What's on your workdesk? Wednesday 467!

This morning my work desk is now occupied by my laptop and a separate monitor, that can only mean one thing....I've finished all the boxes! (I may have misjudged the time it would take and after telling hubby I would definitely be finished by Thursday....7 more hours over the weekend and I was finally finished 🙈). Still its all done mow and I can concentrate on writing. I've written the instructions for 4 boxes so far and have started the 5th out of 10. I've also written most of the first chapter prior to finishing the boxes so once the instructions are done I can work on Chapter Intros, the embroidery instructions (the detail of which will depend on how many words I have to 'fill') and the final chapter which will be advice for making your own, although none of the box instructions have exact measurements because people may not want to make theirs the same size as mine as their objects/materials will differ in size to the ones I've used.

I'm a bit late writing this post this morning because we only decided last night that little man was going to dress up as a King/Knight/Captain America (as that's the only shield we have) for pre-school's Royal Wedding themed dress up day rather than the Sully (Monsters Inc) costume that he insisted he was going to wear a couple of days ago! Then this morning he also decides that he wants a sword belt so he can take his sword...which we don't have. Thankfully a quick rummage in my stash of ribbons and bits turned up a piece of black elastic which just so happened to be the exact size I needed, a long piece of black ribbon and a belt clip. So this morning I sat in bed with him watching Tv and started sewing together a sword belt...thankfully it didn't take very long to do. I've sewn the sword holder so that he can't remove the sword from the belt, hopefully pre-school will allow him to wear it and he will be under strict instructions to only remove the belt and give it to his teachers if he doesn't want it any more and under no circumstances wave the sword around!

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog and I haven't forgotten my promise to show you more of the finished embroidery so here it is! 

I'm not sure if I will have much to post about over the next few months as I will mostly be writing but I will try and post when I can!

Thanks for Visiting! 

Emma x

Why don't you pop over to the lovely Julia's stamping ground http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/ and see more workdesks it's great fun and very addictive!

What's on your workdesk? Wednesday 466!

What a lovely few days its been! I've been up early again this morning stitching in the lovely warm sunshine that's streaming through my office window! On my work desk are the ribbons I ordered a few weeks ago (the first lot didn't turn up 😔) that I've finally been able to start using this morning. Next to the ribbons is the Ribbon work book which I absolutely love, not just because it was written by a friend of mine (Sophie Long) but because it is a really great book on ribbon embroidery. The embroidery is safely covered in tissue until I can continue this afternoon when little man is in pre-school.

The final box had grown a lot since last week and just needs doors with handles and a lid for the embroidery so I'm definitely on track to finish it this week. This means that after this week my workdesk is probably just going to be photos of my laptop and a separate monitor (which will probably have photos on as I work on writing the book. While I feel sad that that stitching parts are now all done I'm glad that I can start making on progress on bringing the book together. Also my laptop can go anywhere to I can move my desk outside! I have set myself another deadline to complete all of the box instructions by the end of this month so that I know what word count I have left to use to bring it all together and have June&July to edit. I have some illustrations of alternative box ideas to do  as well so its not all computer based! August is fast approaching but at least there is only two weeks between pre-school finishing and my deadline, this means I can spend the summer relaxing in the garden with little man and taking trips out before he starts school in September!

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog and I hope you will be back next week to see the progress I will have made on the final box, I'll save sharing the embroidery till next week when its more completed.  Hubby is hopefully working from home again tomorrow, it worked really well last week so look forward to us spending a bit more time together, even if we are working. If you just can't wait to see it you can head over to find me on Facebook and Instagram where I try and post as often as I can so you will find more on there before my next Woyww post!

Thanks for Visiting! 

Emma x

Why don't you pop over to the lovely Julia's stamping ground http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/ and see more workdesks it's great fun and very addictive!

What's on your workdesk? Wednesday 465!

I have the first part of a new box on my desk, yay!! I was able to finish the last one before we left for our holiday....just. I was working on it all day Thursday while little man was in pre-school, again in the evening after he was in bed till 9.30ish (I still had to pack, hubby had done most of it for me). I even got up extra early (4am) to feed the puppy in what turned out to be a failed attempt at stopping his car sickness (definitely didn't) and decided to just get it finished because I knew it was so close to being done and after an hour was back in bed for an hour or so till we had to get up to leave!

It was definitely worth getting up super early tho as it meant I could relax and enjoy our holiday without thinking about it! I can't show you the whole box just yet but here's a photo of the finished working lock for the door and the door which wasn't quite finished being sewn together at that point. Sorry for the bad lighting, I'm still thinking about how I'm going to get amazing photos of this one for the book, this box is for wedding cards but unfortunately I don't know anyone who is getting married before August to ask if I can take photos in the reception venue before hand so might have to see if there's a wedding fair somewhere....

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog and I hope you will be back next week to see the progress I will have made on the final box. Hopefully I can get loads done tomorrow even with hubby working from home, he doesn't like listening to music while he works, I can't work in silence (a definite advantage of working from home) so I'll definitely be making use of the wireless headphones on my desk! You can also find me on Facebook and Instagram where I try and post as often as I can so you will find more on there if you can't wait till next Woyww!

Thanks for Visiting! 

Emma x

Why don't you pop over to the lovely Julia's stamping ground http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/ and see more workdesks it's great fun and very addictive!