Two Angels - angels & petals AND crafty angel

Shop open tomorrow (Wednesday) morning just in case you're knicker elastic has snapped under the strain or a scented candle is a must have!

Merry Christmas Everyone

I hope you all have a lovely time.

The shop is closed from lunchtime Saturday until Wednesday morning.

Knit & Natter runs as usual on Tuesday & Thursday evening.

Hope to see you soon

Katrina x

A couple of weeks ago the K&N crowd sighed as I introduced yet another challenge to them! and gave them all a luggage label to take away and decorate in a way that represented themselves. So this week we played a little game where we had to guess who the tag belonged to. I think they'd all agree with me it was great fun. Take a look and see if you can spot anyone you know.

Dreaming of a white Christmas?

Well with a little help from some white paper and a lot of patience you can make a pretty good start on a white Christmas ..................

with quite impressive results...................

They would make a stunning table centre too, don't you think?

Christmas Roses

We lucky to have Caroline Munn able to come and make sugar paste Christmas Roses at a workshop on Saturday.

This is what we were aiming for.

So the petals were cut and shaped. Then left to dry under lamps.

 
The centre was added and a dusting of powder to create the shaded yellow effect.

Leaves were next, they had to be cut , coloured and then assembled

Ribbon touches were added and everyone took home a sprig of Christmas rose any cake would be proud to have top it off.

Look out for details of a Spring flower sugar paste workshop coming in March.

Festive Fabric Wreaths

The long awaited wreath making workshops took place this weekend and I estimate we used approx 5000 scraps of fabric over the 2 days!

These wreaths really do have the wow! factor and it is certainly a workshop we'll do again. Watch out for the Spring/Easter version coming in a couple of months.

For now though, here are just a small selection of the stunning wreaths made this time.....................

Making a start

 
Hints of mistletoe

Really Christmassy tones

Toffee tones, make this wreath look good enough to eat!

Frosty Autumnal tones give this one a really wintery feel.

Very pretty results came from a more structured look

A touch of deep pink velvet gave this wreath a very opulent tone.

I love the difference a touch of gingham can make.

And finally the Starry Night wreath.

There were 24 wreaths made in total over the weekend and there were no two alike. Even ladies who shared material made different wreaths. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing them all emerge and would happily hang any in my home. My apologies to those ladies who's wreaths have not made onto the blog.