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Here we go again - Julia's blog is here if you want to snoop round a few arty crafty desks out there in blogland ...

My desk is quite a hive of activity today with a number of projects on the go ...

The Christmas altered paper bag that was mentioned last week is finished and at the back there - you can see it in more detail here.

A half finished mini album at the back on the right ... a small pile of 'intriguing' ATCs in front of the bag, but can't show these in close up yet as they're another surprise swap ... and in the front a 'picture wallet' I am making my brother for Christmas. That hould be finished before next week with the photographs in it - hopefully.

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A bit of a mess ... some clearing to do and then to decorate the paperbag lying at the front ... the one at the back is the first of these I made and is there for reference ... this one is going to be a Christmas theme ...

To the right of me this little lady is taking up far too much space and is about to be demoted to her blanket under my desk ...

If you want to know why I am exposing my desk to the world check out Julia's great blog and while you are about it check out some of the other interesting desktops.

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Resurrecting this blog again ... it's not that I'm not creating, just that I am lazy about uploading :-)) Anyway I am inspired to join in Julia's blog 'hop' today ... you will find dozens of other desks to visit here ... most of them much more interesting than mine ...

Some finished ATCs for a swap and some background paper ready for another project.

Edit 22/11/12 - sorry the ATCs are a bit blurry and a bit distant - deliberate because they are meant to be a surprise BUT they will show up on here in the future when they are swapped out :-)) and YES I do use the flat iron to straighten stuff out - it is nice and small and heavy,

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Well here's this weeks desk - and congrats to Julia at the Stamping Ground for her 3 year anniversary. I haven't been entering for the whole 3 years and to be honest I'm a bit flaky now - Wednesdays come around too quickly for me!

There's the ubiquitous mug, 3 black and white ATCs and a little pile of new stash - oh and some rubbish - must bin as I go! Hope you are all having a good Wednesday.

PS if anyone is interested in the 'dimensional circlies' mentioned 2 weeks ago they are in the post before this one - they turned out good - not like the ATCs on my desk today - oh well.

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I'm late to Julia's party again and really don't understand how the weeks fly by so fast ... still my desk today looks like this and as this is my third post since last week I guess there has been some creating going on ...

I'm making 'dimensional circlies' ... I know what you're thinking ... I didn't know what they were either but the swap group 'leaders' have come up with the idea and it appeals to me ... essentially they are round ATCs! ... I hope so anyway. 

We are to use complimentary colours hence the colour wheel (I always have to check) and there are 9 to do all different. My first two are just waiting for their embellishments. 

The contraption at the front is a Bow Easy ... an ingenious and fabulous little tool for tying even and flat bows. 

Hope to 'see' you this week.

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Wow - three weeks since I did this? Not sure how that's possible! If you like to see what crafters around the globe are up to visit Julia's blog here.

This was my desk this morning - just to prove I work in a complete mess a lot of the time and within an approximate 6" square of desk space! It always starts out clear ... but quickly deteriorates however much I tidy as I go!

I've been making ATCs for swaps ... and I obviously stopped tidying as I went somewhere along the way. I'll photo the ATCs properly and put them in the next post. Hope I can visit you this week if you are entering but there are so many now!

Have a good day.

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Here we are again - Wednesday and a scoot through blogland to spy on all those crafty desks (well some of them anyway!). If you like to do the same visit Julia here.

My desk today is full of stuff - at the back is the completed TP roll mini album - I have been adding to my Utube tutorials on how I made this and there are 11!! with the final one to go - they are very short though - mostly about 5 mins - my camera will only film for 10 mins max. If you are interested there is a link in the sidebar.

At the front I am trying out ideas to complete fabric tags for a swap - the green is oiled paper fused to felt and I want to put flowers on it - just got to work out the best and easiest way as I have to make nine! Got to do something on the other side too - so that's 18!

Anyway thank you for looking and I will visit as many as I can over the next week.w

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Missed this last week - they fly by so quickly! To join in visit Julia here and get to visit numerous desks - if you have the time! Here is my desk today...

...showing my trusty and much loved Cuttlebug and dies because I am busy completing yet another TP (toilet paper!!) roll mini album. This time I am making a Utube tutorial - scary stuff! I only have a small camera so the tutorial will have many short videos - if you are interested head over to my Utube channel or watch the first video below...

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Another Wednesday arrives far too quickly - so off for another round of desk hopping. Visit Julia here to follow the fun.

