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.

WOYWW #839 - Scrapping/Photos

Here's my desk, I'm back to the scrapping and have ordered another 160+ prints with some extras needed for the last lot of pages to which I am now up to November 2024.

We received our first RHS magazine which will be great for the journaling too.

Oh my life the HEAT is killing me! Even with my air-con unit on all day and all night it is still 26 degrees in my room! 20 degrees is more my max norm for functioning but have been managing OK at 23 but no not this hot!

Add to that I twisted my knee going to fetch my medication from under my new table in my room  as it has a 25degrees max point and the Bathroom is currently 28! Oh man!

Here are the last 3 LOs on the coat hanger. It is one of those skirt clip hangers, covered in scrapbook paper. 

The third, lower page is attached with mini pegs. I display them like this until the next ones are made before adding them to my albums.

Yes I did scrapbook the bathroom tap! It had the added story of inside stopcock seized and then the outside stopcock handle breaking off. 

The waterboard had to sort us out and it was finally done on 20th Dec 2024 - that was certainly an interesting time!

Another couple of Jonah pages, no idea when the next installment will be.

My last weeks scripture journal done and my current weeks all ready.

And finally my hubby's Birthday Card for today.

Hoping the temperatures are cooler and my knee is OK for today.

Happy WOYWW Everyone.

WOYWW #838 - More Jonah

Here's the desk with my scripture writing journal where I'm doing a study on The Beatitudes from the Gospel of Matthew 5:1-10.

 Here's the page so far...

Missed Monday as was getting car serviced and MOTed plus I had a surgeon call about my hand and a bit of a who-ha with BT into the mix.

Anyway I have pondered the Greek word Makarios translated as Blessed or Happy and Asher in the OT. Amazing what a word study reveals as Felix was amongst other words I found.

The next installments for Jonah were published and I have done 4 of the 6 so far.

Last but not least I finished off September's scrapping, of yet another geocaching trip locally.

I'll need to order some more photos soon!

Happy WOYWW Everyone.

WOYWW #837 - Scrapped

Oh my got back into scrapping this evening and nearly forgot my post! 

Here's my desk, still loving extra table.

My scrap LOs are up on a coat hanger.

My son and his mates in Japan last Autumn.

I did a couple of Bible paintings for the end of the book of James as we are studying that in church at the moment.

And a Journal page hoping for more sleep.... Had my air-con on in my room ALL DAY hoping I manage to sleep better now.

Happy WOYWW Everyone.

WOYWW #836 - Back to Jonah

Oh my it's been epic recently with all the online freebie retreats. 

Just finished Encounters in Colour 2025 which was brilliant, so the desk is now back to Jonah.

Here are the last 5 days of Encounters:-

Day 3 - Dry Bones with Jen Alward

Day 5 - Deep Waters with Marjolaine Walker

Day 6 - Untangled with Kim Pepper

Day 4 - Lay it all Down with Natasha Lee

Day 7 - Water Finds A Way with Jenna Burne

And my latest Jonah installment. 

Hopefully the next section will be available from tomorrow...

Gosh is that me done already!!

Shock Horror - having a well deserved rest.

Happy WOYWW Everyone.

WOYWW #835 - Encounters in Colour

Back to Back freebie retreats for me, oh my word.

Loving the new extra desk in my craftcorner, although I have popped the sewing machine back in the wardrobe whilst I do the art journaling this week.

So much more room to put stuff without taking over my bed. I have put most of my extra craft supplies in the drawer too.

Currently doing Encounters in Colour 2025 this week. Much more contemplative as only one session a day for the 7 days, all available free from their published day until 15th June.... And breathe....

Desk has Tuesday's page...daily writing journal, medical journal and craft notes book

Anyway back to last week's Making Zen, here are the majority of my makes. Had a thoroughly wonderful time stitching save for my carpal tunnel screaming!

And there are 3 more in the Jonah series, I have done 2 so far.

So to the Encounters............

Day 1 - Lead me Home with Casey Turner

Day 2 - Stacking Stones with Emily Henderson

Oh my so much stuff again, I'm shattered but that is more due to not sleeping well and my hand in dreadful pain during the night. Not to worry.

Happy WOYWW Everyone.

WOYWW #834 - Making ZEN

I'm knee deep in the freebie version of Making Zen again this week. It's mainly fabric/sewing based so playing havoc with the Carpal Tunnel but I'm persevering through the pain and numbness and trying not to prick or cut myself.

