Wednesday, March 28, 2012

What's On My Workdesk Wednesday

Morning folks...after a couple of days faffing around catching up with laundry and those boring household chores and I have to confess I've been escaping out to the sunshine for more than a few coffee breaks...it's time to knuckle down and get back into the crafty swing...with April workshops and classes to prep and our "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" Workshop in Aberdeen just a week and a bit away...I'm going to need lots of pairs of big girl knickers. But before I start whipping the cubbyhole crew into a production frenzy...it's Wednesday and that means time to pop over to Julia's place aka WOYWW and check out crafty spaces from around the world.
So what's on my workdesk today...well prepare yourselves for a goodie bonanza...starting off with the 2 parcels that arrived in the cubbyhole in my absence...one I knew about...the gorgeous Sweet Pea Collection...my DT fix from Craftwork Cards...it's absolutely delicious and after seeing Julie's stunning samples at the NEC I can't wait to play...
 but what on earth could be in this huge wicker hamper...
 a craft kit from Ambi Pur....how cool...
Clock Making Kit...Mosaic Tile Kit...Travel Sewing Kit and of course Ambi Pur plug in room freshener
 love this cute Cath Kidson Travel Sewing Kit...
but what did the Cubbyhole's Chief Stash Buyer spend the Cubbyhole Petty Cash on...all essential stuff of course...stocking up on Blending Tools to fill up my Spinners with extra Foam Pads...Vintage Lace Decorative Strip and Tim's fabulous pad of Word Stickers...
a Really Useful Box with 2 removeable sections to hold the Chipboard Alphabets I intend to die cut (when I find some spare time...don't hold your breath on that one) with the fabulous TH Word Play Die...yes one section for each letter is going to save me so much time and I thought I'd died and gone to heaven when I found Rob the MDF MAN and his fabulous products...excellent quality and at silly prices too...yet another addiction added to the list...
magnetic sheets from Joanna Sheen to store the ever growing family of dies...
How could I resist stocking up on even more of the beautiful Sweet Pea Collection from Sue and Julie at Craftwork Cards and yet another addiction..."can't craft without" beautiful pearls from Jill at The Hobby House...
 my new bestest bestest friend...a Fiskars Treat....a new mini guillotine
but the star of the show was the fabulous fabulous glue that Fiskars were given to use at my workshops...I must admit I'm not a fan of wet glue and was a bit sceptical...taking loads of double sided tape as a back up...wet glue and paper don't normally go together but I have to admit I was so wrong...it's fabulous...doesn't wrinkle paper...dries completely clear...rubs right off if you get it in the wrong place...doesn't leave grubby marks either and a little goes a long way...out of the 6 bottles supplied I only used 2 over the 4 days of workshops and just to rub my nose in it...I had to transport all the double sided tape back home again.
Well that's me for today...off to try and motivate the cubbyhole crew which isn't going to be easy considering summer has definitely arrived in my neck of the woods. I spy with my little eye a certain Furry Person with dubious intentions...he's booked his slot on the blog for tomorrow so I suspect he may be thinking of snaffling some goodies for a little give-away and what the heck...it would be rude not to share.
Hugs Kath xxx
Edited to add: going by the number of e-mails so far this morning...it looks like lots of you are liking my new Fiskars Best Friend...you can buy it HERE