So here it is, the big six-oh-oh! 600 weeks of sharing messy desks on WOYWW - I've been part of about half of them - on and off - according my estimates but I have no way of knowing exactly. I first stumbled upon WOYWW back in 2014 and it had already been going on for a number of years by then! In fact, I think it was in its heyday back then with around 100 people linking up. These days it's around 30 regulars, which makes it more manageable to visit everyone. What is the secret of the longevity of WOYWW? The undying devotion of our lovely hostess Julia and her second-in-command Jan, who always keep us deskers motivated and engaged. It's a kind of addiction, really! So here I am yet again sharing my creative space:
Now, I did say that I was going to tidy up for #600 - which I did! - but then I messed it up again. If you compare this shot with last week's, you'll see that it's a different kind of mess entirely! This was taken on Monday while I was working on my perpetual calendar to get it ready for December 1st ready for the Christmas countdown. And tada!
It goes with my little advent journal that I created around the same time to take part in #artjournaladvent2020 on Instagram. It's co-hosted by Michelle, who used to be on WOYWW! Here's my journal and the first page I managed to complete last night. Each day a new prompt will be released.
I've also done a spread in my bigger journal. I used some waxed elements that I had experimented with the previous weekend, which produced some pretty cool effects:
I've also signed up for a surface design course because I always wanted to find out how the professionals work, so that will keep me busy for a while. Remember those little houses I showed you a couple of weeks ago? I've turned them into a pattern and used it make this parallax mock-up of a cushion! Bellow that is what it would look like on a mug. Only playing though, I have no intention of doing this professionally. I always just have to know how things are done - and once I do, I move onto something else even more intriguing! Jack of all trades and all that.
Happy Advent, happy #600 and hope to see many of you at the crop this weekend! xx
