WOYWW 673

So my NEW old table arrived just after I took those photos for last weeks WOYWW. Don't you love old wooden tables. It went up for sale on Facebook for $150 and came with a bench and 3 cushion covered chairs. 

I love sturdy tables to craft on, Those fold up tables wobble when you go to stamp and you don's get a good impression. I used to think it was me and my lack of hand strength.

You can see the length of the two tables. I'll use the rectangle table to craft on as it has space, a friend is coming over for a crafting weekend soon so I'll attempt to keep that table clean LOL.

The oval table will be used to house the essentials and crafting on my own.

I've been working on decorated envelopes. Early this year I challenged myself to the 365 Challenge where you write one letter/postcard a day and send to someone for 2022. 

I decided to make decorated envelopes as well to go with them.

If you'd like to be on my 365 challenge list please send me an email with your address and I will add you to my list bridget.larsen@gmail.com

Check out The Worlds smallest postal service

Hope over to Stamping Ground to see more desks and what crafty people are doing

WOYWW 672 Finally

As Julia said in her WOYWW 671 entry ‘if you want to get a job done, give to a busy person’ the following happened to me while I did a 4 week full time Mon- Fri job.

It's been 2 long years since I showed my "Desk" craft area in our new house. We've been in this house almost 5 years now and I am still unpacking boxes.

My last WOYWW was 572 on May 20 - 2020, then the pandemic hit and everything went south.

I needed a reason to get this show on the road so I invite my good friend Rhonda to come for a weekend stay over soon. I gave myself 3 months to clean up and just didn't stop for 3 weeks straight cleaning up.

I feel so much better, I keep sitting in my "new" craft room in wonder that this is now as permanent as can be and I wont have to move for the next 30 years.

I have had it tidy in the last 5 years then it really went to gross as you can see from the before photos.

Before photos:

Could barely get into the craft room with the hallway blocked with stuff

After

Ahhh can finally see the floor and move freely, will be cleared even more during the weekend

My music desk, gotta have a music desk so I can listen to books or music while I craft

My colouring in station

I will have a dedicated tools section when I get a new wooden table, much more stable than these fold up ones.

Hop on over to the Stamping Ground to see more desks.

A World of Snail Mail - September Week 2 challenge

Week 2 of Snail Mail September - Mail a letter from a new to you Postbox. 

I went to one of my local supermarkets and at the other end of the row of shops I saw for the first time a letter box. I posted my Week 1 mailings there. 

Week 2 - Use an Interesting stamp to mail something

I believe we have gorgeous stamps in Australia. I used some local ones hence the extra stamps 

I put on to cover that . I didn't complete the envelope address for confidentiality reasons. 

It's like a crossword puzzle lol

Week 2 - Write a letter/postcard in coloured ink

Jack Annall turned 101 and his daughter lives in Australia. Of course with covid and restrictions flying overseas restricted or at a stand still she couldn't get over there to celebrate with him. So the beautiful staff sent our an SOS to have cards send to him to cheer him up. Here is a video of what was sent in.

He survived WWII  and covid twice and received 5000 cards. Here is a link to read all about it

Week 2 - Decorate mail in seasonal colours

#snailmailseptember2021

 

5 Questions from InsomniaQueen July 2021

 I received this delightfully decorated envelope from a new online group I joined in June for letter writing. A great covid stress relief hobby for me and finding new friends online. You write 5 questions and someone replies to them.

This is the front of the envelope, the address part got abit wet so the writing is starting to fade.

This is the back. 

I love the notebook she wrote in, in answer to my 5 Questions.

A World of Snail Mail - September Week 1 challenge

Not long ago I joined an online group called A World Of Snail Mail because I love sending and receiving Snail Mail. During September there is this challenge that we can do with snail mail so I took it on to take my mind off some personal challenging news.  

Week 1 - Decorate an envelope for a letter you'r emailing. This envelope is also in another challenge for August in Decorated Envelopes that I have participated in a while ago and loved it. This letter is going to George who is the husband of Jean Wilson who organises the decorated envelopes.

Week 1 - Write to a family member. This postcard is going to my youngest daughter in Melbourne. I haven't seen her for awhile because of covid restrictions. The postcard is of  kombucha I have made in various flavours of passionfruit, strawberry, lemon and ginger, raspberry and jaboticaba.

Week 1 - Write a letter outdoors. This is going to MIL in US, its a photo of the milk pail sitting on her front step that I took when I was last there in 2019. The view is of our backyard and the many fruit trees I have planted in pots until I decide where I would like them permanently planted.

Week 1 - Send a postcard to someone you haven't seen in awhile. This one is going to a dear friend in Canberra that is the best home cook I know. Nola Murdock has taught me so much when it comes to cooking and she has a heart of gold. 

#snailmailseptember2021

Decorated Envelope

Another outgoing Decorated Envelope going locally in Australia. I love black or coloured envelopes and black is one of my favourites, sadly the white pen smudged in a few areas and also on the back.

Umm yes I have used an international 10c stamp on the envelope because I cant find my local stamp stash and we are in strict lockdown so post offices are closed (I think) and I wanted to get this envelope posted asap.

Not sure if mail is being collected at all.

Decorated Envelopes November 2015

 I was cleaning up the computer yesterday and discovered a whole heap of envelopes I received that I hadn't posted. So I shall divide them up into a few posts.

These were received in November 2015.

Decorated Envelopes October 2015

 I was cleaning up the computer yesterday and discovered a whole heap of envelopes I received that I hadn't posted. So I shall divide them up into a few posts.

These were received in October 2015.

Decorated Envelopes September 2015

 I was cleaning up the computer yesterday and discovered a whole heap of envelopes I received that I hadn't posted. So I shall divide them up into a few posts.

These were received in September 2015.