Wow, Wednesday again, I know we all say it but boy has this last week just flown by!
I’ll keep it brief as I have a few things to show you. First of all thanks everyone for the birthday wishes last Wednesday, I had a lovely homemade meal and desert waiting for me when I got home. We had home done Chicken Kiev with vegetables and a really scrummy Lemon & Lime Tart for afters, and there’s been plenty of the tart left over for seconds, thirds and even fourths! I sound like a hobbit now! First photo is of my crafty gifts. I’d placed an order with Simon Says Stamp for Memory Box dies and stamps from both sets of parents, and there were a couple of crafty items from Andrew too.
Sorry for the image quality, I took the photo, put everything away and only realised that the photo wasn’t good. I also received some new pajamas, a book, some sock wool, a couple of tops and a lovely pair of Fiskars scissors especially made for knitters.
And talking of socks, here’s a reveal of the most recent pair to come off my needles and onto my (pointy) feet!
As you can see from the bit of deck on display, all of our snow has melted as we had temperatures around 14C for a couple of days, plus about an inch of rain. It’s got really cold again since then but there’s no snow on the horizon. I have my next sock project lined up already, I’m going to attempt patterned ones this time so wish me luck!
And finally this was the desk on Sunday afternoon, I haven’t been back in the room since them, busy knitting a hat for Andrew downstairs by the fire. My Prisma pencils are out as I was colouring again, the black pot with the white lid contains the mineral oil for blending the pencils and just to the right of that are the blending stumps I use. There’s a few inks and some stamps, a mug of water, foam dots, my special trimmer that cuts waves or a gentle snow hill and then there’s the scissors. The black case holds three pairs, the green handled pair are my fussy cut scissors and the orange handled pair are my new Fiskars ones sporting their own little leather case that Andrew sewed for me to keep them safe in my knitting project bag! Yes, I know Darnell, I should rent him out!!
Oh, and talking of Darnell, anyone who has a spare moment, please pop over and wish her and her wonderful hubby a very happy anniversary for today!
I’m off to link up with Julia, the keeper of desks, and then jump onto the desk hop.
Angie ...aka Shozzy said:
Love the socks. Great stash …bet you cant wait to play with it all. Love the colourfulness of your desk. I’m still not crafting but thought I’d drop by …I’m just posting about g.kids animals and food recently. xx
Eliza said:
Love the socks, I don’t know how you do it, knitting them, I don’t have the patience to be bothered, but they do look warm and cozy.
Great birthday pressies and it sounds like you had a great day. Belated greetings to you.
Eliza
SARN (Stamping For Pleasure) said:
Happy WOYWW.
Nice haul of luscious goodies for your birthday. AND those socks . . . HOW snazzy are they? Brilliant. Will keep your tootsies warm and toasty.
Hugs
Sarn xxx
Robin said:
Oh your socks look so warm! Don’t know how anyone makes socks! My Granny always knitted, right now I am sitting in a chair bundled up with a afghan she made. Every time I use it I think of her, so, share your socks! have fun with all your new stuff this week! Looks like you got a stash of ribbon in also!
Thank you for sharing,
hugs,
Robin #111
Helen said:
Love the socks, but more so the stash on your desk – those memory box dies look great – bet they’re fun! Helen 10
deb said:
Belated Happy Birthday! Lovely goodies, your dies are fabulous! gorgeous socks too, can’t wait to see the patterned ones!
No chance of a thaw here at the moment, so cold! The ice and snow that falls off our cars doesn’t even melt inside the garage, it is that cold!
I am not joining in with WOYWW at the moment as I am just starting to catch up after the holidays,our mums were here a month and I get way behind with everything!
Debxx
Voodoo Vixen said:
You did well for scrappy pressies and I love the latest socks… and your pointy feet!! LOL Your desk always looks how I would like mine to look… very neat and organised!! Annette #3
Nikki C said:
Happy Belated and love your desk so neat and tidy and all those pressie’s look so much fun to play with 🙂 Your socks are cute too happy WOYWW hugs Nikki 6
Claire said:
great pics! and i love those socks – gorgeous, gorgeous colours!!
glad you had a fun birthday and thanks for stopping by and leaving a lovely comment!
