Blog entries tagged My Desk

Where I'm Sitting

Shelley — Mon, 11 May 2009 07:42:20 +0100

I was typing an email one evening and realized that my desk chair is really very hard. It's an old kitchen chair; one of a set of four that I'd painted random shades of blue in university. I really like it but it isn't in any way cozy. Soulemama recently made a chair cushion with a log cabin piecing pattern and I really liked it so that was my point of inspiration. I like the old f...

Shiny

Shelley — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:10:49 +0100

My new computer arrived Saturday morning. I was so excited to get the box and we unpacked it right away. Rob helped me set everything up and transferred all my stuff from the mini (which I've been using for a little over two years).

This computer makes my desk look so different: it has a smaller footprint but a much bigger screen (I went all out and got the 24") and a little...

Ready to Go

Shelley — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:58:30 +0100

My thank you notes are already to go. I like the way they look in their little stack. I find it funny that when I was little I was always so loath to write my notes. It's not that I wasn't thankful for the gifts I'd received it's just that I'd rather play with them. Now it feels like something is incomplete if I don't send off all my little cards. I'm frequently late...

My Sewing Table

Shelley — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:01:18 +0100

(Please excuse the mess. I haven't found homes for everything in my studio yet. It's actually much better than it was - Rob got me some storage drawers and now you can see the floor.) On Monday my studio became a wood shop. My dad came over to help us out with our deck (it is now level) and to help me with my sewing table. It was Rob's desk when he was at university; I've been u...

Sentiment

Shelley — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:31:56 +0100

There are five of these stones. I gathered them as paper weights several years ago when I was learning about Chinese and Japanese brush painting and needed something to hold down my rice paper sheets. They are from the beach in front of my great-grandmother's house. The whole beach is pebbles. Smooth black and grey and white stones like the bedrock that can still be seen at points further up ...

Something

Shelley — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:16:53 +0100

No, I didn't make this. I have been doing crafty things this week but all of them have been middles of projects and just don't make good pictures (three-quarters of a bobbin of yarn looking very similar to half). This guy was a gift from one of my sisters a few years ago. He usually sits on top of my desk. His head bobs around when you move him and since my desk is a little on the shaky...

So ... I'm Exploring with a Mac

Shelley — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 03:02:21 +0100

Today after work we cleared off my desk and set up the mini. Rob created a special widget for me - a recipe finder. You wouldn’t believe how many recipes there are for hot cross buns.

Now I have signed up for .mac and I’m starting my own little website. Pretty cool. My next challenge is to pick a picture to replace the default on this template.
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