Fun with Fairies, Gelli and Lavinia

Morning all,

Hope you had a good weekend.

Well yesterday at our jubilant Jubilee Hall we had a super day.

We revisited my first workshop from two years ago where we a great time using the Gelli plate, a Tando Cuckoo clock kit and Lavinia stamps.

Here's my samples and the fantastic results from the lovely ladies who attended the class in Oct '13.

Having seen these our groups ladies decided they wanted to play too.

So putting a different spin on things this time we revisited some of the techniques and used them to decorate Tando Faery Door kits.

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the day, thank you for the wonderful feedback.

We had mum's and daughters (of all ages!) crafting together and some of our usual group were joined by another two brand new crafter's.

Oh my! They took one look at the project sample and thought they couldn't reproduce anything to resemble it.

I just love seeing their faces when things come together.

We did laugh so much through the day and I think yet again the cake my daughter made was a big hit!

When I demo the techniques I just know who's going to be thinking "Oh my word, I can't do that!"

We have such a giggle at these challenges.

Apart from crafting we chatted about out Christmas Crafting Extravaganza on the 6th Dec and our plans for 2016.

So many ideas and enthusiasm for the crafting times ahead.

I'm always left extremely proud by everyone's achievements, honestly, and yesterday was no exception.

This for me is what it's all about, a super day with so many lovely friends having a great fun time
crafting and when they produce results like this I'm left on cloud 9!

Feeling deliriously happy and contented, thank you all so much.
Hope your Monday is good and I'll be back soon.
Warm thanks for following and reading my blog.
Much love and crafty hugs xKx

All about Advent

Monday has rolled around again...
Hope you had a nice weekend, we were lucky with good weather here in Kent.
A couple of sunny, bright and colourful Autumn days.
To start the week here's a round up of our crafty day yesterday.
Our hall is called Jubilee Hall and we're known as the "Jubilee Crafter's"
Sounds about right as our crafty days are always special events!
So to get a head start on Christmas we made Advent Calendars.
We used the fabulous Tando Creative Advent Kit.
There's a few mini's left which are great additions to the kits,mill check the stock and add these to the site later today.
It was just perfect with lovely ladies and we welcomed five new members to our day of fun.
A warm welcome to Angela, Sandra B, Sandra H, Lola and our newest young crafter Roxi, who's one to watch with her amazing talent!
All the ladies did a wonderful job with personalising their Advents and each one is so different!
That's what I love at the end of the session, how creative everyone's been and how different the makes all look.
We were so spoilt and everyone went home with very full tummies after eating lots of cake!
Maureen and Pat treated us to homemade mini apple pies and bakewell tarts and Pat also presented me with a beautiful gift she'd decorated, the gorgeous candle. How kind and thoughtful is that.
Honestly ladies I couldn't be happier you are such a wonderful group and I'm so proud of what you achieve each session.
A super group of friends, thank you.
Here's a round up of the day in pictures.
Thank you for stopping by my blog today, I always appreciate you visiting.
Have a good day and I'll be back soon.
Much love and crafty hugs xxxx

Flowers from a friend and a peek at Christmas

Morning all,

Yay it's the weekend!

I'm so pleased as its been such a busy week, now some time to chill and catch up with family.

Have you anything nice planned?

Earlier in the week I caught up with my Bestie for lunch and she surprised me with beautiful flowers!

Now please forgive me for talking Christmas but it's now time to share...

I'm determined to crack the whip and get the ladies organised! Lol

In October we are making our Christmas project at the Kent workshop and I've already shared the sample pictures and info with our ladies.

We're doing an Advent Calendar and for my sample I wanted to show a more adult grown up or older child theme.

I thoroughly enjoyed preparing this and I know the ladies are excited to get started now.
So I'll leave you with pictures and wish you a good weekend.
Thanks ever so for popping in, I really appreciate your visit.
Crafty Hugs xKx