Well, the workshops went ok at the weekend, think we had 12 on the Saturday and 14 on the Sunday. What a nice lot of new friends and how lovely to see old friends again, it was a great if tiring, weekend for me. Think I had my best sleep ever on Sunday evening as I woke with my eyes all puffed up the next day.
This is Andrea who spotted me with my camera and gave me a lovely smile. Cindy is the other person sitting at the table and that is Nancy who is stood behind.
This is Mary who won at Texas Hold 'Em the other week, she's a mean player but a real softie underneath. The guy is my friend's BIL who had come to do the trash can and that is Mary who I am staying with in the blue, partly obliterated by Karen. The huge cake was made by Stephanie to celebrate Bonnie's birthday and arrived with candles and a huge stick with Happy Birthday on it.
Carole (with an 'e' as in Carole Lombard) is an old friend and I will most likely be wandering around CHA with her as my companion - we usually walk around together a lot.
This is Carrie, Mary's youngest
Rose
Stephanie
Sandy
Nancy helping Lily with a die cut
Mimi, Andrea and Cindee with her back to us
Stephanie, Cathy and Bonnie in Blue
Karen and Mary with their backs to us
Most of the ladies did their own design of card rather than the ones I had done as samples (what does that say about my samples?) but didn't they do well with the flowers? These are all ladies who had never done a flower or anything like this before.
The Sunflower one above was like the sample
I think they did rather well!
So you see, when I am over here I have lots of desks, despite this next one being a shot of the workshop area which I have been using as a dumping area. The book on the right is what a friend gave me for Christmas and which I intend to fill with watercolour paintings.
I actually got three lovely books, brought this smallest one to America because of weight issues and now I am hoping to use it. Chas also bought me my birthday present this morning - well, it hasn't arrived yet but when it does I will put it in the case and save it until the appropriate date. That might get used in one of the books after March has been.
Sorry Julia for wittering on but I just had to include all the ladies I could (some had left before I got my camera out) - I will now send everyone over to see your desk and then they can visit all the others.
CHA for me on Friday - the show opens Saturday - hope I can get some pictures whilst I am there but expect a bonanza next Wednesday!