My desk today contains very little - the observant will notice a new storage 'thingy' in the corner - tins, pretty scrap paper and an old 'lazy susan' repurposed to hold pens, crayons and tools. It's proving handy and space saving so far, but if you want to see a beautiful version just look here - it's amazing (I didn't have the patience for this approach - just needed function!). Viola's work is just lovely and very inspiring.

There is also the start of a new mini album in a 6" x 6" format - I really am strangely addicted to these - however I am planning a lot of stamping in this one.

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It's that day again - time for a nosey round a few craft desks - if you want to get involved head on over to Stamping Ground.

My desk today has a few ATCs prepared - backgrounds made using acrylic paint, a it of distress ink and a spritz of water - there's a bit of sparkle in the mix too ...

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Well Wednesday again and so quickly! An actual desk today with some inkiness on it ...

... the first of 10 pages for a 4 x 4 chunky book (2 copies) in progress. If you fancy a perusal of a number of crafty desks head over to the Stamping Ground.

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Well I am not going to actually link this to Julie's gorgeous blog as I truly have not used my desk since last time (3 weeks ago I think!) - life and Molly (puppy) have taken over and crafting is still having to take a back seat. I am now having serious withdrawal symptoms and need to get inky asap.

In the meantime I have been doing more clearing out of unwanted 'stuff' from my craft room and have also managed to upload a couple of videos to Utube of more completed minis if you would like to look.  - two in one go may be a bit much though!!

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I've been missing in action from Julie's fabulous blog for a few weeks due - as my regular readers will know - mainly to this ...

... and for the same (and other) reasons my 'desk' has had to move downstairs for the time being ... well actually and literally 'under the stairs' ... this is not as bad as it sounds as the dining table and the kitchen are both close at hand.

I have utilised some 'custom door storage' ...

And have the use of these shelves for everything else - well the stash mountain doesn't all fit but maybe less 'stuff' will concentrate the mind and increase creativity/productivity ...

I am still attempting to complete the little mini that was on my desk four weeks ago (it's still there in the picture above) but only two pages and the covers are left to do now ...

If you like peeking into other peoples lives head over to Julie's Stamping Ground for a weekly fix.

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Finished projects - Yaaay!

Two mini albums at the back - one just awaiting its cover decoration and the smaller one is 'in progress'. The tag and postcards have been completed for challenges and swaps and the other stuff is a recent purchase - a few additional beading supplies as I want to make some charms. If you like looking (snooping?) at other peoples work spaces check out Julia's Stamping Ground here.

I have added a video to Utube of my 'Floral Mini'.

And if you are still with me ... here is another photograph of Molly who will be coming to live with us in 6 days!!

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This is how my desk looked this morning ...

I was in the midst of 'sorting out' my very tiny craft room. This was the only tidy corner ...

Then it looked like this ...

Much better ... I had a go at these too ...

And even managed to organise my ribbons ... from this ...

to this ...

And now my desk looks like this ... another mini album ...

Other desks are here at Stamping Ground

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I belong to an online mixed media group and this year was able to take part in the 12 days swap where participating members make a handmade gift for everyone else. These are the beautiful gifts I received this year

They are not shown to there best on my very scruffy cutting mat - no new one from Santa this year 

:-(( - but are all beautiful and demonstrate a lot of time and effort.

My gift is not amongst these - I made a stitched bookmark with a Christmas theme

and packaged it like this ...

with a wrapping and tag like this ...

More work desks can be viewed here.

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Another wednesday and this is what my desk looked like this morning

Working on a gift card holder for a Christmas present and in the background you can see the beginnings of an explosion box and in the far corner an almost finished mini album. See more crafting spaces here.

Shortly after this my desk looked like this as I decided to try videoing my album - this is the result left just as it is with all its 'faults' - my first video upload ever ...

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Here is my rather dull (and a bit grubby) desk this morning - lots of toilet rolls being beaten into submission to produce mini albums - I have only just discovered these and love working in this smaller size. If you would like to see a completed album there is a second post today with photographs of a Christmas offering. Anyway the desk ....

If you want to know what it is all about head over to Julia's blog here.

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Or for those who don't know 'Whats on Your Workdesk Wednesday' over at Stamping Ground. I've never posted to this blog before although I often check out the entrants. If your interested in other peoples 'messes' just go here - great fun and inspiration. And to prove my previous post is a 'work in progress' here is my desk this morning. There should also be a huge box of tissues in view as I have the worst cold ever and progress is slow :-)

I'm working on 'box albums' for Christmas presents and will show more soon - I need to work at being a better photographer.