Fabulous Weekend

I have just had such a fun weekend with a group of girls who have become friends through their hobby and via Twitter. A few months ago there was a lot of chatter among the group of girls about taking a class with me as a way of having a crafting weekend and also as a way of meeting each other. Although some of the girls knew a couple of people in person, they had not all met as a whole group. A date was set, projects decided upon, two days of making stuff....sounded like a fun weekend to me! Throw lots of laughter, some chocolate, a touch of shopping and you definitely get a fabulous weekend. The weather on Sunday was just gorgeous and here we all are, in the little courtyard outside The Bead Scene where I hosted the classes. It felt like having a school photograph taken but it turned out pretty good really, so thank you Karen for becoming our official photographer.

Back row L-R  Jax, Emma, Me, Lesley and Janet.
Front Row L-R  Sam, Helen, Jacqui and Lin S.

I have way too many photographs of work in progress but I just wanted to share a few pics with you of the amazing work these girls did over the weekend. I hope I've managed to assign the projects to the correct people!!!

I think this one belongs to Sam

Jax

Janet

Lesley 

Lin S.

Helen

Emma 

Jaqui

Projects from day 2

Jax

Jaqui

Sam

Janet

Helen

Lesley

Emma

I just had to show you a close up shot of Emma's Resin flower, the colours were stunning, I believe she used Squid Ink Fresco Finish paint and Royal Amethyst Treasure Gold. I'm really not a purple kind of gal but this was just beautiful.

Then last but not least Lin S.

So I think you'll agree, they all worked very hard but there was some down time too. We all got together for a meal on Saturday evening at an American diner where we were joined by Andrew, Jax's husband and Gabrielle who is also a Twitter girl and lives close by.....a fun evening but way too much food!!!

So thank you girls for such a fun weekend and an even bigger thank you for my lovely, lovely gifts....I feel very spoilt. All I need to do know is finish packing my suitcase as Mark and I are off at stupid o'clock in the morning to catch a 6.30 flight. We are heading off to Malta for a few days where the weather is looking really rather lovely.