💖✨️What's on your Work Desk? Wednesday 909 and a wee catch up

✨️💖 Good morning to you, how are you doing? All well I hope 🙏 

I'm late . . . I'm late . . . for a very important

 date . . . 

(I may be singing 🎵🎶 that as I type 😁)

I'm not really late 😘😊 as it's only me running behind with what I had planned . . . patience I tell myself . . . slow down I tell myself 😊 and breathe . . . moments aren't meant to be rushed.

I'm linking up to ✨️WOYWW✨️ with the lovely deskers 💕once again. Hosted by the gorgeous soul that is Julia . . .  thank you so much Julia ✨️🫂If you'd like to be a part of a heart ❤️ warming community  . . . then please pop over to Julia's it is the most welcoming of spaces ✨️🫂filled with beautiful caring souls. 

Here's my desk right now 🤦‍♀️ yes, I did stand on my stool to take the photo 😆😅

What can I say 🤦‍♀️ I've been busy 😊

This little ✨️whisper popped out my pencil ✏️ on Saturday . . . I've been going back and forward since then . . . listening to the whispers.  

Such a lovely commission to work on . . . bride and groom . . . I'm so happy with how they're turning out . . . almost finished 🥰 a wee touch here and there today . . . before wrapping them up in a glossy coat . . . to protect them for years to come 😘

the groom 🤵‍♂️ looking very swish 

Surrounding them in little details 🌿

from her painted detailed veil . . . 

to her 💐 bouquet. 

The 🎨 paintings underneath are ones I created from a few years ago.

They go through a few scary stages 🙃 in the beginning . . . they whisper away . . . sometimes we even . . . tustle . . . but I find what they want . . . is always right 🤷‍♀️😊

While there clothes were drying 😘 

(I didn't want to smudge her veil )

I turned from acrylics tooo watercolours and 😇Hope . . . she calmed me yesterday 🙏 afternoon.

 The workshop is rapidly getting closer . . . I've been a busy bee 🐝 getting everything ready for Saturday  ✂️ butterflies 🦋 are definitely in residence in my tummy now . . . to calm myself . . . I took time out . . . to enter her magical world ✨️ losing myself to her with 🎨🖌 colour.

I'll let you know how it went next week 😊

ANXIETY 

 is a dreadful thing . . . It's grown since mum ✨️ passed next door . .  I told it to go away . . . it isn't welcome . . . 

I am not going to let it destroy who I am . . . or stop me from doing what I love and what I was born to do.

I am born from love 💖and light ✨️ 

I have so much love ❤️and joy✨️ and✨️ good things surrounding me . . .

 I am so thankful 🙏 for it all. 

I am refusing to let it smother me!

Phew . . . should I delete this? 

No . . . I'm going to leave it . . . It came through my heart then fingers on my phone as I typed, so there is a reason for it . . . I may have got a wee bit teary eyed . . . but it's okay to feel,and

it's okay to feel vulnerable. 

⭐️ It's what makes us stronger ⭐️

Did you spy this wee whisper of a doodle 🖌🎨 on my desk  . . . just another moment to be quiet yesterday . . . to be calm . . . to remind myself . . .

I can . . . I am enough. 

I'll finish her up then add her words . . . yes the pinny whispered to me 😊

A wee glimpse out back from a few mornings ago  . . . It's coming together 🥰 sooooo happppppppppppppy & thankful to the man in my life 🥰❤️💕💖

I best go . . . leave you in peace 😊 I may have slept in . . . ever sooo slightly 😴 but . . . it did mean I could take photos of my desk in the light 😁😘

Thank you for taking the time to read my ramblings 😊 and vulnerability 🙏 I'm leaving this post as is. 

Maybe ... just maybe it will help someone 🫂

I'm  wishing ⭐️ you a day filled to bursting with love ❤️ with joy ✨️ with light ⭐️ and wonder

 for all the little things in life . . . our time here is short and so very precious. 

Wrapping you up in humungus hugs 🫂 

Catch yooou later

Tracy

XXX

💕✨️ What's on your Work Desk?Wednesday 908 & a wee catch up

 Good morning to you 🥰 at last a calm morning after the stormy winds . . . I hope your okay 🫂 and all is well ✨️

 I'm linking up to ✨️WOYWW✨️ with the lovely deskers 💕once again.  Hosted by the beautiful soul that is Julia .. thank you so much Julia ✨️🫂If you fancy joining in please pop over to Julia's it is the most welcoming of spaces ✨️🫂filled with beautiful souls. 

