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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, 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, 27 May 2026

WOYWW #886 - Don't Mention the HEAT!

Oh my life I struggle with the heat at the best of times but this heatwave is torturous. My Back continues to bug me too so not a great time body wise.

Fortunately have my air-con in my bedroom come craft room so I'm holed up in there most of the time. I even leave the machine running overnight as the room is south facing on a corner so is hit by the intense sun in the day and oozes all the heat retained in the night!

Despite all this I have been a busy bunny - I have started a slow stitching project from the Making Zen workshops called the Stitchers Pocket Companion so it will be a little pouch when constructed after all the stitching on the outside.

I sorted my embroidery floss out too (on desk above). I have abandoned a cross stitch started decades ago, which I'll use for a fabric journal - so glad Zen gave me "permission" oh the idea to do this, so now I have lots of extra floss.

I forgot to show some pages last week so here's a recap...

Lots of watercolours in my little watercolour journal.


I did a freebie 7-day course culminating in the painting bottom left which I stuck to the inside cover of my journal as a pocket for the day's pieces leading up to it. The flower mandala was on of the days.

More journal pages also from the Mixed Media Expo, sessions and extra courses. There is also a collage, I was just going to lay down some background collage pieces but I liked it as it was!

Sunday was Pentecost and far too hot for me to go to church so I did the Making Zen Page by Casey Turner, love her style. 

Plus the JOTW May Mixed Media challenge page which took an unusual twist after locating the old stamps which were a required item.


Happy WOYWW Everyone.

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