What's on Your Work Desk Wednesday #69

Actually, NOTHING. It's because, as of late yesterday, while my UK, European, and Asian friends were sleeping, I've been doing some rearranging. And yes, before you ask, I visited EVERYONE for the 7th consecutive week on the WOYWW blog hop last week, although it took till Saturday, due to company, a misbehaving computer, and that dratted Error 503. Not sure what I'm talking about? Go to Julia's Stamping Ground and link up to show your desk, or anything in your studio, just like I'm going to today. We're the snoopiest group on the interweb and we're not going away any time soon!

Do you remember these drawers? I linked this photo from my Studio tour back in June. Even before that, I hated the way my photos looked each time these drawers showed in a photo from my desk. I like drawers that close properly, but since this dresser was given to me, and of course I put the drawers in without giving it much thought, I decided I would see what I could do to change the problem while you all slept. Click on any photo below for a better view.

OK, I didn't solve the problem, but I helped, except for the bottom drawer, which simply will NOT close any further, no matter what I do. I suspect, from a bit of investigating, the grooves that fit in the two pieces of wood nailed to the sides are not cut as long as they should be, or the wood guides are too long. Regardless, the other drawers fit a bit better.

As you can see, I didn't bother cleaning the drawers when I changed them around. This top one holds mostly my crepe paper and a bingo game. The envelopes contain items from previous swaps I still must deal with. Sort of a mixed bag of sloppiness, which I will clean out either today or tomorrow. I'm opting for tomorrow, since our HEAT WAVE is back after one day of lovely weather.

The second drawer (which used to be on the bottom, holds foam sheets, a few little quiltlets I decided aren't finished, carpet samples, and cotton balls. Not exactly items that go together, this is another drawer I'll be cleaning out and reorganizing.

The third drawer from the top used to be the top drawer and it's where I keep swap items. You can see it's empty at the moment, except for a doll I threw in, along with ATC holders I use when I send out ATCs.

The final drawer holds all my stickers in sheet protectors. You can see my Martha Stewart rocking horse stickers because they jumped out of the drawer in order to join the party. I couldn't get these little babies to hide or return to the drawer, no matter what I did! For those of you new to WOYWW, I show one or more of my over 450 rocking horses each week. This week just happened to be these stickers that I don't actually count as part of my collection.

This week I'm spotlighting Voodoo Vixen at Scrap Happens Here. A recent move from Saudi Arabia to Calgary, Canada puts her on the same continent as me, albeit not much closer if I want to play in her awesome new scrap room. Be sure you stop by and say hi to Voodoo Vixen today (not sure she's using her given name on her blog) and see where scrap paper, altered art, and grunge board meet, then turn into some pretty spectacular art. Be sure to check out Scrap Happens Here today even if you aren't a WOYWWer.