Wednesday 6 October 2010

A BIT LATE WOYWW

I'm a bit late in posting on this, another WOYWW, hosted by the lovely Julia.

'Peg leg' went to Beverley again yesterday to take our SiL home so he can work his notice before returning here next week to start his new job properly. Unfortunately, he brought some friends back with him who kept me awake most of the night - a grizzly bear with toothache, a parrot practising for the X-Factor, that old witch from the film 'Robin Hood' who was screeching her spells all night, someone with a donkey, someone else with a hammer drill and finally, a painter and decorator who was gathering up his empty paint cans all night. To top that, we had the most awful, heavy rainstorm to date. LOL.

You may have gathered I am a bit slow and weary this morning. Thank goodness I took a couple of photos yesterday before my eyes started to go bleary.

These are my acquisitions this week. I've been wanting that MS monarch punch for ages and finally bought it on Sunday from a lovely store near to me, Windmill Crafts. I also wanted the Tattered Leaves die after seeing some wonderful creations on blogs using it. The Texture Fades are just scrummy and I may just collect them all! oops!

Following a spell of 'lost mojo' I tried alsorts of things to get it back. A lovely crafter asked me if I had recently cleared my work space as I may have packed my mojo away too. As it happened, I had, so I quickly made a mess again by starting a project from this months Craft Stamper magazine - a note book. Hopefully, I shan't lose my mojo again 'cos 'tis the season of joy and goodwill very soon and I need to get cracking with my cards.
Off to start my travels around the amazing craft rooms of the world. Still on a mission to get round them all which I hope to achieve at some point. See ya.

20 comments:

Creative Boutique said...

Good Minds think alike - those are the exact same texture fades that I want to use to add some texture to the back of my 7gypsies Printer trays! And isn't that tattered leaves die adorable, we've had to have two restocks in a week and each time they sold out within hours - I think I'm going to have to hide one to keep all for myself next time they come in!!!

Claire
WOYWW #78
www.your-creativemoments.co.uk/blog

Zue said...

i love ms products and the monarch stamp you said, looks like a monarch punch to me... have fun with it what ever it is
sue xx 88

Artyjen said...

Oh dear! Perhaps I should hold off on my megga sort out...I don't want to loose my mojo! LOL
Been eyeing those leaves myself...oh the temptation :)
xoxo Sioux

ellen vargo designs said...

Oooh - lovely all those texture fades! For me, the mojo doesn't accidentally get packed away, it gets *buried* under piles of stash... can't move forward in any interesting way until I put everything back where it belongs! have a great day! Hugs, Ellen (37)

Sue said...

Hi ya
lovely new stash, glad you found your mojo, look forward to seeing the book,have great day, happy WOYWW, sue,x(2)

Anonymous said...

Hope Hubby's friends have now left you in peace sol you can play with those fab new goodies.

Hugs
Brenda #105

Julia Dunnit said...

ooh new things to try - always a mojo bumper for me Joanne! A notebook you say - so what are the shapes for - pages? Show me when you're done, huh? Ta.

Carola Bartz said...

That Tattered Leaves die does look great! Have fun playing around with it!

Helen said...

The tattered leaves and flowers dies are both fab. Enjoy your texture fades.

Twiglet said...

Glad you have your mojo back - those laves look lovely.

Annie said...

Love the leaves. Glad your mojo has returned.
A x

HeARTworks said...

I noticed lots of people on WOYWW have been buying stuff! It must be the season and it's not Christmas yet! Patsy #39 from
HeARTworks

The Taming of the Glue said...

Always thought that tidying up was dangerous and you've confirmed it. Better a messy desk than a lost mojo!! Pam (21)

Sherry said...

You have some lovely new stash there! I recently got the tattered leaves TH die too and just love it!

Sherry (117)

Spyder said...

I've been wanting the same punch, it really does look lovely on cards and other things. You do seem to have some strang visitors...a witch, a bear a parrot...o....k....Happy WOYWW
(Lyn)

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

I saw that punch when I bought the two MS I now own. I probably should have gotten it. I lost my mojo, too. And I didn't pack mine away. If you find it in with your things, please let me know (grin). I'm #1.

Daniele said...

its amazing how many times the old mojo takes a hike but luckily it usually comes back....thankfully
lovely texture fades and stash
hugs from #45

Gez Butterworth said...

Oooh enjoy the new die.. glad you found your mojo hun..xx

Elliefantasy said...

Glad you found your mojo, it normally doesn't go too far away. Some great new bits, I'm sure you'll have fun playing. Thanks for popping onto my blog and leaving a comment. Unfortunately it was just plain coke, I'm not a rum kind of gal. Now Amaretto, that's a different thing altogether! Love Elliefantasy xx (129)

hollybeary creations said...

ohh.... how are those Sizzix embossing folders from Tim Holtz.. He has the coolest designs!