.......as I walked through Bath today. There are buskers and street musicians and the man I saw and listened to today was very definitely one of the latter. He played his guitar so easily I really couldn't do anything other than stop and listen, and my mind just drifted away to another plain. And who was this man? Tom McNair. His face was weathered, his hair in dreads but that man linked to us all. I admit to being just an incey wincey bit envious of this man who is so very happy doing what he does and who unashamedly shares it with everyone. I wish I could be more like him instead of so very often weighed down by the Rat Race. May God bless you Tom (but I think he already has).
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Time on my hands.....
....to do a few things.
Each year Innocent, who make fruit drinks, support Age Concern and invite people to make little hats to go on the top of the bottles of drink and for each behatted bottle sold they make a donation to this charity to support the elderly. So Becky and I sat down and played - she knitting and I crocheting.
and in no time we had a little collection.
My thanks go to Cindy (Cindy the bee lady from hilltop farm) for her very speedy pom-pom method. It was perfect for these hats although I found our dinner forks too big and the dessert forks more appropriate.
This one was meant to be an orange with leaves but the leaves look more like ears so perhaps I should have put a face on it.
Both Becky and I followed the instructions on the Innocent website but our hats came up very differently sizes and as neither of us had had the sense to buy a bottle to check we're not sure which of us was right. Nonetheless we carried on regardless. As you might imagine I was using the tapestry wool I bought at the vintage fair a few weeks back. (All being well I'll post soon about the other things I'm making with it.)
A couple of weeks ago I did a fair at Devizes and my Mama and Papa Noo-Noos made their debut.
As you can see they look after the baby Sleepy Noo-Noos.
Other newbies to my stall:
As you can see I have really got the crochet bug.
I'll be back at Devizes on Saturday, at Marlborough on 16 Nov, and Hungerford 7th Dec...and that will be it for this year. I haven't booked any fairs for next year yet and am in two minds whether to do so. On the one hand I really enjoy making things and I love the face-to-face interactions but business is slow a little too often for comfort which is very demoralising. I don't think I am unique in feeling this way but in the same way that blogs are always sunny and upbeat when I read about other craftseller businesses it seems everyone else is raking it in. Am I the only one who isn't? What do you think? Should I continue or take a break?
On the house sale side, we actually had a viewing yesterday and I met a lovely couple from Spain - cash buyers at that. They had other properties to see so we have competition. The lady very much liked my Wendy Room and said she used to do cross stitch. Hopefully she could imagine doing it again in our house. Another couple are coming tomorrow and maybe they will like it. Two viewings in one week! The wonderful thing is that No 3 Son is away this week so the house has been cleaned and tidied to within an inch of its life and remained that way. Let's hope it has a positive result.
Have fun!
Philippa x
Each year Innocent, who make fruit drinks, support Age Concern and invite people to make little hats to go on the top of the bottles of drink and for each behatted bottle sold they make a donation to this charity to support the elderly. So Becky and I sat down and played - she knitting and I crocheting.
and in no time we had a little collection.
My thanks go to Cindy (Cindy the bee lady from hilltop farm) for her very speedy pom-pom method. It was perfect for these hats although I found our dinner forks too big and the dessert forks more appropriate.
This one was meant to be an orange with leaves but the leaves look more like ears so perhaps I should have put a face on it.
Both Becky and I followed the instructions on the Innocent website but our hats came up very differently sizes and as neither of us had had the sense to buy a bottle to check we're not sure which of us was right. Nonetheless we carried on regardless. As you might imagine I was using the tapestry wool I bought at the vintage fair a few weeks back. (All being well I'll post soon about the other things I'm making with it.)
A couple of weeks ago I did a fair at Devizes and my Mama and Papa Noo-Noos made their debut.
As you can see they look after the baby Sleepy Noo-Noos.
Other newbies to my stall:
As you can see I have really got the crochet bug.
I'll be back at Devizes on Saturday, at Marlborough on 16 Nov, and Hungerford 7th Dec...and that will be it for this year. I haven't booked any fairs for next year yet and am in two minds whether to do so. On the one hand I really enjoy making things and I love the face-to-face interactions but business is slow a little too often for comfort which is very demoralising. I don't think I am unique in feeling this way but in the same way that blogs are always sunny and upbeat when I read about other craftseller businesses it seems everyone else is raking it in. Am I the only one who isn't? What do you think? Should I continue or take a break?
On the house sale side, we actually had a viewing yesterday and I met a lovely couple from Spain - cash buyers at that. They had other properties to see so we have competition. The lady very much liked my Wendy Room and said she used to do cross stitch. Hopefully she could imagine doing it again in our house. Another couple are coming tomorrow and maybe they will like it. Two viewings in one week! The wonderful thing is that No 3 Son is away this week so the house has been cleaned and tidied to within an inch of its life and remained that way. Let's hope it has a positive result.
Have fun!
Philippa x
Saturday, 2 November 2013
Wonderful spectacular evening
Last night I took the family out to celebrate 2 birthdays - No 1 Son's 24th and my father's 84th. Our trip was to the Bristol Hippodrome to see Slava Snow Show and what a great night we had. If ever you have seen any of the Cirque du Soleil acts with their larger than life spectacles then you would enjoy Slava's Snow Show and for the greatest enjoyment book seats in the stalls. We were engulfed in mist, shrouded in cobweb, sprayed with water, climbed over by the clowns (my father had his "wide parting" mopped) and covered with paper snow in a full blown blizzard....and at the end played with ENORMOUS coloured balloons. I felt sorry for all those people up in the Circles because they only got to watch rather than play... a bit like being the only sober person at a party or the only one without a dance partner. Have I mentioned I'm still only 6? I was still finding paper snow in my clothes this morning.
I first took No 1 and No 3 Sons to see this show about 7 or 8 years ago when they were 16 and 9 respectively, and the memories of that occasion were deeply imprinted on them to the degree that it was No 1 Son who wanted to take his new wife (I should just add he doesn't have an old wife, it's just they only got married a few months ago!) to see it. No 3 Son has always told me he would like to see it again so I made the booking for us all to go it being the birthdays month.
It really was a great evening full of laughter and applause.........and not a single word was spoken on stage because the whole show was mimed. BRILLIANT. I cannot recommend it highly enough and it lost none of its magic at being seen for a second time.
Thanks for stopping by.
Philippa xx
PS I've got some more photos to show you of last week's fair so I'll be back soon. x
I first took No 1 and No 3 Sons to see this show about 7 or 8 years ago when they were 16 and 9 respectively, and the memories of that occasion were deeply imprinted on them to the degree that it was No 1 Son who wanted to take his new wife (I should just add he doesn't have an old wife, it's just they only got married a few months ago!) to see it. No 3 Son has always told me he would like to see it again so I made the booking for us all to go it being the birthdays month.
It really was a great evening full of laughter and applause.........and not a single word was spoken on stage because the whole show was mimed. BRILLIANT. I cannot recommend it highly enough and it lost none of its magic at being seen for a second time.
Thanks for stopping by.
Philippa xx
PS I've got some more photos to show you of last week's fair so I'll be back soon. x
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