What a fabulous weekend, lots of gorgeous warm, sunny sunshine - long may it last.
Firstly my apologies for not commenting on any of my fellow Handmade Monday blogs last week - I will try to do a double whammy this week, I promise.
This sunshine is very motivating and I have been working on making stock for two events I have coming up in the next three weeks - one I am 'just a stallholder' in, the other is the first one I am organising. Many years ago I disliked decoupage - I think mainly because I am a pretty impatient crafter and the fact that it took a long while to build up a picture meant frustration at not having something made more or less immediately. Things change and I love decoupage now, I like the fact that it takes a while to build up a picture and also that I can change how it likes by adding extra bits in or leaving bits out. This week, as well as two decorated jute bags, I have been busy on the decoupage front and here are pics of some of my work:
The cat bride and groom - couldn't resist this one
Beautiful dark red lilies
Gorgeous red poppies
The Easter bonnet bag
The Easter bunny bag
The title of today's post doesn't mean that I have been clowning around this week, but I have been looking for a clown. I want something to attract visitors to my first event and thought a clown, a magician or something similar would be good fun. Easier said than done apparently - I have contacted a few and hardly any have replied. Apart from the fact that I think it is very unprofessional not to reply, it is also very time-wasting - my time that is. How long does it take to say 'no, we don't do that' or something along those lines. It has been back to the Internet today looking for potential entertainers - I have asked a few friends if they fancy dressing up as the Easter Bunny! I am sure you can imagine the replies.
Time to do some pruning while the sun is still shining; it would be lovely to get the grass cut, but unfortunately, our garden is still very soggy. A couple more weeks of this lovely warm sunshine would help though.
Have a great week and hopefully this time next week I will be able to tell you that I have tracked down the Easter Bunny! Even better that I have tracked down the REAL Easter Bunny. Don't forget to visit Handmade Monday - top of my list of blogs to visit this evening.
See you next week
Jill
