Good evening bloggers! Hope you are all fit and well, and enjoying the sunshine (depending on which part of the world you live in!).
I have had a lovely day today. My good friend Clare came over for lunch with her 3 gorgeous children, and they played really happily together with the girls while Clare and I drank tea and had a chat. After lunch we all went to the park with Bodie and had a great walk. We ended up with 7 children all running around with him and picking up pine cones and sycamore helicopters. It really did remind me of a previous post I did with the photo of the recipe tin lid with the recipe for preserving children. Clare gave me a beautiful bunch of yellow roses and this fabulous plate for my birthday, which was really kind and totally unexpected. She knows me well!
I have been a busy bee working on the website and trying to make some Christmas stock. I bought a huge pile of vintage wrapping paper from ebay a couple of years ago and didn't know what to do with it. I absolutely love it though - some of the prints are great.
I got it out the other day and went through it, and scanned some into the computer. I then printed sections out onto fabric and made heaps of these sweetie bags - now available on the website for £4.50.
I am still having a bit of a panic about the amount of stuff I have to do in the next few weeks, but I am slowly working through the pile of things I needed to finish, and have come up with some new items that are now on the website. This is one thing I have added that I am really pleased with, and I have done a whole range of different designs (£10 on the website).
Andy has tomorrow off and we are going to go to the Forest of Dean for the day with a picnic if it is still sunny. I am enjoying pottering around...I wish the holiday was a bit longer than a week. The girls get Monday off too but I have to be in school for the Inset Day. For anyone contemplating being a school governor... make sure you have plenty of spare time! It is great at times, and hard work at times, but I really feel I am able to make a difference and I do enjoy it on the whole. It is very time consuming though.
On a final note, a quick hello to my sister Rachel, who has had an operation today. Get well soon, sweetie. It's a shame she can't sew as I could find a way to help her pass the time!
Cathy XX