tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43092453077411461482024-02-18T18:26:05.670-08:00Chorley Contemporary CraftersChorley Contemporary Craftershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01794179188660687428noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-24214319054252234512012-09-24T13:37:00.000-07:002012-09-24T13:37:27.440-07:00CREATE me some more time please<span style="font-size: x-large;">Firstly an apology - I haven't posted in a long while. I totally missed a write up of the funkily fabulous plastic pendants we made at the last meet and make session, but this is why</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">TADAH....</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">OPENING THIS THURSDAY 27th SEPTEMBER UNTIL CHRISTMAS</span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-large;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-F4ADp64swcQt04fbEZOv5eCoieoiku9pdPUsFEUCewZ-cqAnRWTrcwr8t3X_VYssuC1WKbyu3L5ujuCXG-IbFtjCDcGIlHDPt8o59Aj1Sev-OhlVVsh0Rhx-sojy4e7jocOhNh3Wniu/s1600/create+banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-F4ADp64swcQt04fbEZOv5eCoieoiku9pdPUsFEUCewZ-cqAnRWTrcwr8t3X_VYssuC1WKbyu3L5ujuCXG-IbFtjCDcGIlHDPt8o59Aj1Sev-OhlVVsh0Rhx-sojy4e7jocOhNh3Wniu/s400/create+banner.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"></span> </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">If you are local please feel free to drop in and visit our lovely new venture </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">there will be lots to see, do and of course beautiful handmade items to purchase </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">to make your feel all warm and fluffy inside.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">xxxxxxxxxx</span></div>
<br />
<br />
Paint Pots and Petalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795694817760851707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-27948803760788408602012-08-29T07:21:00.001-07:002012-08-29T07:21:17.870-07:00Paper Paper Lovely PaperI started out with scrapbooking as my 'craft' so the last 2 meet and make sessions were right up my street:<br />
<br />
Papercutting was the focus of the meet and make for July and August. Back by popular demand as a few missed giving this a try last year. Session led by the talented Madam Cholet <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/madamecholets">http://www.facebook.com/#!/madamecholets</a> (not the actual Womble, but wouldn't that be fun?) <br />
<br />
It would seem that it is very addictive.<br />
<br />
Here are a few of the lovely creations:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CsTJCKsXBALWl7hUPcGbjbvRoElc64yG3Wv2Tpvb19A3Bk0NA8EWe-Gh-o1soNz3bUnd1zfK6wh4LnDJI5jNhFZZC60ddoWWCmJb1RBzbffoOMV_S-aZN6SFGjCgkqPrn1PcYFKKoeEp/s1600/DSC01990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CsTJCKsXBALWl7hUPcGbjbvRoElc64yG3Wv2Tpvb19A3Bk0NA8EWe-Gh-o1soNz3bUnd1zfK6wh4LnDJI5jNhFZZC60ddoWWCmJb1RBzbffoOMV_S-aZN6SFGjCgkqPrn1PcYFKKoeEp/s320/DSC01990.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwE0728inP6uFcL5lahz5d9HOM-2ZRFYELNxX5hERrSx5az7m2-Hw1QMDIlciXNPmq1G8L4IYd8o0A2C1uYmCUH0SA6VvGjeRgu-7wJNO45s0ePspGV05UiU1ycwvYVw1dAEKT2KND_I0D/s1600/DSC01991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwE0728inP6uFcL5lahz5d9HOM-2ZRFYELNxX5hERrSx5az7m2-Hw1QMDIlciXNPmq1G8L4IYd8o0A2C1uYmCUH0SA6VvGjeRgu-7wJNO45s0ePspGV05UiU1ycwvYVw1dAEKT2KND_I0D/s320/DSC01991.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKhi3ZYtGd0uO4SKWGlW-tva-gumhCetIfq7Z1t2nmMfyxlTQCCSWSB7M4L_XoF_mP3GeuHnIpCs-cp-kXpWhl1fQx4ycSTcr7C8Q71omOX465L0ErzVoDN9KOKaGc_yxfClrS7pNKcHhi/s1600/DSC01992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKhi3ZYtGd0uO4SKWGlW-tva-gumhCetIfq7Z1t2nmMfyxlTQCCSWSB7M4L_XoF_mP3GeuHnIpCs-cp-kXpWhl1fQx4ycSTcr7C8Q71omOX465L0ErzVoDN9KOKaGc_yxfClrS7pNKcHhi/s320/DSC01992.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWygoPsE_uBb3_5cMeQkKE-fVZ8g8jtgyK_l7FuANlSSX-bHje91Fw9DvHcmGvx-DaNvhSGBc6jekDgJbBd5fNLN0qcRGCzYpLVXffu3-NSf6y8mugo6KcXleQW0w5TR1YQPqko8sdpLCK/s1600/DSC01994.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWygoPsE_uBb3_5cMeQkKE-fVZ8g8jtgyK_l7FuANlSSX-bHje91Fw9DvHcmGvx-DaNvhSGBc6jekDgJbBd5fNLN0qcRGCzYpLVXffu3-NSf6y8mugo6KcXleQW0w5TR1YQPqko8sdpLCK/s320/DSC01994.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvK2o9s1-0k3S_DvU0StYMnDQfNlrMXBz9IagrIJGdrDHNf6kUe9fHg6uodBavmyqZ6MPBUEyA35C8pYZJT_TCABxi6apNv85JJav2p8czT2y70LJpPA_L-dxyud4p9kLB5wc1wZv4cnMq/s1600/DSC01997.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvK2o9s1-0k3S_DvU0StYMnDQfNlrMXBz9IagrIJGdrDHNf6kUe9fHg6uodBavmyqZ6MPBUEyA35C8pYZJT_TCABxi6apNv85JJav2p8czT2y70LJpPA_L-dxyud4p9kLB5wc1wZv4cnMq/s320/DSC01997.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
And here is mine finished and framed. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Sorry I dont have pics of anyone elses finished products. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
(if anyone is reading please facebook me them).x</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqUBTzUK4q6ZZ0RAYEMTn29nRz48Uc39piiYFfnm7P5PUGExJiqAMOUSJ8eKD7a8DhzicjeOBuiWhYLtG-nVY70BTMbYpY82IpdqMGd9vjwp4lN28w8NrtYp9BQ3JsXkOrKXZAoQSsbyQ/s1600/DSC02006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqUBTzUK4q6ZZ0RAYEMTn29nRz48Uc39piiYFfnm7P5PUGExJiqAMOUSJ8eKD7a8DhzicjeOBuiWhYLtG-nVY70BTMbYpY82IpdqMGd9vjwp4lN28w8NrtYp9BQ3JsXkOrKXZAoQSsbyQ/s320/DSC02006.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
Paint Pots and Petalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795694817760851707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-61510578971196869752012-04-25T12:20:00.003-07:002012-04-25T12:20:26.683-07:00Bags of Fun<span style="font-size: large;">I had intended to call this post 'sew frustrating' but then that would be unfair as it was not the workshop that I found frustrating ... (more on this later**), on the contrary I am <em>really </em>pleased with my final product, though I can take absolutely no credit for the <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">appliquéd </span>J. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNj8vHCTS_DWkrKFWWsPCel1CRr0DoOFMoa3w7vdauxCBjkoTwhrsLa7n4FDUP_7iEu6dj7GtGwfp-26-bkxWz3C7aWaP3JsHJretUsvcd4eb1MoZZqnQ1hyGnnEMFv84h-MFcNfeP2ayh/s1600/examples.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNj8vHCTS_DWkrKFWWsPCel1CRr0DoOFMoa3w7vdauxCBjkoTwhrsLa7n4FDUP_7iEu6dj7GtGwfp-26-bkxWz3C7aWaP3JsHJretUsvcd4eb1MoZZqnQ1hyGnnEMFv84h-MFcNfeP2ayh/s400/examples.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjryOAFpszPkOPRe9VD-XnCckBCj-8w3-vMqU5wkHIZ1vG2UH572tdRh8HRZu04Xjhrw-mcp5Of-i3_rJDBjZ4FDrvo-Goy0HqK1Us51KIUbPj1d9-9lYZqD_ODMPpgpiEovcBQmtlquC/s1600/iron+on+applique.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjryOAFpszPkOPRe9VD-XnCckBCj-8w3-vMqU5wkHIZ1vG2UH572tdRh8HRZu04Xjhrw-mcp5Of-i3_rJDBjZ4FDrvo-Goy0HqK1Us51KIUbPj1d9-9lYZqD_ODMPpgpiEovcBQmtlquC/s320/iron+on+applique.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jennie of Cheeky Creations (<a href="http://www.cheekycreations.co.uk/">http://www.cheekycreations.co.uk/</a>) was impressively organised with 6 specially appliqued squares for us to compare outcomes on differing material using bondaweb, backing stuff etc. (cant remember what it was called - someone who knows please comment), plus an example tote bag for us novices. The beginners w<span style="font-size: large;">ere making tote bags from tea-towels and the more experienced of us were trying out applique. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span> <br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Of course when you are faced with creative types you come up against imaginative ideas which deviate from the original plan, and possibly deviate from actual ability (me), but all credit to Jennie she advised and guided and helped us all to realise our dreams - ok so I'm getting carried away but you know what I mean, we all came away very happy with our final products, including applique done by first time machiners!</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6SkfbPapKB6GD_FNXxOPJWW1CvLJIWrZlCmPTz0GldvOrc8zgylFTh_yu4DtookBAIXF-pR_Owm-2_TVVvs2zSAFS71dbrgAUSvU4V5jjqCbOxw8BV2TgxbZ3TVHxTXriLsno1KEvlIy/s1600/helen+straight+lines.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6SkfbPapKB6GD_FNXxOPJWW1CvLJIWrZlCmPTz0GldvOrc8zgylFTh_yu4DtookBAIXF-pR_Owm-2_TVVvs2zSAFS71dbrgAUSvU4V5jjqCbOxw8BV2TgxbZ3TVHxTXriLsno1KEvlIy/s320/helen+straight+lines.jpg" width="240" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4jEJ9-5AA90y9zOkkizZgoQkNIJb9AVMqQZb61en-F24m2aPRTHwjCBqrQypwXD2rk3VOW5ZEP2MRRGPEMOylR57mZ2DrPlcxWKhmlDjQHNn9fbFCNsnpVOiS9d844x53yszkpnvl1UK7/s1600/kellie+applique.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4jEJ9-5AA90y9zOkkizZgoQkNIJb9AVMqQZb61en-F24m2aPRTHwjCBqrQypwXD2rk3VOW5ZEP2MRRGPEMOylR57mZ2DrPlcxWKhmlDjQHNn9fbFCNsnpVOiS9d844x53yszkpnvl1UK7/s320/kellie+applique.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-S64xvP8oWDsck20T8yoxw0ZHA8X8gDVYKqxsEdU4CysKJ8O5ohOGbBxmyPsPIy1B1BgKfiUG21Cp_588zwKAffgBtV0oC8-UBPyWVAwwJKDHaVGxFPwdb5Fa5fXnqzkkxxC1Gasjf7L/s320/more+applique.jpg" width="240" /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway enough about that and more about me! </span><span style="font-size: large;">**My darling ancient singer (on permanent loan from my mother dearest) got a bit bored after my first few sloooooow plodding stitches and simply refused to plod from then onward for anyone! including Jennie, she did, however, like a good horsewoman with a nervy colt (although my machine is more like a grumpy old man, but that would rather lower the tone of this illustration) keep my machine in line and appliqued a denim J on my bag, after I had failed to be delicate footed and unpicked it several times. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Undaunted, I am keen to have another go, I may try it with bits of rags first.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Here are the items we made: </span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieU1_LZ1aNxC_et0uS3K-5QeCJm2c1jUMAbpMl8RW49jVE7yW70LFzApQ4h0vNX6iT2Ly7HKAbzc0KL_pYjPCj4K-279nbtdsFYUd7AvfzSgclnYejhPzq5Lln2KshN3HH6De1a8WOa1Yf/s1600/finished+products.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieU1_LZ1aNxC_et0uS3K-5QeCJm2c1jUMAbpMl8RW49jVE7yW70LFzApQ4h0vNX6iT2Ly7HKAbzc0KL_pYjPCj4K-279nbtdsFYUd7AvfzSgclnYejhPzq5Lln2KshN3HH6De1a8WOa1Yf/s400/finished+products.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGLUgzDgDJn9L9RNCOUwWq39gvlb-k7Ozba0mCyR03tN1g6G-_GRxOJeoSWQyRsyUpU_KHIiM-vpt7l9bRJ732Z4HcDBhCm6Z9489Y8TvaANcC091BKGeOLE-dfQVsRt_k8kIdyk3R9ua/s1600/closer+finish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGLUgzDgDJn9L9RNCOUwWq39gvlb-k7Ozba0mCyR03tN1g6G-_GRxOJeoSWQyRsyUpU_KHIiM-vpt7l9bRJ732Z4HcDBhCm6Z9489Y8TvaANcC091BKGeOLE-dfQVsRt_k8kIdyk3R9ua/s320/closer+finish.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTayLjEotBAoFHFIR8m8tpx-VpUPdNrnjsxcidK3UUX7eqoBrWNueLhzhTj5i5Ubi9OJoaOWEq8PTv4337N0WMnr9MQUxB42176GPycOblUJEYCh0bWYi4OLXmT7KsgOCoj18CrYlJFH6z/s1600/charlottes+pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTayLjEotBAoFHFIR8m8tpx-VpUPdNrnjsxcidK3UUX7eqoBrWNueLhzhTj5i5Ubi9OJoaOWEq8PTv4337N0WMnr9MQUxB42176GPycOblUJEYCh0bWYi4OLXmT7KsgOCoj18CrYlJFH6z/s320/charlottes+pic.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">TTFN Nik x</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><em>(Piccies courtesy of Purple Shmurple - I was too busy cursing and crying to take any)</em></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>Paint Pots and Petalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795694817760851707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-38486183120182287952012-03-31T06:22:00.002-07:002012-03-31T06:22:57.470-07:00sketch it, ink it, print it, bop itThe last meet and make was all about printing, I'm not sure it was screen printing, as I know little about it, but Leonie of Loula Belle at Home (<a href="http://loulabelleathome.blogspot.co.uk/">http://loulabelleathome.blogspot.co.uk/</a> - check out her latest pretty paper cut) instructed us on grooving the image into polystyrene sheets and rolling the ink for the perfect print and we were off - grooving and rolling with the best of them. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBod30MrmAHB09IAAf4iOE5TuWGFj0RmhurTbhsiUY_5_ihBIOhO84gVwo3Gj1lVvjHmAcNvEsFMdhAQlwpvosMacWr_cI8n-12Voye6N9nFnRjf5PHanp-peZgCmxDNDmaQEAgoAP8Ufb/s1600/DSC01631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBod30MrmAHB09IAAf4iOE5TuWGFj0RmhurTbhsiUY_5_ihBIOhO84gVwo3Gj1lVvjHmAcNvEsFMdhAQlwpvosMacWr_cI8n-12Voye6N9nFnRjf5PHanp-peZgCmxDNDmaQEAgoAP8Ufb/s320/DSC01631.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
Some of us - found this a very addictive craft (you know who you are) and were still creating as we cleared up around them. In the end we needed to prize the rollers away for washing and get to the piccy part of the proceedings. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwTNhTlxD3Grb2WLuKQfQDq8uAaM1e8iQScoGc0SOssaLvm_szSSA_eBKyS0a2ad7GZOGAbbOKTwbbExq_EP-nOCEZOgnrPNWHENiwUawYiV3YNUNnMmJLwG6UlSHHT_nYx5AgygD2fPT/s1600/DSC01629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwTNhTlxD3Grb2WLuKQfQDq8uAaM1e8iQScoGc0SOssaLvm_szSSA_eBKyS0a2ad7GZOGAbbOKTwbbExq_EP-nOCEZOgnrPNWHENiwUawYiV3YNUNnMmJLwG6UlSHHT_nYx5AgygD2fPT/s320/DSC01629.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIIVuIRiD0HW0XATAy5RbxdoFiUxIa5xjsvqx6tkZvqg9OxNSyNn4j6rEzb9LpRawLT4j8GDTWppgA6KDaej9UI0NeHjgSW2QNoQss5i9jCmVST7P6Di-wo102vJLScWIpcO6seh_TAPSY/s1600/DSC01628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIIVuIRiD0HW0XATAy5RbxdoFiUxIa5xjsvqx6tkZvqg9OxNSyNn4j6rEzb9LpRawLT4j8GDTWppgA6KDaej9UI0NeHjgSW2QNoQss5i9jCmVST7P6Di-wo102vJLScWIpcO6seh_TAPSY/s320/DSC01628.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
Now, feast your eyes on the varied prints, created by crafters age 7 - 70 (actually none were aged 70 but it sounds better and we do welcome new members with an interest in tea, biscuits and all things crafty - so any seniors willing to come and have a go, please feel free to come along and make my blogging more truthful).<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXBR6dp3ARRi_7WXmuH-VMjo6evBRTDCtjzd1PhxmUd_YWFVpdjvgPNZe1kJcopJ3VFdGJnDsrEszk7oGNxTNG7UT4u7imV9_p1a48x35eZEroJiZFkiS-IJrJjdf98m-X8JwpL1NL3gl/s1600/DSC01627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXBR6dp3ARRi_7WXmuH-VMjo6evBRTDCtjzd1PhxmUd_YWFVpdjvgPNZe1kJcopJ3VFdGJnDsrEszk7oGNxTNG7UT4u7imV9_p1a48x35eZEroJiZFkiS-IJrJjdf98m-X8JwpL1NL3gl/s400/DSC01627.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSF7ktiJyvKLntdPT16UGmohhj5ENNtmjyLoHa6rYX_oFnLdpeavhfvFBxB8exueB709gYH_OnogDe3zRJdUoqnN9P9XnTEQrcthfW8Nx1-2qKFokMm5yMNs8foSDEJJC7qYRWDKnOatHl/s1600/DSC01640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSF7ktiJyvKLntdPT16UGmohhj5ENNtmjyLoHa6rYX_oFnLdpeavhfvFBxB8exueB709gYH_OnogDe3zRJdUoqnN9P9XnTEQrcthfW8Nx1-2qKFokMm5yMNs8foSDEJJC7qYRWDKnOatHl/s400/DSC01640.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvE190oIU9LPknRI5xszMkZ3wb37oPmzbyuuICBvIEb4WMCVJyZZCc2g0vhUuN1E1BWGlHbNpf_iU2qHeyU4kW7ut858ZoWRvDhe28pa5uSKzmGEMFMjiSA1_wW9LHK8dyo9xsqOWPpZp/s1600/DSC01626.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvE190oIU9LPknRI5xszMkZ3wb37oPmzbyuuICBvIEb4WMCVJyZZCc2g0vhUuN1E1BWGlHbNpf_iU2qHeyU4kW7ut858ZoWRvDhe28pa5uSKzmGEMFMjiSA1_wW9LHK8dyo9xsqOWPpZp/s320/DSC01626.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty family tree - another favourite from one of the <a href="http://www.paintpotsandpetals.blogspot.com/">Petals</a>. <br />
I also really liked the cupcake design by Ruth (<a href="http://www.cakesbyruth.co.uk/">http://www.cakesbyruth.co.uk/</a>)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ymBkh85Kz0gFdmGNdwDBwBvi66eDSm2L6z1vS2Nk4x5JLfS1E0_CM7q784Xf9G-XpcmxNZM-x_oFu603Dg49XV6U89_j6ZvuI16Z7GztGk2xUJ8Biw-euYRGDrFFtwoRACiByYrpsT9o/s320/DSC01641.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="240" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">F for fabulous</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1pfrhEs1okJI7HOSgtjg86aX8IjpXOOp4VzcrAhLXt1peuGdiZbTvl84J2VQMSRTndUE2FhbZGbxU2946kTC3M8WfD1ykdvB_PbkwaPeq9_RzpakX2kUGnjnVVjKrUOzn_R51AeA39aT/s1600/DSC01635.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1pfrhEs1okJI7HOSgtjg86aX8IjpXOOp4VzcrAhLXt1peuGdiZbTvl84J2VQMSRTndUE2FhbZGbxU2946kTC3M8WfD1ykdvB_PbkwaPeq9_RzpakX2kUGnjnVVjKrUOzn_R51AeA39aT/s320/DSC01635.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The children voted this yellow and white flowered print - best. <br />
I loved the trees and the lovely lady who made these gave me one to keep! To my shame I have not framed it yet :(</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdMuCak7yciSjGkzmT6STWRwY1GkZFBTKDhEmstlsVak1ALkLsoVS0lOXTHXwPKTTyf8WxtQ-5wpxCm3zJY9AC7jS9f1nJeV9Jo7DSmmrJXyPzKtWyg3Ax2BrcZewhkNcvhKP37c39nw6i/s320/DSC01638.jpg" width="320" /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Cant wait to see how everyone framed/finished their prints.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Next meet is basic sewing, where we will be making tote bags etc.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
xxNikxx</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />Paint Pots and Petalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795694817760851707noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-30436318644029460782012-03-17T06:25:00.001-07:002012-03-17T06:25:04.083-07:00More Meet the Crafters<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Introducing another member of the group:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BB2EAmCCbnfYCG7QE7FvgQtxsQJ2QjICc6aj4dpzmk-Uij7pRnQ2YseBZa7rkvjcpWLlo0m5HtcwoaVuf-bpQ1UhmETVGr47H8H40yv8jP7bxIPCI8Gccmy6L_y6uyXOErzZP_26ylfq/s1600/monkey+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BB2EAmCCbnfYCG7QE7FvgQtxsQJ2QjICc6aj4dpzmk-Uij7pRnQ2YseBZa7rkvjcpWLlo0m5HtcwoaVuf-bpQ1UhmETVGr47H8H40yv8jP7bxIPCI8Gccmy6L_y6uyXOErzZP_26ylfq/s320/monkey+logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 108pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New;"><strong><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"> </span></strong>By
Sam Palacios</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjO93chy5lDQ8x6c4t1bqJS8ICbP32Ff03M1-bv7dD_cseMe7bkYRBQFa-cELYDM8oNwlkRubiucZujrjnq3rWGmz0bZIUZDwTFQMTca8oHZ_eLTsvLWlkBvjzatAJqH7eCVH79d2Cek2/s1600/pink+close+up+monkey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjO93chy5lDQ8x6c4t1bqJS8ICbP32Ff03M1-bv7dD_cseMe7bkYRBQFa-cELYDM8oNwlkRubiucZujrjnq3rWGmz0bZIUZDwTFQMTca8oHZ_eLTsvLWlkBvjzatAJqH7eCVH79d2Cek2/s320/pink+close+up+monkey.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #b21e81;">What is your ‘craft’?</span> I
make custom made sock monkeys which can be themed or personalised on request</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="color: #b21e81;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Have you always done this or did
you first start with another type of craft?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have been a 'monkey designer' for 6 months now, but I love
to make jewellery aswell. I love Swarovski crystals & swarovski glass
pearls. I also like to make cute & quirky designs too.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><span style="color: #b21e81;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Is there an interesting story in
how you started your business?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Having been unemployed for over a year & spent many soul
destroying hours of filling in many application forms which never led to any
luck, i found myself wondering what i could do.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My youngest sister became pregnant with her first child
& i wanted to buy the new baby a unique gift which could be personalised,
but something handmade not just off the shelf in a supermarket!! I accidentally
came across 'sock monkeys', I really liked the idea of them but not the scary
faces & eyes that most seemed to have, i also didnt like the price! I decided
to learn how to sew. I was given a sewing machine from Freecycle & my
lovely Mum gave taught me how to sew. My 1st ever Monkey is so ugly, but i kept
him anyway! My Monkeys now are all cute & seem to each have a unique
personality to them.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOoOR8gyZ2wS6D28_EpZs-bSHOmIO16fH-rZ_e38idC5_UevW7Yy-1rK6fcew7mx1uu0KDUiAMIDEpKw9FAbCQgdGs58yK6u8b1UXiYCz3_jnHgZ0yD9i5fEgmBigVmZsKxOzmIHkTcBYe/s1600/close+up+boy+mnkey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOoOR8gyZ2wS6D28_EpZs-bSHOmIO16fH-rZ_e38idC5_UevW7Yy-1rK6fcew7mx1uu0KDUiAMIDEpKw9FAbCQgdGs58yK6u8b1UXiYCz3_jnHgZ0yD9i5fEgmBigVmZsKxOzmIHkTcBYe/s320/close+up+boy+mnkey.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><span style="color: #b21e81;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #b21e81;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Tell us what we can typically
find when visiting your stall?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My gorgeous sock Monkeys. Also 'Fluffy' Monkeys. You may be
lucky to see a pirate or a princess Monkey on my stall too. Not forgetting my
lovely jewellery too</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> </span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #b21e81;">Do you have a favourite item?</span>
</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Personally i love the 'Fluffy' Monkeys best, they are only
£15.00 each & are so soft & snuggly - simply delightful to touch.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWfKeAWmC2zZ_ZZlRWFiiOWMeluIpUklXnzGZzTj5CidPiZfsM59aQUu2sIZvqLoIj0DL1n45Y1p1cPvifOthQ48PZHQhGdVfWlzyO29CB3qTXJUCD2ANHflk5ttG6lRBvMhTclOr3L6Q/s1600/pink+stripe+monkey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWfKeAWmC2zZ_ZZlRWFiiOWMeluIpUklXnzGZzTj5CidPiZfsM59aQUu2sIZvqLoIj0DL1n45Y1p1cPvifOthQ48PZHQhGdVfWlzyO29CB3qTXJUCD2ANHflk5ttG6lRBvMhTclOr3L6Q/s400/pink+stripe+monkey.jpg" width="266" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="color: #b21e81;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Do you have a website or
somewhere we can have a nosey at more of your products?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><a href="http://www.monkeysmadewithlove.co.uk/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">www.monkeysmadewithlove.co.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #b21e81;">Do you sell online?</span> </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Yes via my Facebook page<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/monkeysmadewithlove"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">www.facebook.com/monkeysmadewithlove</span></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #b21e81;">Any big plans for the future of
your business?</span> </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have just recently opened a workshop on Worden Park in
Leyland, Lancashire where i can make & sell all of my creations. So i'm
hoping that everything works out well. Please do come & have a look at my
creations.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">You'll find me in Unit 6, Worden Craft Centre, Worden Park,
Leyland. PR25 1DJ</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Please follow me on Facebook to keep up to date with Monkeys
Made With Love.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWGxaSC2PI24WVasPqb0sKnCLz0saDiWaijGhI3vQ6W8YcEwqYiB1786dI4GWNRSw3MVAMjaP714GqPs1BL9jLtaeI-U6lmgETTLK9zhU-eP6xP2kaHWbuhI-bhqQGVwZSAnOdmqOaK4G/s1600/black+flower+monkey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWGxaSC2PI24WVasPqb0sKnCLz0saDiWaijGhI3vQ6W8YcEwqYiB1786dI4GWNRSw3MVAMjaP714GqPs1BL9jLtaeI-U6lmgETTLK9zhU-eP6xP2kaHWbuhI-bhqQGVwZSAnOdmqOaK4G/s320/black+flower+monkey.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="color: #b21e81;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">You can also find a
mural painted by Paint Pots and Petals to help the monkey's feel at home at Monkey’s Made with Love’s workshop –
so that’s two reasons to visit. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Nx</span></div>Paint Pots and Petalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795694817760851707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-27720621801888164502012-02-24T12:30:00.000-08:002012-02-24T12:30:21.614-08:00What are you up to - CCC'sThought our followers may like to keep up to date with what our individual crafters are up to - I think eventually this will have it's own little (regularly updated) section at the side of the blog but for now I thought I would very quickly post an event I know about:<br />
<br />
Monkey's Made With Love<br />
Studio/Workshop grand opening tomorrow at 11am - 4pm (apologies for the last minute post)<br />
<br />
Where: Unit 6 Worden Arts and Crafts Centre in Worden Park, Leyland, Lancashire<br />
<br />
Paint Pots and Petals have also been involved and have completed a wall mural for the monkey's. So if you wish to see the picture and of course the delighful monkey's (on their best behaviour tomorrow obviously) pop into the park between 11am and 4pm.<br />
<br />
Here is a sneak peak<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MZF41aC3dxtKEzPACnFXLpGRssbRNYAC9QYRKX20DHMLeyo3pyg0EppwROzcOf73nLCNFpnohZnn4dBQkdK0ggb1XDjIB4MZiTUPLpl6k2WNJotJr3e7PDLw8VyKIO21eltamHjkz8fQ/s1600/close+up+tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MZF41aC3dxtKEzPACnFXLpGRssbRNYAC9QYRKX20DHMLeyo3pyg0EppwROzcOf73nLCNFpnohZnn4dBQkdK0ggb1XDjIB4MZiTUPLpl6k2WNJotJr3e7PDLw8VyKIO21eltamHjkz8fQ/s1600/close+up+tree.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<br />
xPaint Pots and Petalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795694817760851707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-34553403645377960382012-02-12T04:49:00.000-08:002012-02-12T04:49:50.925-08:00The Crafty Takeover...<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">...has <em>taken</em> place (it was the best I could come up with), anyhoo it was a steady success for the most part. Once again shame about the weather but I shan’t bore you with that old chestnut – as it appears to be a CCC recurring theme. Suffice to say this time around said chestnuts were frozen!</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Aaaaand thanks to us (the lovely Petals) the downstairs room was like walking into a fridge, however it did mean <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">lots</b> of park passers-by popped in via this entrance and who knows if they would have done so otherwise. Therefore can I extend a </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">BIG Thank U</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> to all the downstairs stall holders for bearing it well with your gloves and hats and thermal vests, we even had some cashmere and furry outerwear (but that is another anecdote). X </span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The FREE do it yourself crafts organised by Paint Pots and Petals were very popular, thank you to visitors who made a voluntary donation, this money will be used to purchase craft supplies for the activity table/s at the next fair (follow link to look out for date announcements - summer dates will be posted on the right as soon as we know them).</span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here is a link to a some piccies from the day (naughty blogger me forgot to take any). <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chorley-Contemporary-Crafters/246991942029220#!/media/set/?set=a.294924880569259.70007.246991942029220&type=1">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chorley-Contemporary-Crafters/246991942029220#!/media/set/?set=a.294924880569259.70007.246991942029220&type=1</a> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I did get these though .....</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi177MLnoWrtzZWNLMPwkj_ejPAIYXx8B6TP3VGbfWgxMYj4bxLPHYWfUY7UdoqxXrXdfiFO8gPd1-PUFo2wCRhjF5LYPjWuFNQwWzrayZr1yVskjdNVgvPZ6SJx1e3CJC8QgnsvSn79szR/s1600/DSCF5103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi177MLnoWrtzZWNLMPwkj_ejPAIYXx8B6TP3VGbfWgxMYj4bxLPHYWfUY7UdoqxXrXdfiFO8gPd1-PUFo2wCRhjF5LYPjWuFNQwWzrayZr1yVskjdNVgvPZ6SJx1e3CJC8QgnsvSn79szR/s400/DSCF5103.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4omxBukfzUyJMpeWTDcE9etUniOneXppAdlyrD7_QbsJDUUW0ScXJ1u6EDkmZTTW9fVAneRmPPeYt0rjNdxUs6qz-9J3ykorCcmJXe0osLnZSXcA7blkmJiEf_ypgqjEpr2kAenN8JS5f/s1600/DSCF5100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4omxBukfzUyJMpeWTDcE9etUniOneXppAdlyrD7_QbsJDUUW0ScXJ1u6EDkmZTTW9fVAneRmPPeYt0rjNdxUs6qz-9J3ykorCcmJXe0osLnZSXcA7blkmJiEf_ypgqjEpr2kAenN8JS5f/s320/DSCF5100.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmERgwiykjESFrlJr2RUCwQDCZK23olbzWgI_po2SAQvlym8cIO7uQB0Adv9g3ZdoX2n2lHhx-qxdfLUsze_BvisbiG_LCzmV-G3O7kVXUjRhmAgOJimXvcI894CQSpqGEbRAmYqmk8gKG/s1600/DSCF5101.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmERgwiykjESFrlJr2RUCwQDCZK23olbzWgI_po2SAQvlym8cIO7uQB0Adv9g3ZdoX2n2lHhx-qxdfLUsze_BvisbiG_LCzmV-G3O7kVXUjRhmAgOJimXvcI894CQSpqGEbRAmYqmk8gKG/s320/DSCF5101.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipc4_LU6ZGBXntpIPs6CAxBxEHefw_xGSgWR6JDeJvFIRX9KcCzAXf9DWwnYJ_sMY2I9gqlpFkeFv1oIYZpkt0c-OYGQyS59upulLt2OdXA-z0EzvaYwhELYl5hLYuDNcUw8tqVcCocfWr/s1600/DSCF5105.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipc4_LU6ZGBXntpIPs6CAxBxEHefw_xGSgWR6JDeJvFIRX9KcCzAXf9DWwnYJ_sMY2I9gqlpFkeFv1oIYZpkt0c-OYGQyS59upulLt2OdXA-z0EzvaYwhELYl5hLYuDNcUw8tqVcCocfWr/s320/DSCF5105.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJOwRVa9R9hKZu7C1aaSI1o7KaLq5K9aiIAxBUrZREoQ4WM3vMJ2P8TqR-BKmAAV63y4B1Gy0s0Uc9ZIWR6YxxbwzAWlPiE6SAzW_2ElJm907FpS82xeaV0d02M89luhLeD9aU7EAzcj7/s1600/DSCF5104.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJOwRVa9R9hKZu7C1aaSI1o7KaLq5K9aiIAxBUrZREoQ4WM3vMJ2P8TqR-BKmAAV63y4B1Gy0s0Uc9ZIWR6YxxbwzAWlPiE6SAzW_2ElJm907FpS82xeaV0d02M89luhLeD9aU7EAzcj7/s320/DSCF5104.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">These are the bunting flags made by the children who visited the fair. They shall be carefully boxed until the next craft fair when we will be displaying them at the Coach House for all to ooh and aah at the talents of our young crafters. </span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On a personal note, we have our AGM next week when roles are being re-distributed so this may be goodbye from me, but never fear you can still <em>hear</em> my dulcet tones .... over at Paint Pots and Petals blog(</span></span><a href="http://www.paintpotsandpetals.blogspot.com/"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">www.paintpotsandpetals.blogspot.com</span></span></a><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">) which I am ashamed to admit has been rather neglected of late. </span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TTFN</span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nik x </span></span></div>Paint Pots and Petalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795694817760851707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-7853412762249394232012-02-03T12:37:00.000-08:002012-02-03T12:37:58.574-08:00Meet the Crafters #5<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Introducing our last crafter before the big day (this Sunday 10am – 4pm, we’re taking over The Coach House and Gallery in Astley Park, Chorley, Lancashire):</span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <u>Zygotegifts<o:p></o:p></u></span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: #c00000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Please give us a little detail about what it is you make?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #c00000;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I mostly make cards and framed pieces from handspun newspaper yarn.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #00b050;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Have you always done this or did you first start with something else? </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I started by making little resin blocks with pictures cut out of newspaper, but they weren't that good really! I am not sure why I started rolling the newspaper into yarn, but I do remember googling it afterwards and being slightly disappointed (but not really surprised) that it has been done several times before! In fact, I think it is an ancient Chinese art or something, but don't quote me on that as I am not sure.</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">What / who inspires you?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am inspired by the people who dissect and explain where stories in the newspapers come from and try to present the facts behind the stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the health world, that includes people like Ben Goldacre and NHS Choices "Behind the Headlines".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other fact-checking websites too that try to present the context to statistics used in news stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am also inspired by human beings, and how they are constantly striving to turn bad news into good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think newspaper is full of bad news, but by chopping it up and spinning it into yarn, something beautiful can be created.</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #7030a0;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Is there an interesting back story/start up story to your business?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I started making stuff initially for my godson's birthday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought of using newspaper from the day he was born and I suppose the yarn sort of evolved from there. I was between jobs at the time, so I suppose I had a lot of time but not much money for supplies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea of using up old newspaper was also born of necessity I suppose!</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tell us what we can typically find when visiting your stall?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Framed pieces and cards mostly....sometimes some additions from my little sister who is a fledgling illustrator </span><a href="http://www.sumisenthi.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">www.sumisenthi.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We share craft stalls sometimes. </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #00b050;">Do you have a favourite item?</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.... My favourite is my framed rainbow coloured raincloud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's made from newspaper yarn but also some vintage dictionary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the colours were found in the newspaper, I haven't used any inks or anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the colours of the rainbow can be found in something you think of as black and white (not to mention full of bad news)! I quite like the rain - it's what makes rainbows and, quite, importantly, it is essential for all life on earth... It's currently for sale for £37.50 online (plus P&P) though you might be able to haggle with me a little bit at a fair!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxkq2iyZ5ArmADEx4RrhZO2AGCuDkeXQ7zwzNM6Z7CH39ehnHiJW2MwotEs93UNdiwima6uRTT6NSRiw8fBLfsgLsCNmXzskcpPCniZHQ7VqTBoFSpZ2sSdfmglNBn_gN5ha2SkyoRRk_/s1600/zygote+cloud.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxkq2iyZ5ArmADEx4RrhZO2AGCuDkeXQ7zwzNM6Z7CH39ehnHiJW2MwotEs93UNdiwima6uRTT6NSRiw8fBLfsgLsCNmXzskcpPCniZHQ7VqTBoFSpZ2sSdfmglNBn_gN5ha2SkyoRRk_/s320/zygote+cloud.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Do you have a website or somewhere we can have a nosey at / purchase your products? </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My folksy shop: </span><a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/zygotegifts"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">www.folksy.com/shops/zygotegifts</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My tumblr: </span><a href="http://www.tumblr.com/blog/zygotegifts"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://www.tumblr.com/blog/zygotegifts</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #7030a0;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Any pipe dreams you are willing to share? </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I love making bespoke pieces - I always get slightly scared when I hear people's requests, but I do like to be challenged a bit!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I never would have contemplated a giraffe, if no-one had asked me to do one, but I was really pleased with the results (and so was the lady who bought it).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I would like to do more of these. Secondly, I have quite a science background, so I would very much like to do some more geeky/science themed pieces. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And lastly....I picked up a copy of the last ever news of the world on a train, and I know I should do something with it....it's just not entirely clear to me yet how to express my feelings about the story of the NOTW using newspaper yarn... maybe one day!</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5oswk9GTWGgtP4qoGD5ZsoEikL9nbenf60MacFT1uR_cksVUfHvURYp4Ddj33zhZUw1LtwCEt5yUXRxyHyr8xDa8oHm8EqofOZ1PtoXdW5HCgHBcw_DBLOKyWrYEz79zK5UR17Oo0Fw3x/s1600/zygote+giraffe.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5oswk9GTWGgtP4qoGD5ZsoEikL9nbenf60MacFT1uR_cksVUfHvURYp4Ddj33zhZUw1LtwCEt5yUXRxyHyr8xDa8oHm8EqofOZ1PtoXdW5HCgHBcw_DBLOKyWrYEz79zK5UR17Oo0Fw3x/s320/zygote+giraffe.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Wow very insightful, BB is definitely a crafter/artist who makes me stops and take a moment to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">see</i> my world. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And now must be moving on again, if you are local we very much hope to see you Sunday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Free craft activities for you to try, fittingly some of these involve newpaper, but this time it’s decopatching, if you have an item you would like to try this on, please bring it with you, or we have mini boxes you can use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the children (although they will be welcome to ‘patch’ too) we are asking them to help us make an excitingly long bunting for our Summer events and the lovely birdies are back (if you missed them last time, well worth a go, so simple yet very effective).</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">See you Sunday. xNik<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span>Paint Pots and Petalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795694817760851707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-55248914037056973992012-01-31T09:36:00.000-08:002012-01-31T09:36:14.222-08:00Meet the Crafters #4"More more moooore, how do you like it? how do you like it?" that's enough singing. <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCoAFBxUHX4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCoAFBxUHX4</a> (just in case you do want to hear more more more)<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle";"><o:p> Introducing ..................... </o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Eyeshoot Photography<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkbsRLqdEkqmQ_tl6S3yGuM8cFOxoFDpZJjVOVeD-GrWnKI24fk5wSuR9JADfdUOuOG-DDH0YIoBTBagyBWP4k4QS7GXzBWBkECIM6PBVNBHUBu9AgqP5WBQ5UO2ar_-B_hm3J9sIGOcbN/s1600/eyeshoot+logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkbsRLqdEkqmQ_tl6S3yGuM8cFOxoFDpZJjVOVeD-GrWnKI24fk5wSuR9JADfdUOuOG-DDH0YIoBTBagyBWP4k4QS7GXzBWBkECIM6PBVNBHUBu9AgqP5WBQ5UO2ar_-B_hm3J9sIGOcbN/s320/eyeshoot+logo.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqmCUKNOYbN3NevLMXuKtctkPDHsCo0r243LeEjCUlgJ131nthJi4pH8KfnYHE8TKQkEk6A0b4-jIYNDtYsqHdUs1TwPfmPY0wg7w2DgTz1Bxes7jHHPfQSmTylL8PcLldN4Hu56awxok/s1600/Me.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqmCUKNOYbN3NevLMXuKtctkPDHsCo0r243LeEjCUlgJ131nthJi4pH8KfnYHE8TKQkEk6A0b4-jIYNDtYsqHdUs1TwPfmPY0wg7w2DgTz1Bxes7jHHPfQSmTylL8PcLldN4Hu56awxok/s320/Me.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Please give us a little detail about what it is you make?<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">I'm a photographer and sell high quality prints of my work, which I make myself in my studio, I also have photo blocks, mini zines and greetings cards featuring my work<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Have you always done this or did you first start with something else?<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">There's a question!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm a graphic designer by training, I've been a chef, worked in retail, co owned two chocolate shops and a cafe, so I've done plenty of things before turning my long term passion into a career.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What / who inspires you? <span style="color: #0070c0;">I love the work of Martin Parr, he sees things in such a unique way and with a great sense of the absurd and a nice touch of irony.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Tell us what we can typically find when visiting your stall? <span style="color: #0070c0;">Bright and vibrant pictures from my trips to Morocco and Cuba, lots of graffiti which is a long time obsession of mine, little books hand stitched by me and canvas prints.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Do you have a favourite item?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This image was shot in Morocco, just an ordinary house on an ordinary street, but I think it's beautiful - the composition, the colour and all the elements work together perfectly and fits my style of photography perfectly.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOG5E52VfO6vPS0QvF9SZebqKC90z5SdRoc4eoEtYgwlL2tNVWwMo6_tmPiyQ2rDrxl7fj5qiIHcwyaVgDHGVX0PNXmqkzSIfHYO4MCXQlm9aOVWwC14XMX0vWTGGvB8qMy0TvrsQW9TSx/s1600/Favourite+print.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOG5E52VfO6vPS0QvF9SZebqKC90z5SdRoc4eoEtYgwlL2tNVWwMo6_tmPiyQ2rDrxl7fj5qiIHcwyaVgDHGVX0PNXmqkzSIfHYO4MCXQlm9aOVWwC14XMX0vWTGGvB8qMy0TvrsQW9TSx/s400/Favourite+print.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Do you have a website or somewhere we can have a nosey at / purchase your products?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #0070c0;"><a href="http://www.eyeshoot.co.uk/"><span style="color: blue;">www.eyeshoot.co.uk</span></a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is a hub to all of my places - blog, shop, galleries and so on <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>(ooo clever, I must find out how she does this)</span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">One last picture before we sign out </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Minya Nouvelle"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Fun" picture - hopefully how I'll feel on the big day!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUnWtk2oTJfr_PEGXXKXXPYvs_-KYyJoEo7YWsrObjOSb68IJQNSlbHeZ6itEOB2pOyZYndI-r5fwg8juVwrUvAGCubBoVjOLZ-MdmDWABHhtnqb6nDdnQGgZIBeVHTGzE_yEpqdWIZQ3/s1600/Fun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUnWtk2oTJfr_PEGXXKXXPYvs_-KYyJoEo7YWsrObjOSb68IJQNSlbHeZ6itEOB2pOyZYndI-r5fwg8juVwrUvAGCubBoVjOLZ-MdmDWABHhtnqb6nDdnQGgZIBeVHTGzE_yEpqdWIZQ3/s320/Fun.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Thanks for letting us have a peek into your world.<br />
Now I reckon we can fit just one more in before the craft fair on Sunday, look out for Zygote Gifts. <br />
<br />
Nik xPaint Pots and Petalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795694817760851707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-46857185042662711062012-01-27T05:41:00.000-08:002012-01-27T05:41:35.181-08:00Meet The Crafters #3<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Continuing on with the 'We are Chorley Contemporary Crafters ..... with an ‘s’......theme let me introduce our next member of the group:</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #403152; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Purple Shmurple (by Lynsey Wilkins)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> (<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #403152; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">I just had to do purple lettering, Nx)</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnQK7FQ4aFUd-AP42iDvyGFQUori34ZK2WohrLJlABqX7PHiXVA4yrg_M0UKmwlZlrx8GTY-VUxlECdUNHw6MEf16WfvEHbV6ct9MDxKB8_ChZ6tu5ZJ0-iGUzss2bXqhV_QhTA0z-z1i/s1600/purple+s+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnQK7FQ4aFUd-AP42iDvyGFQUori34ZK2WohrLJlABqX7PHiXVA4yrg_M0UKmwlZlrx8GTY-VUxlECdUNHw6MEf16WfvEHbV6ct9MDxKB8_ChZ6tu5ZJ0-iGUzss2bXqhV_QhTA0z-z1i/s200/purple+s+logo.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">Please give us a little detail about what it is you make? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #5f497a; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jewellery and accessories! I like to say that it’s a little bit quirky and curious...<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Have you always done this or did you first start with something else?</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #5f497a; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I work full-time too, as a website editor for a music memorabilia dealer, but since I decided to try starting up my own little creative business in my free time, it has always been in that genre.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">What / who inspires you?</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #5f497a; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I'm a big fan of the weird and wonderful! I don't have any big 'idols' in the fashion or art world, but there are a lot themes that I love - steampunk and vintage, gothic, animals and nature, fairytale....<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Is there an interesting back story/start up story to your business?</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #5f497a; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not so much for starting my business, but I always get asked how I came up with the name. Purple is my favourite colour and I just thought 'What rhymes with Purple?' and the rest is history :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Tell us what we can typically find when visiting your stall?</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #5f497a; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All sorts! I make a lot of items out of wood, glass and acrylic. I have started doing a small range of sterling silver items as well as silver-plate and gunmetal. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lots of necklaces, rings, earrings, brooches and other things.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Do you have a favourite item?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VdgPSmk0MbrLM42cxTsOHO1gpM2ZSV3TFNNflK4NHhWAZ6i0VIIgvt6hDHq2bRC_cH9OFmcReDtwnIwZEu1SqhnoxZSZTAvUB6xJH-YAD9IFCqXcmYll3fMluzC9InKQgTY284BuWnUE/s1600/tag+neclace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VdgPSmk0MbrLM42cxTsOHO1gpM2ZSV3TFNNflK4NHhWAZ6i0VIIgvt6hDHq2bRC_cH9OFmcReDtwnIwZEu1SqhnoxZSZTAvUB6xJH-YAD9IFCqXcmYll3fMluzC9InKQgTY284BuWnUE/s320/tag+neclace.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #5f497a; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I love my ticket necklaces - they have a lovely vintage feel but aren't too feminine or delicate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> <o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Do you have a website or somewhere we can have a nosey at /purchase your products?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #5f497a; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Please visit <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #5f497a; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Etsy - </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/PurpleShmurpleShop?ref=si_shop"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.etsy.com/shop/PurpleShmurpleShop?ref=si_shop</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #5f497a; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Website - </span><a href="http://www.purpleshmurple.co.uk/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.purpleshmurple.co.uk/</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></strong>(And of course don't forget, if you are local, we'd love you to call past The Coach House in Astley Park, Chorley next Sunday 5th February to have a look at Purple Shmurple's lovely items in the flesh.)</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">Any big plans for the future of your business? (answer whichever suits)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #5f497a; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have no big plans, but it would be great to be stocked in a shop. I have been thinking about it for about 6 months now so maybe this year I'll try!</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFqmy8BrvNn8abXZAIq6cRjskSvpb3NSmY26UbHPqKGiDNCsh6u_2jaDTjQNzrRwGRjoTv1qstY3QmomnliC8-OOaZsAXgsUvsLemOVlLQzt-GXU8iH7465-Czhfc3lof5o6k6vofdMiW/s1600/purple+s+stall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFqmy8BrvNn8abXZAIq6cRjskSvpb3NSmY26UbHPqKGiDNCsh6u_2jaDTjQNzrRwGRjoTv1qstY3QmomnliC8-OOaZsAXgsUvsLemOVlLQzt-GXU8iH7465-Czhfc3lof5o6k6vofdMiW/s400/purple+s+stall.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Hopefully we can fit another couple of crafters in before the Craft Takeover next weekend. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">xN</span>Paint Pots and Petalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795694817760851707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-6016012950232314812012-01-11T08:35:00.000-08:002012-01-11T08:35:38.590-08:00Meet the Crafters #2<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Following on from the last blog, introducing our next 's' (you'll have to read the last one to get it x)</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">But first read all about the lovely:<o:p> </o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bobbin & Bumble (by Leanne Smith) </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOX4F05AlLPTdisPsncjBPEeVseYKbOw12A9VvksIL3XD-ZRrxxKt-LjfGVTU_8KVZy2SIBpl5_M1ALj8TQXBQ62x7ah3m1FCE0jFwBRpyjfvgI-qM6iFB1TD7XqbnlxN6z6breJ8M-I6T/s1600/pic1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOX4F05AlLPTdisPsncjBPEeVseYKbOw12A9VvksIL3XD-ZRrxxKt-LjfGVTU_8KVZy2SIBpl5_M1ALj8TQXBQ62x7ah3m1FCE0jFwBRpyjfvgI-qM6iFB1TD7XqbnlxN6z6breJ8M-I6T/s320/pic1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0066;">Please give us a little detail about what it is you make? <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I make cushions, bags, make up bags and more. All items are handmade in a shed at the bottom of a garden in Lancashire and combine vintage, new and second hand fabrics to produce pretty, modern designs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0066;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What / who inspires you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Everything I know is down to my wonderful and talented mum, I watched her sewing as a child and I was instantly hooked; I’ve not stopped stealing fabric from her since….sorry mum. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am inspired by a myriad of things, insects, birds, botany, wildlife in general, and all things British. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use these inspirations to create simple yet unusual pieces. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0066;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tell us what we can typically find when visiting your stall?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cushions mainly, but also bags, make up bags and art work.</span></div><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #cc0066;">Do you have a favourite item?</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__X0_A8H2kIlnpV0KYdytCXwgNfUAZh567uJ6Vdc9pYaW8ioTlskYwZcD4_ZcqTljlLF26m-beldQagH-MGoLOyYDgrso0x6K_lZ2_aLfbfzaHiyxFGA4VYBS5NxWeGYkoe5UrpcRTn4i/s1600/pic+2+lady+bird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__X0_A8H2kIlnpV0KYdytCXwgNfUAZh567uJ6Vdc9pYaW8ioTlskYwZcD4_ZcqTljlLF26m-beldQagH-MGoLOyYDgrso0x6K_lZ2_aLfbfzaHiyxFGA4VYBS5NxWeGYkoe5UrpcRTn4i/s320/pic+2+lady+bird.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This ladybird cushion is one of my favourite pieces. I love the pretty, vintage, floral fabric and the quirky insect design. I believe it would make a beautiful and unusual addition to any room.</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #cc0066;">Do you have a website or somewhere we can have a nosey at / purchase your products?</span> </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You can find me on: </span><a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/Bobbinandbumble"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.folksy.com/shops/Bobbinandbumble</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/BobbinandBumble"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.etsy.com/shop/BobbinandBumble</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> (<span style="color: #cc0066;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bobbin and Bumble will also be attending their first craft fair with the contemporary crafters <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘The Crafty Takeover’</i> on Sunday 5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> February 2012, in the Coach House within Astley Park, Chorley (we are taking over all 3 rooms and plan to have entertainment in the form of live music and have a go craft tables in the upper galleries). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> So pop along and see her lovely items in the flesh. x)</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> <o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div><span style="color: #cc0066;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Any big plans for the future of your business? <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Setting up a Bobbin & Bumble website and hopefully more craft fairs. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhET-olLipX230kJF4OXihxgBbLdp4Y_bfgEs0yrvczunZWCyk1fhKSHkoEuq5NYwdjhiXpiNlty_4pIi_yQtcuMD-kT1YmK9NjZtVMz8xDNOCvjTYeI5l5zNdEnOt8WeSk-MMhbl28Wqnm/s1600/pic3+bee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhET-olLipX230kJF4OXihxgBbLdp4Y_bfgEs0yrvczunZWCyk1fhKSHkoEuq5NYwdjhiXpiNlty_4pIi_yQtcuMD-kT1YmK9NjZtVMz8xDNOCvjTYeI5l5zNdEnOt8WeSk-MMhbl28Wqnm/s320/pic3+bee.jpg" width="320" /></a><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0066;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thanks Leanne, love your quirky cushions. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Look out for our next crafter coming soon. xNx</span></div>Paint Pots and Petalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795694817760851707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-73583744479950873052012-01-08T02:16:00.000-08:002012-01-08T02:17:02.022-08:00Meet the Crafters<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We are Chorley Contemporary Crafters ..... with an ‘s’...... so I said to myself “Nik, it might be nice to hear from other crafters in our group right about now”.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So without further ado let me introduce our first clever crafter:<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><u><strong>Bird House Press (by Rachel Jones)</strong></u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDeFcYU8khSEs3Sqb84kI5aqi377ZFuabVu3AfXFaeChD9L8r2EGiuEVY9ZjcrciiGjm8HKHHgl4-XTPgAPg8FAF4dBnM8ZgfL_tnKFkApzFvemmIL-XsLBcz_2-lfB-JSRnsV3OhRjuW/s1600/birdhouse+press+stall.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDeFcYU8khSEs3Sqb84kI5aqi377ZFuabVu3AfXFaeChD9L8r2EGiuEVY9ZjcrciiGjm8HKHHgl4-XTPgAPg8FAF4dBnM8ZgfL_tnKFkApzFvemmIL-XsLBcz_2-lfB-JSRnsV3OhRjuW/s320/birdhouse+press+stall.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Please give us a little detail about what it is you make?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My work is mainly screen prints, based on the illustrations that I doodle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love birds - so there is always one or two of them in the work I do!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I produce my work either as prints that can be framed - or as limited edition tote bags, greetings cards, and for 2012 - notebooks!! I also have letterpress prints and lino prints as well - but the focus is screen printing!<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Have you always done this or did you first start with something else?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have only been screen printing for just under 2 years - so I am still learning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love the process - and love trying new ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not all of them have worked - but I love trying anyway!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">What / who inspires you?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> I love the screen prints of Jay Ryan - and the Papercuts of Rob Ryan (neither are related - just coincidence!) I have tried paper cuts - but end up cutting my fingers far too often - so some of my more recent prints have a papercut "look" to them<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>without me having to buy stocks of Elastoplast in the process!! <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Is there an interesting back story/start up story to your business?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am still working full time for a local council - so my artwork is done in any spare time, weekends and days off!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Initially when I started screen printing - I was working out of my garage - and with it being separate to my house - there is no electricity, no water, and in winter - no heat!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So the fact I stuck with the printing is a good sign that I like it!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankfully - I was able to get a studio space at Hot Bed Press, Salford (<a href="http://www.hotbedpress.org/">http://www.hotbedpress.org/</a>) in 2011, so printing is less of a challenge - and more like the fun it should be!<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Tell us what we can typically find when visiting your stall?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are prints that can be framed, greetings cards, tote bags, I am planning on a range of notebooks this year - and I have even had some designs put onto plates - so the range is varied!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will be at the next Chorley Contemporary Crafters Art Fair on the 5th of February <span style="color: #0070c0;">(10am – 4pm at The Coach House, next to Café Ambio, in Astley Park) </span>- so please pop down and check out my work in person!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Do you have a favourite item?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This has to be a print I finished around August time 2011.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The design is inspired by papercuts - but the sentiment is something that I feel is applicable to young and old - my "Shine" screen print.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was printed as an edition of 20 - and I have just sold the last one on New Years Eve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still have people asking for it - so I think there will be a second edition of it in 2012! <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwE4J975MnS351caD59hdN5vyxjrsQnhXep5W25KOBUkhKjK-lKE8-dCkWjn7SWcpLcqkb9Axn88R6KpP2UFuJq6h_98daAbvXnf-A8CQ5zJTXHD2IVnAd9uOJ2t8r1lBfwhx-2Qejcdkb/s1600/shine.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwE4J975MnS351caD59hdN5vyxjrsQnhXep5W25KOBUkhKjK-lKE8-dCkWjn7SWcpLcqkb9Axn88R6KpP2UFuJq6h_98daAbvXnf-A8CQ5zJTXHD2IVnAd9uOJ2t8r1lBfwhx-2Qejcdkb/s320/shine.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Do you have a website or somewhere we can have a nosey at / purchase your products?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>oooh yes - head over to </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.birdhousepress.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.birdhousepress.co.uk</span></span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">, find me on facebook (</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/BirdHousePress"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";"><span style="color: blue;">www.facebook.com/BirdHousePress</span></span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">) and find me on Twitter @BirdHousePress (<span style="color: #0070c0;">I have no understanding of twitter, sorry guys you will have to get here yourselves, Nik x</span>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also have shops on Folksy <a href="http://www.folksy.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.folksy.com</span></a> and Etsy <a href="http://www.etsy.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.etsy.com</span></a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(search Bird House Press in the shop search)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also have a blog too: </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://birdhousepress.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";"><span style="color: blue;">http://birdhousepress.blogspot.com/</span></span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Any big plans for the future of your business?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For 2012 I need to update my website and incorporate a shop into my site too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also plan to focus on my online shops, and perhaps get my work into a few shops locally too. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not particularly massive plans but I am sure with the day job to do as well - they will keep me busy!!!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">One last picture</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS7fWpZHBxom6UzzdVoakV9CQryTUAi-US6hSb7zuKUjpAGYF20iiRswbXh2pyyJJcuZg3qVJ6X0wA4UfYVn6tizq_j1CIf0xZv1Ssw8lcxiKO0KqT2vH6tjpRyFmcpwHKRBfRMSA1bO_L/s1600/world.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS7fWpZHBxom6UzzdVoakV9CQryTUAi-US6hSb7zuKUjpAGYF20iiRswbXh2pyyJJcuZg3qVJ6X0wA4UfYVn6tizq_j1CIf0xZv1Ssw8lcxiKO0KqT2vH6tjpRyFmcpwHKRBfRMSA1bO_L/s320/world.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> - my most recent screen print - "The World" - initially commissioned by a friend as an engagement gift (which was personalised with names, place they got engaged, and the date) - this is the main part of that design.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Keep a look out for our next Contemporary Crafter soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Bye for now. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">xNx<o:p></o:p></span></div>Paint Pots and Petalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795694817760851707noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-27055683394053190752011-12-28T09:40:00.000-08:002011-12-28T09:40:33.748-08:00Big Plans AfootHi All,<br />
<br />
Well we had another rainy and wild day for our December Arts and Craft Fair - thanks to all of you who came to support us. I hope most stalls still did well, despite the rotten weather. <br />
<br />
We have started to plan next years events and are aiming to vary the content to keep you all on your toes. The first upcoming event is on 5 February 2012 same place (The Coach House, next to Cafe Ambio, in Astley Park) however this time we are staging a Crafty Takeover hiring<em> </em>both function rooms <em>plus </em>the art gallery! <br />
<br />
Ideas are being discussed such as, taster craft tables for adults as well as children, live music and other forms of entertainment alongside the usual high quality contemporary arts and craft stalls for you to browse and purchase lovely handmade/handcrafted items at a reasonable price.<br />
<br />
We look forward to seeing you there. <br />
<br />
More to information to follow soon.<br />
<br />
XPaint Pots and Petalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795694817760851707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-28144360434811155542011-11-28T23:42:00.000-08:002011-11-30T00:26:03.543-08:00Sales and such like<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Just a quick update to say we are in the Park again on Sunday, that is:</span> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Coach House</span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Astley Park</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chorley</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">4 December 2011, 10am – 4pm (indoors, free entry)</span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcUzFga5T4gIyR6F5m5DJgVS67z05uv17hPvEkB5B-hlpzfht78OTVrAT1sv6NKO4AdGj2zWKqNiif_jgSzbRWfiAhjW0gO8t6RnadAZSrM-MhttghIcHjrGFfwOWgaHIWznDms2ccdN_/s1600/DSCF4905.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcUzFga5T4gIyR6F5m5DJgVS67z05uv17hPvEkB5B-hlpzfht78OTVrAT1sv6NKO4AdGj2zWKqNiif_jgSzbRWfiAhjW0gO8t6RnadAZSrM-MhttghIcHjrGFfwOWgaHIWznDms2ccdN_/s320/DSCF4905.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2 floors of lovely gifts just waiting for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I think I’ve mentioned everything, please come along and see us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Xxxxx</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The following weekend one or two members of our crafty clan are going to stay with Mummy Cupcake for the weekend –</span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Christmas Shop at Mummy Cupcake’s workshop opposite the park cafe in Worden Park, Leyland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She will be opening her door for the full weekend:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saturday 10<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> and Sunday 11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> December, <span style="color: #444444;">10am - 3pm</span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So get you park going pumps and come and have a look around and perhaps purchase a few unique Xmas gifts whilst there.</span></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nik x</span></div>Paint Pots and Petalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795694817760851707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-42171166192486024522011-10-26T11:18:00.000-07:002011-10-27T01:20:53.856-07:00Anniversary Inspiration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSDJNpqM5nApsdJjj5DHbTE9_eJv_3l1fVpV_ifamBXBEtwJfZUtQ36wP-PYnqCL26PtI1Ur_b8q9B18ijr6YZmcAE0xhcZtlCr2Mmdoqs8kVcu7utj9Js8R5ubB-6Yach8t-xDAdAMkih/s1600/group.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSDJNpqM5nApsdJjj5DHbTE9_eJv_3l1fVpV_ifamBXBEtwJfZUtQ36wP-PYnqCL26PtI1Ur_b8q9B18ijr6YZmcAE0xhcZtlCr2Mmdoqs8kVcu7utj9Js8R5ubB-6Yach8t-xDAdAMkih/s400/group.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chorley Contemporary Crafters had a fabulicious day out on Saturday which coincided nicely with our 1 year anniversary <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://chorleycontemporarycrafters.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-it-all-began-sunday-october-24th.html"><span style="color: blue;">(read the story here)</span></a><span style="color: black;">.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The day had been b</span>ooked and organised way back in the Summer when October seemed so far away, however, before we knew it we were shivering our socks off at 9am outside the community centre ready for the bus to take us to the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair at Spinningfields, Manchester, followed by lunch and on to the Manchester Craft and Design Centre plus a stock up stop at a craft suppliers.</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After a minor ‘to do’ about who was sitting with who (ladies you know who you are!) we settled in with our plastic champagne flutes containing white wine spritzers (money saved for much more necessary crafty purchases) and looked forward to a busy crafty day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5OdfBf1pPkntmKQ6l6Nk5swutF_tteOms5TA-U1qxmO-97sqV77aco8dm7w8iSHjqoLuIprWj7stinUqXZGSmJKdtLy_4W-sbgdsuQeWwcMZWvdRGQUKa5vdsTIruHDeCw582YwFA6MiQ/s1600/bus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5OdfBf1pPkntmKQ6l6Nk5swutF_tteOms5TA-U1qxmO-97sqV77aco8dm7w8iSHjqoLuIprWj7stinUqXZGSmJKdtLy_4W-sbgdsuQeWwcMZWvdRGQUKa5vdsTIruHDeCw582YwFA6MiQ/s320/bus.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpsCoe0XBbULpiWvf0ln2lMX1985OmD5vuDpOgvcQC9osQN-ce0X97o0lBAm8EoZCeXJdfY-cHS0e0A-kMClw51ae5rPKIXYo6oWEMEkRC2Ub_Z87XHeIsed09BsnRw2NbBmj6vJyTAzYK/s1600/kellie+on+bus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpsCoe0XBbULpiWvf0ln2lMX1985OmD5vuDpOgvcQC9osQN-ce0X97o0lBAm8EoZCeXJdfY-cHS0e0A-kMClw51ae5rPKIXYo6oWEMEkRC2Ub_Z87XHeIsed09BsnRw2NbBmj6vJyTAzYK/s320/kellie+on+bus.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk264C_4oyA1cRwsGapunT862gXkc8W7TwxwtxEhq_k6mQwzkBbasV5g7sdj5U5mBycLNgyJoNU352VLA99xA8URVtF5zl6ytAA5vnhrenMWYPSpeYujp2xtQkCTY4bsEsMgFd246tF1c1/s1600/replace+charlotte+and+sarah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk264C_4oyA1cRwsGapunT862gXkc8W7TwxwtxEhq_k6mQwzkBbasV5g7sdj5U5mBycLNgyJoNU352VLA99xA8URVtF5zl6ytAA5vnhrenMWYPSpeYujp2xtQkCTY4bsEsMgFd246tF1c1/s320/replace+charlotte+and+sarah.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">First stop </span><span style="font-family: "Euphorigenic S"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair</span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";"> </span><span class="messagebody"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://www.greatnorthernevents.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.greatnorthernevents<wbr></wbr>.co.uk/</span></a> </span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Some stall holders were happy to pose for pics, others hid behind their wares, some refused pics but here are the ones I managed to take (with permission of course).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We collected business cards aplenty and promised to ‘like’ many on facebook – that ever expanding social network. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCxpYuXrXV64EvsJBFQaKySFu3f9yQYU-Qq-Sl0hx1xe_V6BEeqEF6j0_pakbLybXF7VEfROY8dBC4WcvPS4aHKUxe9LLO9ILmnxjLNxG9aYWAN2yEhyiE3Xl0CNrAPGPzzhCiQ4yPSMC/s1600/DSC01141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCxpYuXrXV64EvsJBFQaKySFu3f9yQYU-Qq-Sl0hx1xe_V6BEeqEF6j0_pakbLybXF7VEfROY8dBC4WcvPS4aHKUxe9LLO9ILmnxjLNxG9aYWAN2yEhyiE3Xl0CNrAPGPzzhCiQ4yPSMC/s400/DSC01141.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIVLbYa4PAfVpO1n-6LDgrFt2XtVf6WneEjNPLZA7TwpPSLnvDzvT5E7S0g_gNZcxq7AVz7ApsurJA4AKfOWDg9kFiT99osnR9y7FJJhyphenhyphen93FOGDSUeHwSHov9ShGfI5o-1N0mTM_StC8N/s1600/DSC01138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIVLbYa4PAfVpO1n-6LDgrFt2XtVf6WneEjNPLZA7TwpPSLnvDzvT5E7S0g_gNZcxq7AVz7ApsurJA4AKfOWDg9kFiT99osnR9y7FJJhyphenhyphen93FOGDSUeHwSHov9ShGfI5o-1N0mTM_StC8N/s400/DSC01138.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HNL5x5AplOzs4VM_WcU9_sSKKIV-Yj8czy0LaYVFR3Blfn2o-nGCeaF8sluW0AWxW8B6BV5FvI0ad2qLX89u6ljQO3OcgPpVcKXFuh8gImcd__3UkK6BwA-KSW4_6hP7EseiPhc1xnNz/s1600/DSC01132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HNL5x5AplOzs4VM_WcU9_sSKKIV-Yj8czy0LaYVFR3Blfn2o-nGCeaF8sluW0AWxW8B6BV5FvI0ad2qLX89u6ljQO3OcgPpVcKXFuh8gImcd__3UkK6BwA-KSW4_6hP7EseiPhc1xnNz/s400/DSC01132.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIkIrvI8IgnzcgsSiByhv5rmchqUFFJdMhHkf9eOVtc_b4kIVLHEd8yuQea7rZurtURAT4FWQ1MRWr5MAFd0McYd2bHLQVyls8S_mUSbC431ZYW7GPbailQbTEnzS5NW7Fsg1hpU7C57o/s1600/wall+hanging.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIkIrvI8IgnzcgsSiByhv5rmchqUFFJdMhHkf9eOVtc_b4kIVLHEd8yuQea7rZurtURAT4FWQ1MRWr5MAFd0McYd2bHLQVyls8S_mUSbC431ZYW7GPbailQbTEnzS5NW7Fsg1hpU7C57o/s400/wall+hanging.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0819y5qOiEhOJEEVmxjg2lsuFvqiCNT2kzpbosgH91mwRRerPO03km2iTAAUpToendV44gLVUNa19sf4BqYDRfjZ3DIxIJP1PasE3aQTfVHJ15OO1UEmo4SJAIUoGLoN9vTHBiI2ozcqm/s1600/dangerous+sport.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0819y5qOiEhOJEEVmxjg2lsuFvqiCNT2kzpbosgH91mwRRerPO03km2iTAAUpToendV44gLVUNa19sf4BqYDRfjZ3DIxIJP1PasE3aQTfVHJ15OO1UEmo4SJAIUoGLoN9vTHBiI2ozcqm/s400/dangerous+sport.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirG08NPMqjrN70hayESU7xSxhxXeSP7S2MDdOAmDCkNb4kvYUEChfLhKF-HlogIrFxjRBvqWOoGs61M0z_fliJEHyxGKdyBAfEBDASd6eYkGv0IwKT0hayiVLGsVCV-3acgouJ2PPAqKkp/s1600/DSC01134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirG08NPMqjrN70hayESU7xSxhxXeSP7S2MDdOAmDCkNb4kvYUEChfLhKF-HlogIrFxjRBvqWOoGs61M0z_fliJEHyxGKdyBAfEBDASd6eYkGv0IwKT0hayiVLGsVCV-3acgouJ2PPAqKkp/s400/DSC01134.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOIjsc2gdf6pVveqKP7tfqh9JDD-QA6OLTCzS5QjDZiZQx4IQmo_mgf9gPau3I9AgCck95dHx6y1gZbS_oOEkBpwGReFyvVICJs2TVo2Gnipyh1RVAVTdPukbw7XKibAMVy4NgCfEE-Gp/s1600/DSC01135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOIjsc2gdf6pVveqKP7tfqh9JDD-QA6OLTCzS5QjDZiZQx4IQmo_mgf9gPau3I9AgCck95dHx6y1gZbS_oOEkBpwGReFyvVICJs2TVo2Gnipyh1RVAVTdPukbw7XKibAMVy4NgCfEE-Gp/s400/DSC01135.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehBbV-1JUcGTt3btv74EMYtUm1h7koNL18_STpuCb_yWVNbk2glDk8LDYK02WcMqS78-ybYEzL37-2h-6DLpqNgMq1d5ZySTCY8wIWDqj7mtqvcbywe5PvtGEbOQnO7k6wSi_Qa-R_oGR/s1600/IMG_9345a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehBbV-1JUcGTt3btv74EMYtUm1h7koNL18_STpuCb_yWVNbk2glDk8LDYK02WcMqS78-ybYEzL37-2h-6DLpqNgMq1d5ZySTCY8wIWDqj7mtqvcbywe5PvtGEbOQnO7k6wSi_Qa-R_oGR/s400/IMG_9345a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjA3JK1Zhw6ZLNDBBAaeHYiRlE-B7ngwo4HFSMX2N-Y98xFmFoEnXN3loW80ZRczQcM3RKB7fKzdHWp1DTAN8TNmbHoIeEhJZvzC_E_Vgrq-wUBqTin0Ec0ofdLy9ZzCK_gwBlUQoRm9Gz/s1600/IMG_9346a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjA3JK1Zhw6ZLNDBBAaeHYiRlE-B7ngwo4HFSMX2N-Y98xFmFoEnXN3loW80ZRczQcM3RKB7fKzdHWp1DTAN8TNmbHoIeEhJZvzC_E_Vgrq-wUBqTin0Ec0ofdLy9ZzCK_gwBlUQoRm9Gz/s400/IMG_9346a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv7KobTjzp3c5xBa1M1FRiHWAnGY1d7UYuM5HpV_GgHFdWzoXIJCjkr_UpYAWJvkUs_qC5o-WBbmLhDod0fOSuyFGwpMwNrXFcU7Iv1c21UC_dGCHQzfbwcpXf6bBch4Dz2ounjGH0VkAk/s1600/IMG_9347a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv7KobTjzp3c5xBa1M1FRiHWAnGY1d7UYuM5HpV_GgHFdWzoXIJCjkr_UpYAWJvkUs_qC5o-WBbmLhDod0fOSuyFGwpMwNrXFcU7Iv1c21UC_dGCHQzfbwcpXf6bBch4Dz2ounjGH0VkAk/s400/IMG_9347a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTcXFYDKiffm16llHzbNoUvVt_tuFNQ2jypoi75cN7D6RFzAWWnR1XOvZ23bjwqVhMR85luV5iFSnNRvoSm541XjPK4_DLbXn0NVYK0-R1Ss38Ohhn6uACacoDEH_Rt6aRFJzC2otW9er9/s1600/IMG_9349a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTcXFYDKiffm16llHzbNoUvVt_tuFNQ2jypoi75cN7D6RFzAWWnR1XOvZ23bjwqVhMR85luV5iFSnNRvoSm541XjPK4_DLbXn0NVYK0-R1Ss38Ohhn6uACacoDEH_Rt6aRFJzC2otW9er9/s400/IMG_9349a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Stop 2 </span><span style="font-family: "Euphorigenic S"; font-size: 23pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Carluccio’s</span><span style="font-family: "Blackadder ITC"; font-size: 27pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span class="messagebody"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://www.carluccios.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.carluccios.com</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lovely tasty food and very reasonably priced especially if you have the set menu.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were a massive table right in the middle of the restaurant 18 of us in all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pics were taken, but not by me so they have come out rather nice one of which I am in – always a bonus!</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEsWc5qWBghnYMcDsM1DkP5mnzm6ylLX6liNuJJ_e2M9qV3Ag1I5YHAOtuMXFT5DcUj3LuDLQuJlqy8A1C5UgFBYO1vvcujAhVAOMLPfapWlhf2E7ILcThVYe2ocu7kGp7PM8ZdUfs4lP/s1600/lunch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEsWc5qWBghnYMcDsM1DkP5mnzm6ylLX6liNuJJ_e2M9qV3Ag1I5YHAOtuMXFT5DcUj3LuDLQuJlqy8A1C5UgFBYO1vvcujAhVAOMLPfapWlhf2E7ILcThVYe2ocu7kGp7PM8ZdUfs4lP/s320/lunch.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicamexIoNVhMvkMxMDeBWdpX1VUzR3YPCMlJ2ZU32-gFCmye9nMgEUKo3fh5gW6dciXGFZKdIfF1Lj8ySfJ8adEtm_8oIvJ1ODTQUuSJZ2VjH9EcAJG7jJlOiE1dSFa2EsQ3WzZmWQMDLe/s1600/me+at+lunch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicamexIoNVhMvkMxMDeBWdpX1VUzR3YPCMlJ2ZU32-gFCmye9nMgEUKo3fh5gW6dciXGFZKdIfF1Lj8ySfJ8adEtm_8oIvJ1ODTQUuSJZ2VjH9EcAJG7jJlOiE1dSFa2EsQ3WzZmWQMDLe/s200/me+at+lunch.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiPuXP2ROqSs7-KgQlTBpe2ulMe1Ym9r0nJE9AQZF2K5E-7yS7pYNk3vY2WSHb0XkgfTqqTSG_tlm6h6qtlicdW2uLnJZdF3o_rV1Wj7Q7hwulZTCfxsWgGs5v5879riID_hh-f9ixqFm/s1600/jackie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiPuXP2ROqSs7-KgQlTBpe2ulMe1Ym9r0nJE9AQZF2K5E-7yS7pYNk3vY2WSHb0XkgfTqqTSG_tlm6h6qtlicdW2uLnJZdF3o_rV1Wj7Q7hwulZTCfxsWgGs5v5879riID_hh-f9ixqFm/s200/jackie.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjO8fJv2zpvAj0Z-JNSNw_kBGiAKGsMD1XtWT6Ul4eA2MMsuR5bGdSwTQmHAa2sRt6pOejrarg4RTFumEPGF-DTp-MAQQyC5M0Qe_VHM_hTIbnkTu5x3CB9Kuqvbg20D2IFF4o8L-AKem8/s1600/linzi+and+mum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjO8fJv2zpvAj0Z-JNSNw_kBGiAKGsMD1XtWT6Ul4eA2MMsuR5bGdSwTQmHAa2sRt6pOejrarg4RTFumEPGF-DTp-MAQQyC5M0Qe_VHM_hTIbnkTu5x3CB9Kuqvbg20D2IFF4o8L-AKem8/s200/linzi+and+mum.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBmWHRrCZhuEqhE09xf1vxoEPjHJ_IG5BgBoqY6NWJOlZwC_yS8JOjqmyz3JKMs2t99m69W0Ydl00F1MJEHnYPH3-0iXIDmYGkKcdverPoTweWuqQcMJ6oUzijGfCxI1QKyc2vJK9oyr1/s1600/h+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBmWHRrCZhuEqhE09xf1vxoEPjHJ_IG5BgBoqY6NWJOlZwC_yS8JOjqmyz3JKMs2t99m69W0Ydl00F1MJEHnYPH3-0iXIDmYGkKcdverPoTweWuqQcMJ6oUzijGfCxI1QKyc2vJK9oyr1/s200/h+a.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCj75oWvZcdQkOCxLc0yXD13bwaak5k7rIuha9HupQ6uGW9gq9zVTqA3YOXcXzwOroIZGfkEzkbsogkC1xkIXtpsjoHimqc1BIfCIIaSQV7qNGjOP0ZlZFhSqXe1GFKoF4_-9dFjuTi3g/s1600/faye+and+jennie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCj75oWvZcdQkOCxLc0yXD13bwaak5k7rIuha9HupQ6uGW9gq9zVTqA3YOXcXzwOroIZGfkEzkbsogkC1xkIXtpsjoHimqc1BIfCIIaSQV7qNGjOP0ZlZFhSqXe1GFKoF4_-9dFjuTi3g/s200/faye+and+jennie.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Qkt5u3He93gfvaeL3IjxOPWjImmv3XjurGUC6Mnct2PHCA6qx0gMPvNde58iCDtwJo3lnaqTIbzPGzy77G4HNHSxO6vZswGcDzyo91myu5iEy3t3gYxRR9qRrtmTTnduxdJAntew3YZe/s1600/sarah+and+ellen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Qkt5u3He93gfvaeL3IjxOPWjImmv3XjurGUC6Mnct2PHCA6qx0gMPvNde58iCDtwJo3lnaqTIbzPGzy77G4HNHSxO6vZswGcDzyo91myu5iEy3t3gYxRR9qRrtmTTnduxdJAntew3YZe/s200/sarah+and+ellen.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-T8jugIULBLkWSyRPk8E99K7LdOiu_MPMOZ4L5wCvOoT0A0uLQ04UFq_cEaA78rMfDXloIKRsygKHlEJ1MwD1D6skRYN8H7Xo723fko_VGLLa14yTB5ci9j2DmrTc5Y9PB1KEXtlpJGvy/s1600/k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-T8jugIULBLkWSyRPk8E99K7LdOiu_MPMOZ4L5wCvOoT0A0uLQ04UFq_cEaA78rMfDXloIKRsygKHlEJ1MwD1D6skRYN8H7Xo723fko_VGLLa14yTB5ci9j2DmrTc5Y9PB1KEXtlpJGvy/s200/k.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Next stop </span><span style="font-family: "Euphorigenic S"; font-size: 23pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 28.0pt;">Manchester Craft and Design Centre</span><span style="font-family: "Euphorigenic S"; font-size: 6pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.craftanddesign.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.craftanddesign.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Just like us but 18 years on, I think I heard someone say. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are a collaboration of crafters who started out attending local table top craft fairs and eventually moved on to finding and fitting out this gorgeous building in Manchester’s Northern Quarter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is great hope for our future. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I personally came away totally inspired with a burning desire to start work on the 10 year plan.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOZBg0mibBoS7GKrQtf0pEuYQw13w_-t9FCAgSE5p1w_Vj6rIBlECH7pVEdW4qnboV5LUX8w_D8TY3bKTK4Z2JgqzMQ951N74QjgCXHyhpSKXVuT8ErPWyovK7k2GBd0WRVYXQhJmUtyJ/s1600/DSC01142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOZBg0mibBoS7GKrQtf0pEuYQw13w_-t9FCAgSE5p1w_Vj6rIBlECH7pVEdW4qnboV5LUX8w_D8TY3bKTK4Z2JgqzMQ951N74QjgCXHyhpSKXVuT8ErPWyovK7k2GBd0WRVYXQhJmUtyJ/s400/DSC01142.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This lovely lady met us at the Great Northern Craft Fair <br />
with very cheerful baby in a carrier, while she covered her shift at their stall.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKIfRl_Sz_G8wJXpJwNK6PhVFWxMyoTte68v5KGJF2wmSq2ZKI2EVxRjrEzAoYWlLGRAvHI4zWm82TqgEJp21UgtqhiYnBOZ09-Q1dfFX45ahuy8RvDKtA56hMyX6epwU6UDcmx9XPOv7/s1600/DSC01143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKIfRl_Sz_G8wJXpJwNK6PhVFWxMyoTte68v5KGJF2wmSq2ZKI2EVxRjrEzAoYWlLGRAvHI4zWm82TqgEJp21UgtqhiYnBOZ09-Q1dfFX45ahuy8RvDKtA56hMyX6epwU6UDcmx9XPOv7/s400/DSC01143.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQsiR5Uxao5QpAPyS44zLTb3HvNYUQQcEAH8OuRoDjFiriWX4SsP3uenhDVNjAUdJSqTm5Fpfj6WuiKe3bw8zEiIIfdJVrhqjnH7dCzA2eYarKZrOFMaCcJYUiZ8bRKsOp3bDIz6oOUjy/s1600/DSC01149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQsiR5Uxao5QpAPyS44zLTb3HvNYUQQcEAH8OuRoDjFiriWX4SsP3uenhDVNjAUdJSqTm5Fpfj6WuiKe3bw8zEiIIfdJVrhqjnH7dCzA2eYarKZrOFMaCcJYUiZ8bRKsOp3bDIz6oOUjy/s400/DSC01149.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjriDFCwT5CsofP4OwJxWpPHh9mw4acHuVM_OnQh_GDw2Y1LhKUz8om2DmFem_1SSU8sGxDx6811od43R25KQKp51QkvOGaE8VrNMTRJQCSimQ0mdpSJ3enEnGKQmPGGk9fzD7bA1SqbN4_/s1600/DSC01144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjriDFCwT5CsofP4OwJxWpPHh9mw4acHuVM_OnQh_GDw2Y1LhKUz8om2DmFem_1SSU8sGxDx6811od43R25KQKp51QkvOGaE8VrNMTRJQCSimQ0mdpSJ3enEnGKQmPGGk9fzD7bA1SqbN4_/s400/DSC01144.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKy-jKLpWENt72_yxPhmX-AEwijO3H98jqRJUJyUNt5WdnPAqtlTC0D5WFZ9sKhWdYFKKjyJokyv5o5d1lUMJhBZ03-k_Xv6iTCKgIET8gbZ-Sjm4Sva5hnUlwqGYSb8R6K-1AhGfDqtet/s1600/DSC01146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKy-jKLpWENt72_yxPhmX-AEwijO3H98jqRJUJyUNt5WdnPAqtlTC0D5WFZ9sKhWdYFKKjyJokyv5o5d1lUMJhBZ03-k_Xv6iTCKgIET8gbZ-Sjm4Sva5hnUlwqGYSb8R6K-1AhGfDqtet/s400/DSC01146.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Last stop</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Euphorigenic S"; font-size: 23pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Fred Aldous</span><span style="font-size: 23pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span class="messagebody"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://www.fredaldous.co.uk/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.fredaldous.co.uk</span></a> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(which I had been pronouncing wrong all day)<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A short walk from the Craft and Design Centre is this craft supplier where many of us stocked up, now inspired to get crafting.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And with that I’m off to get a bit of painting done. x</span>Paint Pots and Petalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795694817760851707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-39728101199342226632011-10-13T09:12:00.000-07:002011-10-13T10:10:22.668-07:00Crowded House<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Astley Park Coach House used to just be a big old building that was largely ignored by park visitors, you could pop to the cafe for an ice-cream but generally didn’t sit, the only reason to enter the coach house was to nip to the dark and slightly scary loo’s.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We sit at our stalls</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and wonder at the now amazing building that had spent decades unseen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fantastic double height entrance hall, and the balconied landing above, the clean white walls or the warm bare brick in the upstairs function room, the beautiful art gallery and the massive roof beams above us, and of course the cafe, good enough to rival any well kept national trust one. (I must apologise I cannot recall the proper names for buildingy things, shocking when I worked for an architect for 4 years, then a surveyors for 3! Oops.) Anyhoo, it’s obvious a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">lot</i> of energy has been expended to restore this gorgeous building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">No longer scary or gloomy (even in the rotten drizzly weather) but bright and roomy this building is the perfect backdrop for our colourful and quirky creations. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We had plenty of visitor (despite the dreary weather) including some little visitors who came to have a go at the children’s crafts whilst mum / dad browsed the adjoining stalls and it was indeed a crowded house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will have another craft table set-up at the next fair on 4 December (same time, same place) we hope you can join us again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Enough of my ramblings and to the pics which is what you all really came to see. x</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2htQuUyqDPVOXkm0bFEnSEi5Ii32p4VdPZIZ7PlVzDdPtzh8GhzoJsGqHwPoxdjpAybVb-4o61ITQdCXzvHpFV4FTKy_sFkrBTvAPrd3MvA14Yp-fr6TPyV4zNqKvFu0bUyLxwC_0kau3/s1600/DSCF4891.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2htQuUyqDPVOXkm0bFEnSEi5Ii32p4VdPZIZ7PlVzDdPtzh8GhzoJsGqHwPoxdjpAybVb-4o61ITQdCXzvHpFV4FTKy_sFkrBTvAPrd3MvA14Yp-fr6TPyV4zNqKvFu0bUyLxwC_0kau3/s320/DSCF4891.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNl3YZpYFdrI1NJw4EDwd_oum4fteLktTYL5WH39UTx5NtAI9ZDI78mwZ8NYoKANY3UQ4X4JZaNrpkj3vXn90f7OWt6R075USDoKbA5esqlKsTXW8yCMT32Ox0869lu66EBz1fjm-FlESj/s1600/DSCF4905.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNl3YZpYFdrI1NJw4EDwd_oum4fteLktTYL5WH39UTx5NtAI9ZDI78mwZ8NYoKANY3UQ4X4JZaNrpkj3vXn90f7OWt6R075USDoKbA5esqlKsTXW8yCMT32Ox0869lu66EBz1fjm-FlESj/s320/DSCF4905.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS0r4Tw1ZI6c5syYc_u_7XsagSdZs4x5P9MROODIgW8ELV101WzFGV5x2GCMjBkZMkfxvr2bgiqWfr3_zcuLQdYWQcRtJ4ETilJ9HE0U9h6Wm95d6Fu_rreA55rNO5Hf_RALFeMmWU-yh9/s1600/DSCF4889.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS0r4Tw1ZI6c5syYc_u_7XsagSdZs4x5P9MROODIgW8ELV101WzFGV5x2GCMjBkZMkfxvr2bgiqWfr3_zcuLQdYWQcRtJ4ETilJ9HE0U9h6Wm95d6Fu_rreA55rNO5Hf_RALFeMmWU-yh9/s320/DSCF4889.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">first customer at the door, upstairs with pram - easy peasy</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqdg1P6in1U_glA1EKa3-AkCjh6m7922hjIdMWUCKK7mPMarkbtswqbYbfrDMyBZe3xCDGbsx-wg4mcG61MrVkdwAXH80SBBoWpMWe9dLthFlg9RXmM4335EY7KuF0lKG72bDzHX6Ls-9/s320/DSCF4893.JPG" width="320" /><br />
<a href="http://www.purpleshmurple.co.uk/">Purple Shmurple</a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5z0h6gW5WxC9lOQ_tlkczfrTgqH4NsUuKE7B7l4s3NrYyAGqML_G0mM-RP6njHDLS7dc6emunUhX2foouWX6ulT9TuHlePf9pjD1IyHkePaMqsyye_CZLcrMt4lbWfvrOIr8RVSeHxavu/s320/DSCF4896.JPG" width="320" /><br />
<a href="http://whilecharliesleeps.yolasite.com/">While Charlie Sleeps</a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtilZogZQ42LFEc_8sFVbM6LclsO9VmcX-LhSrgACHUpTbEftLmeP3ybbQgAy4qYu0QF-6zqUu7r3AmFvcol3TR_DGgafooqi7gXGwzQjRUDbA2KdIIC5yiBqDMBPkGmWQuBzHHjs8ASJ/s1600/DSCF4897.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtilZogZQ42LFEc_8sFVbM6LclsO9VmcX-LhSrgACHUpTbEftLmeP3ybbQgAy4qYu0QF-6zqUu7r3AmFvcol3TR_DGgafooqi7gXGwzQjRUDbA2KdIIC5yiBqDMBPkGmWQuBzHHjs8ASJ/s320/DSCF4897.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Crazy-Cakes/254185037935225?sk=wall">Crazy Cakes</a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_xzo-zJvudN_Ynov7FnA_LslmnbU2yc1yi4QNVe6Uz2fhgSKU7FTvgtpEO5FBrBd6kfrsrtDkNQX0W86mQv_akbvQ7RfX3GbuU0y97ZZVnPvYujE3n8fkEg7BaTvGn6Bv-ECXMQkkFGD/s1600/DSCF4909.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_xzo-zJvudN_Ynov7FnA_LslmnbU2yc1yi4QNVe6Uz2fhgSKU7FTvgtpEO5FBrBd6kfrsrtDkNQX0W86mQv_akbvQ7RfX3GbuU0y97ZZVnPvYujE3n8fkEg7BaTvGn6Bv-ECXMQkkFGD/s320/DSCF4909.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<span id="goog_2128528385"><a href="http://birdhousepress.blogspot.com/">Birdhouse Press</a></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkFq_Gu4PnY2IYMWEQNiO4a8x1FMkF2D8eDtjR-P1OJxq5XSNhTxzLqPmvCXl43kTCeb9PsUF1HY47XvB1pgvrzbcHCUs-60u9rR3kRuLzmqy3NbRh6g_JWyLUaNTfJrLA_Cf6Beigm4V/s1600/DSCF4894.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkFq_Gu4PnY2IYMWEQNiO4a8x1FMkF2D8eDtjR-P1OJxq5XSNhTxzLqPmvCXl43kTCeb9PsUF1HY47XvB1pgvrzbcHCUs-60u9rR3kRuLzmqy3NbRh6g_JWyLUaNTfJrLA_Cf6Beigm4V/s320/DSCF4894.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
Gorgeous smelling soaps by ... (TBC) and <a href="http://www.helenpickup.blogspot.com/">Helen Pickup</a> (better shot of Helen's stall <a href="http://www.paintpotsandpetals.blogspot.com/">here</a>)<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QqWACcIYPsBv204NxdubdfBafJ70E920hkl43LYd9AvXRiFqM2LGKhfZ5FXxwIgQdpj75sP7Y0-xflP5LfJ-ltbccq9NV3IGoF_TPcAyus3Qm-b5D5S9wfjksIlOD2d5HPiAhBA9D1wY/s1600/DSCF4899.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QqWACcIYPsBv204NxdubdfBafJ70E920hkl43LYd9AvXRiFqM2LGKhfZ5FXxwIgQdpj75sP7Y0-xflP5LfJ-ltbccq9NV3IGoF_TPcAyus3Qm-b5D5S9wfjksIlOD2d5HPiAhBA9D1wY/s320/DSCF4899.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.cheekycreations.co.uk/">Cheeky Creations</a> and <a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/polkadotsky">Polka Dot Sky</a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAEp8x8uhGcDwaoJqBWK_nJJz3Cvnm96kw4t-lmawlDv8SqAkLdQBSdp7p4dz7JksPtFTV8NNRnyR3HNyRIXH0TCHBC5hCeATvZe83v4HOFpyRRwG5mToTqWpoqJIEWsGgC4uWLqKughE/s1600/DSCF4898.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAEp8x8uhGcDwaoJqBWK_nJJz3Cvnm96kw4t-lmawlDv8SqAkLdQBSdp7p4dz7JksPtFTV8NNRnyR3HNyRIXH0TCHBC5hCeATvZe83v4HOFpyRRwG5mToTqWpoqJIEWsGgC4uWLqKughE/s320/DSCF4898.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/SandraJuneOriginals">Sandra June</a> (there are a couple more pics from the fair on this page)</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5SrpYKe4OUpLe5FrmcZ5qgc5kYmXwuufPKG6mbccc7myv9o5yEX4SJwtvhnuPZkoZuSMyQKL9y5xQ2-sYp1Pt092eBQ6PUZWEpuWFAxYUbX4QOzRciSi1QyznZSSxe8E5atfFt3jNtG2t/s1600/DSCF4888.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5SrpYKe4OUpLe5FrmcZ5qgc5kYmXwuufPKG6mbccc7myv9o5yEX4SJwtvhnuPZkoZuSMyQKL9y5xQ2-sYp1Pt092eBQ6PUZWEpuWFAxYUbX4QOzRciSi1QyznZSSxe8E5atfFt3jNtG2t/s320/DSCF4888.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/paintpotsandpetals">Paint Pots and Petals</a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCIUbWJdf6O-oaxE_DYGocOxdw4OVMhm8XZjHvcVkx_dia5IYea8l8NeN3ycOuTV1cOaNtVxoZI7zzgBGu2cm40Z0zz7c3qBKYKDgB4uhXkgqHgCbMKFqjRf_GpcZ5YJbXn5Pr4vdiqBc/s1600/DSCF4903.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCIUbWJdf6O-oaxE_DYGocOxdw4OVMhm8XZjHvcVkx_dia5IYea8l8NeN3ycOuTV1cOaNtVxoZI7zzgBGu2cm40Z0zz7c3qBKYKDgB4uhXkgqHgCbMKFqjRf_GpcZ5YJbXn5Pr4vdiqBc/s320/DSCF4903.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Free children's craft stall</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Ta ta for now. x</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>Paint Pots and Petalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795694817760851707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-35574688781544584242011-10-02T01:05:00.000-07:002011-10-04T00:15:23.707-07:00It’s Hammer Time<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Waca waca waca wew. (I was trying to do the DJ’ing noise there)</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wlswukPigZ7Dh9KZaWI_Xi3Nx1_z6qjX3m6KN5JQtmZFSybzQUaS671VbJd98LoWeYQp_Y4XWacUxrM9BOfs8Eyb9GPJ_fkWEWb6nwfnHZJH4baodWP2lEXG3moxY3s-7mHqfEqidxQK/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wlswukPigZ7Dh9KZaWI_Xi3Nx1_z6qjX3m6KN5JQtmZFSybzQUaS671VbJd98LoWeYQp_Y4XWacUxrM9BOfs8Eyb9GPJ_fkWEWb6nwfnHZJH4baodWP2lEXG3moxY3s-7mHqfEqidxQK/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">OK before I go on - I'd just like to point out details to the right>> our next craft fair is coming up THIS Sunday, same place The Coach House, in Astley Park (next to Cafe Ambio) we open at 10am and finish at 4pm we'd love you to come and have a look around.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For the last two craft sessions we have been learning the skill of mosaic using broken china, old tiles and also a few pieces of tessaré tiles, with guidance from Chrissy of <a href="http://www.pinkseastar.co.uk/">Pink Sea Star </a>have a look at her website.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After our first session the results are good, I do feel rather proud of my dragonfly mirror albeit not quite finished. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAZQ6tXH_64RuVnU8_3ikmABEWjHbRUm2EPHerkMddHP987XNnvOv_3ukjgiCMNrUJSGVbkL0Vx6BcM_P0BfYJshAZGj5wHUbMfA01-e86Xk3U2tGcOYC8VI0Zq6YXQJvOqmCaeUB3jr9/s1600/Ellen+lovely+nails.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAZQ6tXH_64RuVnU8_3ikmABEWjHbRUm2EPHerkMddHP987XNnvOv_3ukjgiCMNrUJSGVbkL0Vx6BcM_P0BfYJshAZGj5wHUbMfA01-e86Xk3U2tGcOYC8VI0Zq6YXQJvOqmCaeUB3jr9/s320/Ellen+lovely+nails.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4cAsST7yh1hDZLXD7BJIv2eFP_-vWQnrh18Xhi1iRZtWs4QC7oAaeivVO0IcnO-cQg9iNmfM2WZ8scpP-I6CjxPshpVqttfrl2yArynrAuxNCItWMEPczsUJ58-9bmPrYuH-l1PVmCu-/s1600/helens+pot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4cAsST7yh1hDZLXD7BJIv2eFP_-vWQnrh18Xhi1iRZtWs4QC7oAaeivVO0IcnO-cQg9iNmfM2WZ8scpP-I6CjxPshpVqttfrl2yArynrAuxNCItWMEPczsUJ58-9bmPrYuH-l1PVmCu-/s320/helens+pot.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP56SVkvBSmyRA0W77qOkBCGK-CqNKoXCOrIz79LuH-maoUEmbEQJeH8cQrpTHQ4ELZd_DRITWDu74d6Iw6_nWgpHtAri4Gzfu6lSIyl39ZSU5bMoHZeUnvAwAgQuiSrHyjjfqReUfbe5C/s1600/mosaic+charlotte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP56SVkvBSmyRA0W77qOkBCGK-CqNKoXCOrIz79LuH-maoUEmbEQJeH8cQrpTHQ4ELZd_DRITWDu74d6Iw6_nWgpHtAri4Gzfu6lSIyl39ZSU5bMoHZeUnvAwAgQuiSrHyjjfqReUfbe5C/s320/mosaic+charlotte.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYJonE_Ht5sadmXZFWOvT45O0oNCTIi76rxbFRzSn8qq5BmIB9jGeesW-6pIeQe8upKyWRmP8CtvUIe1g49FYbWEkqTgK9RKk4ZS2_sz5OeePQpSX5VApS7oC6OT8phF5_X7nrm-hwBjy/s1600/my+dragonfly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYJonE_Ht5sadmXZFWOvT45O0oNCTIi76rxbFRzSn8qq5BmIB9jGeesW-6pIeQe8upKyWRmP8CtvUIe1g49FYbWEkqTgK9RKk4ZS2_sz5OeePQpSX5VApS7oC6OT8phF5_X7nrm-hwBjy/s320/my+dragonfly.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">September sees us grouting around the pieces, although some speedy ladies had got to that on the first session.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">To describe the scene I shall quote the lady sat to my left (you know who you are) ‘I feel this is a craft you do if you like to get messy’. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So engrossed in my work I didn’t have time to look up but my own hands were indeed white and caked with tile grout, as I slapped on oodles of the stuff, before squishing into the gaps and smoothing with my fingers and wiping off the excess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cleaning up the piece was a slow process and I now appreciate how much time and effort goes into this kind of craft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyyqTEah_8xHZK10_1z1QCf158n9vBrVCK6ptPFBEsuoQZyp4yX2fdB-BtfQ2XeXgJqrfMMPVGJM-T2YynDJE9n6nY_tQqywm5IdxBMSAEIdeKjB31sabk5GhsR0BIRlyo2cx846rgzvvf/s1600/18+speedy+hands.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyyqTEah_8xHZK10_1z1QCf158n9vBrVCK6ptPFBEsuoQZyp4yX2fdB-BtfQ2XeXgJqrfMMPVGJM-T2YynDJE9n6nY_tQqywm5IdxBMSAEIdeKjB31sabk5GhsR0BIRlyo2cx846rgzvvf/s320/18+speedy+hands.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just look at the speed (note the blurry hands) we worked at!!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anyhoo, we now all have lovely finished pieces of arty usefulness to use in our homes.... well ok, mine still isn’t finished as I spent far too much time nattering. Xx</span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A few more pics to follow soon from the second session. xx</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3J8v0oRUwgTlM0XG7QKOUkzxFbKE7vixyaoLqFKGGK0DfU-dSSsrOp_UIWWHJ7m6w7nwYm_hFTOqG07RwYOSHixJAru0vqvTT6cvJfNgP5UQro46MFcywT2x7_7v3Rsu_S8JQnmR4Kesb/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3J8v0oRUwgTlM0XG7QKOUkzxFbKE7vixyaoLqFKGGK0DfU-dSSsrOp_UIWWHJ7m6w7nwYm_hFTOqG07RwYOSHixJAru0vqvTT6cvJfNgP5UQro46MFcywT2x7_7v3Rsu_S8JQnmR4Kesb/s320/2.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijbhh_O787ojOx9LjoJhqnpPUErCLBnTqaVv6Nh4FSnjo52V7wieKNxqR9ifZzXM8jpQMKmT2_Dpc4WBQ95EX61PsD4NXlF31ggT1ZhJmfUErj6rjNkrGdTT89_HWplxLNF1BG32ZxJ4Cz/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijbhh_O787ojOx9LjoJhqnpPUErCLBnTqaVv6Nh4FSnjo52V7wieKNxqR9ifZzXM8jpQMKmT2_Dpc4WBQ95EX61PsD4NXlF31ggT1ZhJmfUErj6rjNkrGdTT89_HWplxLNF1BG32ZxJ4Cz/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91o8VfhM9F2lc6y1croL_5DGY8bwytdcjPZTcx4KKKGOB1e9WihXG2hfJLkTeRXvzgMvnmEQGSsZty3cvSzLYZqbAyEZBm7hyVO9j9_pmar-gRRIaEdRPRw_ndaJQyazWnjDXLlwUJWyH/s1600/DSC00991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91o8VfhM9F2lc6y1croL_5DGY8bwytdcjPZTcx4KKKGOB1e9WihXG2hfJLkTeRXvzgMvnmEQGSsZty3cvSzLYZqbAyEZBm7hyVO9j9_pmar-gRRIaEdRPRw_ndaJQyazWnjDXLlwUJWyH/s320/DSC00991.jpg" width="320" /></a>Paint Pots and Petalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795694817760851707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-31257736106287851802011-08-28T07:39:00.000-07:002011-08-28T07:39:51.289-07:00Felt Great!<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Berylium; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The meet-up on Saturday July 16th was led by Jackie Cardie who demonstrated felt making for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Berylium; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">She also brought in several finished examples of her work to help inspire our efforts</span><span style="font-family: Berylium; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.<span style="color: red;"> </span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynEZeUinPcRPiYkNCDhf9TPasS6u_t4mla1olSyG1HYeKivltXfMmaNmNU-xEF18AC3ThACUHgvPH_H1YeCvtHzdwT58HO4FRfCp7xqc1DnGMiylhFNcsP8DhmGyEBjZZLqJoVsthmgpz/s1600/embroidered+pieces.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynEZeUinPcRPiYkNCDhf9TPasS6u_t4mla1olSyG1HYeKivltXfMmaNmNU-xEF18AC3ThACUHgvPH_H1YeCvtHzdwT58HO4FRfCp7xqc1DnGMiylhFNcsP8DhmGyEBjZZLqJoVsthmgpz/s320/embroidered+pieces.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaptjAYg8a0aKDBCic9sQEp44k0c0YsYY9GAwDNgLt-s1PJTus1Dn2xoQ1602vVV1FWIhgghZxBlOf3Mka7W-Sm335O7DAJzy0G0yInEz1kX3anIINtF6-806BLmveI5duFeO4LDl-7aWp/s1600/beautiful+bag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaptjAYg8a0aKDBCic9sQEp44k0c0YsYY9GAwDNgLt-s1PJTus1Dn2xoQ1602vVV1FWIhgghZxBlOf3Mka7W-Sm335O7DAJzy0G0yInEz1kX3anIINtF6-806BLmveI5duFeO4LDl-7aWp/s320/beautiful+bag.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFd3N7QAlh7qGQLgwoj0Dmqa-lIItgyx2-rfkXYn-91fDTgVmcMnWohz6NMnlXWkMKlXpH2yEAtIbg4zl7VjTgN2mzeIqG0nwXvCRLiorT1jm5G7APSzKKOBKd-tEfzANmj_bpcqm0ynt/s1600/charlottes+partway+thru.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFd3N7QAlh7qGQLgwoj0Dmqa-lIItgyx2-rfkXYn-91fDTgVmcMnWohz6NMnlXWkMKlXpH2yEAtIbg4zl7VjTgN2mzeIqG0nwXvCRLiorT1jm5G7APSzKKOBKd-tEfzANmj_bpcqm0ynt/s200/charlottes+partway+thru.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15Ey4kcaykFkGDaOJL_L90tPT0jN61IL5Ev274prbzKS5ygq8RQC5jFk4UhD4RJolWBV8ZGpFjZHXgDekZga6F-SXkWIgm1VhNAfOGG5T3hMNVAsNSVc3I1PAF_If_LPJ00Y7GA0dtN9z/s1600/jackie+demo+best.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15Ey4kcaykFkGDaOJL_L90tPT0jN61IL5Ev274prbzKS5ygq8RQC5jFk4UhD4RJolWBV8ZGpFjZHXgDekZga6F-SXkWIgm1VhNAfOGG5T3hMNVAsNSVc3I1PAF_If_LPJ00Y7GA0dtN9z/s200/jackie+demo+best.jpg" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: Berylium; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #333333;">We were gently guided through the process (very useful I felt – oops pardon the pun) layering up Merino wool to create sheets of felt using her thrifty bubble wrap method. </span></span></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVQyHnvluBOKm0ZzmIrEC7gUrq_WewAV7gIwBzv4BVPtgVIC_zIY7sZ-_D8tjjm3PvQmzqQU7YYVPT72edtpZRylzo6g7yIqdVdeSGiVVb2gEwXTUO82lkjfOoYayBn29P09kfPGdKNB_/s1600/DSC00880.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVQyHnvluBOKm0ZzmIrEC7gUrq_WewAV7gIwBzv4BVPtgVIC_zIY7sZ-_D8tjjm3PvQmzqQU7YYVPT72edtpZRylzo6g7yIqdVdeSGiVVb2gEwXTUO82lkjfOoYayBn29P09kfPGdKNB_/s200/DSC00880.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Berylium; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #333333;">We all came away with several pieces we intend to turn into various projects and some of us managed to make seamless phone pouches out of felt as well. </span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXy6a5WZjUtSHw47cXkMDh9TWAvpFt83INIbGWtyZDaSGQm_-a68iyss1EsM-wvp0EtoRRiykQUbAlbx5vURAvPUhyphenhyphen9_QgRPjIGIPHwqAhCVjXJlQgZpz4DrjuYmu6K82yrxleUeNHRRYO/s1600/DSC00882.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXy6a5WZjUtSHw47cXkMDh9TWAvpFt83INIbGWtyZDaSGQm_-a68iyss1EsM-wvp0EtoRRiykQUbAlbx5vURAvPUhyphenhyphen9_QgRPjIGIPHwqAhCVjXJlQgZpz4DrjuYmu6K82yrxleUeNHRRYO/s320/DSC00882.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJvnK_q3f6ffSwq5fsXFSddW3k1fYzAQ2rnz16E2tr5NsLxWNpbHoIaQQ35OfpQ0IQORP8qOsfvgdhMZGmNukX5ySXAobPi8HoPW9162PfF82IReSZp88kexwkBd3TgGJZ0gxgCEvQnWp/s1600/roll+with+bubble+wrap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJvnK_q3f6ffSwq5fsXFSddW3k1fYzAQ2rnz16E2tr5NsLxWNpbHoIaQQ35OfpQ0IQORP8qOsfvgdhMZGmNukX5ySXAobPi8HoPW9162PfF82IReSZp88kexwkBd3TgGJZ0gxgCEvQnWp/s320/roll+with+bubble+wrap.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyaJktcN4q-RgwiIXjg18L8bF9kH_2C9LcjUMw5r6UY0oM1l2BqXPeSQDyZXecond8Eni9SfXxnPrV88MpZHAfjx4mQatwSTUchIXYxrNQV3bWTXBa8P_7UAzXdirv8s-gvfPbprlpMoQ/s1600/finished+efforts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyaJktcN4q-RgwiIXjg18L8bF9kH_2C9LcjUMw5r6UY0oM1l2BqXPeSQDyZXecond8Eni9SfXxnPrV88MpZHAfjx4mQatwSTUchIXYxrNQV3bWTXBa8P_7UAzXdirv8s-gvfPbprlpMoQ/s320/finished+efforts.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Berylium; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Berylium; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just drying out before we transform them into something fabulous, like the crafty peeps we are.>></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Berylium; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;"></span></span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Berylium; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #333333;">A huge thanks to Jackie for her very accomplished and organised demo and her generous sharing of wool. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jackie currently has work on display at the exhibition in the Coach House Gallery, Astley Park, Chorley but be quick if you want a nosey as the exhibition finishes next weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Berylium; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Also a big thanks to Ruth for treating us again, this time with her home-made white-choc cookies! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
<br />
Trying to pass off Jackie’s talented work as our own efforts (reminds me very much of Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwoeBYoVcClYUNe0CdySN_MR09R3Dr7NB2WATishVisAf2sjWs7TJbtbxWZ0PZwXs-GlKK2FZJgL9zrpVnaMaLl8tyuNs2TZ9u4BxiTprB8vEi_Ap-WAVVCW7uwArMbj_VDIaK8PtCrPS/s1600/273151_2337319511418_1202762477_32911845_5606387_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwoeBYoVcClYUNe0CdySN_MR09R3Dr7NB2WATishVisAf2sjWs7TJbtbxWZ0PZwXs-GlKK2FZJgL9zrpVnaMaLl8tyuNs2TZ9u4BxiTprB8vEi_Ap-WAVVCW7uwArMbj_VDIaK8PtCrPS/s320/273151_2337319511418_1202762477_32911845_5606387_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Berylium; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">If you are interested in seeing more of Jackie’s work, check out her <a href="http://dogdaisychains.blogspot.com/">blog</a>.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Berylium; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">In August and September we learn how to create Mosaic masterpieces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More on this soon. xx</span></div>Paint Pots and Petalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795694817760851707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-42576642744743301882011-06-19T13:04:00.000-07:002011-06-19T13:04:44.409-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Saturday June 18th was a scrapbooking bonanza courtesy of Nikki (Paint Pots and Petals) who introduced us to a more refined version of a favourite childhood craft. She provided a feast of papers and adornments as well as ideas for layouts and colourschemes. We were a small gathering this month with a few regular faces missing but turned this to our advantage and spread ourselves out with gusto, as you can see...<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIsAHX5vYf8g2cYnLhWZcBUxWSv6FdmeYYGxxSuFyjSLmSX4I3aSCQ2zeD0060BEbhh9st0kTqsAIEAgGmCLPbTHqD6cDRqFgrA8kIhTCc7yqiGqeFrYju3hf7sRprVZXCT1xRUsBcQU/s1600/CIMG3605.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIsAHX5vYf8g2cYnLhWZcBUxWSv6FdmeYYGxxSuFyjSLmSX4I3aSCQ2zeD0060BEbhh9st0kTqsAIEAgGmCLPbTHqD6cDRqFgrA8kIhTCc7yqiGqeFrYju3hf7sRprVZXCT1xRUsBcQU/s400/CIMG3605.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_CP0xKm3iHouJRsyvhpHhFtQLcl0sZrQ3kzRI1IHZewFl5U_mhwW8l2znGYxNPBWfOso0rIP7tQGiW60rxadU2QY9s-2k5bKiOafTjNejjaNpdpRMr7cCCgaS5I51kdta_HnofSrJno/s1600/180611_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_CP0xKm3iHouJRsyvhpHhFtQLcl0sZrQ3kzRI1IHZewFl5U_mhwW8l2znGYxNPBWfOso0rIP7tQGiW60rxadU2QY9s-2k5bKiOafTjNejjaNpdpRMr7cCCgaS5I51kdta_HnofSrJno/s400/180611_01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Refreshments were kindly upgraded from biscuits to delicious home-made rocky road thanks to Ruth. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0aThIkTvNotcw-eH82rChyPhCVf2NHXNSyePdTqmF-0najOIYIfaAkpqX-tZX57_ah07aKaTat8AU8CkWwtap2UXIrZhu45tHOFc4ZLdB9VnXZhgAEdW0VjT-aJQcMmVrD5UBL_aoyIo/s1600/scrapbooking4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4be2mBEpbjDoF2dvWkc1dGEr8FR2WTDXUrQMfxZUgGcccQHMirLBboIflF7DGraR7gtZAaaFsByskENEwS2G0fe6pGnLdQ3pQqm7W7LGzkJr0QD1QH-vGMjLcBgyIGjodLOPFY930jiw/s1600/180611_23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4be2mBEpbjDoF2dvWkc1dGEr8FR2WTDXUrQMfxZUgGcccQHMirLBboIflF7DGraR7gtZAaaFsByskENEwS2G0fe6pGnLdQ3pQqm7W7LGzkJr0QD1QH-vGMjLcBgyIGjodLOPFY930jiw/s400/180611_23.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_AXry5n29yHqbCDLoAGSPeWM16XWbF01tv6L1Di3TccYThpJIUQgV0ihfGc7vM2N4Bb9Y8kcf9wxD53KqO4Je_1ehasZWH0dgiO1krKSfLaITT3JIVODjNAzLX-YX9uxbrHUa7VS768/s1600/180611_21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_AXry5n29yHqbCDLoAGSPeWM16XWbF01tv6L1Di3TccYThpJIUQgV0ihfGc7vM2N4Bb9Y8kcf9wxD53KqO4Je_1ehasZWH0dgiO1krKSfLaITT3JIVODjNAzLX-YX9uxbrHUa7VS768/s400/180611_21.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Things got even more exciting when Fay arrived with the Big Shot. There was much ooohhing and aaahhhing over this magic shape cutter which gave us even more choices for patterns and designs on our scrapbook pages. Paper, cotton, leather - the Big Shot rocks!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWaKfVRbeedfImaIpr6B_CJbsqu5Gw6kC9NQ00AdzSCVLtnJdFeCDIdKP469ughhzeH813oKL3gS9xBO_Jw7V7DmdoOQOK2mqg8mpv3R19NnxH9ND1zf8hznl5TyMLbi2M9uNQLugPps/s1600/CIMG3602.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWaKfVRbeedfImaIpr6B_CJbsqu5Gw6kC9NQ00AdzSCVLtnJdFeCDIdKP469ughhzeH813oKL3gS9xBO_Jw7V7DmdoOQOK2mqg8mpv3R19NnxH9ND1zf8hznl5TyMLbi2M9uNQLugPps/s320/CIMG3602.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAzTBHRothBeSB8IZQQclwQIhnRiGULuUHG6cKROgzp9STEeztY48kiHurRmL2piLL_2fbFA92L6f2h-WuGikj2xVeY3QSMhbVjy2q6cCU7o-AwGfTy4UqMsIqLjQRB50hzRdKNu2ch8/s1600/180611_06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAzTBHRothBeSB8IZQQclwQIhnRiGULuUHG6cKROgzp9STEeztY48kiHurRmL2piLL_2fbFA92L6f2h-WuGikj2xVeY3QSMhbVjy2q6cCU7o-AwGfTy4UqMsIqLjQRB50hzRdKNu2ch8/s320/180611_06.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQa6HbkIXwjLvVNbFZZscSQ5yv23mvVqSd36fGgvDbQCPhvQmmgjIsa716v3b6QwIh-0v57-FAAIp3qFA75rbvJmAs7oxj9GPRm762zJ88rahpotMPzpHt9Qns_qfYHssIrvyQ-llL6BE/s1600/180611_07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQa6HbkIXwjLvVNbFZZscSQ5yv23mvVqSd36fGgvDbQCPhvQmmgjIsa716v3b6QwIh-0v57-FAAIp3qFA75rbvJmAs7oxj9GPRm762zJ88rahpotMPzpHt9Qns_qfYHssIrvyQ-llL6BE/s320/180611_07.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGT_ni5clAys4PtWFIUhyphenhyphenf-GnE-XirloUhDjL7QLSofrz39aB1f-lYeYU3-VOENkKV-aB1yoCFtP6LCP4E9Zcdkso2KWxfBuosH581syGIMiuOskoBjvkwRYPHzDTmbY_g43YzIQu23E/s1600/180611_08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGT_ni5clAys4PtWFIUhyphenhyphenf-GnE-XirloUhDjL7QLSofrz39aB1f-lYeYU3-VOENkKV-aB1yoCFtP6LCP4E9Zcdkso2KWxfBuosH581syGIMiuOskoBjvkwRYPHzDTmbY_g43YzIQu23E/s320/180611_08.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8fQnm1fU6VKDuCJAmTf9mZQ9hnFasanuO320bX2ji6287snoMeZ_7PQAueV1Be8VGtwXZHH-u1j5uAzdA5jLrckOZIr1TVqLc15weYKp5VTrvUOHbhaOEC2aSlP0pwUSIquQFeXkqdMA/s1600/180611_10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8fQnm1fU6VKDuCJAmTf9mZQ9hnFasanuO320bX2ji6287snoMeZ_7PQAueV1Be8VGtwXZHH-u1j5uAzdA5jLrckOZIr1TVqLc15weYKp5VTrvUOHbhaOEC2aSlP0pwUSIquQFeXkqdMA/s320/180611_10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Here are some of our designs in progress and some finished articles. A HUGE thanks to Nikki for her demo and for providing so much material for us to use. Congratulations also on her apperance in Scrapbooking magazine. Very well deserved Nik! <br />
See you all next month x<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddHbKHhvK0ycd3REHY_JPe5VvX9vhGxV-qrMclvF8Hkpcwgz2AJF9yp9s5n3Gx6kOsiQJ5aWEehcoGWL0Ll3jeEh6NcNxB7ov-ZDmqvVNkZ9kbbKoy2b7yi48aAcIqI61RPi8k1TV-ro/s1600/CIMG3603.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddHbKHhvK0ycd3REHY_JPe5VvX9vhGxV-qrMclvF8Hkpcwgz2AJF9yp9s5n3Gx6kOsiQJ5aWEehcoGWL0Ll3jeEh6NcNxB7ov-ZDmqvVNkZ9kbbKoy2b7yi48aAcIqI61RPi8k1TV-ro/s400/CIMG3603.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNDhfqm9_3437kSc407hoYPTebRPMuZFbIgWDAirw4nvgj4fspoZjuWbhd0sTA0t28y67K8rZ7y_CvqYXB28iisuz3GpucAA3pylwPw_psTXM2lRYWYLGbZGSybdtRNMuzIhCoFNyaT4/s1600/180611_04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNDhfqm9_3437kSc407hoYPTebRPMuZFbIgWDAirw4nvgj4fspoZjuWbhd0sTA0t28y67K8rZ7y_CvqYXB28iisuz3GpucAA3pylwPw_psTXM2lRYWYLGbZGSybdtRNMuzIhCoFNyaT4/s400/180611_04.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT877-BkE9nfKSat_Kcada1U1l9hd-g-DjChxkDflQQSz2l4nguIJUPEf8bMZdF8Bsey2ppw2p0kxsoi35-KZS77wk5z3-WWamQ4l2Q4VvpNfPteLy8_r-FYSthyg3MHmYT6H8gzpmlOU/s1600/180611_16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT877-BkE9nfKSat_Kcada1U1l9hd-g-DjChxkDflQQSz2l4nguIJUPEf8bMZdF8Bsey2ppw2p0kxsoi35-KZS77wk5z3-WWamQ4l2Q4VvpNfPteLy8_r-FYSthyg3MHmYT6H8gzpmlOU/s400/180611_16.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4GSpfyZJZvesM0sfDWHLi843jvp84KUeqZ95hnBKhn-CTm-dO7-4BVbSCjSp1iOULSM7u7HLYLrkB7a8hfiaurHZVQb9Eo5oE5VNoK5a0mZqoHmLUgbP0QRvQ5qMwNdRTmCEScpx_upY/s1600/180611_11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4GSpfyZJZvesM0sfDWHLi843jvp84KUeqZ95hnBKhn-CTm-dO7-4BVbSCjSp1iOULSM7u7HLYLrkB7a8hfiaurHZVQb9Eo5oE5VNoK5a0mZqoHmLUgbP0QRvQ5qMwNdRTmCEScpx_upY/s400/180611_11.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhESZudwpftJG6EY9jb9DBe7Otp9rIoDqOovc-KZrQES0agkscmExUhysUiD8-C0h5kRszOs_gbeBQY_mHvtaomUAFjD1M5ZXaspshhwcoCKl5FnCZiJJSLCRS4Lvv55C9lwBeml_YS7Uw/s1600/180611_12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhESZudwpftJG6EY9jb9DBe7Otp9rIoDqOovc-KZrQES0agkscmExUhysUiD8-C0h5kRszOs_gbeBQY_mHvtaomUAFjD1M5ZXaspshhwcoCKl5FnCZiJJSLCRS4Lvv55C9lwBeml_YS7Uw/s400/180611_12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7MXZUFfRAoVLAW5vP3om6mVUaAOZ6oExE1204NWNeRcfblGO5DeiMInkG_1h-OlnRKxDYRsB2X2oDb0Fx7EDNc8XF-8TnQ6wnWQtG8atAlQLVkWE7ALimF8H91VBF6B7ladXCJWMyDY/s1600/180611_13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7MXZUFfRAoVLAW5vP3om6mVUaAOZ6oExE1204NWNeRcfblGO5DeiMInkG_1h-OlnRKxDYRsB2X2oDb0Fx7EDNc8XF-8TnQ6wnWQtG8atAlQLVkWE7ALimF8H91VBF6B7ladXCJWMyDY/s400/180611_13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-b6uCuWWseuxcsXpe7s_i-epgMMh8Syw5ymJ1lDA_xxXtjAJKDVz9k81WvoX2T-OT_L1JfkjAtmaXH2rQvRQXx_HBCsXk8U2JdidJpj8BxqXrLLl5t88w5j-b8rI_sG6PtMa4Y2YoPnY/s1600/180611_20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-b6uCuWWseuxcsXpe7s_i-epgMMh8Syw5ymJ1lDA_xxXtjAJKDVz9k81WvoX2T-OT_L1JfkjAtmaXH2rQvRQXx_HBCsXk8U2JdidJpj8BxqXrLLl5t88w5j-b8rI_sG6PtMa4Y2YoPnY/s400/180611_20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokmyFn0Lv3xx7pUJFoioYrF1rQI6xUUEW0XbW85NGnwPNIwfgTyeUXmcji3Aq1D1UAcYhpgi878nwWLYl20le-i5eQa08p9GAiP-vWkQ4EMyT2WUTkCLhlI2x5IVGxDIBR0kh3FbQNhc/s1600/180611_18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokmyFn0Lv3xx7pUJFoioYrF1rQI6xUUEW0XbW85NGnwPNIwfgTyeUXmcji3Aq1D1UAcYhpgi878nwWLYl20le-i5eQa08p9GAiP-vWkQ4EMyT2WUTkCLhlI2x5IVGxDIBR0kh3FbQNhc/s400/180611_18.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOYdl6NBHj__4XoC7hzUIU_eiqrrVDHckKKH5j1Ix0W_WlQq22zhkBV7RjB9kKcMt1KEhWPN8jf2Lnj80p1Fiidl4dgLIeHkERFS6AQLZyiY2MsfW4RbDQTaL97aYqL1j9hMtWJVC-KA0/s1600/180611_22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOYdl6NBHj__4XoC7hzUIU_eiqrrVDHckKKH5j1Ix0W_WlQq22zhkBV7RjB9kKcMt1KEhWPN8jf2Lnj80p1Fiidl4dgLIeHkERFS6AQLZyiY2MsfW4RbDQTaL97aYqL1j9hMtWJVC-KA0/s400/180611_22.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-czPtMWqDf8v1r5n2G_90c5lRoHE60gxD_IwpNbqAZARseEF_yGoVLy8t61lH7ZXh-JxUHpbqHDViypzf5i7PGjlrSqcaIV37UfRU2kUgJSB_mplCBEgDmXpJcNkz333eqYdvFLawHEc/s1600/180611_14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-czPtMWqDf8v1r5n2G_90c5lRoHE60gxD_IwpNbqAZARseEF_yGoVLy8t61lH7ZXh-JxUHpbqHDViypzf5i7PGjlrSqcaIV37UfRU2kUgJSB_mplCBEgDmXpJcNkz333eqYdvFLawHEc/s400/180611_14.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI41lQ5UtJH11MDkZbr6nwDP35EpmRsiDIWCpBjObSw0VZYsz-_-KZoL8h9ZY-xbt6OiYW6CE0owEeOO-9uP90Ton0lhehg0rC6OSwAD3qeoAlGyMHmoqFAY35X3fZXl2yeatPanHEHWo/s1600/180611_15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI41lQ5UtJH11MDkZbr6nwDP35EpmRsiDIWCpBjObSw0VZYsz-_-KZoL8h9ZY-xbt6OiYW6CE0owEeOO-9uP90Ton0lhehg0rC6OSwAD3qeoAlGyMHmoqFAY35X3fZXl2yeatPanHEHWo/s400/180611_15.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Chorley Contemporary Craftershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01794179188660687428noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-10246769732579821892011-06-09T13:34:00.000-07:002011-06-09T13:34:02.172-07:00Just wanted to share some photos of CCC's summer fair last Sunday. Let's get straight to our beautifully British preoccupation with the weather (even though our event was indoors) and acknowledge that it was not a scorcher. Is someone bringing the rain with them as they cross the Chorley border?!?<br />
Anyway, footflow was steady and those that came to see us got a treat with some new faces (and fragrances, if they went upstairs for a bathbomb demo) and a new room. As usual our selection of makers was of a superhigh standard and buying local and handmade could not have been easier...<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecuQhzWh_nA6WkJc77qBnqonj-hPu90nnG8gbwkkIZrQ7n2PmGB0ZN4nscDfkiNQ5mvn5f7JkRMKGfqTOn-hYCFVjHJwT2ZzzmUTzfDX4eLRwuCYYMZoqTlgt1kysvXscJxAoWn6sk3I/s1600/CIMG3536.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecuQhzWh_nA6WkJc77qBnqonj-hPu90nnG8gbwkkIZrQ7n2PmGB0ZN4nscDfkiNQ5mvn5f7JkRMKGfqTOn-hYCFVjHJwT2ZzzmUTzfDX4eLRwuCYYMZoqTlgt1kysvXscJxAoWn6sk3I/s400/CIMG3536.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9QEberEXWCaqS8VF3jiyuznBiw6Xgl7JMWGsfdulim32ShYLcogsboMs235sBUj6IHS1QbYBaw3o7LSwWrYC0_r3WoY29XBxIjPYXnvWojd5WtzYHpafpPRkDQbCVHLBYw18sQsSVxU/s1600/CIMG3537.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9QEberEXWCaqS8VF3jiyuznBiw6Xgl7JMWGsfdulim32ShYLcogsboMs235sBUj6IHS1QbYBaw3o7LSwWrYC0_r3WoY29XBxIjPYXnvWojd5WtzYHpafpPRkDQbCVHLBYw18sQsSVxU/s400/CIMG3537.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWN6sRCo1OP00EHAS-LTiiyLLa_7CSMghVOboF0k8y6CBli4dcWjf-68dttxnc4DAfkWGLoI2yoKEk6SOUm0IgPGz1nuXvHIyx0rvBK2jOHzGpXHrHYa9p3QJB4nv1ZUObNvPXN6eP7w/s1600/CIMG3541.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWN6sRCo1OP00EHAS-LTiiyLLa_7CSMghVOboF0k8y6CBli4dcWjf-68dttxnc4DAfkWGLoI2yoKEk6SOUm0IgPGz1nuXvHIyx0rvBK2jOHzGpXHrHYa9p3QJB4nv1ZUObNvPXN6eP7w/s400/CIMG3541.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgVOBL6iz-W1HLpMatjp4ymep8nLjwsMkWUCIDNPZFrSt5A-9DcX5ks4uI53F-zZ07bTSb45eMQ-Svm18vHPRVlw_uaUX0NWD2lINNXaNhSquSrNkU9g4gbnEZbhFlobRNz0qH2NWPdQ/s1600/CIMG3543.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgVOBL6iz-W1HLpMatjp4ymep8nLjwsMkWUCIDNPZFrSt5A-9DcX5ks4uI53F-zZ07bTSb45eMQ-Svm18vHPRVlw_uaUX0NWD2lINNXaNhSquSrNkU9g4gbnEZbhFlobRNz0qH2NWPdQ/s400/CIMG3543.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5AZuE8bZxNshP_2le_1PvVbDcTyGRPnS8mQAgGFBSR3FNXknFFualRWHt7sv1ngsUmfTh4So_fUC0yu8esP1H3hL1sWbe4o8ev46HV12WTtfiIx5lKd2TcxI9T_jzLRW26WCNVz23pc/s1600/CIMG3544.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5AZuE8bZxNshP_2le_1PvVbDcTyGRPnS8mQAgGFBSR3FNXknFFualRWHt7sv1ngsUmfTh4So_fUC0yu8esP1H3hL1sWbe4o8ev46HV12WTtfiIx5lKd2TcxI9T_jzLRW26WCNVz23pc/s400/CIMG3544.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFA6OMCR0kg4UrgTkSQBFdkxhr4vN_ln0hIbeXPbN3jW8YmAVetur9KF0-dPiPbcDbjTI6hk-ORFGNld2B6HiyuevD-Xqy-c5G5FWWbAwbW2p5lm7lykfJ21XofYaJCTugkO55spoF9yI/s1600/CIMG3545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFA6OMCR0kg4UrgTkSQBFdkxhr4vN_ln0hIbeXPbN3jW8YmAVetur9KF0-dPiPbcDbjTI6hk-ORFGNld2B6HiyuevD-Xqy-c5G5FWWbAwbW2p5lm7lykfJ21XofYaJCTugkO55spoF9yI/s400/CIMG3545.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTOvCz5M6iNMkhuL3EwEos4LPosJ_1ScgtOJ_TcA5oSPi_vuIc5ZsG9SlUunsQFJ-53_EgqrK9mopPtfYKD9fxazIewCeW0S474Y2RAiMGS4qbBSFImDXKkUi1yu5ku9gDuwHBgf68c4/s1600/CIMG3547.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTOvCz5M6iNMkhuL3EwEos4LPosJ_1ScgtOJ_TcA5oSPi_vuIc5ZsG9SlUunsQFJ-53_EgqrK9mopPtfYKD9fxazIewCeW0S474Y2RAiMGS4qbBSFImDXKkUi1yu5ku9gDuwHBgf68c4/s400/CIMG3547.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3LgpYwimV2Bsg3IinOQzBUFIrcBhl1hLUt1duRvNuyGybgRwUSYdXhMj5BOAQ4Za11PJNzjxc9A4xLmqoOVqv6q9JU7afM4jC0nOy4Fpr_ouQpbCNRE9cRqRoQGhLbsNVz6LfGf0Tvc/s1600/CIMG3546.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3LgpYwimV2Bsg3IinOQzBUFIrcBhl1hLUt1duRvNuyGybgRwUSYdXhMj5BOAQ4Za11PJNzjxc9A4xLmqoOVqv6q9JU7afM4jC0nOy4Fpr_ouQpbCNRE9cRqRoQGhLbsNVz6LfGf0Tvc/s400/CIMG3546.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<br />
As usual, Kellie and Nikki from Paintpots and Petals kept the atmosphere lively with a vintage tea set raffle prize and 1940s attire. What would we do without you? x<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbOYp_4tNmnOCVTypsPbVrcr0FdsIgAcGj36hQTnr0ZuOcmyBl-HTShD-RN3MJPHEfFHsNW2H1-LLIeorUh2sedUKsPqBWKXGQsCsjmLbEhjwAX4tsE8VmDrA6Y22GFdqjgdQlHINGoM/s1600/CIMG3540.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbOYp_4tNmnOCVTypsPbVrcr0FdsIgAcGj36hQTnr0ZuOcmyBl-HTShD-RN3MJPHEfFHsNW2H1-LLIeorUh2sedUKsPqBWKXGQsCsjmLbEhjwAX4tsE8VmDrA6Y22GFdqjgdQlHINGoM/s400/CIMG3540.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHU62np9ADO2oujUqZ2m7DX8OhbVs3FhTFKEGe91Y7HI-7rg66Q_zykgtd62vdwC85-1alvAA1oQF-jtnxCFeJga4_sLZCkWVPChXQxcCWcFfq_UAOhffDluDPw5SLbSTmZKMBh2P8vUg/s1600/CIMG3542.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHU62np9ADO2oujUqZ2m7DX8OhbVs3FhTFKEGe91Y7HI-7rg66Q_zykgtd62vdwC85-1alvAA1oQF-jtnxCFeJga4_sLZCkWVPChXQxcCWcFfq_UAOhffDluDPw5SLbSTmZKMBh2P8vUg/s400/CIMG3542.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<br />
Thanks to everyone who came along and to all our wonderful bakers, seamstresses, painters, sculpters, jewellers, graphic designers, card-makers, bee-keepers, photographers, alchemists and all-round creative makers.<br />
<br />
We have quite a long rest now until our next craft fair so plenty of time to create over the summer months.<br />
<br />
Our monthly meet-ups however continue unabated and on June 18th Nikki is running a workshop on Scrap-booking.<br />
Be there or be square.<br />
<br />
Bye for now xChorley Contemporary Craftershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01794179188660687428noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-60951287867120793902011-05-31T15:40:00.000-07:002011-05-31T15:40:03.102-07:00And then the rain came....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1iFOwgfopn4td92P_AMD0buquJjRjLCHvuDlkzBcCGAv53Q0GRc2M2xbiqxzZY9SG5kgq68c5f06PBbwa07JeU4G-X9oYrpGtZSbeqkszGStWk_xnrWFMwIDIpFKke8msfEYgzz0jCc/s1600/CIMG3370.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1iFOwgfopn4td92P_AMD0buquJjRjLCHvuDlkzBcCGAv53Q0GRc2M2xbiqxzZY9SG5kgq68c5f06PBbwa07JeU4G-X9oYrpGtZSbeqkszGStWk_xnrWFMwIDIpFKke8msfEYgzz0jCc/s400/CIMG3370.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
Here we are, Saturday afternoon, full of optimistic anticipation for the day to come. Marquee lined with our handmade fused plastic bunting, stalls arranged ready for everyone to fill the following morning.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQY6oRV4qcXryZC8MEn2G0QE2aUmkDvTddqKNOFsUX1zsMNbzFOmWd0b3CHg-zsqSAuMgeEXdPBDwDAYQKWWBqDhvOF7e1fHdXK_wDoyJMIksS984cq9MIPJv4Bwh1lpGWm_7-f95h6s/s1600/CIMG3367.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQY6oRV4qcXryZC8MEn2G0QE2aUmkDvTddqKNOFsUX1zsMNbzFOmWd0b3CHg-zsqSAuMgeEXdPBDwDAYQKWWBqDhvOF7e1fHdXK_wDoyJMIksS984cq9MIPJv4Bwh1lpGWm_7-f95h6s/s400/CIMG3367.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<br />
When Sunday came, unfortunately for us and the main event organisers (Royal British Legion & Chorley Council) who had done a phenomenal amount of preparation, visitors were up against the most awful wet and windy weather and understandably either didn't bother braving the rain at all or came briefly and then swiftly took their picnic hampers back home.<br />
There's no denying it was not the day it had promised to be but that said, our marquee was a place of beauty and solace for the committed visitors who came to see us. The atmosphere, as ever, was friendly and jovial and despite low numbers of paying customers (a lot of people were drawn to our shelter as much as our arts and crafts) a good time was still had by all.<br />
<br />
Here are just a handful of images from the day. Many more to come in future posts (and on members personal blogs and websites!).<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieX0b4PQ3Xc0eXROTjdPXSa4kCU7gAV1U-6gjDi5G9XhORpT32eIiW8JZdx8zomYEsx7e_frs3HC1JMENCcFCwE9p9I_S7fjYcJVztBD63f_8wcdMJpBsW0yvImkIbtKwcxqnygljj4O8/s1600/CIMG3377.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieX0b4PQ3Xc0eXROTjdPXSa4kCU7gAV1U-6gjDi5G9XhORpT32eIiW8JZdx8zomYEsx7e_frs3HC1JMENCcFCwE9p9I_S7fjYcJVztBD63f_8wcdMJpBsW0yvImkIbtKwcxqnygljj4O8/s400/CIMG3377.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71t-nD_t2EHE6sIa_0AYYDuyCbM4KztYd9Q6hQEzYSj01_QIdGkqUs_FeGn45cYXVnK-9d6x-ucaF_uwqySrJOupz0DR2rMoW3vpiuhCEeEEfQnuPAzvivJk8oXB3eSfI9di_HEIZQmY/s1600/CIMG3378.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71t-nD_t2EHE6sIa_0AYYDuyCbM4KztYd9Q6hQEzYSj01_QIdGkqUs_FeGn45cYXVnK-9d6x-ucaF_uwqySrJOupz0DR2rMoW3vpiuhCEeEEfQnuPAzvivJk8oXB3eSfI9di_HEIZQmY/s400/CIMG3378.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb5joK8xKx2JjwRg4yWCDGnf4wYunOdtTHZvNG_E6iPSvKNiOvkg9iKAxBqlOedWOosB3YQ2L_8FsDacMjFkmrGd-0EJQf5czbx1Ev08QJIGlPqh1ycdTzUXLi_JWFS_r8_ZVq5-9wNgY/s1600/CIMG3379.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb5joK8xKx2JjwRg4yWCDGnf4wYunOdtTHZvNG_E6iPSvKNiOvkg9iKAxBqlOedWOosB3YQ2L_8FsDacMjFkmrGd-0EJQf5czbx1Ev08QJIGlPqh1ycdTzUXLi_JWFS_r8_ZVq5-9wNgY/s400/CIMG3379.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiozn89f2sP8pVnl2qN39PkjfHlv8NQEM2XKjNqEW0lvYWAqflNKFL6gDLfa8boUxKryI8JAerVw_UKxdfNJPzXvVGMvvtKuPdLlaVIG85D5KQEleHJDXxYZerUpMtScL8QObv-jUf-Eck/s1600/CIMG3382.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiozn89f2sP8pVnl2qN39PkjfHlv8NQEM2XKjNqEW0lvYWAqflNKFL6gDLfa8boUxKryI8JAerVw_UKxdfNJPzXvVGMvvtKuPdLlaVIG85D5KQEleHJDXxYZerUpMtScL8QObv-jUf-Eck/s400/CIMG3382.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qiou99SbNtbd56TXt3bmsF0JvaI5-rNxmWqS_eHGu8bD61ifFqR7CmJwds_md3YNGtbbQFjaPAMyVqgeEVVmrch7MZQHIMruQrs4_cy1e7jfBbgT2VW3DhA5E4SIx0n4iHoZHxR4fxU/s1600/CIMG3383.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qiou99SbNtbd56TXt3bmsF0JvaI5-rNxmWqS_eHGu8bD61ifFqR7CmJwds_md3YNGtbbQFjaPAMyVqgeEVVmrch7MZQHIMruQrs4_cy1e7jfBbgT2VW3DhA5E4SIx0n4iHoZHxR4fxU/s400/CIMG3383.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5QSPKckUrDrlwsegNXXsVWDxVGh8-Lu2zrzSVKFVgrkV2OP9a671uquhFSFSlnf1-R6QLxuteRz3qk70gmyNSRyR25-sibZIwj-uff6jxUgcH5-CX4wnNvkop7ZgDF_-sxwbZe3Ahv0/s1600/CIMG3387.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5QSPKckUrDrlwsegNXXsVWDxVGh8-Lu2zrzSVKFVgrkV2OP9a671uquhFSFSlnf1-R6QLxuteRz3qk70gmyNSRyR25-sibZIwj-uff6jxUgcH5-CX4wnNvkop7ZgDF_-sxwbZe3Ahv0/s400/CIMG3387.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmyntINLH-JtQfaOY-yUKhlAG9nZmoydkq8dwj7K3k6kuT40gsKKW4rv91u3qLp8W51kWYCBMksJ1-tUKxA1pWbeQ9iYhnyW5ltVk4rdBHEXZsgVpWipI6MCG90M61GTVuv-2tDxGbdM/s1600/CIMG3371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmyntINLH-JtQfaOY-yUKhlAG9nZmoydkq8dwj7K3k6kuT40gsKKW4rv91u3qLp8W51kWYCBMksJ1-tUKxA1pWbeQ9iYhnyW5ltVk4rdBHEXZsgVpWipI6MCG90M61GTVuv-2tDxGbdM/s400/CIMG3371.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3alG7_1aoEVDuGGhygn4SrIsp8HAy1Ffey_e4yQnbIDwfspdnlxnwfXBey2P_UqoFDVcK6mQ68iwB3dFmS3pc5vLW8gvnnuVryr0XAQvq2uZpeFpyob-JAJPDXA_lKb3OBsrj55Vj2Q/s1600/CIMG3374.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3alG7_1aoEVDuGGhygn4SrIsp8HAy1Ffey_e4yQnbIDwfspdnlxnwfXBey2P_UqoFDVcK6mQ68iwB3dFmS3pc5vLW8gvnnuVryr0XAQvq2uZpeFpyob-JAJPDXA_lKb3OBsrj55Vj2Q/s400/CIMG3374.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<br />
The following week was our regular meet-up in Chorley which included a workshop on the very fashionable art of paper-cutting. The afternoon yielded some beautifully delicate pieces and will have hopefully inspired people to create some more designs which we may see at a future sales event. Craft knives at the ready... <br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQp6eNDKSxME28FgELEQdS1Q3LfC2m6xEi97Wow3RLQ0CX9dJzeID3m_4gofhmVz1-rKFpssYab_v4SLiI9rxoJOa9mY_tVH2ykbUpRXVRZefSAtsq806L-qkKTGS2IqM-j8b0TF4MmOk/s1600/DSC_0382.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQp6eNDKSxME28FgELEQdS1Q3LfC2m6xEi97Wow3RLQ0CX9dJzeID3m_4gofhmVz1-rKFpssYab_v4SLiI9rxoJOa9mY_tVH2ykbUpRXVRZefSAtsq806L-qkKTGS2IqM-j8b0TF4MmOk/s400/DSC_0382.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00xYsoM2u2S2h7NIumZhE8pwOrsbomMGserkdbSWNgtyZslT59Io3LO8bedx-NKE5fKnymWKaj2uoCZzpzeDK6gDX4G9oC2K4XHAMtem9ZDF-DGDjG4zyYgOKluRFo2amxFGk0_oFU4Y/s1600/DSC_0384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00xYsoM2u2S2h7NIumZhE8pwOrsbomMGserkdbSWNgtyZslT59Io3LO8bedx-NKE5fKnymWKaj2uoCZzpzeDK6gDX4G9oC2K4XHAMtem9ZDF-DGDjG4zyYgOKluRFo2amxFGk0_oFU4Y/s400/DSC_0384.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqwVCKo9bKIMB_2VNyiGBs9NzaVpH2XTbLIiTGtFmzYV1ZFDBVHChokerrxXE3evh3dLT_2lHkcEBSDvG6-0epqURY8Xw25ks1GRkhXJSeHA5aNcmcXLwP8nN0WHUfPQO-OMRXBgAP78/s1600/DSC_0386.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqwVCKo9bKIMB_2VNyiGBs9NzaVpH2XTbLIiTGtFmzYV1ZFDBVHChokerrxXE3evh3dLT_2lHkcEBSDvG6-0epqURY8Xw25ks1GRkhXJSeHA5aNcmcXLwP8nN0WHUfPQO-OMRXBgAP78/s400/DSC_0386.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMw8QefuffnfMnEEBMfAyMx4MTV4q8KI8GpHeVsNNuUXoi7ZgBhXvmFVSR5fNkL0OhEux-WBvnNPNl-7ofWJc5e8JH5jE1rfCb7QGcC3EPw77VajAcgOqSzu2TF4m8rIBueZPLGPunRgo/s1600/DSC_0388.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMw8QefuffnfMnEEBMfAyMx4MTV4q8KI8GpHeVsNNuUXoi7ZgBhXvmFVSR5fNkL0OhEux-WBvnNPNl-7ofWJc5e8JH5jE1rfCb7QGcC3EPw77VajAcgOqSzu2TF4m8rIBueZPLGPunRgo/s400/DSC_0388.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEohtUPqJJr2LUQTWmGTNN7JI6x9khBZ5WUSVnYq8dmtnchJ40i6SjwMx3urJ0dwAUX7YH76f7Cez3jEH69bzuafsqc66Oh5Mx-uQ9gaSqioo_xkiPeiICac2Vsec1kAj81FCFVDhMbro/s1600/DSC_0391.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEohtUPqJJr2LUQTWmGTNN7JI6x9khBZ5WUSVnYq8dmtnchJ40i6SjwMx3urJ0dwAUX7YH76f7Cez3jEH69bzuafsqc66Oh5Mx-uQ9gaSqioo_xkiPeiICac2Vsec1kAj81FCFVDhMbro/s400/DSC_0391.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<br />
Sunday June 5th is our next craft fair at our regular venue - The Coach House, Astley Park. We are covering two floors again with over 20 makers, some of whom were with us at the Picnic in the Park, some who weren't. It will be a fabulous day come rain or shine!<br />
<br />
Saturday 18th June meet-up will be a scrap-booking session run by Nikki from Paint Pots and Petals so don't miss that one. Contact Charlotte at silvermousey@yahoo.com or Sarah at decolalia@hotmail.co.uk for more details.<br />
<br />
Back next month with more so bye for now xChorley Contemporary Craftershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01794179188660687428noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-91332801995319462822011-05-06T13:43:00.000-07:002011-05-06T13:43:06.630-07:00Just over a week to go and we will be providing a decorative spectacular at the <a href="http://www.chorley.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3120">Picnic in the Park.</a> It has been a busy month since our last post. First we had our extra IT session led by Lynsey of <a href="http://www.purpleshmurple.co.uk/">Purpleshmurple </a>who did an amazing job. Her patience and attention to detail were incredible. Not only did we get tips and advice on making the most of the internet to exhibit and sell work, but also some very comprehensive handouts to take home and practise with. She even managed to persuade some of us stalwart facebook sceptics to sign up and get accounts. Impressive!<br />
<br />
Our regular monthly meet-up for April was another session led by a member. This time Rachel from <a href="http://www.birdhousepress.co.uk/">Birdhouse Press </a>joined us and offered advice and tips on photographing items for websites, blogs and online shops.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARyD72rH6DkPeZmkOWkUkkTXt9_yDZjbzRjMbL7QiZv51PjAQr8Ts4gF5x3CGO5Z2AAXOJ10rEzXsSuDRrHR0Wuvo0OeAdpNoNv08n_ys4KMjM77xDbg3Bqcvk6P29vCu9DleXjEpwIU/s1600/CIMG3249.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARyD72rH6DkPeZmkOWkUkkTXt9_yDZjbzRjMbL7QiZv51PjAQr8Ts4gF5x3CGO5Z2AAXOJ10rEzXsSuDRrHR0Wuvo0OeAdpNoNv08n_ys4KMjM77xDbg3Bqcvk6P29vCu9DleXjEpwIU/s400/CIMG3249.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
It was a very informal session with Rachel giving each of us some specific ideas for improving how we photograph our particular arts/crafts. The major issue that came up for many of us was the constraints of photographing items at night, which is when we get our precious time to devote to our crafts if we aren't lucky enough to be doing them full time. She also highlighted the use of props and locations to enhance the look of items. Sounds obvious but is something that gets overlooked when you are rushing to snap and upload photos with limited time.<br />
Thanks to both Rachel and Lynsey for their time and kindness.<br />
<br />
So, back to the May 15th event. Really hope everyone is getting organised and excited. We will have some new members with us on the day so looking forward to welcoming them and having some new makers in the mix. Fingers are crossed for perfect weather but if last year's event is anything to go by, Chorley people are up for anything and certainly not put off by a spot of rain on their picnic blankets...<br />
<br />
Once we have finished that event we meet up as usual on Saturday 21st of May and then two weeks later we are back to our regular craft spot at The Coach House for our summer fair. Busy, busy, busy!<br />
<br />
<br />
Chorley Contemporary Craftershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01794179188660687428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-25772869225608099402011-04-07T14:09:00.000-07:002011-04-07T14:09:39.706-07:00Furious FusingOur gathering this month was, for once, less talking and more making as we returned to fused plastic and worked very hard to produce more decorative bunting for use at our craft events. We were a bit better equipped this time and had a gaggle of bag cutters, three 'fusers' (ok, ironers) and three machinists so managed to create plenty of beautiful bunting and raise the temperature of the room to what felt like almost boiling.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3ZPXoP2DbyvuiMCNwcxAx7ZrUysNN8IU96gzOaAisjpvygtQ8qs-x0sYIOAAObK8VqTMn_8z-XH9VYcvk4WREQmLwRvqgANsJ-DDdMUlFseG3fQ7RFpRMFopKosdyodDU1d6X7ckGew/s1600/CIMG3165.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3ZPXoP2DbyvuiMCNwcxAx7ZrUysNN8IU96gzOaAisjpvygtQ8qs-x0sYIOAAObK8VqTMn_8z-XH9VYcvk4WREQmLwRvqgANsJ-DDdMUlFseG3fQ7RFpRMFopKosdyodDU1d6X7ckGew/s400/CIMG3165.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Proud Kellie and her punk-inspired creation..</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBJRR0zl6qrPaNqfuob_2tYAFRm53JX_BbkMF8GqRgb0V7zZzPed735fVCOLIvhMZnwbKmFsRNoupPSAhLKZPw7LhNsLlUwfUlnMqZZ7ybv6wMVmzqapuGUNNLDV1pjIXvUqzVMut3LU/s1600/CIMG3168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBJRR0zl6qrPaNqfuob_2tYAFRm53JX_BbkMF8GqRgb0V7zZzPed735fVCOLIvhMZnwbKmFsRNoupPSAhLKZPw7LhNsLlUwfUlnMqZZ7ybv6wMVmzqapuGUNNLDV1pjIXvUqzVMut3LU/s400/CIMG3168.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArklYHTLUEtdNbRdBjFUyjfilg4kP08S5fhhsAd2zksFYl13Gvtl5EP12NGou5yfEY2HOv6hyX1UePAG-dIJ3yOpRdtkX-F6x2xvtbYexwP5Vj6s_CetDW3Zw-UjB7qIJQyVKBAktiCU/s1600/CIMG3167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArklYHTLUEtdNbRdBjFUyjfilg4kP08S5fhhsAd2zksFYl13Gvtl5EP12NGou5yfEY2HOv6hyX1UePAG-dIJ3yOpRdtkX-F6x2xvtbYexwP5Vj6s_CetDW3Zw-UjB7qIJQyVKBAktiCU/s400/CIMG3167.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">try not to spot the branding...</td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
Thankfully refreshments were particularly wholesome this month as Rachel, our craft baker (Hopcutts of Chorley) provided some last minute red-nose cakes for the session so we got to fill our faces and raise some money for Comic Relief at the same time.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7QbGGHYG-rMuY5_Saza2v0_D6Irr9x-yKaENvDXXiV5n7kqdU8wb0Cgo4fOcXEf4SgTE6dzHmwfuHEMELcAQxKX_UkIwD0otRJcQgMhP5VNiQAE_S-ZvPrLp70130qSW1s4Ks36IJGM/s1600/CIMG3163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7QbGGHYG-rMuY5_Saza2v0_D6Irr9x-yKaENvDXXiV5n7kqdU8wb0Cgo4fOcXEf4SgTE6dzHmwfuHEMELcAQxKX_UkIwD0otRJcQgMhP5VNiQAE_S-ZvPrLp70130qSW1s4Ks36IJGM/s400/CIMG3163.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>It was lovely to have a few new faces at the group - we now have a really diverse range of makers not only in terms of what they actually make but also their style, approach and exprience. It is an exciting time. <br />
Next month we have a cheeky extra session run by our resident (self-proclaimed) nerd, Lynsey from Purpleshmurple. She is helping the luddites amongst us get to grips with raising our online profiles so expect our blog(s) to take a sudden turn for the better.<br />
<br />
Improvements coming soon ; )Chorley Contemporary Craftershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01794179188660687428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-74341999957992852402011-03-03T13:02:00.000-08:002011-05-31T15:47:18.045-07:00Second time around...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Saturday 19th February saw our second group gathering where we had a crafty swapshop and gave eachother the opportunity to clear out some craft clutter. Turns out we have quite a few hoarders amongst us (is that a crafter characteristic?) and we had an impressive array of craft supplies, books, magazines, equipment and tools ready for a new home. Some of us took home more than we had offloaded and some of us proudly returned home to space and order knowing our unwanted bits and pieces had gone to a better place. <br />
This activity didn't warrant too many visuals which is a good job since here come the photos from our February 6th art and craft fair - at last!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chorley: Sunday February 6th 2011</span></div><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKobOXzCIP6rs3PeNfpQlbbR83LGzYAJ_zggN3cF0ym0fpefB7Y5mGOFyZQsgJ3kENvcCa0AxDeM-PRzyBOFTItaYzmeLtKFeloZF-w0zbpU7wFltTtgVRenq-Zu1qOcu46jM-BdfFJg/s1600/feb+2011+073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKobOXzCIP6rs3PeNfpQlbbR83LGzYAJ_zggN3cF0ym0fpefB7Y5mGOFyZQsgJ3kENvcCa0AxDeM-PRzyBOFTItaYzmeLtKFeloZF-w0zbpU7wFltTtgVRenq-Zu1qOcu46jM-BdfFJg/s320/feb+2011+073.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>The Coach House</b></td></tr>
