Showing posts with label Room Of Stash. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Room Of Stash. Show all posts

Thursday, 11 April 2013

Normal Service Is Resumed....

...oh boy, I am sitting here, ever so slightly smiley of face because... I did it! Oh yesh, I tidied the Room of Stash and now I have a lovely long desk to work at again.  It took about four hours - and every time the old Room gets messy I say "never again... that is ****(insert amount of hours lost) I will never get back and could have been creating".   So.  I know it will happen again but... for now... it is back to how I want it!  And here it is...




Yes, the shelves need a tidy... and don't look under the desk, that is... ahem... my collection of Yankee Candles (my FAVE candles, my fave scents are Sweetpea and any of the cherry ones) which need a proper box instead of a Clinton's bag.  As well as my Clinton's collection bag, my Studio 490 stamps live there, I oft get asked "what are those things under the desk..."  So there you go, my most beloved collection of stamps!  Also on the desk is my latest sketch for a creation... I shall hopefully be making that later today.   Let me tell you about what happened yesterday though!  So, I am mid way through making the Room of Stash habitable and it is lunchtime.  So, Grim says "I will make it"  And me, being ever the control freak said "Tis ok, I shall do it..."  SO, into the kitchen, tins of tuna being opened, cucumber being sliced and AlfieCat being a demon around my ankles.  He loves his tune-tunes.   So, I put a bit into his bowl and there he was scoffing awway noisily.  He does love his tune-tunes very muchly.  What he also likes to do is nip in between my ankles as I am walking.  Which is exactly what he did.  And I had two options: first one was to keep walking and tread on him.  That isn't even an option is it really?  So, the other thing I could have done was to do a little side-steppy maneuvere... which is what, I indeedily, did do.  And ended up off balance and going from standing upright to thumping onto my left hip in about 2 seconds flat.  Alfie scattered, he was obviously scared of getting squished.  So, from my place on the kitchen floor and the ever so slightly really-wanted-to-laugh-but-it-really-hurt-very-much look on my face, I decided to sit it out... you know, wait til enough time has passed so it looks like you did it on purpose.  That wasn't going to happen was it?  Grim, bless him, didn't laugh... I could not have blamed him though.  Needless to say, I spent the majority of the rest of the day bemoaning my "broken hip" and nursing my, once more, aggravated war wound.  Not to worry though.... it turned out ok, Alf is ok, the kitchen floor isn't damaged... and those tuna sammies were lush!    I reckon it is time to go and make that desk messy again so I shall say... thanks for looking!! TTFN...

Hels x

PS.  Just remembered... I have had a few emails asking "will you be at Ally Pally?"  Yes, I will be there on Sunday demonstrating on the Creative Expressions stand and also I am doing a 20 minute demo in the Demonstration Area... not sure what the time of that is, I will let you know as soon as I do :O)

Wednesday, 10 April 2013

Oh... The Shame!!!

...now, if you are of a nervous disposition and all that, it might be best if you look away now... because I am doing something that I have to do in order to make me do something that I have been putting off for days.  *NB, that necessarily isn't making sense at the moment.... *  Ok, so I am officially "outing" myself.  Here goes,  my name is Hels and I have adopted slatternly behaviours and now have a Room of Trash....   and here it is!!!!!!!!!!!!



I know, I know, I know... some people would love to have a lovely room all to themselves for their crafty stash.  And I have one and I have abused it.  *hangs head in shame*  What am I doing showing you what it looks like?  Well, like I said, I am outing myself.  Because at the moment it is so bad I have nowhere to sit, work at or, come to think of it, I can't find a thing either!  I figured that if I show you the photo's I will have no choice but to clean it up, sort it out and get it back to tidy again.  The amount of time spent prevaricating is getting out of hand too... I really don't need to see another You Tube video of a cute cat chasing a laser light or falling into a cardboard box do I?  Do I?  Nope!  Here's another shot of the mess...



And in my defence, it has become this bad because last week I did all those telly shows and came home, bunged the boxes in here and dumped some stuff out of them and put more stuff into them ready for my workshop last Saturday... and then Sunday I was tired and aching so I decided to put it off until Monday, then the sad news about Mrs T came on the radio so I watched the news all afternoon... and yesterday  I spent a wonderful day in Londinium with Anita Houston who is over from the good old US of A.... and now I am fast thinking up excuses to not tidy it today... well, there are some dusty cobwebs that need attention and you can see from the photo that some of the clocks I collect have actually stopped... several weeks ago!  And the kitchen floor needs a wipe over... and I have some buttons that need colour sorting...  Yikes *stop it Hels* !!!!!  So, time has come to show myself up and by outing myself it means that next time I post I will have nice tidy pics to show you.  Plus, I cannot possibly make anything whilst the room is in this state... and... shhhh, don't tell anyone but... I have some more telly shows!!! Next Wednesday.. times to be advised but I can tell you that... it is the Melt Pot with... something brand new!!!! Tee HEEEEEEE.  I can't wait to show you all, so on that sneaky bombshell, I shall bid you a goodly day and away to clear the decks.... thanks for looking, have a FAB day!!!  TTFN

Hels x

Thursday, 3 June 2010

Ta Dahhhh!!!!!

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I done it!!!!!!!!!!! Yes indeedily, I have... finished the Room of Stash! And I have just done a happy dance cos I am well chuffed with it! Here are some piccies of it now - still needs a swag or something at the window - which isn't as mucky as it looks, honest, that is a shadow LOL





I have my desk in the left corner and the spare desk in the right corner, which is all ready for my very first guest tomorrow :O))



I went to B&Q yesterday and bought another storage jobby and all my paints and Grungepaper, Maya Road etc are in there, it is on wheels so can be moved right next to me so I don't even have to get up to reach my Traditional Tan now LOL



And... I came home with three more shelves *Grim is still talking to me.. just ROFL* and I need one above the pink shelf here - that can store the Alcohol Inks and the Cuttlebug so that the surface of the unit will be clearer.




Anyways.. I know it isn't WOYWW but.. I am so excited I just had to share... best get in gear now and find that Mojo so I can make something arty to blog now LOL ... Thanks for looking...TTFN

Hels x

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