WOYWW 295 (long - sorry)

Well, here I am, back in the cold and missing Mary and the family - and the warmth!  Journey home took far too long, if only Dr Who was around and he could transport me between America and the UK in the blink of an eye.  Still, must not grumble about the weather as yet, look at what the east coast of America is experiencing - hope everyone is safe over there.

Am still suffering jet lag - usually takes me about three weeks to get over it - mind you, with the amount of unpacking and putting away I have who could blame this foggy brain from staying where it is?  Here is my mess - desk, sorry.

OK OK, you don't think this is a mess!  Right?  Well it is the tail end of my clearing up and I thought I would be gentle on your eyes and show you one or two things I made whilst at CHA.  Top left is a felt bag I decorated (stuck flowers on with glue - very difficult) in a Make and Take for a glue company.  Next to it is a Journal (workshop) we decorated with Tammy Tuttrow and next to that one done with Marje Kemper - again a workshop.  Both thoroughly enjoyed but I didn't learn anything. Then we come to the heart - my Andy Skinner workshop which I loved.  Learned lots about paint techniques (can I remember?) and got lots of free products as a bonus.  Missing is my Oil Smudge workshop but as I turned my results into cards and sent them off I cannot show you them now.  Later maybe.

The other things are all Make & Takes - first is a card made with Heartfelt Creations using their new dies, real pretty; then a bookmark made with Spellbinders; a scarf made with someone using faux Indian Block stamps and finally a box, still needs putting together, made to showcase the gel pens.

This is the desk/room as was on Tuesday morning (I am writing this ahead of time as jet lag will mean I sleep until Wednesday lunchtime from about 6 am having been awake most of the night)

NOTE:  I am awake and have been since 2 am - no sleep in me - so much for my thoughts above!

A mix of Christmas and CHA/America

You can just see my shopping bag - four panels painted by four Design Team members at Ranger - Dina Wakley, Dyan Reaveley, Wendy Vecchi and Tim Holtz on the chair back.

View Left

View Right - can't wait to do that clock

Inside the brown box are some paints courtesy of Andy Skinner's workshop and Decoart who were so generous to us all.

Below is a photo including some Christmas stuff left when we set off for America - still not unwrapped my book from Art from the Heart sale.  It is so prettily wrapped I am struggling with taking it apart.

And now for my freebies.  I didn't think I had got so many but when I unpacked there seems to be loads - mainly from Andy Skinner class as mentioned above - thanks a lot, can't wait to play with these paints, stencils and stamps.

and finally stuff bought

My lovely wonderful Chameleon pens, thank you Mary.  Tools, beads, stamps, Gelatos (dies and new case which I had put away when I did the photo) - thanks to the family and friends for the vouchers, I had such a wonderful spend.  

The rub ons (seem to be very much in vogue over there as they were used a lot in workshops), hessian, paper (as if I needed more), journal and alarm clock which I just had to buy were all purchases from Michaels, Joannes and Hobby Lobby.

Well, that is it.  Now to try to find room to put all of this extra stuff - what can I throw out to make room?  And I haven't shown you my early birthday present from himself yet?  It's a big box and needs careful storage, something I have longed for for such a long time.  Maybe next week I will show you.

In case you are wondering who I am talking to pop over to the stamping-ground and see what is going on in various corners of the world as crafters come together to share Wednesdays.  See you there later.