WOYWW

Another week another WOYWW! Pop over to Lunch Lady Jan and join in if you like sharing your craft fun with others.

It's been a wet week and of course there has been footie to watch so I have had a little bit of time for crafty activity.
Shrewsbury Town Football club donated a few items for me to use to trim my Twiddlemuffs.
I added a few bits and bobs that I thought would make the muffs more interesting to a footie fan.
Here is what I came up with.....

Then I chopped up a pair of old denims and added these to a different one - a zip, buttons and a little pocket on the back.

I have had lovely emails from the hospital so I will be knitting a couple more footie muffs and then taking a whole boxful for them next week. I will try and take a photo before they go!

AND here are the last couple of ATCs - some lovely work with velvet from Diana - Velvetmoth and a beautiful little ATC from Lynne Mizera in Canada. We have had such lovely little works of art sent to us - many of them coming across oceans to reach us! Thanks lots both.

So that's it for this week.
Sending all our love and best wishes to Julia and the hope that she is feeling a bit better each day.

Have a great week everyone.
Thanks for calling by.

x Jo

WOYWW friendship

A happy WOYWW everyone!

Today I am posting the ATCs which have arrived so far in response to our anniversary swapathon!

They are all so different and individual.
It's great to see what everyone does and, as a non-papercrafter, I am always in awe of the creativity and mix of skills involved.
So, a big thank you to Angela, Neet, Shaz -silverwolf, Jan, Sandra de, Wipso, Annie, Nikki, Debbie, Sylvia and Chris.

At the top is my little Queen of WOYWW pincushion that I made to celebrate our first anniversary in honour of our favourite Queen of Snoop, Julia.  We are so glad you are home and on the mend Julia - our love and best wishes and a huge hug to you from all of us.

Have a good week everyone!

x Jo

WOYWW

I am quickly writing the text for this post on Tuesday 31st May.
I am waiting for Ben to come to play and thought I would do this little task while I wait.

Firstly, I know we are all thinking of Julia and we can only imagine what her life has been like for the last few months. So, our very best wishes go out to Julia, her family and  friends. Here's hoping all goes well and she can make a speedy recovery. I know she will be in the thoughts and prayers of a lot of folk this week.

I took my crafty activity out onto my patio table for a photo in the sunshine.
Don't they all look bright and beautiful - a dozen twiddle muffs waiting to be delivered to Shrewsbury hospital. I have lost count of how many I have made but think it must be about 40 now. I was going to stop but I am afraid I am addicted - totally hooked! If anyone knows a cure - let me know, or better still send me some more chunky wool oddments to feed my habit!!!

Now I have to thank all you lovely folk who have sent ATCs to Annie and me.
I will take photos next week when Annie has seen them all as I think there is still a bit of passing over to be done. It has been fun creating our mini works of art and sending them round the globe. It brings home to us just how important our little online crafty group has become. Again, all due to a fun lady who could see the value of like minds joining together, around the globe, for a bit of harmless fun! God Bless her!
Ok - so if you want to join in the fun, you need to pop over to Lunch Lady Jan's Fabric Frenzy. She is making a great job of looking after Mr Linky! Thanks Jan.

Have a great week.

x Jo

WOYWW - 7th anniversary!

A Happy 7th Anniversary of our WOYWW crafty get togethers!

For the last seven years crafty folk from all over the globe have been exposing their work desks to anyone who cares to drop in and have a good snoop round. Many happy friendships have been formed and crafty ideas, stash and fun have been traded and enjoyed by us all.
Of course without the help of the lovely Julia - and Jan too, this wouldn't have happened. So, a huge thanks to Julia and all our love and best wishes to you for the next few weeks. You will be in all our thoughts, I am sure. And Jan, thanks for holding the fort and keeping us all in order. You know where we are if you need us!!

My ATCs will be winging their way to anyone who told Annie or me that you wanted to swap.
Here are a few more of them...

AND this is the state of my desk this week...

I have been busy with a birthday card for a special Yorkshire friend.
The books are some of my favourite ones which I thought I had lost in the move.
(I found them hiding under a shelf - just wondering now what else is lurking in odd spaces where they were stuffed in haste to get the sewing room looking tidy!)

So there we are, 7 years of crafty fun shared with you all - where did that time go!
You only have to look back over old blog posts to see what a happy crafty time we have shared and just how much wonderful craftiness we have brought into the world.
Long may it last.

Thanks for all your WOYWW friendship and love.

I am hoping to visit every desk in celebration this week!!

Have a fun week.

x Jo

WOYWW

Here is my work table in all its glory today!

We have been busy getting ready for an event that Maxine is taking her "Tilly Tea Dance" delights to.
Consequently we have a piling system in place!!
It will be all neat and tidy, ready for when she arrives later this morning but at the moment it's a mess!
Of course, I don't help by dumping my Twiddle muffs on the end of the table.
So - enjoy the snoop - you might spot half mounted daisy pictures and lovely woolly wet felted background pieces draped over my machine. The rest is just a jumble of left over bits and bobs that all need to find a home to get tidied away into.

Just a query for you clever card and paper crafters - Do you know how I can get hold of some large die cut labels - approx 15cm x 8cm with a fancy scalloped top with hole punched for ribbon thread etc?
Maxine is displaying her brooches on them and we will probably need to restock.

That's it for this week.
Don't forget our ATC swap next week. I have ours all ready to post but will also put  Twiglet* on Mr Linky next week so that I can pass one to the next person who signs in after me.

Have a great week and thanks for calling by.

x Jo