General Chat

Afternoon girls,

Ann the weather has been awful, glad to hear you kept in the crafting spirit and purchased lots of goodies :)
Not seen Jojo or Liz M about today, but will nudge them if I do.

Jill, you are so busy, hope you get some time to rest.

Hope all the girls are well and happy crafting.

Sylvia have a nice trip in the UK, sorry don't think I will be able to meet up, got 100 things to do.
Have a good time xx

Heather xx

Well, I have tried and tried to ring Sylvia, but getting no reply on her mobile so will turn up tomorrow and just hope that she is there.

Hope everyone is OK and not working too hard, I have made lots of cards this week, and showed someone them and they placed and order for 20 , so going to be busy, think I must be too cheap but no idea what to charge for them!!



Have just managed to get Sylvia, so will, all being OK on the 4 hour journey up there, meet her tomorrow.

Finally met up with Sylvia and Johan yesterday, had a lovely time she is such a lovely lady. So pleased I drove up to Darlington to see her, met Lizz first then drove over to Sylvia. Got home round mdt so was a long day but I really enjoyed it.
Just watching Create and Craft and they have had some lovely things on, its their crafting week, so much to choose from, still have managed to keep my credit card in my pocket so far, the kits are just too big for me.
Hope everyone is OK

Jo,
So pleased that you managed to meet Sylvia and that you all had a good time. That was a long way to drive though.

The trouble with charging for cards is that you can never charge what the cards are worth. people seem to want to pay less for hand made. They would have to pay almost £2 a card for something similar in the shops. But well done for getting the order.

Ann
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Morning everyone, hope you are all OK

Sylvia & Johan hope that you arrived home safely from your trip to England.

Me, I'm off to stay at my daughters for 5 days as her OH is away and she has so many meetings to attend needs a live in babysitter!! so I will be back on Wednesday.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Enjoy the babysitting Jo

Ann
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I woke up yesterday morning feeling a little down, Iv'e had a lot of health problems, and a whole load of workmen in my house for 9 weeks now,then the postman delivered a beautiful birthday card from Irish Angel (Lynne ),I had forgot my birthday was coming up , what a lovely surprise. more so as I have not sent any myself for some time due to the health problems,so thank you Lynne , You truly are an Irish Angel,cheered me up no end
Sally Sunshine xx

She sent mine too -she`s very organised ,
Ros xx

Sally sorry to hear that you have not been well, hope things soon sort themselves out and you are back to top form

Just borrowing daughters computer to check in as will not be back till very late tomorrow.

Happy Birthday Issy, hope you have a lovely day.

happy birthday Issy, have a great day

Ann
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Happy Birthday Issy xx

Hi all,
Yes, it's little ol' me again back from old blighty.
Must say how much I enjoyed meeting up with Liz and Jo Jo. What a pity they couldn't have stayed the night. I could have thrown Johan out!!!
Anyway lovely to have met you both and hope one day you may venture to the Netherlands and we can get together again.
I cannot see Johan driving to the uk again. Who knows? He was quite tired, especially as he has so many things to do for me that I cannot do now. I feel so sad about this.
We arrived back home late Monday morning and since then the days have flown by, shopping, washing, the usual social visits to neighbours to catch up on what's been going on.
Tomorrow I have a hospital appointment and hope this will be a fruitful visit to my new urologist.
The weather has been so humid these last few days and had a few drops of rain.
My neighbour wanted a "get Well" card made yesterday and now another to make for a 50th wedding anniversary. She wants a large card, so must find lots of bibs and bobs to fill up the card.
A big hug and kiss to Liz and Jo Jo.
Sylvia, and of course Johan
xxx

Hello Sylvia, good to see you back on here. I am pleased that you enjoyed your trip. sounds as if you now need a week to recover from it. Nice to have met up with Jo and liz.

I have made twelve cards in the last week or so, four of them are family cards, July is a big birthday month in this family.

Anyway glad you are back OK

Ann
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Hi girls,

Sylvia I am glad you had a good trip to the UK, sorry I couldn't meet up with you.
Hope you and Johan recover soon from your travels.

I've started my christmas cards this week sssshhhh !! :)


Heather xx

Morning, Sylvia, glad to see that you arrived home safely, you both will need a holiday to get over your last holiday (LOL). It was lovely to meet you both and see all the fabulous cards you had made, they were just so different, could do with a master class from you to teach me how to do some - they were fantastic.

