What Matters Most!

I got back home on Monday from a brilliant weekend away!

The main reason for my visit was to spend some time with this special lady:

Nigella, eat your heart out!

There were a few tears, no tantrums, and mostly lots and lots of laughing! But on the Saturday, Terri, me, and a few more bloggers, gate-crashed Ceri's!



Terri was our 'Nigella' and served up a beautiful Mexican soup. Then followed a particularly inspiring Show & Tell!



It was a real highlight for me getting to spend time with some of my Brit Bee mates (Terri, Ceri, Susan, Hadley, Trudi & Jo) as well as another bloggy mate, Di, and my new friend, Liz.

On Sunday, we left Ceri's cottage in Hastings & Terri introduced me to the historic town of Rye!  My, did I fall in love!



Cobbled streets, vintage shops aplenty, and the cutest coffee shop (called Edith's) decked out like Granny's house, complete with real dog called Boo!  Can't get more quaint than that!

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I've not felt much like writing here since I've been back.  It was a truly special time, and it's hard to put into words the roller coaster of emotions that I've travelled these past few days.

I will treasure these memories, and hope that I get the chance to make many more of them, with these truly talented and special people I get to call my friends.

"A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same!" E.Hubbard

Jxo

Messy Fun!

I started my new Brooches & Fabric Craft class last week.

The first week was all about playing with fimo (making buttons) and water soluble fabric.



And over the next few weeks we will be making a variety of brooches and flowers.  Here is a sample of what they'll be having a go at!



We will be experimenting with satin stitch, free motion sketching, suffolk puffs (yo yo's) and how to make use of all those leftover scraps that usually find their way into the bin!

I hope you've all had a great weekend!

Some of my lovely Brit Bee and bloggy friends were meeting up at Susan's today!  I'm so jealous I couldn't be with them again (just like we were in July)!  You can see some really fun photos of the afternoon here.

As for me, I spent most of the weekend reorganising and sorting my sewing room to accommodate some new open shelving (thank goodness for Ikea!) with the help of my long suffering hubby!  Thank you dearest!

To all my GB readers, stay dry and safe!