Wednesday 26 January 2011

Are you a flitter?? & Operation Tidy up!!

Afternoon all, hope you are keeping well. No card from me today (I've got one made - which you may catch a glimpse of - will just hang on to it to link it to some challenges - lol), just some piccies to share and wondering if any of you are like me.

There have been some posts lately over on Kandi's blog that I have really related to and thought I would share some pics of the magazines & books by my bedside - that I think have got bigger since some piccies last year:
There are crafty mags, home mags, general interest mags ( I was going to type girlie mags but that sounds sooo wrong!) - am sure you know what I mean - I am currently re-reading Period Living because although I live in a 20 year old house on a big housing estate when we win the lottery this is the sort of house I'll be after - ahh a girl can dream!!



These are my books that I keep buying or people lend me - quite varied. I started the Jackie Collins because I hadn't read for ages just couldnt get anything to interest me - so I thought I'd give a nice trashy novel a go - you know when you want to read something but don't want anything heavy or hard going. Only a couple of chapters in though and then I got the Cherry Cake book as a bargain (after seeing it mentioned in Nancy's blog) in the sales and started to read that - oh it is so lovely - makes me want to re-read Enid Blyton!!


Are you a Flitter - thats what my mum recently described me as because I seem to flit from one thing to another - there is obviously my love of card making - but then I saw a post on Helens Blog to make some fingerless gloves - I thought I could do that so here is my attempt:



I must admit I did have to get my mum to sew them up!!

Now not only do I have a crafty desk - I have a little crafty chair area in the front room where I flit over to and possibly cross-stitch or read mags here it is:


There are just sooooo many things I want to have a go at (blogs & the internet are to blame - lol - when you see so many inspiring things)..erm the sewing machine will be attempted soon - just waiting for some bits & bobs to get me going.

Lastly (sorry for all the pics) here is my bomb site desk this morning - as there had been talk on the MSE forum about getting tidy and organised - and it inspired me to commence operation tidy up :

Before:

After:
Nearly there just got to sort out places for the boxes I have filled with bits & pieces.

Right off to cast on to make a mug hug now - (again off Helens blog!!) - thanks for looking xx

11 comments:

  1. Well you have put me to shame! My desk is like your first piccie......I keep meaning to tidy it nut I go to do it and then end up colouring something or chopping something and so the cycle of mess continues! I actually find myself getting stressed because I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING BUT I HAD IT JUST A MINUTE AGO IT CAN'T HAVE JUST DISAPPEARED!!!

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  2. Ali please come and work your magic in my craft room... it soooo needs it.

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  3. Oh now thats just far too tidy ;0) Love the gloves, did you manage to watch your mum sew them up? Hope so, as I am sure you will be making more inbetween the card making, stitching ....... xx

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  4. Ahhhh sweetie, a girl after my own heart lol! You are soooo like me! books everywhere, a little corner in my front room with a few crafty stuff but that desk is far too tidy lol!
    But I must say I do try and clear up after I finish a card, thats because I cannot find anything hehehe!

    Thanks for sharing hun!

    Hugs Vicky xx

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  5. your not a flitter you just have a lot of interests Ali, now thats a better description isnt it lol...you would love my sisters new house its the type of huge old house I would buy if I won the lottery too...thanks for the nosey of your areas
    Mina xxx

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  6. Your desk is a clean as mine is and everything is also in plastic boxes stored away in the out house. Now I can't find anything that I need and yes I'm a flitter too.

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  7. Ha ha, I think I too am a flitter. I don;t have a craft desk, sob! but I have lots of lovely stash cramed in a cupboard. I love your gloves, didn't know you could knit xxx

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  8. Oooh I'm a flitter also - usually have several things on the go. Yesterday I was making a card, cooking the fish pie and sewing monkeys and kept going from one to the other!!! Love your fingerless gloves, colour is fab.

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  9. I have to give that 'Chery Cake ' book a read - sounds right up my street. You have also put me to shame...my crafty spot looks like the proverbial bomb landed on it, what a state... but I'm halfway through wedding stuff and craft fair bits and bobs so no hope of a tidy up anytime soon - I seem to find things easier when its upside down - weird I know! Speaking of fairs, I will likely be at the gibside toward the end of Feb, as I'm hopefully heading away for a week of sunshine! Hope to see you there,
    BH x

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  10. Ooh I soooo know what you mean - I must be a flitter too. I have a neverending list of crafts in my head that I must do sometime... and yep blogs are not helping this situation :) Love your gloves BTW. Jaqui x

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