Bows & Brushes - WOYWW

I didn't do a WOYWW post last week because nothing had changed on my desk, sadly I hadn't got around to doing any crafting really. This week I am showing you my other workdesk as this is the one I have been working at this week. Yes I'm greedy and have 2 desks! 
The desk I showed where I did my art journalling is my messy desk. The one that I do card making, scrapbooking and art journalling on. The desk I am about to show you is my business making desk, the one I use to make my hair bows and jewellery for my handmade business. I find it so much easier having the 2 as I can keep my business separate from my personal crafting.

So this is that desk this week.

You can see a lot of in progress bows and my new fabric bow on a head band. I'm still unsure about that one to be honest, I'm not sure if the bow is a bit big for the band. I have also started making up some school sets that you can just see in the left hand corner, I am just waiting on some more bits to finish them off!

The brushes in the middle of my desk were my fave finished make this week. They are a new product for me, well I say new the decoration bit it new as I was just covering them with buttons before. But I LOVE these, think the blue and purple are my favourites, I just adore those little bees!

Got a lot of mini bows to make up this week as I am going to be sending some stuff to a shop for them to try and sell them for me, fingers crossed I sell lots lol! Well that's all from me this week.

Happy Crafting,

Maxine x

Smash Book

I was planning on joining in with WOYWW (What's on your Workdesk Wednesday, you can find out about it here.) but I forgot to take a photo of my desk! I can show you however what is on my desk (among other things) that I am hoping to start filling shortly.

This is my handmade, hand bound album that I am planning on using as a smash book. 

I am really pleased with it. This isn't the first time I have made a chipboard album but this is the first time I have bound it in this way. And I just love all the fabric and ribbon scraps on the spine, makes it really touchy feely!

I got the idea for making this book from an amazingly talented lady called Jennibellie. You can find her blog here and the 2 videos I used for inspiration on her YouTube channel here and here. Only major difference was that I used chipboard instead of a box and scrapbook papers for the covers.

Don't know what a smash book is? In this video from Jennibellie she explains what the difference is between an art journl, junk journal and smash book. In my eyes, and what I am planning for my smash book, it's a book where you can stick memorabilia, photos, tickets, notes and odds and ends that you have collected that don't necessarily 'fit' a Scrapbook page. I have loads of cinema tickets that I have kept over the years that I plan on sticking in, I have photos from penpals, stamps from other countries, little notes I have written, receipts, maps etc etc. With my scrapbook pages I tend to plan them and have a specific theme on each layout, with my smash book I am literally just going to stick things in randomly as I find them! I already have a box full of things to get going!

Do you have a smash book, either a bought one or a handmade one? How do you use yours, I would love to see!

Thanks for reading and do make sure you check out Jennibellie's You Tube channel, sooooo much inspiration!

Happy Crafting,

Maxine xx