WOYWW: Hunter/Gatherer starts a new project

I would be remiss if I didn't start this post with a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my dear friend Halle at Halle's Hobbies. Please wish her a happy birthday today.

WOYWW, or What's on your work desk Wednesday, is the brainchild of Julia at Stamping Ground. Please visit her to get the links to the other participants.

Speaking of WOYWW, this must be my last visit for a few weeks. I am far too busy to visit all 100 plus participating sites and still accomplish everything that is on my plate. After all, if I'm going to play, I also need to participate. However, I plan to be back once my plate is no longer full. And, I intend to visit several of my new friends I have made along the way each week. And I won't be able to get around to everyone again until the weekend. I'm off tomorrow to visit my friend for a belated birthday celebration in another city.

For those of you who want to see the ultimate work spaces, check out Karen Valentine's blog for information about the second annual Where Bloggers Create. As of this morning, there are 220 interested bloggers. You can always find the link on my sidebar. My link is already on her blog, so you can see I plan to show all.

Speaking of showing all, this is the scene in my back yard yesterday afternoon.


I continued to stencil more file folders. Each of these began with red spray paint (which I managed to empty), then either gold (which I also used up) or Highway Yellow, which was a brand spanking new can, also found at my Household Hazardous Waste Swap and Shop.


This is what my workspace looked like when I entered at 1:00 am. You can see I am starting a new project.


This is always a fun time, when I hunt and gather materials for a new project. And this project is one that speaks to my heart because it uses what you already have. Here are just a few of the scraps I intend to use. The nice thing about this project is, it takes nothing but scraps. You know I'm going to love it and use up some of the mountain of scraps, magazine images, scrapbook paper, and my own painted papers in the process.


My sewing machine will be very active over the next few weeks, as will my guillotine cutter.


Here are the first two pages, front and back, that I have started. On the right are pages I have sewed on both front and back. One is propped up in the picture.

On the left are 12 X 12 pages I painted using different background techniques,


then sewed postcards, scrapbook papers, and S & H Green Stamps (a birthday gift from Gina) on. In the upper right of the picture, you can see what the back looks like. And yes, these are dyed Viva paper towels, or kitchen towels for those of you who live across the pond.


These are the smaller pages front and back. I still have more to add, but this is as far as I've gotten during an intense sewing session after gathering my scraps in one place.

Today's blog is Rosie's Arty Stuff. So why does that sound familiar? Because Rosie is not only a member of WOYWW, she is also a Tea Tuesday participant, although it's been awhile since she's posted a Tea Tuesday. Rosie makes some fabulous mixed media art and ATCs. So be sure to visit her blog today.