Here's the workdesk this week...
Now that I am once again absorbed in dumfing, I decided that I needed to stock up on my supply of embroidery threads.
Ok so to be totally honest I was casually browsing the shelves of TK Maxx and spotted this package of brightly coloured skeins and felt that 'have to have it' warm glow we crafters get when we see something nice. You've got to admit it does look tempting. The question is, will I ever disturb the lovely neat rows of thread to use any of it!!
The dumfing I started last week is also on my desk, now embellished and ready to mount. I bet I've got every mount except the sizes I need!
New dumfing has taken place almost every evening. I had almost forgotten how good needle-felting is for helping you to wind down.
I have used the large background piece from last week's desk to start another poppy picture which will be free-machine embroidered, and I've done a few more miniature backgrounds which will be hand embroidered and made into cards or small pictures.
I'm sure by now you will have noticed some extra little friends loitering around my workdesk this week.
These are my 25 year-old Sylvanian families which have been reunited with their loving owner having been boxed up for decades. The intervening years have been spent lodging with mum and dad and, as they've been moving house, I felt it was time to relieve them of their duty of care! I'm not quite sure what I'll do with my vintage Sylvanian empire just yet. The little man may inherit some, whilst other bits might find a new life via eBay. Whatever the future holds for these woodland furries it's been lovely looking back over my childhood!
My last little pic is from earlier in the week when I took Ben on his first carousel. The boy loved it! He definitely has his mum's love of rides so no doubt we'll have many a fun time in the years to come whizzing around Alton Towers, Disney World etc.
Ill be popping over to Julia's Stamping Ground and look forward to catching up with other crafters taking part in WOYWW.
Happy crafting x
