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happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. There is nothing on my desk at the moment BUT i thought I would share what I did yesterday late afternoon!

our sketching group Bristol urban sketchers are 10 years old this year and Cass Art in bristol is holding an exhibition of our art in their store and last night was the opening. it was lovely, seeing pictures of our art over the past decade, over a glass of wine/elderflowerspritz and catching up with other members, a lovely couple of hrs kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. It's been a busy week, with Bristol Harbour festival last weekend and we went to Avon valley Railway, which is our local heritage railway and as members we were able to do a steam train brake van ride! All this as well as the allotment and of course the pay the bills day job too! However, check this out i actually did some crafting!!

I wanted to make a card and I was looking for certain images, when I know the recipient has it i will post a picture of it, but it was fun making it as I haven't been through some of these stamps for SO long. totally forgot my Man Bites Dog cards though. Oh and another thing going on in Bristol during the summer is the Gromit Unleashed Trail raising money for the Grand Appeal. I spotted a few so far but this year they are also in other areas so I think we will need to travel round a bit as i do love spotting them.

I do love spotting them. Hope you all have a good week kyla

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happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. finally we got rain yesterday and showers for the rest of this week. i missed last week as i was london for a few days so all this week outside of work its catching up in the allotment. so my desk is my plot!

before london we picked 2.5kg black currants and made blackcurrant vinegar. whilst we were away more ripened so I am picking more. I cut back the stalks and pick the fruit off as that saves a job of cutting them back. I will freeze these later today as I am making bags of frozen mixed fruit to add to my porridge throughout the winter.

I have also picked the last of the broadbeans (to be frozen), the start of the runner beans, salads that are almost finished (i planted them over winter) courgettes, onions,nasturtiums,potatoes and more sweet peas. still lots to do and I will pick rhubarb, the last of the raspberries and harvest the potatoes, but for now i ran out of time! happy days kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. Apologies as I didn't make all of the desk returns last week, it was rather a hectic week, long hrs at the pay the bills job and then allotment every evening then bed early as this humidity and my Rheumatoid Arthritis is a difficult pairing! Will all sort itself out but must admit i am shattered.

My desk this week is a mess! Started the July 365 journal prep and then the carbon monoxide alarm broke so i bought a replacement and spent an evening fitting it. Sadly couldn't find one with the same screw spacing so that involved re drilling and trying to get the wall plugs etc out! Gave up and 'painted' them with my paint pens so they blend in!!! Happy with that, its working. Forgot my 'Man bites dog' cards again the week but think there are enough headlines at the moment! kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. My desk this week is the dining room table. That's because.......i did some sewing!

I havent got my sewing machine out for ages. Our back door curtain lining ripped. It's full length glass doors so the sun coming in obviously aged them! The entire lining on both has started to disintegrate. i blame the sun....however, we have had these for best part of 20 years and before that they hung in my aunte and uncles house so they are probably best part of 30 yrs old!!

I think its too much of a faff to remove the entire lining and reline so I decided to do a bodge job and just sew it up and then swapped the curtains over so the mended one is no longer in the doorway that we open but against the other side of the door so it cant be seen easily and its not going to be blown about in the doorway etc so I reckon that will do, hopefully for another year, but we will keep our eyes out in charity shops for replacements eventually!! Hope you are all having an ok week and not too hot where you are. kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. This is my desk, not from today but a few days ago. mainly as my desk is currently empty and I actually made a card the other day so thought I would do a cheeky and post that instead!

the card is for my cousins wedding. His partner is an amazing pyrographer and super talented so I just had to make them a card rather than buy one!

not much crafting at the moment as busy on the allotment but will hopefully get some crafting done soon kyla

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Happy woyww. Well, this week has allotment stuff on the craft desk!

well, I am cleaning down my plant labels! I have some wooden ones but my older plastic ones get reused until they break. I find acetone (used to use it in crafting years ago to clean pen marks etc) works best, and cheap nail varnish remover does the job fine! forgot my 'Man Bites Dog' cards this week but think there has been enough news around! Hope you all have a crafty week kyla

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happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. On my desk this week is actual crafting!

I was making a card so remembered other crafters on here used masterboard pieces and stencils with paints. so I grabbed a piece of card I had already painted and decorated and then used acrylic paint and a stencil to cover the card. then I added some more tim holtz word stickers. happy that it used up background pieces I created ages ago and I need to keep this up as I have a few backgrounds knocking about! My Man Bites Dog cards this week are 'lawyer saves lost girl'- happy with that as not as miserable as most weeks headlines! kyla

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morning fellow woywwers!! I still can't believe last week was the 16th anniversary of us all coming together once a week and sharing our desks! No crafting on my desk this week BUT I did receive the lovely PIF card from Lunch lady Jan, thank you, its lovely and will get blue tacked to my craft room wall.

to be honest, this time of year my allotment is where i spend most of my spare time.

this is the bottom of one of my plots, sweetpeas, broadbeans, radish, winter lettuce and now runner beans are all in. last year i created a small pond and the iris i planted has flowered, happy days. I still have my ATC to post to twiglet, just need your details and I will pop it in the post kyla

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wow, i can't believe that its been 16 years! julia and jan (and now Sarah) started something amazing. over the years I have met up, crafted, shared supplies and ate a lot of cake with some fabulous crafter across the globe. made some good friends and learnt many new technique. thank you, I love it and it's been a bit of a godsend at times giving me purpose and inspiration. this is my current desk

on my desk I have made my ATC. it's not too intricate but the words from my tim holt stickers (gifted from a friend whose crafty mum sadly passed away) sums up how I feel about the group, "friends, inspire, photograph, memories, journal, create, together and show"

I was so pleased when Sarah took over enabling us to continue, thank you. my ATC is a physical in case we are sending it on to someone (can never remember if its the person before or after!). Either way there is one! happy woyww kyla