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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday update where we share our desks across the globe. Wasn't able to revisit all the desks last week what with illness, medical appointments and super busy work before i knew it a week had gone! No crafting and still catching up with Inktober but had to do some mending.

My desk this week is my dining room table as I am mending hubby's trousers! Ah the joy of sewing, well, to be honest i knew I could fix his work trousers and save him buying another pair!! More medical appointments this week, but hopefully i can catch up with inktober whilst sat in the waiting rooms! happy crafting kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. Still reeling a bit regarding last weeks news but so pleased the amazing group is continuing. On my desk this week is my Inktober tags. I have been taking part for many years and the past 8 or so years I have done them on tags as I can hang them under the shelf above my desk. That way I can flick back through them easily for inspiration.

I wasn't too keen on my day 9 (a few days behind) the prompt is Ram so I did a 2nd drawing and it's better. Not something I usually do, but I really didn't like my first one.

the Man Bites Dog headline cards this week are Angry Blonde Sues Model-oh i wonder why?!! on the far right of my desk is my steam inhaler- about 10 days ago j have my Covid and Flu vaccine but think i may have picked up a stinking cold at work a few days ago as i feel shockingly rubbish-but it will pass. happy crafting kyla

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Hello fellow crafters, I was absent for a couple weeks as was away on holiday for my nieces wedding. It was amazing and i sketched whilst there, hence this weeks photo.

But we returned to the awful news that sadly Sarah our amazing What's on Your Wednesday host had died. Terrible news and our gentle hugs go out to all her family, Eva and fellow crafters. Sarah was inspirational in her craft, from her clarity crafts and her daily ATCs. Thanks to Julia for hosting this amazing group again and love to you all. kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday.

my desk is a mess! Got some late sowing of veg to try and fill the hungry gap early next year on my allotment and realised i needed to clean my seed labels and sharpen the wax pencil. So out comes the acetone (great for cleaning!) and to find my larger sharpener meant i had to go through all my art kit/sketching bags!! So yep, also got very distracted!! forgot to do rhe Man Bites Dog cards this week, guessing they are buried under one of the sketch bags!!! kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. I loved visiting desks last week and seeing all the memories from across the years, was lovely so thanks to all for sharing and inspiring. On my desk this week:

is my finished September 365 page all ready to be filled in through the month. Also, some new journals (well, we all need more new journals surely?!!!). A colleague mentioned the leuchtturm dotted journals to me a few months back and i was looking to update my journal on london i have been writing, notes of visits etc across many years. lots changed and closed since lockdown so I thought I would start a new one, but I wanted a thinner one so it could be just london (rather than other random thoughts on various pages as per my current one!!) then at the weekend i spotted a new shop in town (well new to me) and they had these in, 3 for £9 so thought I would give them a go. My Man Bites Dog cards this week are short and sweet 'Cop dunks Mayor!' must admit I like the image my brain conjures up!! happy crafting kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. I cant believe it's the 900th woyww! What an amazing community julia and jan created and sarah took on, truly blessed. not 100% sure of my first one but i can certainly find it mentioned on my posts back in 2010 so it's been a big part of my life for at least 16 years!! Because of it I have made friends and found out other hobbies also crossed over (big hugs to helen and her poorly wrist too). Without woyww I know I wouldn't have tried half the crafts I have (certainly the quilt and handbag making!) and for that I am ever grateful. So, on my desk is a lot of spray ink!!

I am creating my September page for my 365 journal, needless to say the ink is all over my hands as usual! my'man bites dog' headline is Crazy Fake Mob Boss Stuns Killer!! Sounds like an actual headline! looking forward to reading your memories and updates of this amazing and inspiring community. kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. Big hugs to fellow crafter Helen who had a fall and landed on her wrist, owww, not great especially for a crafter. Nowt on my desk as was in london for a few days doing various art shows and community gardens so every spare minute outside of work is allotment watering and harvest!! basically my desk is often a wheelbarrow at the moment!! useful for the many courgettes, beans and SO many cucumbers I am picking!

also did a ton of weeding and deadheading etc as lots of salads etc have run to see because of the heat but still plenty to pick so happy days.

hopefully I can get some craft done soon as I got a couple things I would like to do, just need to try and juggle some time. happy crafting (or weeding!!) kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. So, nowt on my desk today but yesterday a whole different story! I took the day off and started by going foraging at 0730!! Loads of elderberries so i made some elderberry brandy and my first batch of elderberry vinegar this year.

I rig up a system that allows me to filter the vinegar after a few hrs steeping freeing up my hands.

the brandy will steep for about 3 months before I filter that. I hope to make another batch of the vinegar as I use it almost ever day on salads as well as in cooking. Now off to pick more beans on the allotment!! kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday and hope everyone is ok with the extreme weather, the heat, storms, fires and earthquakes all in the news this week. on my desk this week, was going to be some journalling but at work i noticed a hole in my very thin and cool, floaty top i wear a lot to work in hot weather!! so, got home from work and decided to mend it otherwise i would forget!! I couldn't remember where the brown threads were.....of course they were in the wooden box I made marked threads!!

not a big hole but it's an old top so the material is very thin and fragile

but, I think the mending was ok and to be honest I doubt anyone will notice and hopefully it will now see me through the summer.

