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happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. my desk is empty(well, empty of craft stuff) BUT i have been creating stuff! its a couple weeks after i would usually make it but....

I finally made my Christmas cake! its a recipe i have made for a few years now, my mate made it and i was so impressed I have made it ever since! its only 3 ingredients fruit soaked in hot chocolate then flour stirred in. i add spices and pecan nuts but that's it, so simple but really tasty. hope you all have a fabulous holiday season kyla

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happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. so on my desk this week is actual crafting! after taking inspiration from you all. I am making some Christmas cards, admittedly not many, only managed a couple but still, it's two more than I had!

forgot my man bites dog cards again, sorry....headlines are crazy enough at the moment anyway I reckon! hoping I can find some time and inspiration to make some more cards this week happy woyww kyla

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Morning all, so, what's on your workdesk this Wednesday? Mine is like a jumble sale!!! yep, i went into a whole new level of sorting!!! why???! Actually, it was a good excuse, poor weather and not feeling too great so decided to sort some stuff out. our local food bank and community hall do free chat and craft sessions one morning a week. I cant attend as its when I am at work but the lady who runs it knows i craft so she is happy to take any 'goodies' I may have. So, i sorted jewellery making bits and ribbons as thought it would be good for them to make Christmas pressies.

sorry i didnt get round all the returns and forgot my Man bites dog cards this week too, but hope your all good and crafting well. kyla

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Happy Whats on your Workdesk Wednesday. So, on my desk this week (well, photographed last night), no crafting but a bit of sorting. I was trying to find my Christmas papers and came across a folder I created with different tags and postcards I sketched at the time, often as part of the Art Abandonment community, and thought I should sort the out!

Inevitable happened, soon regretted trying to tidy as I got sidetracked and before I knew it most of the evening was over!! I never learn, lol. My Man Bites Dog cards this week are...odd to say the least - "Rare Bizarre Swinging Lady Model" - however, in Bristol at the weekend there was an auction of loads of items from the old Bristol Zoo site, of which there were many different advertising boards from many years ago and a varied selection of models and statues-so maybe it was one of them!! So, Whats on your workdesk? Kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. Another week and believe it or not more mending! Having mended my allotment jeans last week now it's the turn of my gloves! yes I have several different pairs, mostly fingerless as I have raynauds so wear them a lot of the year...but....I am 'frugal'hence once again sewing them up ;-)

my "man bites dog' cards this week are 'convict lady weds lawyer lover!!' Well, considering a lot of the actual headlines at the moment, yep, believable! so, what's on your workdesk? kyla

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Happy Whats on your workdesk wednesday, really sorry as wasnt able to do all my revists last week as time got away with me. On my desk this week are my allotment jeans as they SO need mending again!!! Jan may even spot that on the right hand side of my desk is the pin cushion that (I think) she made us for a WOYWW crop meet up many years ago!! I still use it.

My "Man Bites Dog" cards this week are...."Tough Blind Singer Stuns First"......ooh, not a singer but it did make me think of the amazing comedian Chris McCausland and his amazing Strictly Come Dancing every week, he is amazing, those lifts and keeping in time all whilst blind, wow. I need to finish these jeans (as the holes are TOO big and I think may be a bit risky now to wear!!) and then finish off Inktober, yep, I am late but am almost finished!! Happy Crafting kyla

Happy whats on your workdesk wednesday. On my desk this week is my 365 journal which I am trying to finish before I forget what I have done for the first few days of November! November?!!! I mean, HOW did that happen!!! Also on the right are some more chilli peppers I have picked and am drying out, I will thread them on the ever growing chilli ristras I am making with this years harvest. Only small as they are small dwarf chillies, but they will see me through the year and add some heat to my meals

Also, this was the finished wedding card I was making last week. I didnt go to the wedding, BUT, as luck would have it when I saw the photos her wedding dress was also bright red and in layers!! I couldnt believe my luck as it looked a little like the card too!!

