First of all, I admit I am typing this on Tuesday evening (whilst watching Tim Holtz on YouTube). I have a medical appointment (to see if they can start to diagnose my foot pain) tomorrow morning at 9 am, and then I have errands to do, and our latest house renovation project to visit (kitchen design to work on). It may well be late in the day before I get a chance to sit down, so thought it better to get it typed and scheduled.
Secondly, I am taking a break from social media. I need more time to look after myself, the house, business stuff, family moving to the nearby town and, of course, crafting! I am missing a lot of the Facebook groups I was active in, and my beloved Instagram - but I know I need to try to go 'cold turkey'! Pinterest and YouTube are still in my life, plus blogs/some forums, so I am still around 'online'.
I missed last week, as the weather forecast changed and our family, who were in Pembrokeshire for the week, asked if they could spend Wednesday with us, instead of Thursday. I hadn't seen my 2 granddaughters for over 18 months, so of course we immediately changed our plans. Here they are on one of our nearby beaches.
I have made a lot of progress with my craft room makeover, but it isn't finished. Been busy with family, the house renovation and then we found fleas on Milky the Cat. I have been hoovering every day, plus she has a spot-on flea treatment and twice daily combing. There hasn't been any spare energy for my craft room! The good news is that all my hard work means I haven't found any fleas on her today, and the house is very clean.
The bulk of the Ikea Kallax cubes are in place, and I put together the specialist MDF storage for the top row. I will do a separate blog post detailing it all. There is also another single row of 4 cubes on top of the right hand side now, and I have pegboard doors for those, so I can display photos etc. Not sure if I will have it all done by next week, as we are away for a long weekend (trip to Oxfordshire to see my mum and also go to an EV, electric vehicle, event at the Motor Museum at Gaydon).
I have also had various crafty deliveries recently, including needle felting and sewing goodies, the new Distress Ink colour, the latest Crafters Companion Year of Craft set, and more! I promise to show it all off soon.
I have been to some craft workshops, and again will do a blog post showing what we made (using heat embossing, stencils ...).
I intend to get round as many blogs as possible on Wednesday, but who knows what the day will throw at me.
Ali x
14 comments:
Family is definitely more important Ali. Glad you finally got time to see your grandchildren in person. The craft room is looking good. Stay safe and Happy WOYWW. Sarah #3
The beach - complete with granddaughters - looks beautiful!! Of course you had to change your plans. How fabulous. The cubes in your craft room look amazing. Hope the appointment this morning goes well and they can help. Helen #4
Lovely beach, lovely kiddos and really fab storage. Enjoy your social media break and hope you foot issues resolve quickly!
Happy WOYWW.
Mary Anne (1)
You have to do what's best for you. I find that crafting and internet hunting just takes my mind of other things that are going on for a while at least but that's just me. Hope the appointment goes well. Wishing you a very happy woyww, Angela x17x
Glad you got to spend time with your granddaughters. 18 months is so long! Looks like you all had fun on the beach.
I hope your doctor can sort you out today. Btw doesn’t everyone write their blog on Tuesday? 😏
Take care and happy WOYWW
Hugs
Lynnecrafts 14
Morning Ali. How lovely - time spent with your family, and your grandchildren. Beautiful!! Of course you had to change your plans - no choice whatsoever!! Trust today's appointment is going well as I write.
Take care. God bless.
Margaret #8
I agree, sometimes you just have to let things go in order to focus on the important stuff. How lovely to see your family, a visit to the beach is the best thing. In fact, we’re going to visit my brother and his family over in Rhosili today, haven’t seen them for two years. Your storage is looking great, have fun crafting!
Hugs LLJ 5 xxx
How special to see your family again. Love the storage, especially those useful mdf inserts for the top layer of Kallax. Happy WOYWW. Take care and stay safe. With love & God Bless, Caro xxx (#18)
The beach looks lovely, and the photo of your grand daughters is perfect. Love the kallax all decked out, they are so so handy aren't they. Sounds like you are very busy, a break from social media will do wonders. I just had one myself Happy WOYWW! Elle #20 this week
How lovely to see your grandchildren. I have enjoyed having ours in the caravan with us, well two of them anyway. Kathryn went home today and Jessica goes home on Saturday. Your storage looks great and your crafty goodies sound great too! Have a great week Angela #15
It sounds as if you are super-busy at the moment, Ali - great to spend time with the family. Sorry to hear about the flea infestation! We have to deal with this and keep on top of it. We've got some excellent spray for the house that really works (and also the spot-on stuff for the kitties themselves) - they say for every flea on the cat, there are about 40 in the house!! I love your cube storage - it looks so stylish and organised! I'm sorry about your foot pain and I hope they can sort it for you.
Thank you for visiting, and for your good wishes about my health. I'm doing really well. Your stamp and die storage sounds as if it works for you. Interesting to hear how other people deal with this. I do hope you get time soon to play in your studio again - I'm glad you enjoyed seeing the results of my recent play!
Happy WOYWW,
Shoshi x #11
How lovely to see your grandchildren. and bet you had a lovely day, I know since moving nearer family its been lovely to see them all, craft room looking good,
Take care and stay safe, Lilian B #10
Enjoyed reading and looking at what you have been up to.
I haven't been active on WOYWW for such a long time and I lost my Artistic mojo ages ago. I am hoping for inspiration looking at prolific artists like yourself.
Very impressed with those Kallax Cubes - and of course an outing with the granddaughters is much more important!
Happy WOYWW!
Stay safe and keep well!
Susan #23
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