A little crafting

A brooch to brighten up my coat for the funeral.

Finally done the san pro order.

A rushed birthday card for my Dad.

I've managed to do a little crafting over the last few days. The funeral was yesterday which went quite well considering the circumstances. A packed Church and a very big VW convoy just showed the amount love for Webbo. We will miss you.

From this.......

.....to this!

The end of my bed. My fabric/wool stash has been moved so my lovely giraffe can now sit here.

In front of my wardrobe. These craft supplies have also been moved so I can now open the door!

Down my side of the bed. The piles of boxes have been replaced with shelves from Ikea so now all the craft supplies are in one place. It's not ideal having all this in my bedroom but there is just nowhere else to put it and I can't have my bedroom looking like it was anymore. My fabric is now in nice neat piles, the wool is in 5!! boxes, ribbons, etc are in boxes, Christmas crafts/materials are kept together in boxes - all-in-all it is much better.

So this is how I've been keeping myself busy the last few days.

Normality

Finding some normality in the merry-go-round days at the minute. A few craft supplies that came with the Christmas pressie order (Myriad hve 10% off until tomorrow) - felt, wooden dolls, and 2 craft kits.

Cake

Here is the promised picture of the birthday cake, from what seems like an age ago. Can it really only be 5 days!! Life since JJ's birthday has been a whirlwind of sadness, questions, new shelves for craft bits and books, helping my sister to move, of colds, VW meetings to mourn, of a Greenday concert, chasing up lost orders, Christmas ordering.....So much is happening and today I just feel drained.

Sarah - I WILL get your order done this week. Pippa - your order is in the post. Apologies to both of you.

Webbo

For our VDubb friend Webbo, who was killed this morning on his way home from work. No more words.

Play food done

I managed to finished the play food yesterday evening. Off to put it in the shop now.

We also have a birthday in the house today :-). I'm making his cake now, so hopefully there'll be a piccie later of a strawberry affair.

Grape Cordial

Don't know whether this is going to taste right or even whether I made it right, but if you don't give it a go you'll never know will you!?

My Dad gave me all the grapes from his vines (he likes the vines not the grapes!) to see whether I could do anything with them. I'm not good at the wine thing so I thought I'd do cordial. I put all the grapes in my tub then bashed them with a rolling pin to release the juice. Then I strained them for a few hours. I measured the juice then added suger at a rate of 700g per litre of juice, added both to a pan, brought slowly to the boil then bottled in sterlised jars. I'll let you know what it tastes like, although I have to say the colour isn't particularly appealling.

Just a quick update...

...to let you know I've not disappeared of the face of the planet ;-).

Busy doing typing for my Dad, preparing for the HE inspectors coming tomorrow, sewing felt food, my complementary medicine course (which I'm really enjoying), cleaning, helping my sister to pack as she's moving, planning a visit to Ikea (excited)...you know, the usual stuff.

Hopefully have a proper post soon.

*Sigh*

The Mac bags have gone (in the post I mean). It is such a relief to have them finished. In my haste to get them posted I forgot to take a piccie of the parcel, but hey, they are done. I just hope that when they arrive at the other end they will be ok.

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