Tuesday, November 30, 2010

WOYWW 78 ....and I'm back

HI ....I'm back .....I feel ashamed that it is so long since I have attended this meeting …and me a founder member too. I have poped by to read what everyone has been up to and left the odd comment when I could. There have been so many reasons …. not least … lack of mojo and a strange mixed up life. We have had to give up our joint craft room in order to give Vicki’s nephews a room of their own now, let battle commence … those who know a little of the saga will understand this. It now means that the stash is divided and while my room is just piles of chaos, I squeezed on to Jay and Vicki’s table to attempt some creativity.

I cant remember when I last posted a LO ….well here are two …sorry the shots are not perfectly straight …my eyes were a bit wonky lol.

This one ….’’John’ … was the crop challenge last Saturday ….not something I find easy ….being kept to a set of rules ….and a time limit ….but I just managed it with 10 seconds to spare.

We had to take with us

2 patterned papers, 1 coordinating plain card stock, 2 photos, 4 buttons, needle and thread, paint, ink, a title and something of our own choice…..we also could journal in pen on the paper if we wanted ….. HOWEVER …. We had to construct the LO in a particular order. Those not taking part walked around watching how we interpreted the task and then voted . The great thing for me was that Vicki, who set it, said, at the start, that it was not a done deal that the best or most experienced scrapper would win….it was which person the ‘judges’ thought interpreted the list of items in that given order, best.It was actually great fun and I really enjoyed doing it ….. and then to come second with a little prize was the icing on the cake.

This is my Great Grand mother ...

also created at the crop ...(between chatting and munching).


If you want to know more about the people … and in the case of John, some little known WW11 history, then pop by my G the P Blog …click on the name on the side of this blog.

Two LO’s of my gorgeous Grandsons are due very soon ….one nearly done on the table.

I will get round as many of you as I can but the computer and my back really do not get on …yes another reason why I have been missing from the list …and I know others have the same problem.

Take care …I have really missed you all xx

33 comments:

Minxy said...

Welcome back... i've been awol myself so your in good company, hope things are settling and you can get make to normal woywwing.
Lovely layouts, especially the last one.
Happy WOYWW
Minxy #34

Minxy said...

oops that make should of been a back!!

Sue said...

Hi
welcome back, lovely layouts, have great day, happy WOYWW, sue,x (23)

Helen said...

It's good to see you back, I missed you too. Love your layouts -good luck sharing your stash space!

Lionelsa said...

I like your story #81

Cardarian said...

Welcome back, you have been missed - I see your mojo is being good so Yipee!!!! Enjoy your crafting and hope to see you next week!
Hugs,
Cardarian

Jocelyn said...

Beautiful LO's....so glad that you are back to creating!!!! I just adore the pics of the family!!!

Wishing you a wonderful day!!! :-)

Liverpool Lou (Anne) said...

Wonderful LOs Angie :-)
Anne xx

Lizzybobs said...

not been around much either recently thanks for sharing your lovely scrapbook pages with us - keep warm ab=nd be crafty thanks Liz

Annie said...

You have been missed. Glad to see you back today. Lovely LOs to show us :-)
A x

Devon said...

Lovely layouts. All so good :)

Twiglet said...

So glad you are back with the WOYWW madness - we have missed you. Your layout are beautiful - I love things with a real bit of history.

Carmen said...

Welcome back Angie :D Big hugs!

Rhonda said...

Sorry to hear you lost y our craft room. You'll figure out something. Love your layouts. Thanks for stopping by my desk! #11

Terry said...

Love the photos and the layouts! Makes me think I should get out my scrapbooking stuff.

Terry (24)

Neet said...

I just loved reading your profile. You sound wonderful - I liked you straight away.
Lovely LO's - thanks for sharing them. Hope you keep coming back week after week.

JoZart Designs said...

lovely to see you back and I hope life sorts out for you. Wonderful nostalgic projects too. Make sure you get to the German market ... you'll love it,
JoZarty x

Susanne said...

Glad you're back to share pages with us and thanks for the peek at your space.

Leonie said...

Hi! lovely to meet you! I am new to this woyww and was so thrilled that you popped by my blog and left a comment
Thankyou!
fairy best wishes
Leonie:-)

Anonymous said...

Lovely layouts. You may not like the restrictions, but you totally made them work. It's a great page.

cheers, rachel #54

Liverpool Lou (Anne) said...

Me again :-)
Oh Angie if only I was that good at quilts, but I'm a complete novice. The ones I showed there were some that were on display at the Knitting & Stitching show. If you really want to see my first attempts though scroll down to the 5th post titled 'Mini Art Quilts' (tried to do a link but it didn't work)I do hope you have a go you are so creative ;-)
Anne xx

Serendipity Stamping said...

Glad to see you back, you are not alone. Cute layout. I have sooo many old pics and no energy to get them sorted and put in some kind of order. My granddaughter wants ALL of my photos (someday). I have tried to get her over here to go through and put names on the pics, as no one but me is left to tell. She is now in college and working so no time for outside activities these days.

Anonymous said...

Lovely to have you back Shozzy, hope things are ok for you despite the bad back and the little nephews needing your craft room. Nice to read your earlier posts too, and a belated congrats to Vicki and Jay. Beautiful LO's, well deserved prize too.

Hugs
Brenda 90

airing cupboard crafts said...

It's so good to see you back :-) I am sorry you had to give up ypur craft room.

The LOs are stunning

Laura x

Spyder said...

What a fabulous flower on your layout, welcome back! Happy WOYWW!!
((Lyn))#46

Spyder said...

forgot to say, me too with the artificial tree, really did get fed up with the needles being found for the next year, so bought a nice one in a sale, quite some years back now, only thing is, now every year, no matter how I do the tree , it looks the same..!there's no odd broken bits.
(lyn)

Chrissie said...

Sounds like you had great fun at the crop, and congrats on coming 2nd!
Chrissie

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

So good to see you back, dear. I missed you a bunch, even thought I popped by a few times, but not as often as I would have liked. I love those layouts, and that challenge sounded hard. Glad you won a prize.

It's hard when two families live under one roof. I sure hope things work out and your divided space soon gets reunited.

Happy belated WOYWW from number 3 this week.

Scrapcollectr said...

Wow, that contest was pretty rigid, but that's the challenge, I guess? You did a great job. I would have been flustered for the first 90% of the time alotted! Lol
Thx for stopping by. I posted The Card yesterday. Have a toasty day!
#13

Nicky said...

Lovely layouts and great photos ~ thanks for sharing Nicky ~30

Elizabeth said...

Your layouts are terrific - the combination of papers and embellishments compliment the period of the photographs perfectly. We share the same interests but I've been concentrating on Christmas cardmaking recently and I plan to get back to scrapbooking in the new year - visiting your blog will inspire me keep to the plan. Hope your back improves. Elizabeth #85

katemade designs said...

lovely pages. I love heritage books, It's so nice to see ancestors identified and honored a bit.

peggy aplSEEDS said...

wow, a time limit to making LOs, that sounds hard. yours came out great!