Where Is My Desk

Hello all. It has been a long time again since I last posted. But as you can see from the state of my desk I cannot get to it. Once again it is piled high. Last week I received a package and haven't even played with anything yet. So today is clean up day.

The last couple of weeks our town has been under a flood emergency. A lot of rural roads are flooded and closed. There are many people evacuated from their homes. Luckily we are not one of them. We live on the opposite side of the road from the river, and up on a hill. If the water reaches us we are in big trouble. Although the road further down from us is flooded. The disadvantage a building next to a water way.

A week ago my sister-in-law passed away. It has been a sad time. It makes you stop and think how shorts life really is. Although Lizzie is at rest now as she suffered from MS. But, it only leaves my husband and one sister from his family.

So let's see if I can get this mess cleared up, and maybe get back to crafting. Oh how I miss sitting down here at my desk.

happy crafting

dee;O)

Happy Family Day

Morning all. Hope everyone is enjoying their Family Day. I am enjoying my quiet time right now. Hubbie and son are taking advantage of the holiday to sleep in. Doesn't help that they are both sick.

Sometime this afternoon we have to take some snow off the roof. This week we had three blizzards blow through. Big dump of snow. Glad it's back to sunny skies. Although it could be a little warmer.

I recently watched a video from Simon at Inklipse. He was testing life hacks. The one with the magnet mounted in the frame caught my eye. It is used for holding your dies in one safe place while die cutting. So off to the local Walmart store for supplies. In the craft isle I came across small magnetic sheets, and a plane wooden frame. Small but I usually don't have that many dies out a time.

Here are all my supplies.



I prepared the wood with a coat of white gesso. Tore up some paper I had on my desk from another project and got to work glueing. What a sticky mess I had. The medium gloss gel I used worked for the job, but I think I would use something else next time. It was just like glue and I was sticking to everything. But in the end it turned out great. I happy with the end result.

Thanks Simon for all the time you put into making your videos. I enjoy watching your work. Your Life Hacks videos are very informative. I have gotten more than one idea from them. Good luck on your new line you have just launched.

happy crafting

dee ;o)