What's on YOUR Workdesk Wednesday (WOYWW) #382

Happeee Wednesday everyone!  I haven't been around for a few weeks as I have been busy, busy busy getting the end of the garden into jars, hosting family events and discovering a wonderful group of scrapbooking, card making, creative women whom I have the pleasure of getting to know over a four-day retreat in the mountains... SWOON!  I have lots of photos for today's WOYWW post so let's get to it! Grin (NOTE: GO HERE here to find out all about Ms. Julia Dunnit's wonderful weekly WOYWW event over at the Stamping Ground, and maybe consider joining in!)  

My desk this morning, and yes that is a wine glass, but it is from last  night - grin

Here it is from the other side, I was in the zone last night and worked away until the wee hours of the morning because when creativity hits you just hang on for the ride!

 I was working on four different projects at the same time!  This will be my next mixed media tutorial for STAMPlorations...

Here is the lovely mixed media box I created to keep all my STAMPlorations products in one place...

Here is a wedding card I made for my nephew's upcoming marriage using only Graphic 45 paper and stickles and pop dots.

Here is my first attempt using Brusho's and Ken Oliver's Color Burst powders, which I got to play with at my four-day retreat this weekend.  I've decided to use these as backgrounds to cards so I whipped up some Unity Stamp girls to mount them on these bit of colored paper.

These are just a few of my Angela Blom Unity Stamps.... which I painted using a mix of watercolors and Inkagold paints

Here is a peek into one of my Art Journals... I use this one to play with paints and try to draw...

And here is a close up of a lazy-susan (carousel) which I have filled with cups and pots to keep all my favorite pens and brushes and things-I-need at my fingertips.

And finally I just have to share what arrived from a wonderful new cyber-friend who is swapping ATC's with me this month... Patty Gibbs, who lives in Tennessee, not only made me an ATC but she also made me a clay pin, two clay magnets and sent all this wonderful STUFF along with the ATC... it was like opening my stocking on Christmas morning!  THANK YOU PATTY!

For those of you interested we have FUN, no pressure ATC swap group here on Facebook... you should check it out and ask to join if this is your thing. So that's my desk for today... and now I want to share just a few snaps of what I have been up to these past four weeks.....

I may have shared this photo already, but I think it's so impressive it's worth sharing again... the plums and apples are ready!  Apple sauce, pie filling, jam and sweet and sour sauce are all in jars now.

The 60 tomato plants are finally coming to the end of their life (happy dance) and have been turned into 28 jars of pasta sauce using our green peppers, carrots, onions and garlic; 30 jars of whole tomatoes; 20 jars of tomato sauce and we are making ketchup today with what is left!

And right in the middle of all this canning and processing I was invited to attend a four-day scrapbooking retreat which is an annual by-invitation-only event here in Creston, BC... How could I say no?? Grin

This was our scrapbook room along with 6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, great kitchen facilities, and This view!

This is where I sat from 10:00 am Thursday until 2:00pm Sunday... Swoon!

I came home completely recharged and ready to can more food! Grin

And as if that wasn't already "Heaven on Earth" the leaves started to change color while we were there... Swoon!

So that's it for today's WOYWW update - Smile... Thanks for popping by and I hope you enjoyed your peek into my world and come back again to visit!

Scrapbooking, mixed media Artist

Lynne Mizera