Hi everyone,
I'm a bit late to the party, but hey, at least it's the right day! :o)
It's that time of the week when a whole bunch of us gather over at Julia's Stamping Ground to show everyone What's On Our Workdesks this Wednesday and then have a good snoop around to see what all the others have been up to!
Mine's a bit different this week - I've been sofa crafting whilst recovering from my op on Friday ...
You can see some of my portable projects laid out on the coffee table by my side. Just out of sight is a glass of water, a heap of drugs and the TV remote (back-to-back Madmen at the moment!).
Piled on the left are: crafty magazine, Zentangle book, Kindle, blackwork embroidery kit and on the top a cute crocheted change purse which I made from a magazine front page gift - I thought it would be a perfect fit for my Costa loyalty card and just a few coins to take to work.
On the right: the beginnings of a jacket for a chicken (yes really- read all about it here) and in the middle, a little collection of 1/12th scale haberdashery items I've made from a kit I've been hoarding for ten years and finally got around to making up. There's also a teeny steel hexagon patchwork template and some pins - this is for making 1/12th scale patchwork, but I don't think my eyes are up to it - I may just cut a few pieces and make it look like the lady of my miniature scene is working on it along with a whole lot of other projects, just like all of us full-size crafters :o)
I tried for a close up, but couldn't bend over very well to get a good shot, so it's not the best ...
They are meant to be bolts of fabric with price tags, reels of organza ribbon and button cards - I am really pleased with the results, seeing as they were made from scraps of fabric and trims, white card and a printed sheet of button cards with seed beads stuck on them. Clever ideas which I will copy and make more of if I ever get around to making that teeny shop ...
Some people who may be reading this will know that I took a whole bag stuffed with crafty goodies into hospital with me last Friday. Later that day, whilst I was still happily floating on a cloud of morphine, I optimistically set up my temporary workdesk and took a picture ...
To the right was a pile of birthday cards all ready to open the next day ...
I felt GREAT!! My consultant warned me that it was quite very early and I should take it easy. He warned that I may be feeling a sense of euphoria because it was over and they had managed not to kill me. He explained that the next day it would be quite normal to "come down" a bit, even feel a little sorry for myself. He was right; reality certainly hit home the next day (although he returned to lead his whole team in a rousing rendition of Happy Birthday to cheer me up) - but they sent me home, where my lovely husband took good care of me, and eventually yesterday I started to feel more like myself again. It's amazing what they can do and what your body can deal with isn't it? It's a miracle to me, it really is, and although the NHS may not always be perfect, we are very lucky to have it and I don't like to think what I would have done without it, so I am very grateful.
Ok enough of all that - time to go link up over at Julia's blog and see what everyone else has been up to this week!
Thanks for visiting today and I will see you again soon :o)
Annie xxx
I'm a bit late to the party, but hey, at least it's the right day! :o)
It's that time of the week when a whole bunch of us gather over at Julia's Stamping Ground to show everyone What's On Our Workdesks this Wednesday and then have a good snoop around to see what all the others have been up to!
Mine's a bit different this week - I've been sofa crafting whilst recovering from my op on Friday ...
You can see some of my portable projects laid out on the coffee table by my side. Just out of sight is a glass of water, a heap of drugs and the TV remote (back-to-back Madmen at the moment!).
Piled on the left are: crafty magazine, Zentangle book, Kindle, blackwork embroidery kit and on the top a cute crocheted change purse which I made from a magazine front page gift - I thought it would be a perfect fit for my Costa loyalty card and just a few coins to take to work.
On the right: the beginnings of a jacket for a chicken (yes really- read all about it here) and in the middle, a little collection of 1/12th scale haberdashery items I've made from a kit I've been hoarding for ten years and finally got around to making up. There's also a teeny steel hexagon patchwork template and some pins - this is for making 1/12th scale patchwork, but I don't think my eyes are up to it - I may just cut a few pieces and make it look like the lady of my miniature scene is working on it along with a whole lot of other projects, just like all of us full-size crafters :o)
I tried for a close up, but couldn't bend over very well to get a good shot, so it's not the best ...
They are meant to be bolts of fabric with price tags, reels of organza ribbon and button cards - I am really pleased with the results, seeing as they were made from scraps of fabric and trims, white card and a printed sheet of button cards with seed beads stuck on them. Clever ideas which I will copy and make more of if I ever get around to making that teeny shop ...
Some people who may be reading this will know that I took a whole bag stuffed with crafty goodies into hospital with me last Friday. Later that day, whilst I was still happily floating on a cloud of morphine, I optimistically set up my temporary workdesk and took a picture ...
To the right was a pile of birthday cards all ready to open the next day ...
I felt GREAT!! My consultant warned me that it was quite very early and I should take it easy. He warned that I may be feeling a sense of euphoria because it was over and they had managed not to kill me. He explained that the next day it would be quite normal to "come down" a bit, even feel a little sorry for myself. He was right; reality certainly hit home the next day (although he returned to lead his whole team in a rousing rendition of Happy Birthday to cheer me up) - but they sent me home, where my lovely husband took good care of me, and eventually yesterday I started to feel more like myself again. It's amazing what they can do and what your body can deal with isn't it? It's a miracle to me, it really is, and although the NHS may not always be perfect, we are very lucky to have it and I don't like to think what I would have done without it, so I am very grateful.
Ok enough of all that - time to go link up over at Julia's blog and see what everyone else has been up to this week!
Thanks for visiting today and I will see you again soon :o)
Annie xxx
Comments
Hope you are feeling more yourself soon. The NHS may make some mistakes but I don't think people realise how lucky we actually are. In real terms it's not so long ago that we didn't have all of this. In Victorian England you were lucky to survive an operation if they even bothered to give you one or realise what was wrong in the first place. Even flu killed thousands in the second world war. Though of course I wasn't around then Lol! thank goodness.
So I think you have good reason to be pleased with them.
Sending big hugs, Angela xxx 31
Thanks for visiting.
Take care. God bless.
Margaret #7
This little purse is adorable.
Thank you for your earlier visit and your lovely comment!
Hugs
Gabriele 15
Those patchwork hexies are teeny...good grief, you must have good eyesight if you can deal with those!
Hugs, LLJ 5 xx
Hope you are on the mend quickly. Enjoying my coffee with you today.
Pat #78
Happy belated WOYWW,
Shoshi #46
I remember you saying you were preparing a craft bag to take to hospital. A good idea. Did you get any zentangles done?
Thank you for visiting earlier in the week and for your kind comment.
Sorry I'm so late with this but the house we were staying in in Italy didn't have internet. My son does but we were not able to go to his house as the village was/probably still is completely snowed in. Wednesday morning I went to a coffee bar that had wifi and posted my little contribution.
I'm now back home and catching up on stuff, downloading (baby) photos and keeping the washing machine going.
Have a great week,
Lisca