Hope you are all good and getting some crafting in too. I need to catch up on my Inktobers as got about a weeks worth to finish and will post them when done too. happy WOYWW kyla

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Happy whats on your workdesk wednesday. Blogger still wont let me post photos from my phone (even though I have allowed this page to be an exception) so annoyingly I need to set up the computer and transfer the photo and update via that route!! At least I can still take part, but what a faff! So, on my desk this week is actual crafting!! I know, a bit unusual at the moment! I found out that someone I know is getting married this week so I thought I would make them a card and am using red fabric petals to make into a flower fixed with a jewel in the middle. My "man bites dog" headline this week is...."Priest weds bizarre drugs angel!" - could be worse, could have been focussed on the elections in the states at the moment! So, whats on your workdesk? kyla

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happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday update where we share our desks across the globe. i am still stringing more chillies BUT on my desk at the moment is me catching up with Inktober. I have taken part for years and usually do them on hanging tags as i can then hang them from the shelf on my desk as reminders and prompts for me to see how my drawing has developed and changed. sadly google won't allow me to add photos on here (this happened once before) so I will try again later (if not it will be on my IG account if you follow me). if not, basically it's a messy desk with pens and tags!! the man bites dog cards were 'bored fans dunk star hero!!' so, what's on your workdesk? kyla

Most odd, lets me add it via a laptop just not on any mobile device!! Who knows!!!! kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday, on my desk this week are chilli peppers!! I thread them onto cotton to dry and then they hang in the kitchen to use through the winter.

as to my man bites dog cards,'judge blames drugs model' ooh!! also is one of my kolbie Blume watercolour teaching books, I love her style and find it inspirational, i was planning on doing some painting but that hasnt happened so far this week, yet so, whats on your workdesk? kyla

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So, this week is 800 weeks since Julia started What's on your Workdesk Wednesday and now the amazing Sarah has taken over. The idea was to post our first WOYWW entry and so here is mine - it was 29 Sept 2010, I cant believe I have been taking part for 14 years now!! this was my desk from back then

To be honst my desk hasnt changed much over the years, still the same mess!! It made me laugh looking back over my blog as I was posting veg harvests and chutney making as well as crafting 15 years ago!! Some things really dont change! Happy Whats on your workdesk Wednesday kyla

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 Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. So again, my desk is the kitchen, this is usually the way at this time of year with all the harvests from the allotments. 

Tuesday evening I made cucumber pickles. I picked about 5 outdoor cucumbers this week so I defo needed to make something with them!

Considering I didn't have enough rhubarb this year to make jam or chutney, i was worried i wouldn't have enough to see me through the year, but, a late flurry of green tomatoes, courgettes and cucumbers means I do have a few made and hopefully I can make a few more over the next couple of weeks. 

So, what are you making? Cooking, sewing, drawing etc? 

Kyla

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 Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. This week my desk is the kitchen! Yep, finally it's chutney making time.

My apple picker I made the other week didn't work, however, I stumbled across a chap in a tractor this week! Now, I often chat to strangers and he volunteered to use his tractor to reach the apples he spotted me eyeing up high in the tree!! Result! 

My outdoor tomatoes on the allotment I decided to pick a couple bags of them green. I doubt many will ripen now and there is blight on a couple plots down so I thought with all this rain to pick some whilst I can and kept in a paper bag at home they will slowly ripen too.

And these are the huge white courgettes on the plot!! This week I have picked 4 of these and 5 cucumbers too!! All my usual yellow and green courgettes failed this year but luckily this one plant flourished! 

I don't actually recall sowing it!! I am guessing they were seeds in one of magazines and unusual for me I don't appear to have made a note of bit, but it's producing and that means 'harvest chutney' making sessions are now filling my time!!

So, what's on your workdesk?

Kyla

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 Morning all, time for what's on your workdesk Wednesday update. Only a quick post as a bit rushed at the moment (apologies as didnt make it round all the return desks last week). 