Ann like you I have loads of cards to make this month need to get started!!

Have a lovely weekend all of you and hope the weather is good for you.

Hello everyone. Thank you so much for your lovely cards. You kept the postman very busy. I had a quiet relaxing day at home on Wednesday and my daughter cooked me a lovely meal in the evening before I joined some friends for cake and wine.

Yesterday I had such a lovely day spent with a friend. She had 'won' a supposedly free make over and could take along a friend. She asked me. So I sorted out a couple of outfits and accessories and off we went. First we had our faces made up and our hair titivated. Then we went into the studio for our photographs. We had such a laugh. The photographer took loads of pics of us together and alone. We then had a break when we went out to get lunch. Found a Slug and Lettuce bar and shared a gorgeous platter. Then back to the studio to view ourselves on screen. Oh my, what a sight. I dont like being photographes at the best of times and the only ones I liked were the closeups. The full length ones made me look so small and dumpy, which I know I am!! Then came the big sell :0} We chose 23 pics and then we were told we could have 15 printed in various sizes for £600. Neither of us were prepared to pay that much. They kept at us trying to wear us down. I did not know that my friend had paid a deposit of £99 and she was detirmed to get something for her money. We ended up with 4 pics, two each on a disc for the deposit. So ladies, watch out for the conners. Despite that we had such a good time. It was worth it for the experience.

Issy

Hi all,
Sh, sh, I've already made a few Xmas cards Heather, so you are not alone!
I've still got a 50th wedding card to make for my neighbour. She wants an extra large card and must have details on it, such as the couple's boat ,and photos of the marines as he used to be in the marines. Cannot come up with too many ideas at the moment, so will try again tomorrow.
I went out yesterday and bought a copy, or should I say copies, of our new hobby blad which comes out every month. I showed Liz and Jo this paper and they thought it value for money, and a pity it is not in English. I did hear somewhere that they may print it in English in the future. Anyway Liz and Jo I have bought a copy of the latest paper and also a copy of last month's for you and hope to post these on to you next week.
Johan now wants us to go on a cruise in August. It is a bit soon after our trip to England really, but on the other hand am pleased that he has come up with an idea for a holiday.
He also suggests that I go with our granddaughter to England for a few days, but must think this over first as Linda has never driven in England before.
The weather has been rather overcast today. Am getting all confused with the days and cannot believe it is Sunday tomorrow.
See you tomorrow.
Sylvia xxx

Good morning to you all, sorry , not been around as much but lots going on over here at the moment :)))
Good to see you home Sylvia, sorry that I was not in the UK at the same time as it would of been nice to have seen you.
We had another five kittens born last week and I will be sorry to see most of them go to their new homes when they are big enough-I am too soft.
Not done much crafting as house is upside down getting utility ready so that we can start clearing the kitchen. Sods law, we have lots of family wanting to come over and cottage next door is full so cannot use that.
Cannot wait until mid September when all the work will be finished .
Little Rémi has gone down with the chicken pox but is coming over here in three weeks so will be all OK by then.
Hope every ones keeping well

xx Jill

Issy glad to hear you enjoyed your day, you did well to escape without buying my friend spent £700 on pictures of herself she said she felt so pressured.

Jill sounds like you are going to be upside down for a bit longer, still will be lovely once it is all done.

Fancy starting Xmas cards already, feel I should have started to think about mine, but as yet have done nothing about it!!! Don't want a last minute rush this year.
Weather here is awful again, lots of rain and thunder & lightening.

Sylvia, the patterns in your magazine are worth far more each than the magazine costs, why don't we have anything like it in the UK I wonder, would definitely pay them to translate to English and sell it over here. Thank you for thinking of me and cannot wait to receive a copy. I loved all your miniature knitting especially the bootees, you will have to let me have a copy of the pattern if it is not being too cheeky!!!!

Good afternoon from a very wet Maine et Loire.
Been jam making this morning and have now 2 peach and 2 strawberry to add to the store cupboard, that will be it until our thorn-less blackberries are ready.
Must admit to having made one Christmas card when playing about with the Cuttlebug, just waiting for some new embossing folders to arrive then will do some more :))))

xx Jill