Back from Birmingham - Tired but Happy!!

Well!!

i had the most wonderful time at ICHF in Birmingham...

...meeting lots and lots of lovely people....

...and talking my head off! :-D

I got myself pitched on Tuesday ready for set-up on Wednesday.

This was the first time my new "Medieval Mysteries" have seen a wall...

...so I was just a little apprehensive about how it would all look.

After a couple of hours of climbing ladders...

...it ended up like this.....

Looking from the seating area...

Some closer shots of...

...beakheads...

...Medieval tiles...

...sketchbook pages...

...moths and mushrooms (medieval of course!!)

...and a bit of background info...

Overall I was very pleased with the way it looked...

....and it got a LOT of attention and many, many positive comments!

Even though it was a trek...and a few days of intense activity...

...I got back late yesterday feeling that it had been an extremely worthwhile trip.

So, all of you wonderful people that came to talk to me on my stand...

THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED!!!

You made my show!! x x x x x x

x C

Majestic Meeces!!

Whew!

Finished....with 2 days to spare!!

Meet Melisant, Metylda and Maudeleyn.

They will be greeting folk on my stand N14 at the NEC next week!!

I love them already! :-)


Hope to see you there...

x C

A tiled masterpiece!!

Ok....so it's fairly obvious that I'm very, VERY happy with this finished piece :-o

...so much so that I'm allowing myself to refer to it as a "masterpiece" !!

It took a LOT of hours to get it all done...

...making the "Leather Paper"....

...printing the tiles...

....hand-colouring each one...

....painting the background fabric...

....positioning the tiles in a pleasing manner (not that easy to do believe me!!)...

...then stitching the tiles in place and finally stitching on the "grout" lines.

The result...

Sorry about the lighting problems...

...it's dark and grey here again today...

...but those of you coming to ICHF next month will see it in all it's glory!

Monday Morning Printing Happiness...

This is batch #1...

...of goodness knows how many!

Lovely Medieval floor tile printing blocks (Colouricious of course)...

...printed onto my own "leather paper"...

...that I will be using on my stand at the NEC next month.

Ahhhhh...

...how I LOVE Monday mornings!! :-)

x C

A Beakhead play-day

Yesterday afternoon I drove down to Tonypandy in the Rhondda...

...to a wonderful place called the "Craft of Hearts Community Craft Centre".

It's run by the lovely Joanne who showed me how to use "Powertex".

I'd phoned a few days before because, as you know, I have this "thing" about Beakheads...

...and wanted to make some 3D models for my current expo work.

So, Jo said "come on down"...

...and by the end of a few hours...

...I had this done!

I still have a way to go with him...

...but I'm really pleased with the result...

...and it was super-easy!

Of course, having spent an afternoon in a wonderful craft shop...

...I came home with loads of supplies :-)

Plans are afoot....

x C