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This is intended to be mainly about my crafting stories, as a personal record of what I do. However, I interpret crafting quite widely, not just paper crafting but other things too. I have a butterfly mind and like to change from one thing to another depending on what I feel like on a given day - knitting, crochet, cross-stitch, cards, baking and several others, including my favourite right now, parchment, both traditional skills and Groovi, very relaxing and calming to do.

I have decided to put some structure into my blog so that each day will have something of a theme.
Monday- for Mindfulness; Tuesday - Tidy Up Day; Wednesday - What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday; Thursday - Technique and Tips; Friday - Finish Off Day; Saturday - Start Something New; Sunday - Anything Goes
These themes are not hard and fast and will be changed if I feel the need.

Monday 15 April 2019

Monday is supposed to be for Mindfulness

Not sure how mindful I am today.  Tired - definitely.  Happy - for sure.  How could I not be, after a day of beautiful fluffyness and teaching from Linda Williams.


I am not going to show what we did today.  You will either have to wait till it is finished or peer very hard at the bleary pictures.  Suffice it to say, it is so beautiful.  I so love it, and there will be many more made in the near future.  We learned so many techniques, tips and tricks.

Linda and Barbara make a great double act, making it all fun.


In a few minutes, we are all off down to the Chandelier Restaurant to have our evening meal together, tiaras and all.  Then I reckon it will be bedtime.  I am tired now. 

Since posting the above, I have been horrified to see the dreadful destruction of the glorious Notre Dame in Paris.  It has a very special place in my heart from my youth, when several of us from school wandered the streets of Paris as we wished.  Notre Dame and the Ile de la Cite were a favourite place to visit.  It does not seem possible that that beautiful stained glass and other treasures have just gone.

1 comment:

Sarah Brennan said...

Glad you are enjoying the projects Maggie. Tragic news about Notre Dame. I was lucky enough to visit in 1989 and attended Mass too.