I am incredibly lucky. I not only have a boyfriend who understands my scrapbooking/rubberstamping addiction so well that he agreed to pay for a larger apartment so that I had room for all of my stuff, he lets me scrapbook on my days off without whining (too much); I also work in a job that I (finally!) can scrapbook at my desk.
I’ve written before about the crazy hours that we’re working right now. I can’t even discuss how intense my job has become in the past two or three weeks. I work for a company in Michigan and I work in one of their call centers. Since the economy is so incredibly horrible; we’ve been inundated with calls. The calls are from people who think their bills are too high, those who want to make payment arrangements, who need information about payment programs, or from those that have emergency situations. Right now there is little down time between calls. We’re spending anywhere from 8-12 hours on the phone and that is call after call after call after call.
So to keep our sanity, several people read, knit, bead, and scrapbook. I just had to share what my work space looked like this weekend-it was interesting because we were actually not as busy as we have been recently, so I had downtime to work on Valentine’s Day cards…this is what my desk looked like:
Left side of my desk during work Saturday
Right side of my desk Saturday
No matter how many people yell at me, tell me that my company or I am stupid….I have something that keeps me sane and positive-and it is my crafting. I’ve also been able to knit at work, and that has had a few fruits of my labor recently. My sister received a new scarf for her birthday:
I made it from some yarn that I had received as a gift. I plan on making one for myself in the future out of a pretty lacier yarn…this is acrylic, and since my sister has a young son, I thought that something that would be serviceable and would be able to go into the wash would be a good choice for her. Here’s a closer look at the ladder stitch pattern:
Although I’m really happy with the results, I can’t wait to make it again with some yarn that is REALLY special.
I’m sure that in the coming weeks, I’ll have a lot more to talk about in reference to my crafting at my desk. I can’t wait to share!