On my desk I am threading apache chillies!! I usually grow a couple of small bush chillies each year and dry them for use throughout the year. For the past few years we have been self sufficient in dried chillies, only buying any marked down larger ones for pickling. 

They will take a while to dry, bit I will hang them in my craft room for a couple of months before packing them for use. 

Forgot my man dog cards this week too!!

Hope you are all good and happy WOYWW 

Kyla

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 Morning all, not tried a revised fruit picker (yet) as I had to do some quick repairs. My walking sandals, which, yes, I have had for probably about a decade, finally fell apart! I was walking and the soles flapped off!! 

So, in true crafting fashion out came my glues and various clamps and I set about repairing them. I know they will fall apart again, but, if i can get through the summer then they can be replaced, when, hopefully end of season sales start!! 

Also on my desk is the next pages of my 365 journal. Waiting for the spray paints to dry so I can cut up the daily squares and attach them. 

My 'my bites dog' cards this week are 'feds judge cruel movie mob boss'......ooh not sure where to go with that one!!!

So, what's on your workdesk Wednesday?

Kyla

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 Morning all, apologies but didn't make all the return visits last week, time just disappeared! So, this is the apple picker I tried making last week

I attached it to the end of the stick and went out to give it a try. However, now I know why people screw them to the sticks as it dislodged in the tree and I was left there poking the tree until the plastic bottle fell back down! 

However, my desk last night was the kitchen as I picked loads of elderberry and made my next batch of elderberry vinegar, woke up this morning and there is a slight smell of vinegar around the house but it's so worth it as I LOVE this vinegar. It's like a victorian shrub, so can be added to drinks, salads or food (we use it in pasta, chilli, stews). 

Hope you are all having a great week and kook forward to visiting and getting inspired.

Kyla

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 Hello fellow what's on your workdesk Wednesday peeps. I have a different sort of craft on my desk.....you may know I have an allotment, try to do dailywalks and since I was a kid I have foraged (or as a kid scrumping!!). So what's on my desk? 

Over the past couple of years I noticed the trees I often pick fruit from are higher, too high for me to reach so I thought I would have a go at making my own fruit picker from an old plastic bottle andy walking stick! Who knows? It may work and if not it didn't cost me a penny, just time! 

If you know any top foraging tips let me know!

Kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday I think I found a workaround to get my photos on my blog, fingers crossed. 

So, as is often the way this time of year my workdesk is actually my allotments! 

 

I have harvested some 2nd early potatoes, shallots, onions, broadbeans, lettuce and radish so far as well as berries.  Sadly my squash and courgettes and runner beans have mostly been eaten by slugs! 

However my nasturtiums have once again taken over!! I use the leaves and flowers in salads and pickle the green seed pods like capers, but once again there are far too many and are taking over! 

But either way, its still great to spend time there and harvest my own food.

Not crafting at a workdesk but it's what's taking my time at the moment! 

Kyla

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 Morning all, no idea but google won't allow me to add any photos! So you will have to guess that my desk is a mess!! On it was my paper scraps box and I was trying to put like with like into the small plastic folders. I say trying as I kept getting distracted!!

Thanks for all your comments about my strawberry vinegar the other week. I tend to use it for salads and in cooking when I need a sweet balsamic like vinegar, but it's also good in a chilli. I also drink it with soda water like a victorian shrub drink. Strawberry season is pretty much over on my plot for this year so glad I managed to make some.

I did have my Man Bites Dog cards and they said 'mob boss defends brave czar!'  If you follow me on IG then I will post the picture, sorry but no idea why it's not letting me on here!

Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday 

Kyla

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 Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday and the fabulous mantle has been passed to the amazingly crafty Sarah.

So, what's on my workdesk? My journal again for the 365 challenge. This will be July's page as a few days behind. On my last update a few said they would like to see the cover....but it's just plain black so am guessing you'd rather not, lol. 

This is just the base layer spays and I will cut up the papers to create the small daily squares. 

