This is what my desk looks like right now! The post lady came today bearing gifts from a far! I have a box from Oh My Crafts, a big envelope from a Splitcoast Stampers swap group (card tops), and a smaller box from an All Things Tim swap group. Oh my goodness such pretty cards and tags in those boxes but since they aren't my works I am hesitant to share them without asking permission of everyone that made them. I will share what is in the two other boxes though! If you would like to see tags etc I made this week check my previous posts.
The big narrow box is from Tuire here on WOYWW! Tuire made my daughter and I PIF gifts and sent them to us this month. I am ashamed to say that I still haven't finished mine yet but I still have a month to go so don't give up hope if I owe you one.
There were two books in the box but I gave the second one to my daughter and she took it home before I got a picture of it. Isn't this a gorgeous book? It has pages or journaling, keeping records etc., pages with vintage photos, and stamps etc. I love it Tuire thank you! See the cat with the beautiful eyes and butterfly that is in the picture above sitting perched on a stamp pad? Tuire made that for another swap and I got lucky that time too! I keep it sitting on my desk cause it makes me feel calm!The big box is some stash from Oh My Crafts! It is one of my favorite online stores for buying products you need and can't live without.
Everything in this box I need...my life is dependent on it!! That's my story anyway and I am sticking to it! I actually do need the inks (I got alcohol inks and 15 reinkers for the pads), the Noel die, the cut and dry ink pad felt and more tools etc. Can't do ink and paper crafts without it. I also won a couple of their 12 days of Christmas prizes this week on days 11(Bazzill cardstock) and 12(Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Frame 8 Dies!) Yahoo! More stuff will be coming! I enjoyed the 12 days of Christmas contest cause each day that number of persons were chosen to win a prize ie 11 on the 11th day.
Anyway that is what is on my desk tonight. Check out Julia's blog, Stamping Ground for the reason for this post!! I am going to go make the round and see what everyone else is doing these last two weeks before Christmas. I should probably get busy getting cards out and last minute makes done but...they will wait!
Wow, you are so, so lucky. Winning two prizes. And of course, I can see why you would need craft foam. I bought mine on clearance a couple of years ago and fell in love with it. Now I can't find it in town.
ReplyDeleteI don't use ink pads but have a few reinkers because I use them for just about everything I make. Hope your week is great and festive, too. Happy WOYWW from # 5.
Well congratulations on your win and thank you so much for sharing all your goodies, be they wins, purchases of pif's. Some beautiful stuff on here and I love that book from Tuire.
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He, hee :*) I´m glad you like the book! I told the lady in the post office to put a lot of beautiful post stamps on the packet...
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Wow you have some lovely lush crafty stuff to play with.
ReplyDeleteI only just sent my pif gifts out last week it will be soon time for another and im telling myself i will get them done earlier this time.Hopefully it will go ahead
Have fab wedensday
hugs judex10
thanks for the crafty snoop this morning and well done on your gorgeous timmie tags and three cheers for your weight loss...big hugs kath xxx
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful pile of goodies - I nearly bougth the Noel 25 die (as well as the others!) but decided to leave it.... after all there will be new stuff out soon and December is nearly done for another year, lol! happy woyww!
ReplyDeleteWow those boxes have awesome stuff in side, I was half expectting food from walmart lol
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Good morning; thought I'd pop in to say Hi quickly. Hope you have a fabulous and creative week. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us today. All that lovely new stuff to play with, and that book is beautiful!
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Lucky you to get all those great parcels in the post and some handmade goodies as well - love the notebook.
ReplyDeleteLove the way you came out of WW and straight to eat - hope you were good.
Ann B
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Oooh!! Lots if lovely 'stuff' !LOVE that book! Christmas seems to have come early for you. :)
ReplyDeleteYes, that ' purple present ' IS a scarf. My first 'proper' attempt at crochet! I have a post about it on my blog about it somewhere, I'm not really big on crochet but gave it a go anyway and quite pleased with the way it turned out.
Thanks for your lovely comments.
