Saturday was the day when I finally got to meet Karen from Did You Make That, hers was one of the first sewing blogs I started reading and so it was appropriate that she was the first blogger I met. As a fab bonus I got to meet her lovely friend, who blogs at Huggie Does Homespun. Karen is exactly as great as I knew she would be, I had so much fun with these ladies.
Saturday was also the day of Crafty Pint's Handmade Christmas event and it was FANTASTIC. Truly. There's something really great about spending the afternoon in a room filled with people making things. I've already posted a bunch of pictures from the fabulous venue, so there's only a few here.
The whole room was set up with mini workshops to dip in and out of, it was heaven, if a little overwhelming at first! We had to get a drink (see? you need a bar at these things) to aid the decision making process.
Our first stop was pottery painting, the table was run by Caragh Buxton who sells some delightful things!
I loved painting my mug, but it's harder than I thought. And we were concentrating so hard there was barely any time for chitchat!
Our masterpieces, I can't wait to see how they look when they're all fired! I don't think Karen will mind me saying Huggie put us both to shame, check out her fab work on the right.
I gave my mug some hallmarks so that my future ancestors know where it came from when it becomes a treasured heirloom! Heh.
After that we hit the shrinkie tables, where we spent some more time in deep concentration. Making these things was so simple and I'm positive there is a little magic going on in the shrinking! The reindeer & moose designs were traced and I drew the anchor design myself, we drew our designs on to special plastic and then they were blasted with a heat gun to make them shrink. These tables were run by Vicky of Stars & Scars, she declared my anchor design of the day :) I bet she says that to all the girls!
I will no doubt return to Tooting Tram & Social, I really think it's a special venue. I'll also be looking out for future Crafty Pint events, they know how to throw a fun party. And I'm hoping to meet up with the lovely Karen & Sarah again too.
xo K
