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Hi, Welcome to my Blog. I'm an eclectic kind of crafter delving into many pots. I am just about managing to keep up my Scrapbooking Diary (currently a year behind!), plus any cards as required. As my Carpal Tunnel allows I am getting into yarn/fabric crafts with slow stitching and needle felting added to my list. I continue with my love of Watercolour and Bible Journaling plus Faith/Art Journaling with acrylics and inks. I completed my challenge to make an art journal page a day for my 60th year in 2024. My list of crafty exploits includes ATCs, Tags, Altered Books, Mixed Media, Décopatch, Knitting, Crochet, and Embroidery. I live in Surrey, UK with my husband, our son has left home now. For exercise I usually play Badminton and go Ballroom and Latin Dancing. I also like Walking/Geocaching. I have been learning to play the harp for the past 10yrs. I am now officially retired. I am a born again Christian, currently worshiping at my local Evangelical Church.

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

WOYWW #840 - Quiet on the Crafting Front!

Yep a bit sparse this week as making the most of the cooler temperatures before the next heatwave hits! 

But still I have got the blackout blind down in my room and windows shut as it's going to be a very hot week.

I received my photo order 160+ prints from January 2025 and taking me up to the beginning of June. 


I had a few extras I forgot to print last time, namely a photo of our son in Westminster Cathedral back in August last year. I make a sheet to slot in between the pages and put a ribbon on top so you know something is there. 

I'd missed his favourite Japan photo so that will be in the next photo installment and can fit nicely on the back of this sheet.


The only other page is of my Son's Uni Group get together last November. He's blurred out his friend's faces as far to many to ask permission of!

Just December of 2024 to go now - Whoop! Whoop!



My daily scripture writings on The Beatitudes continues..

Here's last week's finished and the beginnings for this week..

I did a page in my Faith Journal about the heat and how it is so difficult for me. I used the RHS magazine envelope flowers for it.

Really love how the colours worked out and the words I found. The flowers remind me of fire so a good reflection of my feelings about the heatwaves we're experiencing down here in the South East.


Happy WOYWW Everyone.


9 comments:

Helen said...

Well done on nearly finishing 2024 pages! you're practically up to date!! your fiery flowery page is fabulous, I think we all feel like that from the weather (and more to come). Happy WOYWW Helen #2

Felix the Crafty Cat said...

Well done at keeping up with the journalling, loving the flower pages. It's been too hot here and I believe there is more to come. Have a good hopefully cooler woyww, Angela x7x

Lunch Lady Jan said...

Well, for a week of not much crafting you seem to have filled it quite well! The LOs are fab as usual. Hope you survive the upcoming high temps ok.
Hugs LLJ 5 xx

Crafting With Jack said...

I love your scripture writing pages, I used a few flowers on mine yesterday to cover up a couple of mistakes! You soon will have caught up with your scrapbooking . The temperatures for where we are (5 miles from Scarborough) are lower than London or back home, thank goodness. Hope you manage to keep cool. Hugs Angela #9

Neet said...

This is a week of not much crafting? Phew! I would be happy with that little lot, I've had to go indoors this afternoon, not that it was too hot, rather the opposite, it was too cool to sit out. Hope you managed to get more done and I do like the flower pages especially the 'fire' one. Gorgeous.
Did you never make a cake in Domestic Science at school? One thing is, if you don't bake you don't eat it so it has to be good. Why did I learn to bake?
Hugs, Neet 4 xx

Elizabeth said...

Hello BJ, I agree this heat is wearying. A sunny day now and again is lovely but when it goes on for weeks we're just not acclimatised for it. I like your idea putting the missed photo on a label and inserting it into the album. I'm impressed that you have only December of last year to scrap. I'm way behind with still the last 3 months to do yet. Hoping for cooler temperatures for you this week. Elizabeth x #12

Mary Anne said...

OMG I wish I had found time to do my commenting when it was cooler! It's hard work trying to keep the house comfortable for sleeping. I suppose it is good it will cool off after the weekend but crikey it is already beastly. As always I am so impressed by your output, especially with the heat. And that you are so up to date on your layouts. Impressive!Stay cool on this late, HOT WOYWW
Mary Anne (3)

Sarah Brennan said...

Hope the heat hasn't hit too hard this week BJ. Just making quick visits. Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.

Kelly said...

Happy Monday, BJ!
doing the photos is a task. I'm determined to jump in little by little.
Creative Blessings & Hugs!
~Kelly #11