1st PROJECT COMPLETED IN THE CRAFT SHED

Kirsteen and I have been friends for a long time now and there is absolutely nothing that Kirsteen doesn't know about me and I would trust her with my life .  I had in mind that the first project I was going to do once I could actually work in my craft shed would be a personal gift for her to show her know I love and missed her during this lockdown.  

 

Base start of Kirsteen's layout:

I printed off this quote and used a die cut "friend" 

Here I added a die cut butterfly with vellum layer:

Putting together Notelet to Kirsteen:

Notelet card in stages:

Completed Notelet to Kirsteen:

Gift tag co-ordinating with the notelet and personalised framed gift:

KEYRING GIFT

1 day I arrived home from work to find an envelope with my name handwritten on it.  When I opened it up it was a wee notelet from my good friend Kirsteen along with a rainbow keyring which is the sign of promise and positivity during the C-19 lockdown.  I don't mind admitting I had leaky eyes at the touching gesture.  Needless to say I immediately thought that the keyring was going to be my main use for accessing my craft shed.  

  

FINISHING OFF THE CRAFT SHED - FURNISHING

Once I was back at work following the refurbishing of the shed, I wasn't in too much of a rush to move in but started in the meantime or free time, sorting out the furniture and storage.  I dunno what I was thinking, in my head I had a much larger shed than in reality!  Still, the more space you have, the more you have to fill up!  That's my rationale!  What amazed me the most is how on earth did I manage to actually store all that stuff in the house?  It is no wonder I hadn't managed to do any real crafting in the last 3 years!  It was all in storage in the shed as my bedroom had undergone a huge transformation.   

LOCKDOWN 2020 HAS SOME POSITIVES STAYCATION WEEK 2

I undertook finishing off the internals of the shed in the 2nd week of my annual leave which I chose to split from the 1st week.  I had 1 week annual leave and did the lining/panelling; went to work the following week and then the 3rd week I had the 2nd week of my annual leave. 

I don't think there was any part on my body that did not hurt following a day of working constantly on the shed during both weeks of annual leave.  

During the week I was working [in between my split annual leave], I used my spare time glueing and building my paper storage shelves designed to fit in the Ikea cubes. 

I'd bought some fabric from Ikea some time ago actually for upholstering some free office seats I'd got via gumtree however the gas lifts in them weren't working so I ended up binning them.  Instead, I embellished the Ikea blind with the fabric.  The window in the shed isnt a standard house type window and the blinds were either too small or too big!  Now that I had a new jig saw to my tool collection, I was able to trim the length and breadth of the blind and the actual workings of the roller using said jig saw!

LOCKDOWN 2020 HAS SOME POSITIVES STAYCATION WEEK 1

Since my last entry of this year, end of March, lockdown has continued and we are now into another phase of it.

I managed to take some time off work in May this year in order to concentrate on making a start on my craft shed.  I'd won it in February of 2017!  It was originally meant to be a 6x4' sized shed and I was granted to organise a larger shed if I paid the difference for which I did.

Unfortunately over the last 3 years, it's basically been used as a storage space despite my intentions of converting it into a craft shed.

I've had to swap purchasing and using scrapbooking/papercrafting tools to power drills/screwdrivers, jig saws etc.

Since my last entry of this year, end of March, lockdown has continued and we are now into another phase of it.

I managed to take some time off work in May this year in order to concentrate on making a start on my craft shed.  I'd won it in February of 2017!  It was originally meant to be a 6x4' sized shed and I was granted to organise a larger shed if I paid the difference for which I did.

Unfortunately over the last 3 years, it's basically been used as a storage space despite my intentions of converting it into a craft shed.

I've had to swap purchasing and using scrapbooking/papercrafting tools to power drills/screwdrivers, jig saws etc.

I first lined the walls of the shed with waterproofing membrane then lined with insulation material [insulation material made from recycled plastics].  I also had panelling to cover those layers so as to make the interior of the shed a little more "prettier" than it would have been if I left it with raw coverings.  

Panelling completed: