MMM Monday .... mum doggy sat for Aunty June ... I went to Aqua ... then went home ... ummm... can't remember what I did till picking Kelsey up from school, then we ran around getting the rest of the things he needed for his trip this week , picked mum up ... he went for a swim ... I had too many aches and pains to go Line Dancing and then ... onto Tuesday ... Crafting ... the girls started a new project last week .... I introduced them to Chalk Pastels and the ever famous 'Tag Books' .... the kids were fascinated at what you can do with chalks ... some of them had never even heard of Pastels before !!!
Here's some of my samples ... no there's nothing wrong with you computer if it looks like the colour's changed from picture 1 - 4 ... I'm busy making 2 Tag Books for 2 very special occasions ... but I can't show you the finished books yet cos it would spoil the surprise and I know both the people read my blog ... Keep you all guessing !!!
These are the blank -white- concertina Tag Books ....
Firstly we colour them using decorating chalks or soft pastels ....
Then give the edges definition by inking around them with Chalk Inks ...
Next you can stamp the background ... That's all for this session ...
I have to remember to take some photos of the kids books when they are finished ... I am really proud of the work they are doing ... how much they have learnt and progressed in 5 short weeks ... Tuesday night we packed Kelsey's kit bag ... I'm a typical mother ... over stressing... has he got enough clothes has he got the right stuff ... he was just lay on the bed watching me running around like a turkey !!! Sound familiar ????
Well Wednesday saw him packed off to school ... sleeping bag and all ... and then I was back home and packing my car for the show !!! ...
First I had to find the place ... Greyville Racecourse ... one of the biggest in our area ... they hold the Durban July there every year and I remember Stef & I going there once for Ladies Day at least a millennium ago !!! PMSL ....
I have to say it was the quickest set up I have EVER done ... arrived at noon and was on our way out by 1.30pm ... Penny was 'skiving' from her full time job to get set up !!! (oops!!! Hope no one important - like the boss - reads this ??? ) she set up in her lunch hour (ha Ha)
The stand:
Then this morning I had to do the commute into Durban during morning traffic ... hell why would anyone in their right mind do that every day ??? You must be CRAZY ... considering in non rush hour traffic it took me 45mins to find my way home ... this morning it took me an hour and a half !!!(and I was supposed to know where I was going lol!so why do they call it rush hour when it lasts so bloody long ????) BUT we did it we were ready for the customers on time ... and the day progressed ... after a while the 'bull s...' ooops I mean banter came back, and I felt like 'I WAS HOME' ... the customers were a hoot ... they all had a great sense of humour (well they needed it with me rabbiting on ) and before we knew it it was lunch time!!!The show is set up a lot different from the ones in the UK ... every stand has tables & chairs around them for demonstrators and customers to sit at and watch what's going on ... there were PAID workshops going on in between stands ... apparently the entrance fee includes a lunch ... so between 12hoo and 14hoo there's a serious lull in the numbers wandering around ... and we even got time to eat ... (not that that ever stopped me before ... NO M&M's though !!!) seems that's the way they do it here ... but very nice... lots of interesting things to see from beading, crafting, painting, teddy bear making ... and lots more. (never be competition for the NEC)
Here's Yours Truly doing her stuff ...
Penny ... baking clay not cookies ... guess there's no dinner in there house tonight ... that's her house stove ... !!! LOL
During Lunch Time ....
And then we finished off at 4.15pm and had to be out by 4.30pm ... WOW ... Well another day tomorrow ... let you know how it goes ... oh Nan tell mum she would have had a Ball !!! and an empty purse !
Oh got home and the house was soooo quiet ... really missing my boy BUT it was sooo nice not to have Homework to do ... well I don't have school homework but Penny gave me homework ... she wants a necklace just like mine ... I made mine out of the 'scrap' bits of clay she was going to throw away ... now she wants one !!!! I mean really !!!! Will take photos for tomorrow.
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