another item fixed, so I am totally adding that to my to do list and crossing it straight off (surely I am not the only one who does that??!). Am classing that as a win for the week!! happy crafting kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. Didnt make all the returns last week as time got away from me, but, i have actually done some crafting! not a lot, but remembered i needed to make a card for a family member so took some time out and made one, and felt much more grounded after-i forget it can help you at busy times.

forgot my Man Bites Dog cards this week but think there are enough headlines and news stories in life at the moment!! hope you are all OK in this heatwave and happy crafting kyla

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Hope everyone is coping OK with this next heatwave? I am not going to lie, it's not easy, the humidity and my immune conditions means its hard but hey, it could be a lot worse. missed last week as pay the bills job is long hours and very busy at the moment....but, thought i would sort my urban sketching kit out and take advantage of the weather and wash my white towelling wrist band (a freebie from the council for advertising their gym years ago). never user their gym but it was free and perfect to wear on my wrist as a watercolour brush cleaner when sketching in town!! Not been washed for ages so well overdue!

My 'Man bites dog' cards this week are proper headline material!! Wife Dumps Killer Nurse!!! Stay cool and hydrated kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. Not had any time for crafting or making this week as its allotment busy time getting more stuff planted and picking and preserving a lot of very early fruit. So, last night my 'desk' was the plot. Mid evening it chucked it down so off I stomped on slug watch (whilst taking the food waste over to the compost bin.

I went around with my gloves on and chucking them all in a pot. Now, I can remember some research a few years ago where they painted the snail shells to help track them and some travel well over a mile back from where they had been moved to, but, I wasn't going that far so I wandered up to the park and deposited them next to the bin! yes they may come back, but I tried!

the plot isn't too tidy (never is to be honest), but it's productive and I enjoy spending time there so that's good enough for me. Dehydrated strawberries, strawberry vinegar made, some rhubarb jam made and strawberries, black currants and raspberries all frozen so far this season, so happy with that. kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. Hope everyone is ok? Certainly down in the south west the weather has been 'different'! A heat wave and a red warning as temperatures creep up to 35 degrees, but with the high humidity makes it feel even warmer. Then Monday evening was the biggest storm I can remember, an hr with fork lightening and flooding, so much so, about 4 miles away, sadly a house roof was hit by lightening and it burnt down and then in Bath lightening hit the road and caused massive holes which require 40 meters of retarring now!!

needless to say, in this heat there hasnt been a lot happening. My conditions means my body flares when it's damp or humid so not great, but could be worse. Decided to make a start on julys journal page...july???? Seriously how did that happen??! Anyway, stay safe and happy crafting kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. Different desk as this was last night after work, been chucking it down all day then clear blue sunny sky for the evening so too good an opportunity and popped down the allotment for a couple hours.

Strawberries (under the black netting at the back) are riping and being eaten by slugs etc in all this wet weather so I made some slug traps from old yoghurt pots, with little slots cut in and folded in (to make it more difficult for them to slide back out), buried and filled with water, yeast, flour and sugar.

tried this for the past few years, often have to empty them so worth trying again. Sort of crafting as its upcycling and making something!! kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. This week has been manic with my day job so wasn't able to do all my return visits, or any crafting. So I am catching up with my 365 journal for june and came home to some lovely post.

a lovely ATC and note from Mary Anne, with the best homemade envelope from a picture of a cat!! What a joy to come home to, thanks. kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. been a hectic week but last night i did an online self portrait class with the artist Jake Spicer. was really interesting exploring the different techniques (including not looking at your drawing, whilst drawing)

was interesting just looking at the picture you were copying and not what your pencil was doing.

then you marked the key points such as eyes etc and then lightly erased it all

before we had a go at self portrait! doesn't look to much like me, but it's a person so happy with that!! kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. This week on my desk is LunchLady Jan's ATC and lovely card, so special and inspiring.

My desk this week is pretty much what its like most times in May and june.....cleaning of plant labels!! i reuse my labels for a few years (tried wooden ones but they warped) and clean them with acetone/nail varnish remover, ready for the next lot of seed sowing and transplanting for the allotments! As to my 'man bites dog' cards this week....headline is Actor Tricks Fake Killer!! there is deffo a film about that somewhere! kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday, its our 17th Anniversary when the amazing Julia started it off and then a couple years ago the baton was passed to the amazing Sarah. I have been a member, I think, from early in 2010, so 16 years and love the updates from different crafters, I learn so much and find inspiration. We often do an ATC swap, aware after the sad passing of Neet, I think there was talk of exchanging some of her swaps. I couldn't find one so decided to make a simple atc in case we are swapping with the next person on the list, if not, no worries was nice to make something.

My Man Bites Dog cards this week are 'teen model tricks tycoon'....randomly drawn from the pack as usual....but no comment 😉

this is my atc, nice and simple, hopefully I can pass it on kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. Bit behind as had a couple days catching up with family, which was lovely. ironically it created some crafting needs as hubby ripped his jumper and coat and i realised my jeans had holes again!! So got home and now this is happening...

yep, lots of mending! It does annoy me, but i am frugal so mending clothes is a no brainer, just a bit of a faff, but it's nearly all done. hoping I can do some sketching soon as not done any for a few weeks and need to make some time for it. kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. You can tell I had a couple days annual leave from work...there is crafting on my desk! Not a lot but my 365 journal for May is the main activity, creating the background and transferring a bit of the ink for the page to write each days main entry on.

'Man bites dog' cards this week are 'Revealed Mob Boss Stuns Devoted Feds'...ooh interesting!! Hope your all having an OK week and getting some crafting done too kyla