Back to reality with a bump!

Well the holiday is over! Just back from a really relaxing holiday in Lanzarote, we stayed in a fab hotel and just chilled by the pool!!!

Even more amazing was that I hardly knitted anything!!! Down side of this is that I had better get cracking for this weekend!!!

I have 3 events, an "At home" my friend's Roz's tonight then I am at Coatbridge Academy School fair on Saturday morning, Elin will be there too!

Then I am hot footing it down to Moffat for Santa coming, at

Christmas Festival and Lights Switch-On

you will find me in the Proudfoot Institute ,Alexis and Linnhe will be there too together with a whole host of goodies to buy.

Here is what Moffat Online has to say about the event

Market. Crafts, Charity Fair and free musical entertainment all day on a trailer stage and in venues around the town.

Here's the schedule for the day:

• Street Market in the High Street from 11.00am
• Craft Fair at Proudfoot and the Town Hall from 12.00pm
• Entertainment on the trailer stage in the High Street from 1.00pm
• Santa arrives in the High Street at 2.00 pm and goes to his Grotto in the Town Hall (from 2.45pm)
• Christmas Carols in the High Street from 4.15pm
• Christmas Lights switched on at 5.00pm in the High Street

And as we all know.... Moffat Christmas Lights are the prettiest!

Finally will leave you with some picture of a very sunny Lanzarote!!!

Yes I know I am cheating sorry Elin!!!

This is what I am doing too on Sunday!


http://elinscards.blogspot.com/2010/11/lanarkshire-arts-craft-and-design.html

The Bruntsfield Craft Market

What a week

Well I have had an interesting non craft related week.

Firstly there is the Argos saga, which is still not fully resolved but can not face retelling it, Elaine got the whole story at the Ayrshire Craft Fair on Saturday in Troon!!

As far as the electrical things are concerned Dyson  packed in so add one new Dyson to the weeks purchases, then while in a vain attempt to reshuffle my study  the very very heavy 32 inch tv fell off the stand and on to me!!! Left sorting the cables etc to yesterday and after much faffing around decided the tv  was now no longer working properly, ie could get video but no sound and sky sound but no pictures and dvd not playing at all.

Hot footed it to local electrical shop and came back wioth nice shiny  32in flat screen tv, plugged all the same stuff in and guess what??? yes same faults there.

To cut long story short  faults were

1 Scart cable on Sky faulty

2 dvd dead

3 vcr hit and miss

so replace scart, brought through vcr from lounge and ordered new dvd player!!!!!

So we now have spare tv!!! and big hole in my pocket!!!

Just as well I had two fabulous craft events, forstly the Friends of Ayrshire Hospice Craft Fair in Dunlop, where they raised nearly £3000 on the night, then The Ayrshire Arts and Craft Fair in Troon where I had my best ever fair!!!! Did a roaring trade on the faboulous Katia yarns and my kitting kits, including the I will cast on and knit the first couple of rows for you service!!!

This week is busy too , I am in Whitburn on Tuesday night for the Brown Bair Appeal for the The Five Sisters Zoo.

SO  better get back to the needles!!!!

All things Dr Who

I have quite a few orders at he moment for Dr Who related items and I thought I would post images for some of them before they find new homes!!

These will be the last images I take before my  new super super light box with lights and tripod comes!!!!!!!   Roll on Tuesday!!!

Well here is my own little Alien Invasion

 Now off to make a bigger Matt Smith with a bowl of custard and fishfingers and to finish Rowan's Ballet bun!

Images to share

I am a very tired bunny

Well yesterday was a craft marathon, left the house at 8 am to go to Girvan for the S.I.S.G Ayrshire Hearing Support  (web site: sisg.co.uk)  in Girvan, it was a great day, free flat parking, automatic door and a lift, so I managed to get all my stuff in in 3 goes!!!!!!

The venue was FAB, nice and light and airy, I was in the art room  which was flooded with natural light!!!!

Lots of the folk from Troon were there and I got a great necklace and bracelet from Alison ( have ordered a purple set  for December)

It was a good day, lots of people spending!!!! I tried selling the Triana and Ondas yarn and it went really well, so well have ordered more today!!!! Definitely going to make up packs with yarn , pattern and needles for sale !!

Then it was up to Troon for the Ladies night which was good fun , especially when I got handed a glass of wine when I had finished setting up the stall :)

There was lots of lovely things for sale, one nice stall was selling Jamie at Home stuff so have a wonderful round griddle pan on order as mine broke last month and have been looking for a new one for ages.

However getting home at 10 pm was not great!!!!! Was in bed by 10:10!!!!

So today is going to be a lazy day, well apart from the massive yarn order i have just done, have a dalek to finish and an adipose too.

Finally if anyone is looking for a good robust trolley for Craft events I can thoroughly recommend Ollies Trolleys they are fab, good price, folds flat and reasonable cost and NO I am not on commission!!!