Yesterday's weather was a big shock! I hadn't expected to see snow this far south and and was very surprised to get up to find nearly 2" of the white stuff had landed during the night. Even more surprising was that Chilworth, where I was taking part in an event, had no snow! What went wrong? Did someone shake the snowy blanket in Surrey and send it to our side of the A3?
We woke up to a light scattering of snow this morning, but no more has settled during the day although it has been 'sprinkling' all day long. If you are in a snow-bound area, I hope you are not suffering because of it and if you are I hope all services are either being maintained or will be switched back on very soon.
A friend and I went to Wisley this afternoon as they had some plant demonstrations taking place as well as a Plant Fair. Gardeners are hardy people - it was very busy and the car park was nearly full. Mind you I think we found most of them in the cafeteria where we had to visit as it was bitterly cold outside. Lots of lovely plants for sale, but this time around I bought some packets of unusual seeds: orange aubergines, black carrots and something I am really looking forward to tasting the results of, Samphire. I love Samphire and wonder if it isn't farmed from the sea what will the taste be like? I will let you know in a few months time
It has been a very busy week for one reason or another, mainly working on new things for Christmas Pie Crafts as well as making lots of new stock for yesterday's event. It wasn't a great success - very well attended by mums, dads, grandparents, toddlers and babies (the event was to raise funds for the village play group) but they were not in a spending mood. I have one more event on 6 April, then I will be back to sticking to my guns and not doing many events at this time of the year. However, I do have some wedding fayres on my list of to-do's.
Here are a couple of pics of some of the cards I have made this week:
Most of the new stock will be added to my wall at Bourne Mill Centre tomorrow. Stock levels are reasonable there, but I like to ring the changes bringing in new stock and moving the remainder around a little. Makes it look as though the whole wall of cards has been replaced.
Another busy week beginning, making stock for the next event, planning the next workshop, brain-storming on joint-ventures with Linda, my cake-making friend, and catching up with other friends over the Easter weekend.
I hope you all have a good week, keep warm and don't forget to whiz over to Handmade Monday to catch up with everyone and read about their week. I will be back next Sunday (mustn't forget the clocks will have gone forward) and Milly will be here on Wednesday with more stories from a kitten's point of view.
Jill
