Pink Ladies

Morning folks.....time for some pics from my Crafting Day on Sunday with the lovely Pink Ladies from Simply Create.....mind you I very nearly didn't make it because of an idiot driver with the brains of a gnat.  Lovely bright Sunday morning and I am enjoying a leisurely drive on a traffic free but winding road when suddenly there's a car hurtling towards me on the wrong side of road overtaking two cyclists on a blind bend...my foot hit the floor and I am heading for the nearest ditch ...frankly I didn't fancy being hit head on one little bit....but lady luck was obviously on my side as he just scraped past me pinging my wing mirror into the bargain. There but for the grace of god another 3 innocent road users become road fatality statistics all because of a very selfish moron behind the wheel of a car. Hubby said "did you get his registration"...oh yeah with a ditch fast approaching and the probability of me ending upside down hanging from my seat belt...I think I had more pressing things on my mind...like survival and not missing out on my Pink Ladies Day.
Thankfully from there on in it was great fun starting off with lots of chit chat and coffee with old friends and new. Then it was time for the lovely and very talented Moira from Revamp to give us all a demo on how to make your own lampshades....

great step by step demo by Moira...so simple when you know how...kits are available to buy from Revamp and with all the gorgeous fabrics out there...matching curtains and lampshades spring to mind. I have a little idea running around in my head for a personalised crafty shade for the cubbyhole but not before Christmas I hasten to add...watch this space.

After a yummy lunch it was time for the workshops to get going...the super talented Anne was teaching a sewing workshop making this fabulous patchwork shabby chic cushion with a chenille technique on the centre panel...

isn't it gorgeous...another project running around in my head...two cushions and a panel for my bed...crikey when am I going to find time for all these home make-overs and I was so gutted that I couldn't join these happy stitchers...

because for the third and definitely the final time...I was teaching my Snowflake Hanger and Cracker Box workshop and well done to all the lovely snowflakers who joined me...almost all were stamping embossing and distress ink virgins but they all stepped up to the plate and did a great job...

it's a standing joke at Simply Create that my workshops always run over time...probably because of Mrs Chatterbox with the big mouth...who ME...hey who's watching the clock when you're having fun but this time I cracked the whip...kept my mouth shut and we crossed the line with time to spare...well done girls. And I am mightily relieved that this project is now yesterday's news...been consigned to the annals of history forever and on it's way to the crafty bin in the sky.

Have you noticed my Timmie Sleep Countdown is now into double figures...oh yes only 98 more sleeps until I am finally crafting with the King of Distress...the Prince of Grunge...the Master himself and for someone who is always praying for more hours in a day...in this case forget that old moan...wish I could click my fingers and it was here. Catch up with you all tomorrow for a sneaky peek and a question I hope someone can help me with.

Hugs Kath xxx