WOYWW and What's Up Doc!

It has been almost a month since I posted...I hang my head in shame!!  I promised to stay on top of this blog and keep it current but a month long trip and other issues just derailed all my good intentions.

WOYWW bloggers will appreciate the mess my one desk have devolved into...OMG!  How does this happen?  It seems like I am always picking up and putting away stuff but...obviously not fast enough!
My mail working desk is covered with all sorts of fun stuff.   Want to see other people fun desks?  Check out Julia's blog Stamping Ground for links to others.

So...My scary desk today.  Yes! I have been shopping!  Deals too good to pass up!  New Years Resolution...don't buy more till I have used what I have!

I made a trip to Target the other day and visited their $1 bins and came away with a load of fun crafting items...I love those $1 bins and have to buy whenever I see the stuff or it is gone when I need it.

Everything $1 including the 6"x6" paper pads!  Couldn't pass it up... 

Loved all the shaped glitter and sequins!  When do you ever see snowflakes and reindeer in glitter?

I also found a big sale on Washi tape...not that I needed more!

Bought 5 new tubes of washi tape for next to nothing on a crazy sale at Michael's!

That big plastic jar is about a two gallon size that held the cheesy puff snacks before I repurposed it...had to recycle it you know cause it has a purple top!  All the Washi tape in the jar I have been accumulating for several years and yes I do use a lot of wash tape!  Am I hearing you say you want to know what that wire thing is behind the plastic jar?  Well it is a tiered wire basket I found at Sam's that I thought would be perfect for my glitter glue, glitter ribbon, and glitter tapes...what do you think?  Keeps most of the sparkle in one spot!

Went to a wine and paint party a couple weeks ago and had a blast painting a Christmas canvas.  I am looking forward to more of this...  As you can see my snowman didn't end up like any of the others.  We drank wine, listened to the football game and painted.  It was a blast!

This is my snowman...not exactly what the others looked like but I like him!

What he was suppose to look like!! 









Sorry for the photo collage of sorts...I think my computer has been drinking.  You can see the three choices for a snowman I was given and the one on the left is the one I made...doesn't quite look like the examples and I did follow directions...kinda...after 3 glasses of wine I am surprised I got one to look this good!

Heather was here last week and we went to a retreat and had a blast.  I will post pictures soon of that!

WOYWW and some more photos from the trip

Happy Wednesday!  I am really glad to be able to join WOYWW this week.  We are still on the road but hopefully will be home sometime tomorrow!  Yay!  It has been an interesting few weeks!  What is  WOYWW?  Go check out Julia's blog Stamping Ground and she will give you the details.

Haven't really had a desk the past couple weeks due to all the traveling around we have done.   I did to do some crafting in Portland at the hotel there that I will share with you.  We were there 5 days and my desk was this little round table.  I painted these wooden easels and made the tags for a 12 Days of Christmas swap I am participating in on All Things Tattered and Timeworn.  The easels are meant to be used as telephone holders so if you call a friend to craft you can put it on the easel and have a hand free to grab your coffee and craft!

my desk...

my desk plus the sofa in the room...all crafty goodness...no
I don't travel light.  My daughter gave me tons of stuff when I was visiting!

The easels I painted

the tags to go on the easels

Okay that was my desk and I will share a few more....cough, cough... pictures from the trip. I think my last post we were leaving my daughter's house heading north! It was beautiful seeing her again so soon.  I enjoyed the visit and wish it could have lasted longer but...

From Heather's house we headed north to Napa Valley and Sonoma and visited several wineries up there.

Castello di Amorosa

Chuck with a big olive tree behind him!

loved the view of the old rickety fence and grape vines at the Castello

Sterling winery in the background...good wine but very pricy both places.

The Bella Winery in Sonoma!  Fun place and good wine that is affordable!

huge olives on the olive trees at Bella Wine

this tree in the center is the tree that I took the picture of the big olives 

those are clumps of rosemary around the Bella sign...WOW!

a few grapes on the vine!

After we left Sonoma we headed north to Ukiah and a visit with Debbie and a visit to the Buddhist monastery... it is the City of 10,000 Buddhas that used to be a mental institution that was sold to this group.  It is now a monastery, temple, and schools.  Some pictures...

entrance gate that I borrowed from their web site

Temple

 Some pictures inside the temple!

a huge gold fish pond

mural on the wall

Chuck looking at the persimmon tree!

persimmon

a friendly bird

At the corner of sincerity way and compassion way!

This is the house that is on the corner of Sincerity and Compassion Ways!  I was fascinated by it!

Vegetarian restaurant we ate at on the grounds of the 10,000 Buddhas campus.

I will post more trip pictures on another blog post...stay turned.

WOYWW

WOW!  What a week so far!  I almost missed WOYWW this week...sorry I am so late but I did make it to the party!  We have been on the road since Oct. 23 and still have a couple weeks to go.  We are currently in Cloverdale, California and will be touring the wineries in Sonoma tomorrow. We toured several places in Napa Valley today and enjoyed visiting places we had been before.

Since last Wednesday we have been to Tucson AZ, the Grand Canyon, Tehatchapi, CA, Berkley, Oakland, and San Jose California where our daughter lives.  I have taken hundreds of pictures but will only post a few here.  Still no craft work or desk to share with you.  My daughter gave me a ton of new stuff and stamps when I visited with her so I will try and do something soon to share.

Okay a few photos...btw this is WOYWW and if you would like to see a few crafty desks link up with Julia at Stamping Ground!

Cactus in our friends yard!

Chuck and his friends and co-worker Bob and Bob's wife Kate.

We journeyed on to the Grand Canyon and Williams AZ for the night.

Rock formation at the Grand Canyon south rim.

Selfie with my DH!

Next stop was in Tehachapi CA and a visit with Chucks sister Joanne and her son and daughter in law.

me, Jon, Chuck, and his sister Joanne

Joanne, Jon, and Candy

A beautiful Rose hedge that bordered the road for over a half of a mile and ended in a palm tree cluster!

We continued north to the San Francisco Bay and and a Halloween party and fun visit with him in Oakland.  Our daughter moved to San Jose in June so it was fun to be able to spend time with her and her husband.  Heather has some beautiful flowers around her house.  Beautiful like she is.  Never get enough pictures of all over us together!  

                                                               

 Okay enough for today.  Will try to post more tomorrow!  Have a great week.  If you visit my blog and leave a comment I will try and visit yours between now and next Wednesday!