Thanks to all who've commented on my last few posts. I don't blog as such for the comments as it's just me recording what's going on. But I do rather love them too!
I had a lovely weekend. My working week now ends at 12.30pm on a Friday. I've swished working hours around to allow for one late finish at 5.30pm and one at 5pm. I've now declared myself semi retired!
So I got home from work and then had a couple of hours pottering and washing and knitting then my friend picked me up at 3.30pm and we drove to her daughter's gorgeous country cottage to let her dog out. So we had a lovely long catch up and back home in time for tea.
Then I was seeing her again on Saturday and my other friend. We had booked on a Crafternoon Tea activity afternoon in Kendal. A really sweet cafe hosted upstairs ( Bakery No.4 ) It was a bargain. £30.60 for four hours on a fabric art class plus afternoon tea.
It was a lovely chatty drive up. A really wonderfully relaxing chatty but quiet afternoon with like minded folks. I learnt a new craft ( felting in the hoop to create art ) and would 100% recommend ( Jules, if you are reading this - I think you and L would love it! )
The gluten and dairy free option was also outstanding and the cafe provided bags to take home the stuff we were too full for!
The only decision was what on earth was I going to create? You could choose to either make one large hoop or 2 small. I went with 2 small. For my first, I thought I'd do something that the children like to do at work. I cut a long length of black sparkly wool, gathered it up and held it high and let it go onto my hoop. I then chose 'jewelled' bright colours to fill in the spaces to create a stained glass effect. The possibilities were endless. The other one I decided to recreate one of the Sunrise photos from our holiday to Rascarrel Bay last October but I ran out of time. I brought some of the wool I was using from The Wool Buffet and I do have needles for needle felting at home to finish it off.
Lana Grindlay is the artist who hosted and she was amazing. I'm hoping she will be able to come and do a workshop at school. I took her card to work yesterday but was so busy I've not had time to mention it to the Head yet. I may do it myself as an after school club one off or give the details to the Art Co ordinator to give the opportunity to a whole co hort. Undecided yet. It's great because there's no rules to follow and even if you don't consider yourself arty ( I don't actually ) there's joy in the process I think.
Anyway it was a really really really lovely day outs 10/10
Photos at the end of this post.
Then on Sunday, I was invited to my friend's house to celebrate her daughter's 12th birthday. She is such a good and dedicated Mama. She always hosts a birthday celebration for school friends and then a separate family and friends one for us old dears to fuss and coo together. Her daughter is growing up into a wonderful young lady. Her celebration was book themed and my friend had ordered tiny edible books of the ones her daughter reads! There's an annual piniata - this time filled with book trinkets. I wish my friend was my mum!
It was a really great weekend.
Work yesterday was alright. I changed the role play corner in my room from a Cafe to a school. Oh my stars - you know who play the hardest and the best? The Year 6 children who come in. It was also very hilarious hearing the 'teacher' do all the lessons!
This morning I got up at 5.30am. I've got a shin beef stew in the slow cooker and started using the new food waste bin with my peelings. I gave my compost bin away years ago once I quit growing veg. I've a few meetings this morning and about eleventy billion emails to catch up on and then this afternoon I've got some online training for supporting the siblings of children living with life threatening and life limiting diseases. We've quite a few in each year group so it will be interesting to find out what's out there beyond what I already know. The this evening I must get going on the sleeves for Oliver's jumper.
Hope all is well in your world and it's something good for your tea tonight!
Coffee art!
