WOYWW 150

It’s been a few weeks since I last participated in What’s On Your Workdesk Wednesday – courtesy of web-mistress-extraordinaire Julia over at http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/ – though I admit I’ve taken the occasional snoop!  I’ve been deep in writing poetry, you see, but amongst my thoughts, imagery and lines, you craft-y lot have made your mark!

So, inspired, converted and now thoroughly ‘into’ papercrafting, I realised I needed to make some room in my writing scriptorium to accommodate my burgeoning craft-y-ness. 

I found a wickerwork shelving unit in a charity shop, re-dressed and moved my mannequins (there to inspire me for my next book, which will be about a dressmaker!) to the other side of my desk and, for a change, took down the millions of pictures on my wall that make up my view in lieu of a window (I have a blank wall at the moment, which I will fill with fewer pictures and quotations...but I’m still choosing which ones will make the cut!).

My fab friend Zoe (see her blog at http://craftygasheadzo.blogspot.co.uk/ ) and I took a trip to Hobbycraft and stocked up on some goodies (we made a day of it, of course, and were ladies who lunched!).

But now I had some choice craft candy, what was I going to do with it?!

Using the plain, brown-paper notebook I created my own ‘Imaginarium’ (a fab word I came across from one of your blogs – hope you don’t mind me pinching it, Suzie?!) – a scrapbook/art journal type place for me to create...though I’ve yet to do anything on the inside!

During my poetry-extravaganza, I’d written one called ‘Cat Clan’, which a friend of mine (and fellow cat-person!) loved, and asked for a copy – so I made her a LO, featuring the balsa-wood floral-design cat shapes I’d found in Hobbycraft...

As to what’s on my workdesk today, there will be a house-warming card for a friend who’s just moved...when I’ve made it, of course...which will be after I’ve had a nose at your desks...so I’d better get snooping, hadn’t I?!