Here's my desk right now . . . 

Wee Hope 😇 is everywhere . . . I promise she hasn't been harmed . . . just . . . tickled by the scissors ✂️ 

The PROOF. . . see that cheeky wee smile 😇 . . . you just missed her . . . giggling!! 

more ✂️✂️✂️

Ohhhh how I love 💕 her birds 🐦 of hope. 

 Just waiting to be ✂️snipped out and worn 🧥

Little paper whisper piles are . . . everywhere🤷‍♀️even in the kitchen . . . 

waiting . . . full of mischief . . . singsongs 🎶🎵 and much giggles!

If YOU listen reeeally close . . . YOU just might hear the giggles 😃 

along with the flutter of magical wings 😘

What else have I been up tooooo 🤔 

Well I may have had a wee bit oh a panic . . . 

yes, I know . . . ME . . . WHY?

Publisher is no more (I know I'm not alone from the desks last week) . . . didn't it know I hadn't finished designing my badges 🤷‍♀️🙃😁

Not to worry  🦸‍♀️ good old Pic Monkey (my standby ✨️) to the rescue 😘🤩 a wee bit jiggery pokery on the laptop . . . resizing my artwork . . . then

taaaa daaaa

Such a wee cutie pie 😇 she is . . . we went from on screen toooo . . .

I wish ⭐️ you could have heard her as she popped out . . . before . . .

going on a wee waltzer . . . Cough . . . Cough . . . badge cutter thingieymijiggggy

(yes that's a word 😊) 

Just look at her wee rosie cheeks 😇💖💕✨️ still smiling up at me . . . all going . . . me first . . . me first . . . 

FIRST FOR WHAT???? 

Is it a . . . SPACE ROCKET 🚀.  . . she asked . . .

Where did she go?🤷‍♀️

In the blink of an eye 👁 out she popped . . . to be hugged . . . to be kissed . . . to giggle with . . . to tell of the great adventure she had . . . as she came to beee in badge form 💕✨️🚀

Now . . . she's just waiting for her tribe of 

Believers ✨️ Dreamers💕

and

Magic Makers⭐️

Ohhhhh, I almost forgot 🤦‍♀️ how could I almost forget . . . when it's all I've been thinking about the last few weeks . . . it may seem a wee thing to you ☺️ and that's okay 😘 it is . . . but it brought up a lot of emotions for me . . .

💕 I'm one of three ladies teaching a workshop real soon ... it's my first one since pre covid . . . I'm excited . . . looking forward to sharing what I love 💕 what lights me up ✨️ . . . though nervous . . . and missing my mum  a lot ✨️ we'd be having lots of chats . . . video calls in the wee hours when I knew she was still awake . . . sharing my thoughts and what I was thinking

 . . . sometimes I'd be doodling while we talked and we'd smile and laugh at what popped out 💕 a wee pink piggie popped out once ... with a scarf and a whole story all off it's own . . . I remember making it into a gift card for mums birthday . . . I have it now tucked up safe in a wee suitcase filled with bits and bobs of memories with mum ✨️

One of the things I struggled with was choosing . . . colours🌈 . . . I was most likely overthinking it!

(no most likely about it . . .  definitely 🙃 overthinking I can hear my mum ✨️ and dad ✨️ whispering )

I lit a candle and prayed for help . . . it calmed, it soothed me, and I am forever thankful ✨️

This is the colour 🌈 combo I've went with 👆 in that last photo . . .  hopefully the gorgeous souls coming along will love them 🎨💕🤞

The tubes of paint 🎨 should be arriving on Thursday ready for me to prep the palettes 🤞

If you're still here . . . thank you ☺️🫂✨️

Yet again my thoughts went in different directions 😊 though I'm told it's what makes me . . . me 💕and it really helps me to get it all out. 

Right . . . I'm away to link up . . . then pop outside to feed my wee friends 🐦 look up at the sky and be thankful 🙏 for the gift of being a part of this beautiful day. 

⭐️Wishing you a gorgeous day ahead 💕 with much love ✨️light 🫂 and the best of Scottish hugs . . . with even more to hold you close if you need it 🫂✨️💕

Catch you round the desks in a wee while 😊 down below is an update from out back 😘

Tracy

XXX 

What an amazing ⭐️ man I get to live life with.

It's coming along 🥰 I'm soooo excited 😁 it has 3 windows now ✨️ . . . I've loved reading what you thought it might be 😊 and yes it's my workshop . . . a place to work . . . to create & hold in person small workshops 🥰 for those who fancy entering my wee world for a little while. 