happy WOYWW and have a great week 🙂
no. 2
Di said:
Super socks B!! And what a lovely haul of goodies on your desk – have fun! Hugs and Happy WOYWW, Di xx
Mary said:
Wow, what a haul….never mind the quality of the image, it was hard to see through the drool on my screen. LOL! My feet felt toasty just looking at your socks. I think I need to learn to knit, but if I’m as quick knitting as I am card making, I’d be wearing my socks in the summer! Happy Belated BD and Happy WOYWW…
kath said:
thanks for sharing your crafty desk today brenda…love those cosy socks and what a beautiful card you made for Darnell…hugs kath xxx
Lunch Lady Jan said:
Wasn’t there a story once called The Pointy Toed Princess?? Or I may be making that up, lol! Love the socks, green, stripey gorgeousness. Your desk is looking good too….look at that rainbow kaleidoscope of pencils, fab 🙂
Hugs, LLJ 38 xxxx
Jackie said:
Lovely desk I too have the same creative memories wavy cutter
Lots of nice stuff on your busy desk
Thanks for visiting my desk
Jackie 26
craftymoo said:
lovely desk and love the socks!
Ria Gall said:
I love seeing peoples new crafting stash I feel your excitment and I am loving the socks. Thanks for sharing.
Ria #114
joZarty said:
Great to hear you enjoyed such a super birthday and love all your goody gifts too. My my you DO have pointy toes and I hope they don’t wear out those gorgeous soxks too quickly!! tee hee!
love Jo x
andrea said:
love the socks I wish I could knit and that;s a nice set of pencils they look ace I hope you have a great time with all of your wonderful crafty pressies and its so good that you had a super birthday belated wishes Andrea#22 have a great week
Paula Gale said:
oh – all those pencils….
what’s in the black Provocraft case… I have a case like that and it has something called a ‘chizzel-it’ thingy majig in in… you can swap the heads etc. never used it though lol.
Paula x x x
Shirley said:
Love your desk, you got some lovely gifts. How cute is that little penguin.
Elizabeth said:
Your feet are the perfect shape for your socks – they mirror the shaping perfectly! Love your birthday goodies – especially the wood-mounted flower stamp … I can see that being a very useful stamp to have. Of course I wish you good luck with your new sock venture – and can’t wait to see how you get on with the pattern. Have a great week and happy knitting, Elizabeth x #52
Julia said:
So glad you had a good birthday, you certainly did well for gifts, I really like your choice of dies and the two wood mounted stamps, yum. I think your feet probably look pointier in the socks,butthe socks really look great!
Nan G said:
Your socks are fab! Love the color and they look so comfy. Fabulous birthday goodies! Have fun. a late Happy WOYWW! Nan 113
Lori said:
Love all the goodies on your desk.
Sorry I am 2 days late getting to your blog. I have been battling a nasty flu bug.
Lori #84
Darnell J Knauss said:
Hi BB,
I’ve finally gotten through the wonderful anniversary posts people have left and coming back round to finish up WOYWW! It’s all been so priceless. Thank you again for making me feel so special!
Is it me or do your pointy feet demand more attention than your other photos? I always say ‘better to have pointy feet than a pointy head!’ Especially if they’re covered by cozy and stylin’ socks!
You and Andrew did your burpday up proper! I licked the monitor searching for lemon/lime tart. You got a terrific haul of new treats for yourself! And as an aside, I have to say I’m so inspired by how you’ve tucked into your Prismas. I have my big box, a special book on coloring and … sigh … maybe someday you’ll do a lovely video for us on all you’ve learned!
And if I may, if Andrew could be quietly sitting off to the side in the video either writing up recipes or stitching up something precious for you, with his shirt off, that would go viral and the rent for him would go through the roof. I’m just saying.
Speaking of precious, love the needlepoint (crewel?) stool for your sockered feet! Andrew did that, too, I suppose …
Mwah! Have a sensational weekend! Darnell
sandra de said:
Gorgeous socks and I am always in awe of your lovely tidy desk even when you are creating a storm with your prisma colours. Thanks for stopping by I am catching up on the weekend as I am still painting poppies and making atc. The reason I do so many different craft things … I have the attention span of a gnat!! enjoy your week.
Sandra
Nicky said:
Great stash you have there – bet you cannot wait to play with it all – cosy looking socks – I am not sharing a desk as away from home looking after my friends cattery but enjoying having a good look around everyone else’s desk
lirpastory said:
Great haul. Lovin the socks. They look so cozy warm. I hope you share some of your coloring work. April #141
Lavinia said:
Love the socks Brenda! Could do with them is freezing icy snowey cold Manchester! Bye ek, its come to a stand still with the 6 inches thats fell! No the uk is still not sorted out for snow, can you belive 6 inches of the white stuff & we have ground to a halt! ….too many good things on your desk! Happy birthday! Nice to have dinner cooked for you! And great goodies too! Have a good week!
Lavinia
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