The Messy Desk Project

This is not my usual kind of post. That's what I'm going to start with. But I was inspired by Bethany's Messy Desk Tag, and decided that a slight rework of that tag would work perfectly for today's post. Because, you see, this year, I did a photography project. I probably haven't mentioned it? But, I took a picture every day, with the goal of moving to being able to shoot on full manual. (And it was very successful! I'm not excellent at manual yet, but I love the amount of control I can get).

Some days, it was easy to find a subject, but on other days, it got to be late afternoon, and all I had to photograph was...my desk. And after a few repetitions of this, I thought it was funny to take pictures of my messy desk. And occasionally, of my clean desk. But mostly my messy desk. And then I thought, HA! This would work for a fun post, if I added snarky comments. So, here we go! 

I'm sorry that the first picture is with me in the way... And also sorry if the open book is painful, but it's such a good one! 

Haha, this is when my obsession with Lewis and Tolkien biographies/works took over my desk. Its rightful place, of course.

See? It got a bit ridiculous, but it was also AMAZING. (See if you can spot Return of the King. :D)

Annnnnd the Tookish Candle stack! (Until they got discolored from the sun. Brilliant, Sam. Just brilliant.)

Probably the messiest the desk was in awhile...and then I moved a bunch of the books, but still messy. 

And then I got several things I wanted to put on my desk for my birthday, so I cleaned up my act (sort of XD)

Beeswax! From our hive! Plus a large TBR in the one picture, and a large knife in the other (don't worry--it's a gardening knife)

Eomer is looking over my shoulder and tells me I shouldn't've eaten upstairs...true. That might be where the ants came from. 

Nadine Brandes and lots of papers! + My bujo and the lovely socks Legolas made me. 

Sorry, another open book! Can't help myself. And there's the bunny! She loves the space under my desk. (Dislikes my feet, tho.)

Annnndddd here's where I start my art class ridiculousness. Yeah. Try to spot the still life. XD

And Christmas embroidery and a Bio experiment are added! (That's the petri dishes). Cuz this is a normal spot for Bio. Obvs.

The first one is actually an Art reference photo. XD And in the second one, the candles are back! + Latin, b/c, Latin. 

This was a lot of fun for me, hope you enjoyed it as well!

Does your desk look like this, or is it always clean? :) Do you recognize any of the books? Have you ever had as much "research material" on your desk as I had during the Lewis-and-Tolkien research period? How is your Advent going?