I promise . . . I'm away now ☺️ may magic ✨️ and joy 🥰 follow in your footsteps today. 

XXX 

✨️💕 What's on your Work Desk Wednesday . . . a wee catch up 😘

 💕 Goooood morning🤗 It's time for a wee catch up ✨️and a look at what's on my workdesk . . . I can't believe that it's Wednesday already  . . . time seems to be whizzing by full speed ahead!

 I'm linking up to ✨️WOYWW✨️ with the lovely deskers 💕 hosted by the beautiful soul that is  Julia .. thank you so much Julia ✨️🫂

💕✨️Thank you for stopping by 🫂 and for all your lovely comments last week ... it was such a joy to visit you all ✨️💕

My desk this morning ... is a bit all over the place 🤦‍♀️🙃🤦‍♀️ definitely fuller than last weeks!

I've been scrunched into that tiny little space the last few days . . . I really need to tidy it up . . . but I'm working on everything that you can see . . . with little notes for myself sprinkled through out the layers . . . this is how I left it last night 🤦‍♀️ dirty painty water and all!

Remember my doodle ✏️ book from last week? 

This wee Soul 😇Whisper dropped out my pencil ✏️ whilst blethering on the phone 🥰 a few days ago. 

🥰 Do you do that while on the phone? 

 She calls to me . . . draws me close . . . closer still

I've been drawn to her . . . popping back and forward ✨️ splodging 🖌 and sploshing 🎨 whilst listening to her gentle whispers . . . to be BRAVE 🫂

to not be afraid to shine my ✨️ light back out into the world

I can't quite manage to find the right words to explain how she's making me feel 😊 she is imperfectly perfect 💕 I love her from the tips of her hair . . . to the freckles on her face . . . to her angel wings ready to take flight . . . to the quiet gentleness upon her face. 

Is she finished ?

"Not yet" . . . she whispers . . . "a crown would be lovely please!"

(If you look at my work desk photo real close . . . you might spot that I've doodled one in for her 👑😊)

Shall I be BRAVE . . . and tell you a secret . . . sharing a little more of me through my art?

I can let you know . . . that this little Whisper 😇 that dropped out my pencil ✏️ is as real to me as you are ✨️ as you sit and read my words. 

She comes from that magical ✨️ place that I go to . . . when everything slips away . . . where time stands still . . . when all you can hear is the sound . . . my pencil makes ✏️ followed by the sound of my paintbrush 🖌 as I swish it in water . . . then paint to paper . . .  to  tickle her to warm her up . . .as the gentle whispers ✨️ come to be. 

 The whispers ✨️speak to my heart ❤️ and soul ✨️bringing love ❤️ light ✨️  joy 💛 and such warmth 🫂that surrounds me . . . that I can't help but feel  . . leaving me with a smile on my face . . . with eyes that shine bright ✨️ twinkling away✨️ letting anyone that looks . . .  see how I feel. 

To feel those feelings return . . .  is such a gift ✨️ and one I am forever grateful for 🙏 drawing my ✨️ mum and dad ✨️ close . . . a knowing that they are never far. 

Phew . . . yet again . . . as always . . . I had nothing planned to share . . . the words that pop out seem . . . to have a mind off there own 😊🤦‍♀️pushing through tooo . . .  tumble out. 

You can most likely tell 😊 that I am still finding so much joy . . . through colour 🌈

My post here is already . . . verrry long 🤦‍♀️I fear!

Yet I have more I want toooo . . . share . . . like a peek at the birthday card I made 🥰 Alex 👆 from original artwork I'd done . . . it's his birthday 🥳 today . . . hip hip hoooray . . . no one I'd rather have by my side to do life with ✨️💕

Eeeawww eeeeawww . . . tis a wee donkey I painted for our anniversary 🥂🍾 Alex loves donkeys 🫏 I've also held on to the splodged paper underneath from last week . . . it still makes me happy 😊

To this 🥰  a chap at the door 📦 with some new postcards and stickers I designed . . . not the best photo 🤦‍♀️ in my rush to snap them while they were lying still 😉 I'm so happy how they turned out ✨️ it's been a while since I designed new ones to pop into orders 💕 I may have jumped up and down with glee 😁 as I hugged them close !

Ohhhh . . . I almost forgot 🙆‍♀️ the cheeky wee peek from out back last week 😊 so many ideas you mentioned . . . I'll let you see another wee peek . . . 

Ohhhh . . . a window has appeared!!