Take care and Happy WOYWW
Jackie
Love your space well done on the loss ( Ww) happy holidays :)
ReplyDeleteoooh lovely! enjoy all your goodies! well done at weight watchers too. x
ReplyDeleteooh some lovely parcels there....it's great when they deliver nice post, rather than just bills!!
ReplyDeleteLoving your crafty space, and well done on the weight loss too-fantastic.
Kyla #61
Congrats on your WW loss..it's always fun to slim down, for me it's like Christmas past.
ReplyDeleteHave checked your tags and they are all beautiful., Loved Tims informative blogs. Love your little goodies too. Such a busy time of the year so hope you get to enjoy them to the max.
Enjoy WOYWW and the preparing for our upcoming Holidays...Lots of needed rain here today
You made out like a bandit on the post! The book is beautiful and getting parcels in the post is always the bestest feeling!!
ReplyDeleteA lovely colourful creative desk. And I see Santa has been already. Lucky you. The book is gorgeous.
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What a lovely lot of happy post you have there! It is wonderful to receive things from other people, even if you have to pay for them sometimes! ;-)
ReplyDeleteIt's all about the W's on WOYWW today! Weight watchers (well done by the way!), Walmart and workdesk! Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteHugs, LLJ #34 xx
oh fantastic, you got your Tim stuff, I need to stock up before next years Tags too!
ReplyDeleteHappy WOYWW, have a fabulous creative day, Debxx #88
Heya Vickie,
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the WW thing. On the Walmart - not so much. Did you take your pepper spray? You are SO busy these days. Love your mess and mailmen bearing gifts. Awesome.
Okay...you are invited to our pinny party :D Check it out on Saturday @ www.amberink.com
Happy Woyww from #1 (Wheeeee!)
Your tags have been beautiful-what I would give to have that Noel die!
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ReplyDeleteSome lovely things to share on your blog this week..... I too received a pif gift from Tuire. Such a treasure! Aren't we lucky? Nice lot of stash and prize there too,
love JoZarty x
Thanks too for your comment.
aw, hangs head in shame, I forgot to blog my Tuire book, will do it next weds, , fab desk this week, and keep on with ww - you are doing well,
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Well done at WW, your tags are fantastic, I love your busy desk, Happy Weds, Hugs May x x x
ReplyDeleteA lovely desk full of gorgeousness - lucky you!
ReplyDeleteOh Lucky you! I do like Happy parcels, they always make you feel better dont they!
ReplyDeleteBit late getting on this week due to various disasters, but belated happy WOYWW
Lou #102
Congrats on the weight loss.... and so glad you have that box of things to keep everything right in the world... it looks like some serious fun will be had with that stuff... and your life depends on it so that is a good thing to have...xx
ReplyDeleteI so need what is in that box too. Shame the company is not in the UK for the postal rates. That Noel stamp is out of stock on the shops I have looked at.
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p.s. Loving your TH's tags.
oohh I have craftv desk envy.. lovely stash love the tags Tim is the man. Well done on weight loss Im gone form 16.st 3 to 13 st 7 since sept and trying very hard to resist pre mestrual urges but hey .. well done you xx thanks for the nosey Sarah #46
ReplyDeletewhat fab goodies you had in the post ... dont you love the postman. I had a box full recently but my handyman took it and distributed it to my family so they could give it to me for Christmas (at least I get something I 'need')
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janet#32
Wonderful goodies you have and congrats on winning such lovely prizes.
ReplyDeleteYes, I can definitely see why you can't live without such fabulous goodies. Enjoy them. Congrats on your great prize too.
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Hugs Lisax #54
oooohooo I wish we had a Walmart. and well done on the WW, I've no hope after eating three jammy toaties last night...now I want another!! Thank you for my snoop! Have a crafty week, HaPpY WoYwW
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What a tidy desk and all those goodies to play with. That book is wonderful, you are very lucky.
ReplyDeleteI won't get to post next week, so have a wonderful Christmas.
