WOYWW #868

 Good morning, crafty friends!

Thank you, everyone, who left condolences for HoneyB. We're gradually accepting not having to get up at 5 a.m. to put him out or having him want out every time he thinks there's a squirrel out there to chase off. 

On the upside, we no longer have to block him from the litter box or worry if we're leaving him kenneled too long if we want/ need to go somewhere. Most anywhere we go is a 2-hour round trip plus the things we need to do in between. Makes for a long day for a dog when it's too cold to leave him out in the run. Just life adjustments after eleven years.

Bob has already pulled the fence & posts that enclosed the run. When weather warms up, we'll set it up as a patio.

I have three pictures to show you today.

First, my desk with leftovers from yesterday's tag creation. You can see just the tag on yesterday's post HERE. To the left you can see a spool of ribbon.. a very pretty net ribbon from Stampin' Up! holiday catalog as well as a couple packages of their new heart doilies from the same catalog I need to put in the scrap rack

... which is easy to get to because after the deep clean over the weekend, I am now able to pull scrap rack spinders off the shelf and onto a single base to my left to work:

The base will hold up to 7 3-ring spinders. I still have room to move the red, pink, and white color spinders onto the base. No more getting up and down to go around the back side of the shelf to get what I need while I'm crafting. When I'm done with all the Valentine, I'll put them back on the shelf and bring in St. Patrick's/ Green as well as Easter/ Spring.

And finally, the worst spot of all from a couple of weeks ago:

There are two carts of punches. The black one in the front holds all non-seasonal punches except for my two big heart punches. The narrower white cart behind that holds all of my seasonal punches but for now, I have the box of Valentine stamps and papers sitting there.

I'm gradually getting back into the swing of things and organizing more in the office. I can get to my Kanban board with my work schedule posted and all of the stamps/ dies going back to Halloween are filed back in their boxes. One day at a time.

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’sCraft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list.

 Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

TAG TUESDAY - Week 2

I apologize now for any errors in this post. Tabby has been very clinging since HoneyB left us.  Her favorite spot is between me and the keyboard. She's only an #8 tabby but she's a lover. She and HoneyB were best friends. He took care of her and she took care of him. She's a bit lost, as are we all.

I'm coming in late today as I needed to curl up with a book I needed to post a review for tomorrow. I'm slowly getting back to schedule. 

I went with something a bit different today:

As you'll see in the video link HERE, I was inspired by a sketch in the current Stampin' Up! All Occasion Catalog. They've been providing more of those since acquiring Close To My Heart. 

I love this 6x6 paper line - Share The Love but I think next week, I'll pull a different collection. I also have some recreated vintage Valentine papers as well as a digital collection. 

Check back tomorrow to see what's on my desk for the weekly What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday Blog Hop.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

 

WOYWW #867

 Good morning desk hoppers!

I didn't get around to anyone last week. 
There is also no change to my area.  I know you all will understand.

Meet HoneyB, my little mob boss. ;-)

After eleven years as part of our family, my vet and I sent him across the rainbow Thursday night.

He showed up on our deck looking more like a Beagle/ Spaniel mix. Litter box trained and would bring me his food bowl when he was ready to eat. HoneyB was my lap dog. I never wanted a Beagle but he didn't howl... for about the first three months. LOL Once he found his howl, he morphed into a Beagle/ Bassett mix. 

About a week prior to Thursday he was a happy dog. Did his circles if he thought he was getting a treat, would come sit by me to get his ears pulled (he loved me gently tugging his velvet ears). 

Then out of the blue he began throwing up his food to not eating anything at all, he became lethargic and wanted to be out in the cold more than in the house. We knew something wasn't right so I took him to see Dr. Mike on Tuesday. All the vitals were good but we decided at his age ( he would have turned 12 in March), anything blood work would show wasn't going to help any. With his age and weight, anesthesia wasn't a good option. So we brought him home. By Thursday morning, he wouldn't even come out of his house. 

