Have you ever had one of those days when simply getting to the end of it seems even too big a task for Bruce Willis? For me to wake up in a completely good mood is rare. I like to think that I am a happy, smiley type of person most of the time but it does take a fair amount of caffeine to get me into that state. But for once, yesterday i woke up smiling. It was obviously a bad omen. I have to get up early on Wednesdays to load my car for work prior to the school run. It is also my delivery day for Weight Watchers. So, car loaded, marvellous, coffee made, FANTASTIC. Youngest still asleep? slight timing problem but not a major deal. WW man arrives with more boxes than will fit in my garage so that by 7.30am my living room is like a scene from Starsky and Hutch.
In between all of this, I have nipped upstairs to shout at sleeping beauty and turn computer on. Not only am i working today but i have work to do for the gallery in time for a presentation tomorrow. Then the fun really and TRULY begins
After not so gently reminding my daughter that she has school, i went to check my emails. Computer frozen completely. Not to worry i thought, i will just reboot and come back. The next time i came in the computer was working but the screen looked like an Andy Warhol work of art. So i wracked my brain for every last vestige of technical know how, and put it into action by hitting the computer and turning it off and on three million times. STILL NOTHING. Now after three years of regular yoga practise one would think that i would be able to draw in deeply, take a few cleansing breathes and radiate calm. Unfortunately for a taurean red head, calmness is not a thing that comes naturally and i think that it will be many more years of yoga practise before it does.
Not only did i have figures to get in for WW but also a presentation looming the next day at the gallery. With Andrew in Saudi Arabia i had no access to a laptop. SO i did what i do best in any stressful situation, I overreacted, got tearful and shouted a lot - mainly at Andrew because even in Saudi i am sure it was all his fault!
Sometimes when a day starts off so badly, it is best just to go back to bed, obviously i couldn't. So after getting flashed for speeding (not flashed in the mac sense!!) tipping boiling water down my leg, losing a helper at my meeting, I was ready to climb into bed never to be seen again. However, I managed to make it to my yoga class in the evening and sanity was restored.
As for the presentation at the
gallery, I got through it with no notes of any kind. Lets just say it is a good job i have a big smile. How has your week been?
I started this post two days but one of those days ended up turning into one of those weeks.......(i have new computer though)
The photos are not brilliant as i am having severe problems taking good photos at the moment. Maybe i should hand the photography side of it over to my 7 year old son who managed to make a working radio at the weekend!
It is a fairly old building, as most of the roadside buildings are in Fenny Stratford, and the character is maintained throughout the shop or should i say shops. Inside there are about four or five little businesses running, all of them based around the crafting. In one room, there were 8 or so people busy at sewing machines around a large table, it looked like a patchwork workshop. The fabric shop was lovely. No Amy Butler or Martin Miller but lots of pretty cloth. Round the corner was a huge wool store, up the stairs were lots of different card shops, scrap booking and then lastly Craftability. This is not to mention,the other large rooms for workshops and BEST OF ALL, a little tea room, where you help yourself to a cuppa and then sit and keep yourself busy with your purchases.
Well the gorgeous bag frame arrived today from Lisa this morning. So much better than in the picture. I have drawn the pattern, even dug out my protractor to work out angles for the darts at the bottom. Whilst digging out the protractor i also found lots of lovely beads so may also make some more jewellery and stock up my folksy shop again. I made this necklace whilst watching Downtown Abbey on Sunday night? Does anybody watch it? I am very much in love with Hugh Bonneville. Am i alone in this infatuation?
I was sensible today and tried out the bag pattern on some spare fabric to make sure it works. It does, so will summon up the courage to cut the silk. I have decided to hand sew some beading onto the black silk to add a touch more bling. So i am also being reasonably wise and testing some patterns on scrap fabric. The Ladies night at the gallery is on th 12th November. No pressure then!
I came to the decision today that i will take part in the Ladies Night at the local gallery but not hold a handbag making workshop. Although it was a fantastic idea and i was blown away by the proposition, I am not experienced enough to answer peoples' questions or try and solve their sewing problems. I can get round mine with lots of swearing, unpicking, more swearing and lots of coffee. i am assuming people will not pay to come and see this. I feel a big sense of relief since making this decision and can now concentrate on the Ladies night in November. I am going to focus on evening bags. I enjoy the design process behind these, the glam and individuality of them and hopefully it is the right time of year for the orders to come in.
