WOYWW #900!

Hello Stamplings!

I heard through friends that What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday (WOYWW) is celebrating its 900th weekly desk hop today and everyone who currently or formerly used to participate is invited to link up for this special event! In 2011, as I trolled The Webs, I learned of WOYWW and began to link up. If you're interested in more detail about that, you can read about it in my post here.

The whole idea of WOYWW is that each Wednesday you take a photo your desk (no fair cleaning it up beforehand!) and share what you are working on. The linky format is a list and you hop along the links visiting other desks, commenting, and making friends! It was a simple idea that the delightful Julia had when she created the WOYWW concept, but the friendships that have resulted have been meaningful and long-lasting. I hope she knows that. Thank you, Julia!💋

I'm joining today to celebrate Julia's accomplishment and also spread the word. Some card designers just want to blog their cards and no small talk, and that's understandable with our busy lives. But if you're a person who also enjoys the social aspect of blogging and getting to know the artists behind the cards and vice versa, then please join in the fun next Wednesday! Sara Brennan took over the reins for Julia, so you can find WOYWW at Sarah's Craft Shed. Thank you, Sarah!

Here is my desk for you to gawp at, as required:

Not much has changed at the ol' Playhouse desk. Which is good thing! Lately, I've been stenciling up a storm of leaves and you'll see a couple of cards I posted Monday and a couple new ones that are engorged below. I didn't have time to try reds and greens for Christmas. Oh, wait, there's also Easter and the 4th of ... nope. Sometimes my ideas go from brilliant to ain't nobody got time for that.

For longtime deskers, you will see my requisite glass of wodka and look, there's Hammy! If you haven't visited me in a while, I'm delighted to introduce you to Hammy's helper, Stanley. Stanley was lovingly felted for me by my dear friend Anne Redfern of Redanne, who passed in July 2024. I met Annie on WOYWW and Stanley reminds me every day of how much I miss her ~ but the memories are all happy ones. She was so considerate and she thought Hammy could use an assistant, considering he is quite elderly for a hamster!

You might also notice the two handsome lads gracing the family wall calendar. Yes, those are the grandtwins Adam and Henry, all grown up! As little guys, they were often featured on WOYWW making their own cards at this very desk.

Okay, you know how I get to rambling, so I'll shut it, show you the results of my desk disarray, and you can move about the Hop! 

(Disarray is one of those words that makes you wonder why we don't say, "array." Right? As in, "Yesterday my kitchen was in perfect array, but then I decided to make breaded and deep-fried chicken, and, well, it's completely disarrayed now.")

The NBUS sediment is from Harvest Mouse by MFT.

Yes, I meant to smudge up the background. Not. Before the ink was dry, I took a ruler to draw the spidey web line and smudge happens. So I leaned into it. The spider stencil is handmade. It's the negative of the "Creepy Spider" die from Memory Box. The sediment is from Hero Arts.

~~~

Enjoy your WOYWW! No, seriously, enjoy! LITS!* 

Thank you for coming by to visit me as you hopped around the desks or just came calling!

*Life is too short!