My 'man bites dog' cards this week are 'lawyer weds cruel scam' .....ooh, I wonder who or what the scam was 😉

Not much else to show as this time of year the allotment takes most of my free time, no jam or chutney making yet but I am making this....

Strawberry vinegar.....I haven't had many off the allotment so had to add some #yellowsticker strawberries but chuffed with the first batch and another being made at the moment 

So, what's on your workdesk? 

Kyla

 

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 Happy hump day and What's on your workdesk Wednesday. The mantle has been pass from Julia (who created this amazing community all those years ago) to Sarah, an amazing crafter and fantastic its continuing .

My desk this week doesnt have crafting on it. There is papers dumped, my 365 journal being updated and various bits and bobs!! 

My Man Bites Dog cards headline is 'tycoon falls for wanted suspect!'......probably best not to comment 😉

Also on my desk is this amazing ATC from Angela at felixthecraftycat thank you so much, it was lovely to get some nice post, the texture and layers on it are fabulous.

So, what's on your workdesk?

Kyla 

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 Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. A glorious sunny weekend (well, for the most part) was a lovely change so lots of allotment time and also a Bristol Urban Sketchers session, not in the rain!!

This hopefully explains this weeks desk, my travel sketch kit at the back and i am cleaning/reusing plant markers. I find that acetone cleans most of the writing off so i can reuse them a few times. Also a random aloe leaf on the desk! I do have about 20 of these plants around the house so i often find the leaves around!! 

Also some sewing...ish! I have repatched these allotment jeans several times.....

But.....even i have to admit its probably time to get rid of them.....no matter how many times i patch them...at some point i have to consider how much i could be flashing my fellow plotters!! 

Oops! 

Needless to say, i am saving some of the fabric as its always useful for patches!!

Thought i would share my urban sketching from the weekend too. We were sketching in a sunny Clifton so there was lots to sketch. About 20 of us in total and a lovely few hrs spent with some so talenteds people.

So, what's on your workdesk?

Kyla

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 Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday (well tuesday evening after work!). Had a hectic couple of weeks with work, allotment and a cheeky quick visit to london. Managed a quick mid week trip to kew (sadly couldn't do Saturday missed Helen)  and also on Friday finally got to the London Transport Museum Depot open day for their records and archives, brilliant to see all the old vehicles, mechanics and signage.

So, on my desk is my 365 journal inked up and i will then be cutting out the dailys squares and stamping dates etc. Wasnt ready for the start of the month, but not far off so am having that as a win! 

And i also made a card! This was for my uncle alan, as a kid i always remember him fishing and with motorbikes so thought this would be fitting. 

Hope you all have a fabulous week and do share your desks and crafting too

Kyla 

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 Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. Well mine is a mess! I decided to clean my plant labels i collected from around the allotments. I have a lot of wooden labels but also some plastic ones which i reuse as many times as i can before they snap. So, i clean them with acetone (or fake nail remover as it appears to be called in our cheapo shops). Seems to work ok, not brilliant but good enough to be able to reuse.

Forgot to do my 'man bites dog' cards this week as was rushing as this was my desk late last night. At the back of my desk is a new roll of double sided tape, i was looking for a scotchtape advance refill but none of the shops seem to sell it now and oneline it was well over £8 a roll!!! We shall see how i get on with this, i do love my tape gun so a bit gutted that i cant get decent refills now.

Anyway, whats on your desk?

Kyla 

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 Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. Been a bit busy with the pay the bills job (always the same mid march through april) so wasnt able to make all the blog returns last week, apologies. On my desk this week is random stuff, on the right is a folded piece of new fabric, no idea why i bought it as i have tons of fabric BUT (there is always a but when it comes to new stash!) I really liked the pattern and could instantly think of patterns that would fit the fabric! 

In the middle is a mistake buy! I bought slightly cheaper brown card blanks, big mistake as they are really thin, hence i am having to stick a background papers on to add some strength! Not a mistake i will make again  should have stuck with my usual brand. One the left is some multicoloured scrap card i made with various inks for my jounral page and thought i could use the left overs. Middle back is my new masking fluid bottle, not used it yet but the watercolour course i am trying to do uses it so now no excuse not to try restarting the course!

