Time for a catch up

Good afternoon,

Hope all is well with you this Friday.

It's been such a busy time with preparations, makings, orders and classes I thought I'd take this opportunity to grab a lunchtime coffee and catch up with you all.

Last weekend was spent in Milton Keynes with friends, we had such a wonderful time.

On Sunday we attended a Sheena Douglass workshop, which I've been meaning to do for a while, it was fab and Sheena is great company and such a laugh.

Her team were suburb, a great workshop and we even had a visit from Rudolph and Santa with gifts for everyone.

Big thanks to Russ.

The weekend was spent having a good old catch up over great meals and a few drinks as we weren't driving.

At the Worksop we used Sheena's stamps, stencils and dies along with Spectrum AquaTints and Pebeo fluorescent Dyna paints which I've been a fan of for a long time.

We created super backgrounds with the Spectrum Aqua's and made awesome flowers using the flower dies.

Once home it was time to catch up with family stuff, making, orders and preparation and lots of admin that needed attending too!

On Wednesday at the Make & Take session we played with the Spectrum Aqua's, a couple of stencils and stamps.

Preparation is well underway for our last workshop before Christmas, I think it might turn into a musical crafting session!

Well that's me all caught up for now.

I'll leave you with a selection of photo's.

See you again soon,

Love and crafty hugs xKx

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

Shaving foam fun!

Evening all,
I can't believe I've neglected my blog for so long!
Last time I blogged I was off to a Bridal Shower for my daughters friend she's being Bridesmaid to.
It was a really lovely occasion and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
During half term week I hosted a children's make & take session at The Meeting Place.
We made Advent clocks (non mechanical), foam pictures and did lots of colouring, which was entered into a colouring competition.
The competition was for adults and children and seperated into age groups with the winner of each group receiving a reading book.
The make & take sessions along with a host of other activities have helped to encourage more people into the Meeting Place coffee shop and library and the great news is they now have funding until April next year.

I've also made time to meet up with my brother for lunch and have a good catch up.
Last week's session at The Meeting Place welcomed more new faces as we played with Brusho's and got very messy!

Then we spent the weekend in Hampshire, by the sea for my friend and her husbands joint 60th birthday party.
It was a really special time, wonderful happy memories!
Oh and my bright crafty hair under the hat!

This week I've been prepping for this weekend's workshop and today's make and take session was using shaving foam.
We used this in two ways firstly to create a background for stamping then using through stencils.
We were again joined by new ladies and some relatively new or completely new to crafting.
I just loved the reaction when I lifted the stencil off the demonstration project it was an "Oh wow!" moment!
We used up all the shaving foam and laughed so much about what the local shops might think to the sudden increase in sales!
I've had a few requests for a tutorial so next week I'll blog this for you.

Well that's me all caught up again with what's been going on.

Tomorrow I'm off to the shop where I sell my clocks before I finish my weekend prep and start on my next crafty jobs.

Hope the rest of your week goes well.

Crafty Hugs xKx 

About Time!

Morning all,
Hope you've had a good week, have you anything nice planned this weekend...
A scheduled post from me this morning as I'm having a weekend off, yay!
Some R&R and pampering before going to a Bridal Shower for my daughter's friend who she's going to be a Bridesmaid for next year.
Then catching up with a lovely friend of mine tomorrow for a few hours.

Anyhow it's seems appropriate to be posting about "Time" as the clocks are changing this weekend, that whole extra hour we gain but then the shorter days and nights drawing in even more.

One of my jobs this week was making clocks, some old favourite designs that always prove popular and some new additions too.
These have helped replenish stock for various places where they're on sale.
I never tire of creating these and will leave you with a few pictures.
Whatever you're doing have a lovely weekend and I'll catch up again soon...
Crafty Hugs xKx

Winter Birthdays and Festive cards

Afternoon all,
Thank you for joining me here.
This morning while it was rainy and chilly outside we were busy creating in the warm at
 Sutton at Hone Meeting Place, which I'm very pleased to say has now received funding until April 2016 due to the increased footfall.
Anyhow I had a lovely frothy coffee while setting up for today's projects.
We used Brusho's, a couple of VersaColor inks pads and Card-io stamps for some simple scene building.
These make great quick and easy Christmas cards or they're ideal for Winter Birthdays.
A couple of hours went in a flash and here's some of the results.
I really loved designing theses and I'm going to do some more myself now to replenish my stock and sample supplies.
Hope you can stay warm and dry,
Crafty Hugs xKx

Halloween decorations and Christmas samples...

Evening everyone,
How's your Monday been...
I'ts been very gloomy here today but productive never the less, washing done, some admin and preparing for Wednesday's Make & Take session, we'll be using Brusho's with Card-io stamps.
I just had to try them on a clock too!
At the weekend I put out our Halloween decorations which add a nice splash of colour and I do love to light candles on these Autumnal evenings.
Thanks for popping by my blog, it's always really appreciated...
Love & Crafty Hugs xKx

The Best of Friends!

Welcome to the weekend,
I'm so pleased it's here, yay! No alarm this morning and a scheduled blog post so I can relax after a hectic week.
Today I'm sharing a special gift and card I made for my best friend of over 30 years who celebrated her 60th Birthday last Sunday.
We met as next door neighbours around 35 years ago and have been friends ever since.
Our children grew up together and we've all been on some super holidays.
Shared lots of laughter and some tears along the way, we're like peas in a pod with our likes and dislikes and still enjoy our lunch dates as much as ever.
The distance between us now Kent to Hamphire doesn't keep us apart and we've faced life's up's and down's the best of mates together.
So I knew I wanted to make an extra special keepsake and after much deliberation this is what I came up with.
A Candy Box Crafts Notelet Box which of course can be any kind of keepsake or trinket box and a matching theme card.
I also used another of my favourite products, Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paints.
An idea based around the photo and on all things we love, vintage and feminine.
The photo was taken when we were on a weekend away together celebrating my 50th.
I had the little brass teacup and saucer, kettle and teapot charms in my stash and the oversized bottle top made the perfect tea tray for the card.
Happy days and Very Happy Friends!
Thank you for joining my reminiscing today,
Love and crafty hugs xKx