Good morning from a sunny Pembrokeshire - and HAPPY 12th ANNIVERSARY to all.
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My photo today shows my crafty table yesterday afternoon, when I started making my ATCs to celebrate the achievement of reaching 12 years of weekly blogs (no, I haven't done them all !). Of course I have had this in my calendar for several weeks, but it would be unusual if I wasn't starting at the last minute, and still to finish them (my excuse is that they had to dry overnight!). They will be finished today and hopefully in the post, along with postcards from sunny Solva.
I had been admiring one of the latest Distress Ink colours for a while, and gave into temptation and bought it from Amazon (local craft shop had sold out). I do love a nice pink. Otherwise you can see 2 partially finished ATCs, glue (and cotton bud for applying it), some gold texture paste (which was in a set from either Aldi or Lidl, I can't remember which) and 2 die cut shapes, which will be adhered to the ATCs at some point. I actually don't have much of a plan for finishing the ATCs, but my Colop E-Mark will be used to decorate some ribbon.
I missed last week, as I just ran out of hours in the day. We have been out and about making a decision about which electric car to purchase for me (now I have craft workshops and other events going in my calendar we realised that a smaller car would be needed again, so I could park it easily and not have to share a car with hubby), plus some lovely walks when the weather has been nice. My 'new to me' BMW i3 was delivered last week and it is brilliant. We now have 2 electric cars in the garage, plus another coming soon - so our solar panels are proving to be the best investment ever (and the battery system was very welcome when our area had a power cut). If anyone wants some advice on moving to an electric vehicle, just get in touch. I am a total convert.
After so long of crafting by myself or with a Zoom group (which are still fantastic for 'meeting' crafters from outside our area and other countries, and we have at least one digital crafting Zoom at weekends), I have my first 'IRL' (In Real Life) craft workshop on Friday evening (making a wall hanging with air dryed clay - never used it before), and already another one booked in for next Wednesday. Hopefully the scrapbooking group will be able to meet again soon (just waiting for confirmation that we can use the British Legion, which has a big hall and fantastic facilities for social distancing). I have got used to the more relaxed schedule of not going anywhere, so the housework is suffering (especially as if the sun shines, then I just want to drive somewhere and enjoy our fabulous scenery). See photo below of the coastline just outside Solva (an easy flat walk from the Upper Town) when I joined my Walking For Wellness group walk on Monday afternoon. Again, fantastic to be walking with 'strangers'.
That is enough words and pictures for now. Happy 12th Anniversary WOYWW to everyone, if I don't manage to visit all the blogs this week.
Ali x
