So here we are with December about to start & we have already been frozen in our snowy little cul de sac since Friday ! No where near as bad as up North & in Scotland but snow & ice are not compatible with disabled living & make my DH's life a misery.
Still we have decided to crank up the heating & try not to let it get us down !
Christmas feels like it is a hovering breath away !
With a new year of Journal Your Christmas about to start, I am feeling all tingly with anticipation of what the next month may hold & looking forward to creating my journal !
My lovely Mum has sent my advent calender & I am really looking forward to opening the envelope to celebrate the 1st being here - yes I am in my late 40's & yes my Mum is still buying me & my sister Advent calenders & I for one am unrepentantly happy that we keep this as a family tradition !!
I have already made inroads into the Christmas shopping, the cards are all written (sorry they are just shop-bought ones - which puts me to shame when I see everyone else's lovely home made cards but it just isn't my thing !) - and ready to post this week.
On Saturday I really enjoyed my annual Christmas shopping trip with my friend Joanna to Narberth - a lovely village in Pembrokeshire with loads of individual shops full of crafts, jewelry & art - and a Spanish Deli where we have a Tapas lunch & a glass of Cava to kick off our Christmas spirit !
On my desk today you can see I have finished my Christmas shadow box - still not sure it isn't a bit dull but I have tried to use a bit of gold to liven it up ! Think maybe fundamentally the brown was a bad choice with the red frame - but you live & learn !! Comments on what you think I could have done to improve it gratefully received !! I can always recycle it into something else after Christmas !!
I have the metalwork I am working on from the new Ten Seconds Studios Christmas Kabuka mold & when I have finished it I hope to add the 4 tree panel to the front of my Journal.
I have a few new stamps that I tacked onto an order for some cute chicken stamps that'll be part of what my parents are buying me for Christmas - and a leaflet we picked up on Saturday of Scandinavian style decorations - I succumbed to some ribbon in the red & white with Christmas Reindeer & Tree motifs on it - so the leaflet is for inspiration as to what to make with that !
Well that's my desk & snippets of life for this week ! Looking forward to seeing your desks this week - have a great crafty week & stay warm if you are somewhere snowy like us !!
Your shadow box has turned out absolutely gorgeous hun!Stay warm and safe .Iwould say hopeful;ly this snow will go soon but looks like it's here to stay awhile longer.My dad is in the north he has been stuck in for past 7 days ,i try ring him 3 times aday just for someone to chat to as living alone it is hard and depression soon creeps up.He has over foot and half snow more since yesterday.Anyways at least you have each other and central heating!Keep safe have fab wednesday hugs jude#4
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ReplyDeletewow your shadow box is gorgeous, i still need to get a wiggle on with Christmas cards, pressie all done n wrapped,have great day, happy WOYWW, sue,x (23)
cool love the shadow box and loved seeing on your desk all the equiment you used to make it
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loving your crafty space hun thanks for sharing with us this week Ilove your shadow box too love the colours you have used - take care love Liz
ReplyDeleteVery interesting shadow box #81
ReplyDeleteYour shadow box is your creation of the mood you were probably in at the time, it is lovely and you have some interesting shapes on it. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThe shadow box looks great. I love the dark colors.
ReplyDeleteSuch lovely things to snoop on your desk - thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love the way you've made the red and gold look all soft and vintagey on the shadow box. It's a really beautiful piece.
ReplyDeletecheers, rachel #54
I love your box, the red is gorgeous and the gold just finishes it off - it would be a crying shame to recycle it. Elizabeth #85
ReplyDeleteLove the box Ali, I'm a fan of brown myself so I do love how it's turned out. You've also just reminded me that I don't have an advent calendar this year! Perhaps I should ask your mum to send me tone too!!! Stay warm, hope you don't get too much snow.
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Brenda 90
What a wonderfully organized and totally interesting desk! Just an idea about the box, next time how about a vintagey paper in the inside? You can take a paper you have and grunge it a bit with Tim Holtz's distress ink? a possibility. When I'm in doubt, I grunge! Stay warm, we have about 1 foot of snow on the ground here with more to come today ;-) It's beautiful to look at. Hugs Vicki #115
ReplyDeleteYour shadow box is stunning. I hope the snow melts so you feel better hun
ReplyDeletelaura 83 xx
What a fun shadow box and a fun mom to send you an advent calendar! Stay warm and crafty.
ReplyDeleteDont recycle your shadow box its lovely - love the fact your mum sends you an advent calender - keep warm and save and hope the snow melts soon -thanks for sharing Nicky ~30
ReplyDeletebeautiful project. Love the embossed metal pieces on your desk too.
ReplyDeleteHere I am trying to catch up after missing so much last week. I can't wait to see the advent calendar and really like that shadow box. Honestly!! Happy nearly time for the next WOYWW (#3).
ReplyDeletePerfectly right to be unrepentant, me too!
ReplyDeleteI think your journal already looks like a work of art and if you think it's not much crafty on your desk, you're nuts!! I'd say it's twice as crafty as any card...