Ann and I had a very enjoyable day today at the Craft4crafters show at the Newark Showground. As you might expect having an enjoyable day involved a little shopping - well more than a little actually! Oops VBG! Lol. I was very good, well, I tried to be. I went with a shopping list that I was going to stick to but somehow......yes, you've guessed, I went off list. Well, was it my fault I couldn't find any of the things on my list and there were so many other tempting things? Ok, ok, I'll show you my haul.......... I should have taken things out of their bags for the photo but I was trying to be quick.
Tomorrow (and Sunday) sees DH at a local church at an Arts and Crafts Festival selling his photo cards so I am going along for moral support and hope to have a go at Brass Rubbing. Who knows? I may be able to incorporate it into some ATCs sometime. If I get the chance I shall sit and do a bit of stitching too. Some time ago I did a pen and wash drawing of Barrowby Church where the Festival is being held tomorrow:
In my defence Ann gave me the organza and I'm sharing the sari ribbon with her. You might be able to see we got some hand felting needles which I plan to have a play with tomorrow. The beautiful little piece of lace was from the Unique Scrapstore at Newark - they are great for cheap materials for mixed media art and have an online store.
The show itself was better than I expected. This is the first time it's been held in the Midlands. There were just under 100 stands and, although quite a lot were for cardmaking there were enough fibre and mixed media type stands to keep Ann and I busy for 3 hours or so. I was very tempted by the new Sherrill Kahn book on the Sew Good Books stand but succumbed to Maggie Grey's "Paper, Metal & Stitch". (Don't tell DH!) I shall have to save my pennies again for the Knitting & Stitching Show in Harrogate. If you live in the Midlands the show continues till Sunday.Tomorrow (and Sunday) sees DH at a local church at an Arts and Crafts Festival selling his photo cards so I am going along for moral support and hope to have a go at Brass Rubbing. Who knows? I may be able to incorporate it into some ATCs sometime. If I get the chance I shall sit and do a bit of stitching too. Some time ago I did a pen and wash drawing of Barrowby Church where the Festival is being held tomorrow:
I exercised a little artistic licence so that I could include the lychgate and the view through it.
The church has the most beautiful stained glass window:
Yet again blogger won't enlarge my photos, sorry.
1 comment:
Lovely pen and wash drawing Julie
Post a Comment