As you might notice I have had a rethink of my surface availability in the craftcorner. Wanting somewhere to have my sewing machine out this week I tried the little table I usually have next to my desk but it was a tad low and rather wobbly.

I now have a loft reclaimed pre-marriage table which fits around the fireplace a treat (legwise). I've had to swap out my chair for a smaller one but my room looks bigger for it. Anyway going to give the new set up a go over the week of Zen but will probably relish the ongoing extra surface area.

Here are my Zen projects so far. Monday I did 5 out of the 7 sessions available. 

The Jonah project came to a halt at day 6 so despite starting later than others I have now caught up with that. Here are my last 4 entries.

Awaiting the next stage of the series....

And my scripture writing and daily ponderings continue. Here's last week's finished and this current week as it started out. I used my new Indigo Blu stuff this week plus the other new stencils.

Happy WOYWW Everyone.

WOYWW #833 - She Journals Jonah

Well not to disappoint I seem to have done loads this week AGAIN! 

Here's the desk as I was packing away from doing Day 2 of the Jonah Challenge which is free till 20th June 2025 but I won full access to it last month - whoop whoop.

It's an acrylic paint journal challenge. Acrylics are sure a challenge for me right now. I made a travelers notebook from various papers, and painted the cover.

Day 1 - We are called to go and preach the gospel - the thing Jonah tried to run away from!

Day 2 - We can't out run God, His purpose for us and certainly not His LOVE.

The other week after I mentioned looking for a script stencil, Angela of the Felix persuasion brought my attention to such a stencil included in the Indigo Blu Box Magazine. Thought it was a bit much to order online but God was shining on me as there was a copy in my local ASDA store - Whoop Whoop!

OK So it was £14.99 but also included dies stamps and papers. 

Had great fun playing with it already - even the stamps (don't faint!!). 

I even made a card out of the test pieces.

Lovely stencil and dies.

I did a bit of watercolour colouring in of the stamped images plus a page of previously hand drawn flowers and foliage.

They were then all ready to fussy cut during the WOYWW Virtual Crop - even with the Carpal Tunnel.

Lovely to see those ladies who could make the WOYWW Virtual crop. Kicking myself that I didn't take a screen shoot of the meet up. Hoping someone else did though.

Thanks to Jan for the dance song, "Play that Funky Music" duly added to my Spotify playlist favourites. 

There was also my weekly scripture writings.

Using up printables I've had for ages.

And last, which was really first last week was a journal page using the stencils I bought the other week.

Happy WOYWW Everyone.

WOYWW #832 - 16th Anniversary

Oh my life can't believe I have been joining in this amazing, epic, momentous blog hop for over 13 years!  

Even managed to take a photo of my desk with something in progress on it, along with my anniversary ATC.

I used an already cut and embossed ATC card, probably been in my drawer pending this day for at least a decade! 

I followed my art journalling process by collaging some papers for texture and interest then added acrylic paint (totally obliterating the interest LOL!) 

I painted the tulips I'd learnt on the recent Faith Fest from Casey Turner and stenciled the birds. 

A few drops of coffee and all done...

Happy WOYWW 16th Anniversary Everyone.

Other things afoot, on my desk is the beginnings of a journal page with some collage pieces. 

To tell you the truth I saw a scrap of paper on the floor downstairs and couldn't resist picking it up and thinking isn't that interesting...

There's my daily scripture writing journal for this week adorned with lots of stenciling with my new stencils. (above)

Here's last week's all done.

I've skipped on with the scrapping and am currently on September 2024 - go me.

Here's June and the beginning of July.

The May bug for the 2nd year running, hubby cycling with a friend's son. My mate's Marriage Blessing and hubby's 68th birthday and mega geocaching circuit.

More geocaching mid-July and new Boots mid-August.

I have enormous trouble finding any footwear to fit as I have small but extra extra wide feet. These boots are 2 sizes bigger to help accommodate the width and are AMAZING.

Finally I did the bonus creative process for the upcoming Encounters in Colour 2025 freebie Faith Art Journaling Retreat. 

We made our own washi tape, top half on microporous tape the bottom on masking tape. Both cut in half longways.

I then did a page based on the hosts one, using the tape I'd made plus scraps of a mop up sheet.

The inaugural retreat last year was amazing so really looking forward to this year's. There's a weeks worth of a daily process video each from a different artist. You get 2 weeks access on the free pass and there is now an option to purchase this year (which includes last years too) for the year which is really reasonable. Either way, I couldn't recommend it more.

Happy WOYWW Everyone.