Craven Arms. All went well and it really did look wonderful. It was very bright and photos were difficult to take of her fifty needle felted pictures along two walls. I did take a snap of her table top small items.

She managed to sell her first picture before it had even been hung on the wall!  So that bodes well for future sales.

Today I've been mounting a few remaining pieces.

Before...

After....

I think they will go to a local outlet 

Lastly, I thought I'd share this gorgeous bloom with you. It must be nearly ten years old and I don't do much to look after it but it still blooms each time.

So that's it for this week.

We are still trying to stay cool, although it has been slightly more comfy this week 

Have a good week all 

x x Jo 🌈 

WOYWW

 Happy WOYWW everyone 

I hope you are all keeping cool and safe during the heatwave. We have limited our outings and tried to drink plenty of water, keeping out of the sun.

I've pottered in my sewing room but really it's been too warm for anything too tricky.

I framed a felted, bluebell picture for Tilly..

It reminded me of a lovely day - probably 43 years ago when we walked in the bluebell woods, where I took this photo. Where do those years go?!

And finally......our other little artist in the family made this oil pastel card for his Grandad...

Aren't we blessed to have such arty talent in the family.

Stay safe all.

x x Jo 🌈 

WOYWW

 Good morning all 

Thank goodness for the cooler weather. It has been very pleasant this week with just enough rain to keep the garden fresh.  We have picked two lots of strawberries already.

As part of our 17th anniversary, Angela sent us sisters some little celebration bookmarks.

Isn't it pretty? Thanks lots Angela..🥰

I had another gift this week...

I met up with my college friends for lunch on Sunday and one of my crafty friends made this for me. He is about 6 inches tall. I called him Shoreham. We lived in a terraced house on Shoreham Street - right next to Sheffield United football ground. I think Annie wants the pattern so that she can make a few too.

My craft room hasn't seen much action although I did manage another set of workshop packs for Tilly - Lavender fields this time.

That's me for this week 

Have a good week all 

x x Jo 🌈 

WOYWW

 Good morning all 

Welcome to our Wednesday desk sharing.

I'm afraid I have only managed a few jobs for Tilly Tea Dance this week. It's been too hot and sticky to do much more and I have spent time keeping cool and well hydrated.

These little piles of fluff will become fibre packs for Tilly to sell at her workshops. They are always popular and I enjoy putting colours together.

Yesterday we had monsoon-like showers at the end of a really hot day 

I'm hoping it hasn't knocked the petals off my pretty rose.

I hope you have managed to stay cool and safe in this unusual May weather.

Have a good week all.

x x Jo 🌈 

WOYWW

 Good morning all. 

Another week has flown by and my sewing room has seen very little activity. I have done a little bit of yarn dyeing for Tilly... 

However, I have been hindered by a miserable insect bite on my leg. It started itching and was hot and inflamed so I had to get antibiotics for it  I'm not usually troubled much by insect bites but this one is nasty!

While walking to meet Ben from school I saw this on the railway bridge. .

I'm guessing a local artist is going to paint a mural of a steam engine on the freshly painted wall. I will up date you when it's finished.

So that's me for this week 

Looking forward to a sunny Bank Holiday weekend 

x x Jo 🌈 

WOYWW

 

Good morning all.

Proud mum moment here this week 

We spent Saturday at the Shrewsbury Flaxmill Yarnies event held in the old dye room.

It was a super day. The room was filled with beautiful dyed yarns and fibres.

Tilly was invited by the organizers to show her work and of course demonstrate her craft.

We met lots of lovely folk, many were interested to find out about her workshops too.

She sold quite a lot of her artwork, cards etc so she was thrilled. It was a great opportunity to share a  quality day together.

This week I am putting together workshop packs and having a couple of days out and about. 

Lastly, I know you will all be feeling sad at the loss of a treasured member of our group. Neet was a lovely lady, so thoughtful, caring and such a creative artist. We loved meeting up with her and Chas at our crafty get togethers. She will be sadly missed by us all.

Here is a little selection of Neet's ATC characters that she sent me over the years. All very quirky and very Neet. The card in the middle is the one that I had written and was ready to post to her on the day we heard the sad news. RIP dear lady.

x x Jo 🌈 

WOYWW

 

Good morning all 

I hope you are all well and enjoying the sunshine.

Yesterday was a bit chilly due to a north wind but hoping for more sunshine later in the week.

I managed to get my cards finished.

Some are similar to ones I've made before.

These are slightly different.

I've a few birthdays coming up so they will be useful.

The rest of my time has been spent pricing and prepping items for Tilly. She is having a stall at the Yarnies event at the Flaxmill Shrewsbury on Saturday.

She has had some magnets made using her felted designs. I think they look lovely.

She also has extended her card range. I'm sure they will fly off the shelves. Who doesn't love a puffin?!

So that's me for this week.

I'm hoping Neet is OK as we haven't heard from her for a while. Hugs to you if you are reading this Neet.

Have a good week

x x Jo 🌈 

WOYWW

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 🌈 

WOYWW

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 🌈 

WOYWW

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 🌈 

WOYWW

 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 🌈 

WOYWW

 Good morning all.

I hope you are all well and enjoying the Spring-like weather at the moment. We've had a few sunny days and had a lovely day at Powis Castle last week.

It's well worth a visit if you are on the Welsh border at any time.

This week I have been mostly busy with jobs for Tilly. She has worked on some beautiful needle felted pictures of The Stiperstones. These pictures always sell well at the Bog Centre which is nearby.

Any crafty activity has been limited to finishing off a few more egg covers which I am posting to Jan for her RNLI sales.

I need to get my head round some new ideas for my crafty activity. Maybe a few collage cards for birthdays etc.

So that's me for this week.

Have good week everyone one.

I hope you had a nice birthday Neet!

x x Jo 🌈 

WOYWW

 

Good morning all.

Welcome to my sofa. My desk is full of Tilly Tea Dance artwork awaiting pricing and labelling ready for stocking up The Bog Centre, when it opens at the beginning of April.

So, I have made another little cottage bag. I love the random dyed cotton yarn that I found in my stash. It makes the perfect roof, I think.

I have also knitted a few more chicks and sheep to pop creme eggs inside.

So that's all I have to share today.

Best wishes to Neet. I hope you pop in to see what we are all up to. Love from all your WOYWW buddies 

Have a good week all 

x x Jo 🌈