WOYWW # 94

Hello there fellow Crafters!  Thanks for joining me today. 

Hurrah! It is Wednesday! aka Hump Day aka WOYWW day!  Happy Whatever day you want to know today as to you all! 

If you don't know what on earth I am talking about then hop over to Ms Julia's Blog and you will see what WOYWW means.  For those of you who know what I am talking about, here is my desk today. 

What is that? I hear you ask!  Yes, it is empty!!  If you cast your eyes over to the desk opposite you will see that it is full of Invitations.  Last night I finished the Invitations an evening quicker than I was expecting.  This is how things were at the start of yesterday evening.

And.....

My Darling Hubby kindly cooked the Dinner so that I could get on with them.  I was anticipating that I would get as far as attaching the Flutterbies on. 

However, they dried quicker than I anticipated (I had a break whilst eating my Dinner part way through adhering them) and so was able to put the finishing touches of the Diamantes on! 

I have arranged to meet the Bride on Thursday evening in order that I can take the Invitations to her and meet her (all this has been arranged by my friend who is her Niece and samples going back and forth!).  I now want to decorate a suitable bag to put them in and tie them with suitable bows tomorrow before I take them to her.

Here is what they look like finished. 

The photos are not brilliant as I have taken the photos under electric light late at night.  Apologies for that.

I have had a few comments regarding the Butterfly I have used.  It is a Martha Stewart punch.  Now a very used Martha Stewart punch!! (Poor thing - I will have to let it rest now!)  After punching them added some embossing ink and then I sprinkled with holographic embossing powder to make them schparkley!  Some of the butterflies became mottled when the gun was a little warm, but it looks really effective!   

Well , off to look at some other blogs.  No point in not having a nosey with all those desks waiting!

Happy Crafting to you all and thanks for looking at mine.  Please feel free to leave a comment.  They do give me a smile when I read them.

Hugs

Hettie

WOYWW # 7

Hello there Fellow Crafters

Well, I'll go to the foot of our stairs!  How quick has this week gone?  And when is the Spring ever going to come?  You may recall that on a previous posting I asked if I should take the snowflakes down out of my craftroom windows yet and today - yes today - we are having little flurries of mini snowflakes here in Wales!  Only very small but I could not believe my eyes at first but Hubby confirmed it! 

Well, I had planned that this week would be a sewing week as it has been a while since I last had one and I want to get my quilt off the hanging sheet and completed.   (Feel free to click HERE to see what I am on about.)  However, a friend of mine at work asked me last week if I would like to make some Wedding Invitations for her Aunt who is getting married soon.  I made up some examples based on a card that the Aunt already had (no putting too much of "me" into it then!) and on Monday one of the samples I made passed and a deal was struck. 

 The Wedding is in June, so the Invites will be needed for about mid to end of April.  As I am going into hospital to have my knee operated on (hurrah - at last!) in two weeks' time which will make standing a bit of a problem, I really need to get my skates on (chance woudl be a fine thing!).  So instead I will be making a start on doing all the cutting today so that when I am recouperating I will (hopefully) be able to just sit and put them together.   I like to be more of a "now" person than a "last minute" person when I can.  Rushing the job won't win me any favours (or further commissions!). 

You may notice that I have a new addition to my desk - a clockA Very Large Clock!   (You can just see the back of it behind the card)  Hubby kept berating me about the fact that I say that I will be down at about 9 o'clock only to wander down eventually at about 10 o'clock (or later!).  I have a clock in my room (a handmade one nonetheless - no, not the movement silly!), but I have to look over my shoulder to see the time (and I need binoculars to read it but don't tell anyone!).  There is also a clock on the computer, but again, I always have my back to it, so when I was in a certain low-cost shop (B&M) I spied a nice looking clock with a large face which I thought I could live with being on my desk.  So here it is.  Not bad for £2.99!  Big enough for me to see without my glasses on!! LOL!!! 

Well, off to make some Dinner for me and my lovely Hubby.  I am a little earlier tonight as I have been at the Hospital today having my pre-oppy whatsits! Shhhh!  Hopefully I can get to look at more of your desks tonight too.  I understand from the Great One that it was a record attendance last week.  If you are not sure what on earth I am on about with WOYWW click HERE and you will be magically transported, without moving off your chair, to the blog of Julia Dunnitt who organises this official nosey at other peoples' desks from around the world!

TTFN!  (That is Tigger speak for Ta Ta For Now!)

Hettie.