My shining star

My shining star

Tuesday 22 November 2016

A super weekend and first mixology piece

Good morning all! How are you? I hope you are good. I had a fabulous time last weekend - spending a day at Indigo blu HQ with the DT plus a half day at a vintage market. It was a wonderful weekend - I met lots of people for the first time and it was really cool to put faces to names!


Kay was absolutely brilliant! She is so lovely! Aw such lovely people!

Then I hotfooted it to Coventry for the Ministry of mixology weekend - 3 workshops - Brenda Brown, Andy Skinner and Mark Gould. Lots of fun - and meeting up with old and new friends.



The lovely Anne Redfern - and the fabulous Kath Stewart plus me and gorgeous Mo Stokes.

The first workshop I did was with the ever so lovely Brenda Brown - wow - what a lovely lady! And what a wonderful project!!!


We used so many techniques and landed up with this brilliant vintage design - mum and dad feature in the project on their wedding day - full of hopes and dreams. I gave it to my mum on my return - bless her - it brought tears to her eyes! Maybe she loved it - or maybe she was just shattered after looking after my little beauties all weekend! And talking of them - they got their brown tab 1 belt on Sunday at grading....so proud!



Big hugs!!!

Rachel x

13 comments:

  1. Love your finished frame Rachel, the photo of your mum and dad make it so special and the weekend was a blast, so pleased to have met you f2f. Thanks got the lovely comments xxx

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  2. Great photos (well perhaps not mine - lol) of a fabulous weekend Rachel, it was so lovely to spend time with you whilst we were making such gorgeous projects too! Huge congratulations to Lucy and Penny! Hugs, Anne xx

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  3. Not unpacked my bags yet! Lovely to meet you Rachel and what a great weekend. So pleased your mum loved the project... Not surprised it is gorgeous. Well done to Penny and Lucy...xxx

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  4. I love your project, so many happy memories, The girls did so well and were so good at the weekend.

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  5. Looks like you had a great weekend and fabulous vintage project love the crackles and distressed look-no wonder you Mum loved it-congratulations girls
    Carol x

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  6. Your project is beautiful Rachel, it sounds like you had a wonderful weekend.
    Congratulations to the girls - my youngest recently achieved his black belt in Korean Kickboxing - not bad for someone with Autism!
    Pauline
    x

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  7. Oh dear a lot of green eye going on over here....fabulous piece rachel and I'm sure your mum LOVE IT !! As for the girls, god they are growing up fast and well done them !!

    hugs Diane xx

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  8. Hi Rachel you sure had a great time and your finished piece is fabulous.
    Well done to the girls, great photo, Kate x

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  9. Fabulous photographs and so happy you had a wonderful weekend too. Love the creation you created. Congratulations to Penny and Lucy.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  10. What a wonderful and creative weekend you had!!! Great pictures and projects! Congrats to the girls!!! Hugs

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  11. So pleased you had a great weekend Rachel, I love your finished piece of your mum and dad. Well done to Penny and Lucy too. xx

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  12. What a joyful post, Rachel! I love your project and I can see why your Mum was teary eyed! How sweet to give such importance to that memorable photo! It seems you were an A++++ student! Your crackle and that background are amazing! Lucky you to meet the talented girls and guys at this fun weekend! I'm soooooo jealous! (Bucket list).

    I loved seeing your photos of the day; looks like you all had tremendous fun! And your photo of the girls--how proud you must be of them! Big hugs!

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  13. What a fab weekend Rachel, and no wonder your Mum had a tear in her eye, your piece is beautiful xx

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