As with Spirit, I asked Earth Mother to give me a sign when she was ready for him. The next morning, when I woke up and put him out to potty, I noticed blood in the kennel. I was heartbroken but I knew it was time.

Dr. Mike came out at the end of the day, hugged me than helped pull HoneyB out of his house so he could put his head in my lap to get his final ear pulls. We sat and chatted while I talked to HoneyB as he crossed the rainbow.  Dr. Mikael Orchard from Barn Hollow Veterinary Clinic is the best! We've worked with him since he opened his practice. 

My heart is broken but his spirit still runs on the back deck. We're going to turn his kennel run into a place to sit and have coffee with him in warmer weather and watch the sun rise.

I am back to work this week. I've been busy canning Beef Pot Pie filling and Salisbury Steak patties. I've also started my Tag Tuesday series, all about Valentine's Day. You can check yesterday's post for a picture of the tag.

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’sCraft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

TAG TUESDAY - Share The Love

 Good morning, crafty friends!

After a horrid week last week, I'm finally getting into the flow. I'll be posting about the issue last week on tomorrow's WOYWW blog.

Today, I'm kicking off six weeks of Share the Love. While that is the title of the series, I may use papers other than the Share The Love 6x6 DSP (Stampin' Up! 2017 spring)

Each tag will be 2.5 x 5 using the Heavy Weight cardstock from Ollie's as the base. I'm also only using items from my stash. 

Week 1:

You can see how this tag came together on today's video:

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

WOYWW #866

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I hope your 2026 is showing great possibilities and lots of creative time.

I have two pictures this week:

The desk isn't overly exciting. I've put away almost everything from the last of the 2025 crafting. I have some elves that need glued together and a sheet of stickers to put away.

This mess on the other hand... geesh!

The pile to the left is covering my punches and the pile to the right is the project tray cart.

I've just not had time to get in here to put stuff away. That white bag on the tray cart holds a couple of Valentine items I picked up for a future journal. 

I had to be gone Monday, will be gone part of Tuesday and again today. After that I think I can plant and get some things done.

Hopefully, I'll have better progress to show next week.

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’sCraft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly 

WOYWW #863

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I totally spaced last week. Bob and I got an early start into the city (2 hrs away) for a day of Christmas shopping. I remembered it was Wednesday on the drive home almost 12 hours later. LOL

I went back into the city on my own yesterday after Bob mentioned a couple of things.  Why couldn't he have dropped the hints last week? ::: smh :::

First off, Lynn. You asked about my writing. If you'll check the side-bar you'll see my Christmas romance that came out eight years ago (Yeah, I had no clue it was that long). If you like Hallmark style stories, I think you'll enjoy An Ozarks Christmas. I'm pushing now to have Book 2 released in May.

Okay.. my desk as I left it yesterday morning:

Nothing super exciting except the glue mat from Stampin' Up! where I was using a dauber to glue the snowflake and the cards those snowflakes went on.

Here's a close up of the card:

This is the last of the elements from the November 2019 Paper Pumpkin kit. I have a few items left over that I'll put in the Christmas crafting section of the ScrapRack. 

I hope to get back to Reindeer Club in 2026. I have projects I want finished and still more Paper Pumpkin Christmas kits to work through. I'll talk more about that next week.

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’sCraft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list.

Creative Blessings!

Kelly

WOYWW #861

 Good morning, crafty friends!

Before I show you my very 'non-exciting desk':

Mrs. Claus was kind enough to drop a bag of powdered sugar all over my yard. I wish she'd had a much larger bag.

Nothing super exciting on my desk as I had to move all the crafting stuff off the table so I could film an author video this morning on how I plot my books. 

Here's a close up of the Week 4 card:

Another one from the November 2019 Paper Pumpkin.  

The deer was supposed to be backed by a wooden sled with red handles and a red circle between that and the deer. Can you say 'blood spatter'? LOL 

I used Tranquil Tide cardstock and Joyous Noel patterned paper. The brown is soft suede and the sentiment stamped in Tranquil Tide.

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’sCraft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly