BACK FROM A NEW CRAFT DESK

Hi Everyone

I hope you are all well and having a good week.

Mine has been super exciting as we escaped for a three night break on Monday to York and had a fabby time!!!

The weather wasn't super sunny .. .. just nice and pleasant .. .. and dry!!!  What more could you want?

It is many, many years since I last visited York and it was just as lovely as I remembered it.  We found everyone to be so friendly. Especially the shopkeepers and hotel/restaurant staff.  Much more appreciative of your trade than some of those more closer to home that's for sure.

But of course even when I escape from my craft pod I have to take something crafty with me to do .. .. so my craft pod desk was swapped for a much more luxurious one .. ..  I have never had so much clear crafty space to play on and here is my little gallery of the images I coloured .. .. just look at all those little hedgies!! LOL!!

and here are all the images I stamped to take with me .. .. and didn't get time to colour .. .. slacker!!

I also had a little cutting out session of those little flowers I use quite often.  It is always nice to have a ready supply of them for a quick card (plus it is good for using up some of the old snippets).

and the last thing I took to make were some of those twine flowers which I posted about a few weeks ago. 

I decided it was probably time I gave my lovely Sis the little gadget back again so thought I would make a few flowers on the train journey there and back.  Here are a few of them.  

As I started making them hubby asked "How many of those have you got to make?" Normally when I am making something I need "ten(s)" or sometimes "hundreds" of something .. .. but this time I simply said "as many as I can do before I give this little gadget back".

But then what happened?

Well we arrived home and there was a package through the door.  I was expecting the contents to be for a magazine commission but no .. .. look what was inside .. ..

my very own flower making gadget!!!  How lucky am I?  By special delivery from Anony Mouse !!!  I have no idea which naughty person posted this to me .. .. even the postmark on the envelope was smudged so I have no clue there either .. .. but of course I would like to say 

THANK YOU
SO VERY, VERY MUCH

That was very kind and so totally unexpected.  My lovely Sis can now have the one I borrowed back when I see her tomorrow.

So to finish here is a picture we took in York .. taken looking up The Shambles .. .. with the little shop we dreamed of me owning showing on the right (but I would have to re-paint it).

and the view I would have if I was to be inside the shop looking out LOL!!!

That is one dream that can't come true .. .. but it is lovely to wish and dream.

We also spent time round the York Castle Museum where for part of the time we were transported back to Victorian England. That was a really enjoyable few hours and at one point I found myself standing next to a young gentleman who was blind and was being escorted around the exhibition by a lady who was describing everything to him.  What a true gift that lady had.  She could describe things so fantastically and made me notice things that I had missed .. .. and the dressed up mock shop owners would get things down from the shelves for the young man to feel .. .. gosh we take a lot for granted when we can see don't we!!!

We arrived home this afternoon in time for a happy couple to collect their order .. .. and they have just left.  I certainly had to work hard to schedule in three nights away.  But it was worth it!!  What a lovely escape.

So tonight I am going to rest my aching legs from all that walking, have a womble around blogland and look forward to a night back in my own bed ahead of needing to hit the ground running again tomorrow! 

Have a lovely evening everyone.

Love