Wednesday 2 November 2011

WOYWW 126

I’m ashamed to report that the only thing I’ve done in my ARTHaven all week is to use it as a dumping ground!

If you look closely you can see that on my actual work table, absolutely nothing has changed since last week!! On the brown table, however, there’s a lot more stuff – I’ve been dumping things on there that need sorting out – stuff that arrived in the post, paperwork to do, etc.

There is one interesting thing there, however – on the left of the pile is a bag of poultry grit that I bought yesterday when we went to our local country store. Why? – you may ask? I bought it to use for gorgeous texture in my mixed media projects! I’ve seen this done online and it’s really cool. This stuff is little bits of broken oyster shell which chickens actually eat (hard to believe, isn’t it! Isn’t God’s creation wonderful?) to help them form shells on their eggs. It’s really lovely with lots of interesting textures – some of the pieces are smooth, and others have lovely ridges on them. Hopefully I’ll soon have something to show you where they have been used.

This week I have been really busy with things that don’t show in my ARTHaven. A friend asked me to redraw some cut files she’d bought by mistake (she actually wanted pdfs and bought gsds instead) – I’ve made good progress these week and am now up to letter O in the alphabet. Once they are done, she will have the complete alphabet of word book pages. It’s fairly time-consuming, but I’m so enjoying it, and the best part is the pleasure it gives me to help out a friend.

I’ve also been busy archiving magazine articles – I’m trying to cut down on the huge amount of stuff we’ve got in this house, and I’m tackling the boxes of old magazines and printed articles I’ve got, and typing them or scanning them into the computer so they take up no room at all, and where I can easily find them once they are filed in sub-folders under category. Some of these magazines have only one thing of interest in them, so they are taking up a lot of space for no great purpose!

In addition to this, a friend has asked me to do some informal teaching sessions at her local Bible study group. I haven’t done any teaching since I’ve been ill (2006) and it wasn’t an easy decision to come to, as I’ve learnt by experience that it’s easy with this condition to agree to things too readily, and then end up letting people down because I’m not well enough – it’s difficult to make commitments to anything when the M.E. is boss… However, they are very understanding and said that if I am not well enough on any given day, they can just do something else, and there’s no pressure! I used to teach a regular group (at one time two sessions a week) and I know how much work is involved in preparation, quite apart from the session itself.

I’ve prepared some material and am giving my first session tomorrow morning, all being well – and if, of course (big if!) I can get myself up in time! With my sleep patterns being what they are at the moment (rubbish) that’s a very big if indeed. My hubby says he’ll come and boot me out of bed!!!

So – not too much to report creative-wise this week. I look forward to seeing what all of you have been up to in this wonderful opportunity to pacify the nosiest urges of artists and crafters which our wonderful Julia is so gracious as to satisfy – click on the WOYWW icon in my sidebar for more info if you’re not aware of what’s going on, and have nosy cravings too. (Thanks, Julia!) Thank you, everyone, who left such lovely comments on my blog last week. All very much appreciated!!

17 comments:

  1. Hi there Shoshi- oh so agree with you about sleep patterns and also about teaching very draining ut great blessing too and smiled when all you had used your desk for was a dumping round how familiar that sounds happy WOYWW! Shaz in Oz.x

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  2. There might only be a mess on your desk but the creative mind sounds as though it's on overdrive!! Chicken grit indeed... but it will probably be amazing. Anything goes in art and remember Gilbert & George, well best not remember what they used but you can imagine. Yuk!
    Good luck with your classes...
    Love JoZarty x

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  3. That poultry grit sounds interesting, I am sure YOU will do something fabulous with it you arty person you :)

    Good luck tomorrow, hope it all goes well and that your M.E. behaves itself. A couple of my Facebook friends have it and posted something recently that made me really understand quite what it is you have to deal with on a daily basis and how each person's condition changes constantly. It sounds like you are dealing with good people who won't put pressure on you if you don't feel up to it :)

    Love Mandy xxx

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  4. Poultry grit! Now that's something I haven't heard of before! Wow! We're sisters when it comes to dumping stuff on our desks! Looking forward to seeing what you make with the poultry grit! Patsy from
    HeARTworks

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  5. I'm so pleased for you that you're going to resume some teaching - it must be good for you to know that people understand your situation and will be able to adapt if you are feeling under the weather. Hope you enjoy it, good luck!
    You might have passed through my village, it's called Burbage - it's a great community and fab place to live :) Glad you liked the pics!
    Hugs, LLJ xx

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  6. Well done on converting the GSD files - keep plugging away girl, over halfway there!

    Great idea about scanning the magazine files. Why on earth didn't I think of that? I'm an idiot sometimes..... (shuffles off slapping her head).... oh, thanks for stopping by!

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  7. Well you may not think you're doing much along the creative line, but I do! Archiving and re=drawing your friend's files - gracious, I can't use the computer for that sort of thing! Good luck and enjoy the lessons, but please don't overdo it!

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  8. hi There Shoshi - am a bit late because I have come back from holiday with a cold. I blame the planes!
    Chicken grit - sounds interesting - look forward to seeing the results. Big news though that you are doing some teaching. I do hope it has happened and that everything was fine for you. Will be thinking of you.
    I to love my CB but needed to use the Vagabond as I am cutting 120 sheets for one person and there are at least 18 in my workshop on Saturday.
    Thanks for sharing - Hugs and Good Wishes, Neet x #11

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  9. Great to hear this morning went well, really pleased about that - thanks for letting me know! Onwards and upwards :D
    Hugs, LLJ xx

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  10. Love the look of your busy desk. It will be a lot of fun getting in there and straightening it up. Nothing helps my mojo then a cluttered desk. Congrats on your teaching posistion...even not paid it is so rewarding. Hope you have a great week. Thanks for sharing. Vickie #68

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  11. Thank you for the idea of archiving articles and making instructions onto the computer. I don't know why I had not given that a thought, everything else gets put there. That is my next jog now, to empty another box of unnecessary stuff - gives more room them for interesting stash.

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  12. I'm glad that it is not just me that stores magazines for the articles in them .I have huge pile under my desk to look through and keep only the relevant pages. Can hardly get to the foot for using my sewing machine! Hugs Mrs A. #113.

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  13. Well you have been very busy so thats a good thing, some busy things cannot be photographed LOL
    Bridget #2

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  14. Hi there Shoshi so very pleased that your teaching went well the LORD is good, God bless, Shaz.x

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  15. Just realised that I forgot to answer your question.... The face molds are from Hobbycraft. One of my least favourite craft outlets as it's far far to big but it's nearby, if I need anything, when I go to Vicky Stampers for a workshop. I use paper clay as it's lighter than plastic clay, fimo etc.
    Love jo x

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  16. Good morning Shoshi. Your picture resembles my wood working shop that turned out to be more of a storage area. OH Well, I have plans to clean it up one of these days. Just dropped in to see how things are going and let you know that you are in my prayers. God bless, Lloyd

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  17. Hi Shoshi, enjoyed reading your post - your desk looks busy enough to me though I'm not sure I'd attempt to scan interesting items from my magazines, I'd start of with the best of intentions but probably never finish the job. Had a chuckle when reading about the grit - we used to keep chickens and would crush all our empty eggshells and scatter them for the birds - perfect recycling :) Hope all goes well with your teaching session and your weekend is a good one. Elizabeth x #59

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