What a fabulous day Mum and i had yesterday at Emerald Framing and Gallery's "make and take" day in Chalfont St Peter.
http://www.emeraldframes.com/workshops.htm

Firstly we had a go at making some glass ornaments with Julia Hayward. We glued pieces of coloured glass to a clear background, once fired all the glass would fuse together to make a pretty hanging ornament. You can see our attempts below. I can't wait to see how they turn out.
http://www.juliahaywardglass.com/

We then had a go at making some mosaics with Teresa Mills.
http://www.teresamillsmosaics.com/
I went for a straightforward T design, while Mum was a little more adventurous and had a go at a chicken. The chicken involved cutting up glass tiles to fit round all the curves.

We were so engrossed in our mosaics that we didn't notice the time and ended up having lunch at almost 2 o'clock. After lunch Mum headed home and I headed back to the gallery for a spot of card making with my friend Jacqueline.
http://www.lookwhatjacqmade.co.uk/index.html
I made two cards, a Mother's day card and a birthday card for my Aunt. I must admit that digital card making is much more my thing, but Jacqueline's instructions were so easy to follow that I rally enjoyed making these mixed media creations.

Well what a week of craft it was last week! I do love having crafty friends.

Firstly, I went round to my friend Jo's house on Wednesday and though we didn't get much crafting done we did talk about it a lot. She has been making some lovely bags using patterns she got from this amazing website www.u-handbag.com run by a lady called Lisa Lam.

Last year my sister bought me Lisa's book “The Bag Making Bible" and although I have read it cover to cover I haven't made anything from it as yet. Now I have seen Jo's efforts I am going to get the book off the shelf and have a go. I'll let you know how it goes.

On Friday I went round to my friend Stephanie's house for the first crafting session of the year. It was a night of demonstrations. Having seen the Burn's Night corsages I made for my Mum, Jacqueline had asked me to give a quick demo. So I showed everyone how to make a gathered ribbon corsage using this gorgeous pink ribbon.

Steph gave us a demo of this fancy new stuff called 'FlitterGlu' from www.indigoblu.com/ the home of Quintessentially English rubber stamps. Instead of stamping an image with ink you stamp using the glue and then rub gilding flakes all over it and you get this wonderful gilded image. I am definitely putting that on my wish list for this year!

Jacqueline than showed us some the the cards she is going to be demonstrating at Emerald Framing and Gallery's 'make and
take' day where you can pop in and have a go at making something and then take your masterpiece home. You can find details about this event on their website.
www.emeraldframes.com/workshops.htm