WOYWW 599

WOW - one more to go to number 600 - of the editions of the longest running blog hop - WOYWW.  Please go here to find out more about it.  Why not join us this week and then you will be here for the 600th edition and the live Zoom party that is planned.

Well, I have been saying for weeks that I would show you the book I made with the Janet Klein figures ins it so here  - at along long last - is a video showing all the pages.  Excuse the state of it but it was done at the last minute as per usual.  The photo below shows it when it is open and spread out

and here is the video - fingers crossed it works

and now to my desk

This is my attempt to get ready for the workshop I am doing this weekend - well three days actually.  It is another Tracy Evans one and she has kindly told us what we can get ready for it so we don't have to fussy cut on the day if we don't want to.  She will allow cutting time during the classes but for someone like me who manages about ten minutes and has to give up on account of my back pain it is great when you can get things more or less ready.  That way I can play catch up throughout the remainder of the day.  So next week I will have another book to show you.

Right, hope to see you over at Julia's desk later on.  Toodle Pip!

Health Update:

Have had a bad few weeks with my back but the good news is that I secured an appointment with my Chiropractor this morning so I won't know if my video has worked or not until I get back home.  

ps well the video works but gosh don't I sound out of breath and obviously unrehearsed.  Ah well, the ravages of time!

WOYWW 591

Well my desk is pretty clean and there is nothing to show you as I had to do a couple of swaps recently so I tidied up from them and sent them off.  Hopefully they will have been received now and so I can show you my ATC coins and the little holder that they travelled in.

The actual swap was just for something "circular" and I thought of ATC coins but when I got my swap partner I did give her the chance to have a card instead,  The lady I was sending them to had never had any ATC coins so was looking forward to receiving her first ones from me.  I just hope she was not disappointed when she got mine.  Here they are with the holder I made after following a You Tube video.

As you can see I chose to use Janet Klein images and I used circles (ie the ATC coins) and each one had a different background with different types of circles on it.  The 12 x 12 paper I used was plain on one side and I used an AALL & Create stencil to mark it with circles.  In the photo above each coin fits into a pocket and then has a flap which folds over.  Then the whole thing folds up and is fastened with a piece of cord looped around a brad

the other thing I did was make a tag for a Seaside theme on another group and I made four tags which all sat on top of one another with holes in, descending in size.  Here they are fanned out

and closed together

So that is what I have been up to this week.  I was hoping to be able to show you a plaque I made at weekend on another Tracy Evans Workshop but as my back went at the beginning of the session on Saturday it is far from finished as yet.  Hopefully next week.  As this is WOYWW I should show you my desk - totally tidy - so here goes

Complete with shadow!  Well, off now to see what others in the WOYWW Club have been up to.  Why not click on the link and join me there.  See you next week.

I must apologise if I did not visit you last week but with one thing and another (see below) the week just flew by with me not achieving much.  Will try to play catch up over the next few days.  Promise.

Health Update:

Went for my first Pacemaker check yesterday morning and all was tickety boo so no worries there.  Wish I could say the same about the old back pain and the shoulder.  Both are giving me a lot of problems but until Bolton's figures come down a lot I can't see the chiropractor seeing me.  We are in the process of ordering a new mattress, shame as the one we have now cost us £650 and is not yet a year old but we won't be able to sell it on and recoup some of the money.  Still, something has to be done to try to help alleviate this chronic pain.

Have had a cold looming all week but nothing has come of it - just a runny nose and a funny throat.  By the funny throat I mean it is kind of sore at times, ok at others but my voice just starts to disappear if I chat to anyone on the phone.  Peculiar!