Alex captured me in this one . . . I am verrrry exciteeeed! 

I better . . . STOP 😊 as I could go on and on 🤫 but I've kept YOU long enough 🥰 if you're still here  . . . thank yoooou 🙏 if you lived nearby I'd make you a warming drink ☕️ along with a slice of homemade cake 🎂 😘 to recover 😘

I'll wish ⭐️ you a good day ahead 💕 may it be filled to bursting 🎉 with all good things! 

With much love ❤️ and hugs 🫂 with extra for those who need it.

Tracy

xxx 

💕See yooou round the desks in a wee while 💕

💕✨️ What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday ...

 💕 Goooood  afternoon 🤗 I'm running a wee (big) bit late today showing what's on my workdesk 🤦‍♀️

 Linking up over at the ⭐️ lovely Julia's .. thank you Julia ✨️🫂

 My thoughts are still with ✨️Sarah's  loved ones ... it was such a shock last week to find out that she had sadly passed next door. 

It was so lovely to pop by the other desk blogs to read all the stories and see all the pictures you shared with Sarah from over the years.

🫂 Thinking of you all ✨️ sending lots of love and hugs. 

My desk hasn't  really changed since last week ... 

 Though I don't have much to show on my desk today ... to those who have seen my desk in the past  ... you may notice ...  that the wee anes that I painted on it  ... have all gone 🤦‍♀️

Why? It had all got a bit toooo messy with paint splatters 🎨 and glue ... I think it was earlier this year that I sanded them off ... never fear though ... I'm sure that in time ... more whispers will be painted back on top🖌😘 I do miss them. 

Here's a closer look at  ... what's on it ... and under it 🧐

Watercolour 🎨 joy ... I'd quite like a magical jacket myself ✨️ I was playing around with watercolour backgrounds 🎨🖌 the other week

This ... what can I say 😊 ... this just makes my heart and soul ... happy. 

🎨 If I was a colour ... I'd want to be ... not one colour ... but all of this 🌈 🥰

 They sit to the right side of my desk 🥰 cheeky wee souls they are ... and very bossy at times! 

Though you didn't hear it from me!😁😘

Tooooo .... this book ... this little miss 💖 holds on tooooo lots of doodles ... scraps ... and words ... she's been around a long time ... I came across her the other week ... popped her on my desk ... so that when the mood takes me ... I can add some more 😊

Underneath my table ... lots of little 😇 one's going large ... trying things out ... here's a couple up close ... 

I love how a little 😇 one can be changed up  by adding a little bit here and there 🖌🎨

On the bunker in the kitchen ... this wee one waits ...

She said the scissors ✂️ tickled! 

I have a ... plan ... I think 😁

✨️ My space is beginning to come alive again with colour 🌈 as the light is starting to shine for me once again ✨️  with the knowing ... 

 that mum ✨️ and dad ✨️ are never far, even now 🫂

Ohhhh ... before I go ... the view from my desk has changed as well   ... where there was once a greenhouse ... now stands this ...

It's a work in progress ... it's huuuuuge .... and I love it 💖 what's it going toooo be? 

Any ideas? 

I best go ... whatever you have planned for the days ahead ... I wish 🌟 you so much joy ✨️ in all you do ... with extra hugs 🫂 for all those who need it. 

I'll pop around this evening to visit 💕

Much love

Tracy

XXX

❤️✨️ What's on your Work Desk Wednesday -Sarah

 It's Wednesday once again ... I had a different post scheduled to go this morning ... when I found out that the lovely ✨️ Sarah had passed away suddenly. 

The lovely Julia who had entrusted Sarah with WOYWW  has written a beautiful post in memory of ✨️ Sarah over on her blog here 

I only stepped back in again to join WOYWW with fellow deskers 🫂💕 last week. As always ... warmly welcomed and a joy to pop around the desks ... with a link up on ✨️Sarah's home in blogland my first stop.  

It's a shock this morning, and my heart ❤️ goes out to Sarah's family and friends 🫂 and to all the deskers ... knowing how much she was loved. 

It was always a joy to see what ✨️ Sarah had created and her drawings were always a favourite of mine ... such a creative soul who was always caring and kind with her messages and will be sadly missed. 

Sharing an Angel I doodled from back in the day in memory of Sarah's love for drawing. 

You can visit ✨️ Sarah's blog here ...  full of all of her beautiful creativeness.  

Sending much love ❤️ and light ✨️ with lots of hugs to all who need it. 

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Tracy

XXX