WOYWW #193

It is snowing big fat fluffy flakes here in Oklahoma today!  It is 34 deg F out there right now so they aren't sticking but it is nice seeing moisture of any sort falling on this parched ground.  The mandatory water conservation is in effect and I heard yesterday that the lake water level is down 8-9 feet  from what it should be and if we don't get rain soon it is going to be bad this summer.  Last year we hardly had any rain at all and the lake was down so people are now talking like it is pre-dust bowl days again.  I hope it doesn't get that bad but it is looking grim.

Hooray it is Wednesday again and two things are making me happy today.  Number one  is my DH has been speaking at a seminar in Montreal this week and he will be coming home today.  Number two is it is Wednesday and time for WOYWW!!  Happy day!  Say you can understand the DH coming home but what the hay is WOYWW!  Well check it out at Stamping Ground (upper left corner) and Julia will fill you on the amazing thing that is WOYWW!

This is my desk this week...bare except for a few stamps from Tim Holtz and die/stamps from Heartfelt Stamps I bought.  I got a Stampin' Up! order in late last week and there is some ribbon to the right that is in the Clearance Rack for next to nothing.  I bought 3 rolls of the pink it was on sale so cheap I couldn't pass it up!  ($1.39 for the whole 5 yard roll)  Go check out the Clearance Rack for some awesome steals!

Skitty decided she had to help with the photo shoot of the desk and jumped up to see what I was up to!

Not many people can say they have a cat with Texas on their side!  Skitty got the name Skidmark from my DH when he noticed she had a black hair trail across her private bits and up her tail.  Just like a man to misname a beautiful girl such as she so I call her Skitty cause she is so skittish!!

 I have been busy this week but don't have much to show for it.  I saw a set of stamps on another bloggers desk last week that I just couldn't live without so I went online an ordered them and they came this morning!  I had never heard of Heartfelt Stamps before and these were just the awesome goodness I was looking for to make some cards to sell in a friends shop!

Awesome stamps and dies.  IN the picture above you can see the Tim Holtz stamps that came this week too!

I also received 3 more UnBirthday gifts in the mail this past week!  WOW people are really giving me some nice things!

From Marcia a paper pack she made up with lots of ribbons, a post it note holder and card she made, a Glitz paper pad, some pearls and butterfly bling and some flowers.

This gift came from Sandi and she made the tote bag and card and sent me some awesome stamps, ribbon, and embossed cardstock packet on the right.

The third gift came from Sue and it is a new set of SU button stamps that I don't own...now how she knew that I don't know but I have been wanting these!  Sue made a slider card and a beautiful pin brooch.

I know!!!  I am one of the luckiest people in the world!
Hope you have a fantastic week and I will go find a cup of tea and a few cookies and sit down for a hop around the blogs and have a good snoop!

WOYWW 190

Happy WOYWW!  Welcome to the Wednesday wanderings of art and crafters around the world!  If you don't know what I am talking about go check out Julia's blog and join in the fun!

My desk is about the same as last week maybe a little less cluttered.  I have been busy getting class samples and kits together and trying to pick up after each switch out.   Today I am working on the calendar class that I was asked to put together using the Graphic 45 Place in Time papers and the chip board easel.  I am trying to think up some ideas to make it a perpetual calendar that can be reused year after year.  In my house it has to be because of the cost of the products and the time going in to making it.  A single page is taking me about 4-5 to create and loads of embellies and fun things.  I love this paper and I am looking forward to playing with it!

I had a couple fun packages show up this past week from an Un-Birthday swap I am part of.  Each month we send packages of fun crafting things to one another and some kind of handmade item.   I received a handmade box from Monica cram packed with all sorts of Tim Holtz goodies.  It was so full she couldn't fit the tissue tape package in!! 

Beautiful box made by Monica!

Bobbins of different lace, buttons, muse tokens, keys, corners OMG!  so  much fun in my future!

I received this second package today from Sabrina.  It has all sorts of fun things to play with too!

I love the tiny canvas she made!  The keys and cogs/gears will definitely come in handy with the steam punk work I do I go through them quickly!  I love the bag and will find all sorts of uses cutting that up! 

An up close of the canvas and goodies.

Well short and sweet!  That's it for me today.  Check back on the previous posts about classes I am doing and tell me what you think.  My friend who owns the store wants more classes so I decided to do a class a week on Thursday's.  1st Thursday cards, 2nd Thursday Recipe cards, 3rd Thursday Tags, 4th Thursday Art Journal, and one Saturday each  month will be an altered art.  I think I will be learning a lot!