WOYWW 876/97/ The Totally Inappropriate Postcard Club/Dana

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Just returned from a silent retreat.

I had my phone turned off for almost 10 days! 

Desk in  a state of anticipation!

By way of thank you's I invited folks who helped and hosted me to membership in the

Totally Inappropriate Postcard Club.

To be a member all you have to do is receive or send a TIP, what ever that means to you.

Teachers at the retreat give of their time and wisdom, and student give as led, in generosity,

aka DANA.

I shared these cards, and a check!

Vintage hand lettered stamp by Suzanne Cannon. 

Check out her FB page here for inspiration and support.

I enjoy and benefit from my solitary prayer and meditation, 

and there is something special and more powerful and essential to holding the entire world 

and all beings in light and love  together.

We do that too, here, dear Deskers.

In our own creative digital way, this is what Peace looks like.

Thanks for sharing your worlds and for visiting mine.

Comments and questions warmly welcomed.

WOYWW-865/85-NYResolutions Renewed

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If you have been desking with me for 10+ years, every year you hear me make a NYR to sew more.

Look y'all! I'm sewing.

My almost 4 year old outgrew her smock I made her, and she only wanted a new one made by Mimi!

All hail the power of the grandchild request!

You might also notice the lovely stack of fat quarter and squares in the background.

They were a gift from the wonderful folks at 

Free Spirit Fabrics- several of my friends design for them.

I have visions of them becoming a quilt, tho they do look decorative in their current state!

Blogging has been on the shelf , with Mimi duty, pet sitting my neighbors 3 legged cats( they have an electronic self sifting litter box!), 

a new adventure, working with our local fire department planning

a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) for the next time. increasing community communication and involvement with our service folks, and the general state of the world.

Thanks for believing and encouraging me all these years.

Here's to a new year of more friends, and for God(dess) sake more friendliness. 

Yes, Brave Girl Cards.

If you need/want one for yourself or another, please message me!

Comment and Questions warmly welcomed!

WOYWW- 852- It's beginning to look a lot like...Pumpkins!

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I'm not a pumpkin person.

I live in the south.

I don't understand why  watermelon disappears after labor day and it's suddenly pumpkin spice!

I do have dear friends who believe in the great pumpkin, and I had a jolly time painting a field of them.

I braved up and did the dreaded computer upgrade and had to make sure the laptop was still friends with the Silhouette, and since it is that time that it's also beginning to look like, 

I did a couple of print and cuts to make sure all was hunky dory!

I am working on being retired- pun intended- so I should have time to make a lot of cards and do some desk visiting!

My dear SIL is going really well- thanks for all for asking!

Comments and questions always warmly welcomed.

WOYWW- 847/67- got Journey? Journal?

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These brave girls cards were made with a passport I found cleaning out a dear friend's belongings, long after she died.

I couldn't bear to toss it, and didnt want to keep it, so I took a deep breath and cut it up!

Stamp by Quietfire Design/Suzanne Cannon

The cover became a tiny journal

I'm still going through bins of stuff that was packed by the restoration people, most of it needs to be tossed, and not this poinsettia die!

We know its coming!

Thanks for visiting, and comments and questions warmly welcomed.

 

WOYWW 841/61/Interlocking

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This is what it looks like just after one of your first attempts at digital cutting since life has given you the ability to even think about it!

You can check out how the accordion folds interlock

Here

this file is a good one for someone coming from manual die cutting to digital.

No fiddly bits, and even tho it ends up with moving parts, there are just a few.

All the design engineering is done for you!

Please hold my dear SIL in the Light, with a new breast lump diagnosis, and lots of other challenges to deal with in this challenging world.

Its not the suffering Olymipics!

We are all interlocking- and are here to help eachother.

through these life challenges as well as desk mess!

Comment and Questions always welcomed.

WOYWW 838/58 Recovery

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Recovery is slow and somewhat steady here in WNC.

I'm grateful to have a desk to share with y'all!

and to have the mental capacity to create.

Art saves lives, and its healing me in its own way.

I found a 4 leaf clover the other day! pressed it and wondering what will be the best way to share it.

Dear friends- some of whom I have never met! sent me so much love 

and

Art Supplies!

A roll of linen hinge tape, turned ATC's into a little booklet.

I will share this in our FLAG

Free Little Art Gallery!

Brave girl cards

If you are a new visiting desker- welcome!

Most days I take what is left on my desk and create a 

Brave Girl Card.

I offer them to someone I meet during the day, that I dont know,

to help myself be brave, and to remind them to be brave.

If you need one, message me with your address, or stop me on the street and say Hey!

Comments and Questions Warmly welcomed.

WOYWW 817/38- Have A Heart

 

I got some valentines made yay!

We all need more love right now.

As an american, I am shamed and ashamed of the behavior of positions over whom I seem to have little control.

Please forgive us if these actions harm you in any way.

I often say, this, WOYWW is what peace looks like, and the friendship and support i have gotten here over the years transcends any policy actions "they " can impose on us.

I hope they get a lot of valentines to open their hearts.

For my activist friends 

My recovering WNC friends and those who love us

Grandchildren

A RAK swap

for a challenge, and to a special friend who always remembers to send a card!

Go out and love some more!

Comments and questions warmly welcomed!