Congrats on your prize wins! I scrolled down and saw your TH tags, and they are A-MAZING! Seriously! The journal that you got rocks too! (I wish I got cool stuff like that from the mailman LOL!). Thanks so much for sharing and visiting! you are the best (ps- just in case it gets crazy next week... Merry Christmas!) Also, I think that I am the world's worst Vegas Visitor, as I have not left the hotel yet. LOL...again. However December Daily is progressing nicely and getting quality time with DH in the evenings. Happy WOYWW! -Amanda
ReplyDeleteWow, lots of lovely crafty goodies to play with, think I would be stuck at my desk for a least a week with all that stash! great blog and love your TH tags, Happy Crafting, Sue xx
ReplyDeleteLovely gifts you have. Also you have done well with the tags. I do not have some of the stuff needed and I was on holiday for the first 6 or so. Am still plodding on. Thanks for stopping by
ReplyDeleteCarol x
Wow fab stash to play with, lucky you!! The tags are brilliant too. Enjoyed your post and having a nose round your desk. Thank you for visiting mine x
ReplyDeleteLots of lovely mail! Whoo hoo! Have fun playing with it.
ReplyDeleteThat's an enviable box of goodies that you received in the mail. It's good to have those reinkers since the inkpads are so nice and durable. I'm still in the process of "collecting" all the inkpads, but I'm thinking I should pick up refills here and there, too. . . .
ReplyDeleteHi Vickie, lovely goodies on your desk - you'll have fun creating with them. I know all about needing, not just wanting, but really needing stash - it happens to me all the time:) Congratulations on the impressive weight loss too. I love your tags ... they are all gorgeous but I think my favourite is your Tag No. 3. Hope you have a great weekend. Elizabeth x #66
ReplyDeleteWhat a great early Christmas gift for yourself! I'd love to rummage through that box! And Tuire's journal is beautiful! I am sure you will be inspired just looking at it! Patsy from
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Oooh Vickie what a busy time, with WW and your lovely parcels! Well done indeedy losing all the weight. I've reached a plateau with mine (probably a rising one at this time of year lol!) and shall have another concerted effort after Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI also had some parcels waiting for me on my return - I've now got the TH seasonal DIs and a couple more Distress Stains which I was missing, and some gorgeous Distress Core-dinations paper. Also, I've got my new KITTY!!! She's still in the box and I'm not sure when I'm going to have a chance to set her up and start cutting!
Thank you for your nice comment on my blog. My hubby and I both take echinacea supplements but this year it doesn't seem to have done much good! He's got yet another cold and is now coughing all over the place.
I seem to have got everybody going with my bag skirts!! Over the next few days I hope to do a post about them. We only got back from the trip away for the funeral this evening and I'm not sure when I shall get going in my ARTHaven again, but keep on keeping an eye out!!
Happy belated WOYWW, Shoshi #58
Thanks for your nice comment, Vickie! My hubby's now on cold No. 2 and is coughing everywhere. We both take echinacea but they don't seem to have worked this time around! I'm much better than I was.
ReplyDeleteAs for the bag skirts, you'll just have to wait and see! I'm going to make some more - nice parcel of goodies awaiting me on my return today, with some Tim Holtz stuff, so health permitting I'm going to try and make a start tomorrow! Also got my new Kitty - my extra special Christmas pressie to myself!!
Great post! Lots of goodies on your desk this week. Congrats on the 3# loss and for joining WW, slow and steady is a great way to go. Have a Wonderful Christmas xx
ReplyDeleteSome lovely stash on your desk vickie and some lovely gifts! Enjoy it all!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for popping over, Vickie I am running a bit late – tis a blessing to see what you are up to, and love the desk, and box! see you again soon! Shaz in oz. x
ReplyDeleteThanks for the nice comment, Vickie! Yes, defo the best thing, to wait till after Christmas before I start playing with Sheba. Good idea getting a second set of the seasonal DI's - I didn't know they didn't do reinkers for them. Perhaps they will eventually. I can't think why they don't just add these new colours to the range permanently and be done with it. Apparently they're going to be bringing them out again next Christmas. If it's some sort of marketing ploy I think it's a silly one! I used the iced spruce yesterday and it's lovely!!
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