A week of crafting !!!

Can you believe it ... yes I'm on holiday and I've just had a whole week of crafting !!! (working actually... can't wait to get back to my other job for a rest !!!)

My craft week started on Wednesday teaching in Pietermatitzburg at MACS (Midlands Arts & Craft Society) I taught an 'Altered Book' class !!! Yes weird I know cos I could never understand the point of changing a perfectly good book !!! But these ladies had asked if I could teach this particular class and hey money is money ... and the ladies loved it !!!! And I now have the foundation of an altered book .. not sure what I'm going to do with it .!!! But I'm sure I'll find a use for it ...

And then on Thursday I found myself teaching a card class at LaDomaine ... these are all mature ladies who formed a card making group way before I got here but they are all self taught ladies and have never really had any formal lessons ... last year before I got my job I gave them a few lessons .... one a month ... and the other 3 weeks of the month they practised their new techniques ... lovely bunch of ladies and some of them have plenty of cash to spend and time to craft ... so the ladies asked me if I could give them another lesson ... taught them some floral punch art ... and I spent most of my lesson reminiscing about the fantastic ladies I had as my students back in the UK ... the awesome times we had in class and the fun we used to have.

Then believe it or not but Friday saw me at a Consumer Show ... yes surprisingly enough we do have the odd one here ... very small one only about 40 exhibitors but it's over 3 days and they have it every year ... in fact the first year I was here I helped my sister-in-law out ... with her polymer clay business ... don't know if I mentioned that 3 years ago ??? LOL ...

Well I kinda forgot about that show till Adele (she's the lady who originally introduced me to the Thursday group and she reminds me a lot of Glynis !!! she's into everything crafty !!! she spins, she weaves, she sews, and all the paper crafts too ... she has a son a year older than Kelsey and they play rugby together ... and she's also quite a go-getter ... once I showed her all the stock in my garage she started finding me customers etc... in fact she's also the lady who introduced me to MACS) well she reminded about the show ... and off we went ... reminded me a bit about the times a group of us in the UK used to go to the consumer shows together ... do you remember gals ??? Well the show has new organisers and I've been in touch with them to hopefully exhibit there next year ... I'll keep you posted !!!

And I've even had Paul & Kelsey involved in my crafting endeavours ... well sort of ... I've had them unpacking the garage for me today so I can try and find some of the stock that my 'customers' are desperately looking for ... Chalk Inks !!!! The things I really miss !!! Well actually after this week I'm really missing my crafting, my business and most of all my customers who became really good friends ... those I miss the most ;(

So last week I left the boys to their own devices ... but I'm going to spoil their fun this next week and force them to keep me entertained LOL !!!

Paul was really enjoying the HOT steamy weather this past week but yesterday he got a taste of the unpredictability of our weather and saw just how quickly it can change and become very cold !!! Like long trousers and jacket cold !!! ... well it's preparing him for his return to the UK at then end of the week ;(