20% off at S J Crafts This Weekend!!!!

I'm not sure if all the schools are on half term holiday this coming week or just us down here in the south of England!!!

If it is half term for you and you have children to keep occupied and entertained during the day why not treat yourself to a few crafty goodies for some well deserved " Me Time" once the little ones are tucked up in bed!!

Even if it's not half term for you, you can still enjoy our fantastic HALF TERM OFFER!!!

We have 20% off EVERYTHING in our shop all weekend up until 4pm on Sunday) - so why not treat yourself?!!

Enter the code HALFTERM in the coupon code box and select UK Standard delivery to activate the discount.

Click here to visit the shop!!

Have a lovely weekend!

WOYWW #140

Wow, Wednesday again - doesn't a week go fast?!! Happy WOYWW!! If you have arrived here from Julia's .... hello, welcome and thanks for popping in!!

Anyone who follows my little blog will know that my craft space is currently undergoing a much needed reorganisation and as part of this I have been going through my ever increasing pile of stash and having a big clear out and tidy up so that hopefully I'll spend less time trying to find stuff and more time actually crafting!! So, I thought you might like a nosy in some of my storage boxes and baskets!!

On the right is my fab little "cake stand", now standing on my lovely new Ikea Expedit unit, which makes a great place to keep my punches (these are just my favorites and most used punches - I will admit to having another box full as well!!) and the top tier holds some of my tapes and adhesives. Not sure where the others are .... probably still in my craft bag!!

The smaller of the two circular boxes (aren't they pretty?) stores my buttons and the bigger box is currently empty!! It used to have small packs of embellishments and odds and ends in it, but I've cleared it out as it was a complete mess and I've not yet decided what will go in it!! 

I have 4 sets of these little drawers and love them.  I keep my gems, pearls, journalling  cards/spots/tags, chipboard shapes, nestabilities and journalling pens  in these 2 units.

Oh my!! What a mess this basket is in!! This is the next one to be sorted. It is currently full of sheets of stickers, rub ons, embellishments and goodness knows what else!! This basket is where I used to put my new purchases and favourite embellishments and I kept it on my table so that it's contents were close to hand and more likely to get used. Just lately, it has got so full and untidy I tend to avoid it going near it because if I pull one thing out everything else falls out!!

I hope you've enjoyed just a little peek at some of my stash, I'm off now to make a cuppa and have a look around some more of your desks!

Craft Space Reorganisation - Part 1

I haven't posted for a while because there hasn't been an awful lot of crafting going on here just lately. One of the reasons (apart from everyday life and work keeping me busy!!) for the lack of crafting is that the reorganisation of my craft area has finally begun. I have been wanting (and needing!) to do this for a while now. You know how it is when the stash starts to take over the house and you can't find anything - or is that just me?

Anyway, my lovely hubby finally agreed that I needed some decent storage so we took a trip to Ikea. We also wanted to get a desk for H's bedroom and some storage, something a bit more grown up than the toy shelves and boxes she has had until now. I won't go into how long it took us to fit all the boxes, containing a desk, shelves, chair and a expedit 2 x 2 unit, into our medium sized car!! And still leave room for 3 people!!

So, I have built H's desk and chair ....

It's now been moved upstairs to her bedroom, where she is enjoying using it for her colouring, writing stories and drawing! She loves it!

My Expedit unit ....

We just have the storage shelves for H's room to do!

I've started to sort through my boxes and bags of stash and next week, I need to go through the rest and fill my new unit. I'm finding stuff I forgot I had.  I'm so looking forward to getting myself organised, at long last!!

I'll show you some more pics when it's all done!

Don't forget the challenge is still open over on the shop blog, there's a £10 voucher for the random winner!!

I hope you are having a fab weekend, thanks for stopping by!

What's On Your Work Desk 138

Oh dear!! I'm a little bit late sharing my crafty desk table today. I took this photo this morning midway through my card making session but I have only just got around to blogging it this evening.

This morning I have been having a play with my new Hero Arts heart stamps and made some speedy Valentines cards. I'm loving everything kraft at the moment and couldn't resist adding some twine to my super simple cards!

Now I just have to choose my favourite to give to my valentine! I think I'm leaning towards the red spotty one!

If you want a nosey around some more crafty desks head on over to Julia's and join in the fun!

The one I forgot to share ....

I hope you are having a fantastic weekend and have managed some crafting time!!

I have been having a little tidy up of my craft area. It really does need a serious sort out and reorganisation but today I only had time for a quick tidy. I came across a few layouts that need putting away in my albums and realised I hadn't shared this one with you.

I used the S J Crafts January kit and added some alphas from my stash for my title. The papers are My Minds Eye  Kraft Fun Day and as usual, all the edges are inked with Distress ink (Brushed Corduroy). The photos are from a few years ago, taken on holiday at a Haven Holiday Park where H loved the amusement park rides.

If you haven't already been over to the Shop Blog, why not pop over and join in the new monthly challenge - the first theme is "Happy" and there is some fab inspiration from the DT!! If you join in you could win yourself a £10 voucher to spend in the S J Crafts shop!!

Right, I'm off to settle down for Saturday night TV (Take Me Out!!) and a lasagne for tea!!

WOYWW 135

It's the first Wednesday of 2012 and as I haven't done a WOYWW for a while I thought it would be fun take part this week and show you what's on my craft table today!

This morning was "Back to School" and thankfully H couldn't wait to get there and see all her friends, so with the school run done in super quick time I was back home to take down the Christmas Tree and pack it away to be stored in the loft for another 340 or so days. Job Done. Time for a cuppa and then it was down to some scrapbooking.

It was nice to take a break from my Christmas journal which I'm doing in a didddy 6" x 6", and scrap 12" x 12" with some of my new My Minds Eye Fundays. I love, love, love this new collection and I think the border strips and chipboard pieces will get used loads as they are just gorgeous!!

Nothing is actually stuck down at the point this photo was taken so the finished layout could end up very different. Do you stick down as you go along or are you more of a "place everything first and only start sticking once you've decided where all the elements will go" ??

Right I'm off for a nosey around some more desks/tables/floors .... if you want to look too hop on over to Julia's blog for the list of peeps taking part!

JYC 3rd-5th

I hope your New Year celebrations were good! We had a lovely quiet night at home with a glass of wine watching the London fireworks on TV. I still cannot believe how fast 2011 flew by and that we are now in 2012 but I guess I'd better get used to it. lol!

I thought I would pop by and show you a few more pages from my christmas Journal. I didn't even attempt to make any pages beyond the first few days of December as I knew that as the month progressed I just would not get time to sit down and craft, but since things have calmed down now I have been able to get a few pages done. I'm keeping them very simple and at 6" x 6" finding it a very manegable size to work with!

So, here's 3rd December ~ Cards ...

For the 4th, I went off topic as I wanted to record our viist to a local museum for their Victorian Christmas and Childrens Crafts event. It's not a great photo, but as H was so busy sticking and cutting all the photos were a bit blurry!!

5th December ~ Advent ...

I love the look on her face in this photo!

Before I go, if you haven't already don't forget to pop over to the SJ Crafts Shop and check out the Grab Boxes and Grab Bags  and there's still lots of bargains in the Winter Sale!

 I'll be back soon with more of my JYC pages! Thanks for stopping by!!