</tbody></table>We didn't have the best of weather for our second event but that certainly didn't stop people coming down to support us. In spite of wind, rain and general gloominess, the Coach House was packed (and it seemed to be standing room only in Cafe Ambio!) with dedicated art and craft enthusiasts as well as pleasantly surprised chance visitors. We got some wonderful feedback; both compliments on what we were doing well and constructive suggestions for what we could do differently to improve future events.<br />
<br />
Now for those who missed it (shame shame know your name) you will be taken around the event, maker by maker!<br />
The entrance housed Silvermousey and Wudstock who both battled courageously with the wind-tunnel created by two sets of doors and a blustery day. You then found the following delights in our downstairs area:<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqni-WnNdZYLGvR1pb31brYMZjr_A2BUyBPIWCVHsFeDFTx4_9CbQ4cJ_Kej7xK5epEthkCSudzvt-tdQETochLsnEkeEwChv-uG2FI7q-Hr0pNOx9o_0jK23JW4LKtrsflhZjEm_KKA/s1600/CIMG2968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqni-WnNdZYLGvR1pb31brYMZjr_A2BUyBPIWCVHsFeDFTx4_9CbQ4cJ_Kej7xK5epEthkCSudzvt-tdQETochLsnEkeEwChv-uG2FI7q-Hr0pNOx9o_0jK23JW4LKtrsflhZjEm_KKA/s320/CIMG2968.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.silvermouseyfingerprint.co.uk/">Silvermousey</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3XO1zgq6cEl6S1rBJxUxMQVhE8LFITvcshJG_j7vadycJUxmvTLQPhIgA0trWFMoAytUWX4cjL40HWrL7fmu5TVKv5q2L9NnNSFb14e0CCxxIT9IqLhKkVT8Q0Rxesid2jLZwW7NTJc/s1600/CIMG3006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3XO1zgq6cEl6S1rBJxUxMQVhE8LFITvcshJG_j7vadycJUxmvTLQPhIgA0trWFMoAytUWX4cjL40HWrL7fmu5TVKv5q2L9NnNSFb14e0CCxxIT9IqLhKkVT8Q0Rxesid2jLZwW7NTJc/s320/CIMG3006.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wudstock.co.uk/">Wudstock</a><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"></div><a name='more'></a><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLRWGHk6YxAZ2w_74v2DrDcD3ZjRNaQTjk4NvsEod8Q4C604y6DeTVBldxD1c4H4RtjgqFKvqnv_98GgbNSWjDurOnIM5KbN7RHkByIlcLYASiaajs6WE5wFRU3BJpj4cJfIUX1LkGI8/s1600/CIMG3012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLRWGHk6YxAZ2w_74v2DrDcD3ZjRNaQTjk4NvsEod8Q4C604y6DeTVBldxD1c4H4RtjgqFKvqnv_98GgbNSWjDurOnIM5KbN7RHkByIlcLYASiaajs6WE5wFRU3BJpj4cJfIUX1LkGI8/s320/CIMG3012.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/polkadotsky">Polkadot Sky</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyFTEP-3y_62jzv3-5fOWm2xH-1E20Q-CA8r2tZpVk7XNc4zMMYh1K2jL8vd789FhpBmiY1lbcz6kTy5yyI7hkQ0A6qDweyLVxwcsrubcjt7p5fgTFyXw88XMB5-kdlx5_xdwnrhqWfg/s1600/CIMG3014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyFTEP-3y_62jzv3-5fOWm2xH-1E20Q-CA8r2tZpVk7XNc4zMMYh1K2jL8vd789FhpBmiY1lbcz6kTy5yyI7hkQ0A6qDweyLVxwcsrubcjt7p5fgTFyXw88XMB5-kdlx5_xdwnrhqWfg/s320/CIMG3014.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/polkadotsky">Polkadot Sky</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzotrKTMO5T4HpJwInRHIyy4MXqBzAPG3-bKx0wtOFSX8GFBf-JQCwXcqaSXd9WHeUgyQr1MXyez73_3ErXsZApgSOmt1P1Qx40DTBVeYEwNr0EdJoslrEfkU0kx0lwVufGpsHqI_cuSU/s1600/CIMG3018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzotrKTMO5T4HpJwInRHIyy4MXqBzAPG3-bKx0wtOFSX8GFBf-JQCwXcqaSXd9WHeUgyQr1MXyez73_3ErXsZApgSOmt1P1Qx40DTBVeYEwNr0EdJoslrEfkU0kx0lwVufGpsHqI_cuSU/s320/CIMG3018.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.supercutetilly.blogspot.com/">supercute tilly</a></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYEecMp3hbDaz7kpnSWDQ2pn9eSE_dp8XjndP9nqxIzc2E176GbHXECm1aflldimx8gq6vOCtdpYC17OL5jJdb_PzlIHBsLnZgiM_0QFLReAo0y3F7uRdGtr2c8P1iCIBtXSWgW0I8qg/s1600/CIMG3019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYEecMp3hbDaz7kpnSWDQ2pn9eSE_dp8XjndP9nqxIzc2E176GbHXECm1aflldimx8gq6vOCtdpYC17OL5jJdb_PzlIHBsLnZgiM_0QFLReAo0y3F7uRdGtr2c8P1iCIBtXSWgW0I8qg/s320/CIMG3019.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julie Henry</td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRu96aXByKOueZ2RiQq0qiUNvJhzChiDuqzwQUMCi_OVkVfjwLnpoo89X5SnNTwS7Z9DtyzLHuhc14Ga-iQeAgMuu4hg4cbx9xHRnjOZ153p7cIsZTtwD9eZliSG5O_P8WMHn7-ZOS8c/s1600/CIMG3021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRu96aXByKOueZ2RiQq0qiUNvJhzChiDuqzwQUMCi_OVkVfjwLnpoo89X5SnNTwS7Z9DtyzLHuhc14Ga-iQeAgMuu4hg4cbx9xHRnjOZ153p7cIsZTtwD9eZliSG5O_P8WMHn7-ZOS8c/s320/CIMG3021.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbRdF3fzEjQpFl5yxbU8hmCJtpns0JKQN0wxY8zdvaA_qr8wo2lTvrmQZmmmf26OxtYSIVoIGTz-hR2SoY7zxt3tCJGsupj8I0_kkGM2zKYHxOX_nuPKNgj2mg6sdWVX46RX5pFceSxw/s1600/CIMG2957.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbRdF3fzEjQpFl5yxbU8hmCJtpns0JKQN0wxY8zdvaA_qr8wo2lTvrmQZmmmf26OxtYSIVoIGTz-hR2SoY7zxt3tCJGsupj8I0_kkGM2zKYHxOX_nuPKNgj2mg6sdWVX46RX5pFceSxw/s320/CIMG2957.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/RaeOfSun">Rae of Sun</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH4c8Nn_40Ey008daUR5BeLTShqGcfOHNtsJazSqOFecDipWuYPKl3ts2CUJocujfxMc0Hjak5f0o47X5LjNneyy_NI429SnCDJQxO7f3GlErJN3I1t0a5k-kc2HURSkPk0niO3Lpxlz4/s1600/CIMG3023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH4c8Nn_40Ey008daUR5BeLTShqGcfOHNtsJazSqOFecDipWuYPKl3ts2CUJocujfxMc0Hjak5f0o47X5LjNneyy_NI429SnCDJQxO7f3GlErJN3I1t0a5k-kc2HURSkPk0niO3Lpxlz4/s320/CIMG3023.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.drawnbydreamers.com/">Drawn by Dreamers</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9sDKWGPTKC6gqOzg-2yumM3hQ-Z0evRrDn1z1KRwzNCS9D1Sq-HocOT_K6p6jQlF4U3DzB3dm1he4vOL7tAYv_TRPtaVDCVOMVcOvM1QLl71OD67848Z_wL47aZLKoNq4PtX7bkZtdhc/s1600/CIMG3024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9sDKWGPTKC6gqOzg-2yumM3hQ-Z0evRrDn1z1KRwzNCS9D1Sq-HocOT_K6p6jQlF4U3DzB3dm1he4vOL7tAYv_TRPtaVDCVOMVcOvM1QLl71OD67848Z_wL47aZLKoNq4PtX7bkZtdhc/s320/CIMG3024.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.misi.co.uk/handmade/mummycupcake">Mummy Cupcake</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8yISmq7gfac7t46jylJr_g2H2THKn_2YEO3fj28bIdMlQDG6nuq_mqirNILZDdp92EWG9qge3vzmkP9Iu5kiF_jRxYIs0T9PHvsok2GfcJO3hu3jkcfpDJ4uQmQnJSJ0yGbsl-QpBGg/s1600/CIMG3028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8yISmq7gfac7t46jylJr_g2H2THKn_2YEO3fj28bIdMlQDG6nuq_mqirNILZDdp92EWG9qge3vzmkP9Iu5kiF_jRxYIs0T9PHvsok2GfcJO3hu3jkcfpDJ4uQmQnJSJ0yGbsl-QpBGg/s320/CIMG3028.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.soapureskin.co.uk/">Soapure</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqtbNmLNRBdVxZkLW1ZPbRVyguC22P09KacAZS6Jqg9pV3W2L4xh_63Prz5yiG1Lu1Y10T_XufNpfJP4dP4Uhxze6XWu4SFYLalKDO9t7-fjEO9Pdxy7yg6GTNgiNFnmZNae72LlEwJu4/s1600/CIMG3033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqtbNmLNRBdVxZkLW1ZPbRVyguC22P09KacAZS6Jqg9pV3W2L4xh_63Prz5yiG1Lu1Y10T_XufNpfJP4dP4Uhxze6XWu4SFYLalKDO9t7-fjEO9Pdxy7yg6GTNgiNFnmZNae72LlEwJu4/s320/CIMG3033.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.birdhousepress.co.uk/">Birdhouse Press</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5gSDgdtuigsu8pR7cTONj9_6uxgoHTez42a27AA0iwN5RB6AdGzyknIbT5MS-Sg3JQIbSJpERTsEQQ-lA44lwHrSdm22ORIiafw-YD9sqCPRbf_j6NHIXRI-Q-3qHvJ8ISVZ5jkRRMU/s1600/CIMG3029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5gSDgdtuigsu8pR7cTONj9_6uxgoHTez42a27AA0iwN5RB6AdGzyknIbT5MS-Sg3JQIbSJpERTsEQQ-lA44lwHrSdm22ORIiafw-YD9sqCPRbf_j6NHIXRI-Q-3qHvJ8ISVZ5jkRRMU/s320/CIMG3029.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.crofthoney.blogspot.com/">Croft Honey</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphFWraefDcCuIiIECfz-SVO4Adrhuj6vT0QxMvAGeKpMNi3vHywT4tRm6f2nMGJ6EStO1b3jCezaelcmdfpMgFWQoQ88juFzXPezwn9IAmuDAkECVcjNNvhfzKAStZ-o_-dttzwRyp0g/s1600/CIMG3017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphFWraefDcCuIiIECfz-SVO4Adrhuj6vT0QxMvAGeKpMNi3vHywT4tRm6f2nMGJ6EStO1b3jCezaelcmdfpMgFWQoQ88juFzXPezwn9IAmuDAkECVcjNNvhfzKAStZ-o_-dttzwRyp0g/s320/CIMG3017.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.paintpotsandpetals.blogspot.com/">Paint Pots and Petals </a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyA2VnqUU9poPtisRQTeerCjErHThhWyR3g7wN5A6IulDtD3ZiwupHxpcKfJWz4HWLzk-PxSSkaoTH9HsBzCfx8CnMSQox2cwo5_bCTueGJ_x4AAcC14ixeMEY1I041DKt_VCQv7PHVo/s1600/CIMG3016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyA2VnqUU9poPtisRQTeerCjErHThhWyR3g7wN5A6IulDtD3ZiwupHxpcKfJWz4HWLzk-PxSSkaoTH9HsBzCfx8CnMSQox2cwo5_bCTueGJ_x4AAcC14ixeMEY1I041DKt_VCQv7PHVo/s320/CIMG3016.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.purpleshmurple.co.uk/">Purpleshmurple</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTlFAnYrgG6WgoWVrBlRrYiEzpkuCnVkLsC1ADU5Mk4yhEXVjzUZ5ba9eyCRLobjbgBrIStsAEhZE1iZo9spAlFqhTcii3MmTLFzUyhwZlhmPcQzKotVElfwu-9j9SAZ4OTPAS4SgryFw/s1600/CIMG3034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTlFAnYrgG6WgoWVrBlRrYiEzpkuCnVkLsC1ADU5Mk4yhEXVjzUZ5ba9eyCRLobjbgBrIStsAEhZE1iZo9spAlFqhTcii3MmTLFzUyhwZlhmPcQzKotVElfwu-9j9SAZ4OTPAS4SgryFw/s320/CIMG3034.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/calicoheart">Calico Heart</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<br />
As if this wasn't enough, you then (hopefully) made the journey upstairs to our second room in the beautiful art gallery where you weaved your way round; <br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyrPsoJRPt0IUKAocGYnecmcBeq_qSlaJNuXkRah0e6Axl_RpJXYQXW31NJi6hVlIvAQDuOl8fwMZZtZiS5Z-v_-y87JdBpNHvEJvqn56Sl5D4sYTKSzsl47EqWPdIszNmOp8MOpbQfs/s1600/CIMG2971.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyrPsoJRPt0IUKAocGYnecmcBeq_qSlaJNuXkRah0e6Axl_RpJXYQXW31NJi6hVlIvAQDuOl8fwMZZtZiS5Z-v_-y87JdBpNHvEJvqn56Sl5D4sYTKSzsl47EqWPdIszNmOp8MOpbQfs/s320/CIMG2971.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.inspiralcushions.blogspot.com/">Inspiral Cushions</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Zd6TK7HaC9ItF1Y8qWSj7uC2Bq4U3lRsqwdclA0slBgB3f-ABIYD0lCbBbZvg5DYz5Ynl-vb1AK-bcW5SPU4hple3PqxrhIUAFK3YsZO418_UsDysYec1b1hloW5YRZF2gFKEbBfxGI/s1600/CIMG2946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Zd6TK7HaC9ItF1Y8qWSj7uC2Bq4U3lRsqwdclA0slBgB3f-ABIYD0lCbBbZvg5DYz5Ynl-vb1AK-bcW5SPU4hple3PqxrhIUAFK3YsZO418_UsDysYec1b1hloW5YRZF2gFKEbBfxGI/s320/CIMG2946.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.decolalia.blogspot.com/">Decolalia</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjn0uHo0ADV46-3TL0d-NSg1_cA0XWEqWGuq2q6QL_e4JDienk-NYDXNdzZjdWraGIoZXFBRkmOcbUYIjQLj4d0dvOUUR7C_DfDB-ALAUBaeGC-dcbGiIO9ZvIxr_VyBotsIaoo_s2rQ8/s1600/CIMG2974.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjn0uHo0ADV46-3TL0d-NSg1_cA0XWEqWGuq2q6QL_e4JDienk-NYDXNdzZjdWraGIoZXFBRkmOcbUYIjQLj4d0dvOUUR7C_DfDB-ALAUBaeGC-dcbGiIO9ZvIxr_VyBotsIaoo_s2rQ8/s320/CIMG2974.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shirley Brewer </td></tr>
</tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxAJG64EuB-kl7w-0CiQ_N3VNiiB63YB6jV5WU0Fate3yE_lRv0vvVGPH59TujuCV6hBrZnLPPh-h139kRFDG5viFIPZxsEqQx8J_TIDk8jH38nqrlUi53pF63Z2dbefK8WhJ9NJBfW4/s1600/CIMG2973.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxAJG64EuB-kl7w-0CiQ_N3VNiiB63YB6jV5WU0Fate3yE_lRv0vvVGPH59TujuCV6hBrZnLPPh-h139kRFDG5viFIPZxsEqQx8J_TIDk8jH38nqrlUi53pF63Z2dbefK8WhJ9NJBfW4/s320/CIMG2973.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ohcrumbscupcakes.co.uk/">Oh Crumbs! Cupcakes</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5Ajy75HTCW-9RVM1DvaQhvhDg5qRq8ajX8JeG8tY1Zo3ts4PnFOIWpAIRX8fGwhWoI2-2XCPSdPBGVs7r_hx1TihHEXnnWS24VEGfCwZ3k5IK7BdVHTM6AQmHizTTeV-zNsFWgRGpZY/s1600/CIMG2976.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5Ajy75HTCW-9RVM1DvaQhvhDg5qRq8ajX8JeG8tY1Zo3ts4PnFOIWpAIRX8fGwhWoI2-2XCPSdPBGVs7r_hx1TihHEXnnWS24VEGfCwZ3k5IK7BdVHTM6AQmHizTTeV-zNsFWgRGpZY/s320/CIMG2976.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cheekycreations.co.uk/">Cheeky Creations</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiasDskEAQutrMcgPoTPi5ALltuifj0kH8cvGM2D1W5Mn-VkRxjqR-rni9bGBMt_JrSJ-4gbekjsdgK-XBPvmu0eFCMU8RrvSwhtLS2yOxB22eSZeJIYLuyJdN4LtH06vuwe2ZbUdjajUg/s1600/CIMG2997.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiasDskEAQutrMcgPoTPi5ALltuifj0kH8cvGM2D1W5Mn-VkRxjqR-rni9bGBMt_JrSJ-4gbekjsdgK-XBPvmu0eFCMU8RrvSwhtLS2yOxB22eSZeJIYLuyJdN4LtH06vuwe2ZbUdjajUg/s320/CIMG2997.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sue Turrell Glass Fusion</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWtuQbBmKc0mGikMWkyIhm2ZlhbdMDw4a_ujJYv7tqfVnpi9qWu7uAGIpMoOMFSRIDhiLdEu63VEPdMpK5VMoCEllNCu8QVuzWwnBrIBil99x6nji-OJBRocrLG90nIjaboiPl31-kg4/s1600/CIMG2980.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWtuQbBmKc0mGikMWkyIhm2ZlhbdMDw4a_ujJYv7tqfVnpi9qWu7uAGIpMoOMFSRIDhiLdEu63VEPdMpK5VMoCEllNCu8QVuzWwnBrIBil99x6nji-OJBRocrLG90nIjaboiPl31-kg4/s320/CIMG2980.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.kraftwork.org.uk/">Kraft Work</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaX-RoIi6vwyWmC4b_3U_BDujVx_X28oDSpy16auJDXXM06hNUmGta30UiU3I668FRIGZ48l2obC5Ukrg_OHSin0dVIXN5TiZO_9fOiS5NU4kr3ewpiH4pW2ane8IOQU5Ukfol0Sje8YA/s1600/CIMG2982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaX-RoIi6vwyWmC4b_3U_BDujVx_X28oDSpy16auJDXXM06hNUmGta30UiU3I668FRIGZ48l2obC5Ukrg_OHSin0dVIXN5TiZO_9fOiS5NU4kr3ewpiH4pW2ane8IOQU5Ukfol0Sje8YA/s320/CIMG2982.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ellen Storton Jewellery</td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjweMl2v3Y5LB1MlLRSJOyuGxplyoJRgI0c07hnDuqKPrarfBk2BKtJPWl5XbkAJFvHYB4qezCYPVI6CdMUhHPH2YmPdWCM8YizIXchC8JVgGR12wHr_BhKP-KGnPNosglPNbroUFQuUvM/s1600/CIMG2983.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjweMl2v3Y5LB1MlLRSJOyuGxplyoJRgI0c07hnDuqKPrarfBk2BKtJPWl5XbkAJFvHYB4qezCYPVI6CdMUhHPH2YmPdWCM8YizIXchC8JVgGR12wHr_BhKP-KGnPNosglPNbroUFQuUvM/s320/CIMG2983.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ellen Storton Jewellery</td></tr>
</tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJgTlBLCw61ZMfo2dnrjErEOyZeYk3Vkf0vl0MFh_QN8qgxHki6zY12KHMyY_zG2rHcwg6X53h41jsBDHbmLMCbFHXM4b6thVNrCqlpzVuY_47h4qUqyIG10_Hlh-q77rpDpwvAJ_hMRQ/s1600/CIMG2985.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJgTlBLCw61ZMfo2dnrjErEOyZeYk3Vkf0vl0MFh_QN8qgxHki6zY12KHMyY_zG2rHcwg6X53h41jsBDHbmLMCbFHXM4b6thVNrCqlpzVuY_47h4qUqyIG10_Hlh-q77rpDpwvAJ_hMRQ/s320/CIMG2985.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.planet-aye.co.uk/">Planetaye</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ScSBvInkyTNeM37UNpsUfWlbq1RK08z1ojQORMNo068HyR0bGeMNH5ToL5mABnWoKMPW1sSUeGDo3dACYIFuoZtV72Y9KRostT2igoD4s5fDUMnf68XB0iIJGYsX23WwZ3Z-l5Fr3D4/s1600/CIMG2987.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ScSBvInkyTNeM37UNpsUfWlbq1RK08z1ojQORMNo068HyR0bGeMNH5ToL5mABnWoKMPW1sSUeGDo3dACYIFuoZtV72Y9KRostT2igoD4s5fDUMnf68XB0iIJGYsX23WwZ3Z-l5Fr3D4/s320/CIMG2987.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zygotegifts.co.uk/">Zygote Gifts</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9x9M7c254_bsXb9-OKTEeCpkuFwwjWWZx1dItJbjnefURhKBQanUclWZyILJV2vY0pYSe-gjbR9CM6CMIxEJQLRaOus8xQ5WoaqycgP79WOuDAOkZ1pdF8UqV_dTAW-jdyXsU3Yg_ZI/s1600/CIMG2990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9x9M7c254_bsXb9-OKTEeCpkuFwwjWWZx1dItJbjnefURhKBQanUclWZyILJV2vY0pYSe-gjbR9CM6CMIxEJQLRaOus8xQ5WoaqycgP79WOuDAOkZ1pdF8UqV_dTAW-jdyXsU3Yg_ZI/s320/CIMG2990.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/SandraJuneOriginals">Sandra June Originals</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglQ4g3B4bBg5ckTJxUPCaGEWZgJjIENsWXIXHAyjkM0eq5Ejy6PGmFrmysFRyHEajue0hBvojMHu2XZ1FJzhDZJ_3_6yPMGBWc076URMTAHsDNknHuMOYBSrXKkbzLNLxnl2_GksWH1o/s1600/CIMG2994.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglQ4g3B4bBg5ckTJxUPCaGEWZgJjIENsWXIXHAyjkM0eq5Ejy6PGmFrmysFRyHEajue0hBvojMHu2XZ1FJzhDZJ_3_6yPMGBWc076URMTAHsDNknHuMOYBSrXKkbzLNLxnl2_GksWH1o/s320/CIMG2994.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.misi.co.uk/handmade/yarndoodles">Yarndoodles</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<div>Chorley did us proud and supported their own as well as our wonderful makers from slightly further across the North West. A huge thank you to them for travelling to our lovely town and adding their style to the mix. </div><div>Our aim for this fair, and the rest of our events this year (of which there are many - so watch out for details coming soon) is to offer something different, not only to what you can find in high street shops but to what you often find at other craft fairs. We promise that nothing you see has had labels snipped off or barcodes rubbed out. Handmade is king!<br />
<br />
Hope everyone enjoyed the day as much as we did<br />
X x<br />
<br />
</div>Chorley Contemporary Craftershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01794179188660687428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309245307741146148.post-60146274693067267392011-01-24T08:10:00.000-08:002011-02-01T06:51:10.376-08:00Arts & Craft Fair -Sunday February 6th 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijn-TaTsH4FwPJyZlny_TrtoV-6v9XGi7ODZjZ4VsH-LPvpp77X2HsUQBq-CvHaVhyphenhyphen4qGF7olFXesm7UWjtSq-TA5Yx7FnVSCaseKfxfFNUTGbzMfj2m4Be80wYjn1_KL2seFDMG9p1rU/s1600/6th+Feb+Flier.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijn-TaTsH4FwPJyZlny_TrtoV-6v9XGi7ODZjZ4VsH-LPvpp77X2HsUQBq-CvHaVhyphenhyphen4qGF7olFXesm7UWjtSq-TA5Yx7FnVSCaseKfxfFNUTGbzMfj2m4Be80wYjn1_KL2seFDMG9p1rU/s320/6th+Feb+Flier.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br />
<br />
Chorley Contemporary Crafters, along with guest makers from across the North West will be taking over the Coach House at Astley Park, Chorley on Sunday 6th February.<br />
Bigger and better than our first event, we will now be over two floors with over 25 stalls and can promise a truly magnificent range of contemporary hand-crafted items, all designed and made by the sellers themselves.<br />
<br />
We are passionate about supporting art, design and crafts at a local level. You know exactly who you are buying from and how and where it was made. Lots of us also do bespoke work so you can also be sure of getting a truly one-off piece rather than something soullessly mass-produced.<br />
<br />
For a sneak preview, here are a few of the people who will be there;<br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1933120694"><br />
</a><br />
<a href="http://www.cheekycreations.co.uk/">www.cheekycreations.co.uk</a><br />
<a href="http://www.silvermouseyfingerprint.co.uk/">www.silvermouseyfingerprint.co.uk</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.purpleshmurple.co.uk/">www.purpleshmurple.co.uk </a><br />
<a href="http://www.decolalia.blogspot.com/">www.decolalia.blogspot.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.birdhousepress.co.uk/">www.birdhousepress.co.uk</a><br />
<a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/calicoheart">www.folksy.com/shops/calicoheart</a><br />
<a href="http://www.paintpotspetals.yolasite.com/">www.paintpotspetals.yolasite.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/RaeOfSun">www.folksy.com/shops/RaeOfSun</a><br />
<a href="http://www.zygotegifts.co.uk/">www.zygotegifts.co.uk</a><br />
<a href="http://www.soapureskin.co.uk/">www.soapureskin.co.uk</a><br />
<a href="http://www.supercutetilly.blogspot.com/">www.supercutetilly.blogspot.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.wudstock.co.uk/">www.wudstock.co.uk</a><br />
<a href="http://www.misi.co.uk/handmade/yarndoodles.html">www.misi.co.uk/handmade/yarndoodles.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.drawnbydreamers.com/">www.drawnbydreamers.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/SilverShellCove">www.folksy.com/shops/SilverShellCove</a><br />
<br />
Apologies to anyone whose website is missing. Feel free to get in touch with a link and we will add it as soon as possible.<br />
<br />
Look forward to seeing you there on the day x<br />
<br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">For a look at our first event, see our 'How it all began' post.</span>Chorley Contemporary Craftershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01794179188660687428noreply@blogger.com4