As to my Man Bites Dog cards this week, well i would rather not think about that as i am picturing a certain american, fake tanned wannabe president!!! 

Moving swiftly on.....my fire cider is ready (recipe i got off the riverford website) and i have now filtered it and have been using it most days, no where near as garlicky as it was a week ago so think i would make that again once this runs out (says it lasts 6 months in the fridge). 

Also just a quick photo of my latest pickings off the allotment. Still picking purple sprouting broccoli but now my forced rhubarb is ready and still picking various winter salads (no greenhouse just outside under a cloche).

So, what's on your workdesk?

Kyla

 Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. I hope you all had a lovely Easter? I managed a trip to a vegan fair, a sculpture trail and the first open weekend of the year of our local museum. Then, between the hail and showers a quick weeding session on the allotment when panic sets in as i haven't sorted out my seeds yet....hence my desk this week!

Tons of seeds beimg sorted. I store them by type eg kale rather than by sowing date as some can be sown most of the year. I will sort through in the smaller box on top of the large plastic lid those seeds i intend to sow in the next 4 weeks! Wish me luck, lol

Kyla 

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 Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. Just a quick update from me as still got a nasty cold but did manage a quick card make the other day. I forgot my man bites dog cards this week too, never mind. These are old toppers i came across when i was having my clear out last week so i am forcing myself to actually use them!

And this is a photo of something new for me. I decided to have a go at making fire cider. Never made it before but thought i would give it a go! Tumeric, ginger, garlic, chilli and various other ingredients. Will certainly be interesting. 

So, what's on your workdesk?

Kyla

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 Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. Now, this desk is actually from a couple days ago, i haven't done anything this week as i have a stinking cold so am just sat here sneezing, coughing and blowing my snotty nose! However, inspired by several fellow WOYWWers sorting their stash out I made a start on mine! 

I decided to tackle just one drawer as thats achievable for me. 

I managed to get a bag full of goodies, all sorted and labelled and took it up to our local food bank and community hub. They do a free lunch and craft session each week so were chuffed for some more stash.

So, what's on your workdesk?

Kyla

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 Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. Well i have no crafting on my desk but last night i decided to clear out a couple of old books and some old inks and paints (i will be honest some of them were totally dried out!!) to make space for these beauties.

I have been doing Kolbie Blume's free online watercolour course and have been so impressed hubby bought me all three of her books for my birthday last week. To make sure i use them i was determined to keep them in my craft room as i would be more likely to notice them and have a go, hence the sorting out last night. 

I just need to put some time aside to finish the course and play.

So, what's on your workdesk? 

Kyla

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 Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday and Valentines day too!  I actually did some crafting!!! Go me! 

Not difficult, just some backing paper and colouring some wooden flowers with my ink pads. But its still crafting so happy with that.

My Man Bites Dog cards this week are 'tourist tells on nurse again' mmm, moving on! 

So, what's on your workdesk this Wednesday?

Kyla 

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 Morning and What's on your workdesk Wednesday? Well, on mine not much! Not had a chance to do any crafting. For the first time in several years i haven't made ANY Christmas cards (i usually try to make 20 in January to take the pressure off next Nov/Dec). I will try to make some in February before i pack away the christmas papers and stamps and cards i upcycle. 

At the  back is rhe Dr Who moulds i found when having a small clear out. In the past i made some clay and resin items like a tardis so need to have a think and make some more as they are really unusual. 

On the right of my desk is my small black sketch book, as i did manage to meet up with bristol urban sketchers at the weekend at the M Shed museum. Lovely group and there is some amazing artists in there. 

Forgot to do my 'man bites dog' cards and didnt make all my blog returns last week so apologies. Will try to make more time in February to actually do SOME crafting and also catch up on my painting course. 

So, what's on your workdesk, do share via the lovely Julia's blog.

Kyla