Teaching & a Birthday (Catch Up #2)

Happy Wednesday to you dear friends & readers!

 Today is Catch Up Post # 2  😊

Thank you all So Much for the lovely comments you left on my last post .... I appreciate each & every one of them!!

You may remember in this older post where I had been asked to teach a handcrafted item to a small Rural Women Group this coming winter.
I decided to make the felt mice below - an easy handstitched item achievable in an afternoon - I half filled their bodies with dried lavender to make them fragrant.

The Craft Day was held on June 29th in my small rural town .... 15 ladies attended.

A week prior to this I sat down & prepared all my kitsets ... I kitted up a range of both the cream & the pink mice.
Remembering everything I have to take is always a bit of a mission with these classes.

As I found myself unusually rather organised for me ... I decided to make up another couple of class samples ... 
this time in a Christmas theme

One wet, stormy morning I sat at the work table & handstitched my Christmas Mice while my staff members Supervisors napped on the job!!

I think the Christmas versions turned out wonderfully & even though I added the dried lavender to them, 
I think you could just as easily omit this & then scent them with some Christmas Pine Oil.  🎄

All made using up scraps & bits & bobs I already had in my craft stash.


This year I was able to take part in the full days craft activities... we made Christmas Cards in the morning 
under a lovely tutor, Irene.

Some of the ladies working away happily

These are my 4 cards below ... there was some stamping/embellishment on the inside also 

My photo does not do them justice, they are actually a 3D  layered effect

Though I remembered to quickly snap a couple of pics while the ladies were crafting their mice, I did not get a chance to photograph everyone's creation at the end, as some of the ladies left earlier than others

It would've been nice to show the 15 completed mice all lined up on the worktable.
But the ladies had a fun day & all really enjoyed themselves - when the afternoon sun came into the old Church Hall, the scent of lavender was divine! 


On the last day of June I had a Birthday .... 58 years around this clock of life !!

My wonderful Sons & Grandsons .... that is me to the right holding my grandson Sid.

Though we had planned a picnic morning tea in our local Park, the white-out frost put paid to these plans so we went to my youngest son's home instead.
My dear friend Carolyn was up this way so she was able to come to our morning tea & presented me with a beautiful homemade (carrot) birthday cake.

I was also lucky enough to receive some gorgeous handmade gifts from friends ... spoilt indeed!!

My first attempt at a scrubbie .... apparently you can get 4 from 1 ball of yarn

Amongst my friend Donna's gift was this fascinating yarn ... it felt like it had a bristle thread running through it.
A quick google search & I was able to find a pattern to knit up a "scrubbie" ... (a pot scourer)
You will find the free link here if you should like to have a go ...
or here are some other free patterns to knit using the Washknit yarn


The Mr presented me with a Coffee Maker ... I must admit one of these had long been on my wish list .  .  .  .

.  .  .  .  though my coffee making skills are improving I think it's only fair to say I have quite a wee way to go yet !!!

The Mr is milking at present (we autumn calve) so he is gone by 5 am.
On the days that I have Sid I like to get up & get the house warm before he arrives

Her Royal Highness resting by the fire !!

 Someone else thinks the fire is entirely for her benefit of course!!
 
Have a wonderful day dear friends - thank you all again for your visits!
I hope to be back before Saturday with Catch Up #3 (my last catch up post)
 With much love & friendship to you all,
Julie & the furry ones x0x0x