a travelling.....

...well I was hoping this week was going to be kind to me in time and go a little bit slower...but my feet are in Tuesday already and goodness knows what happened to Monday...

I am just about to pack for my trip to London ready for the Maker Spaces book launch...

lots of new pretty haberdashery pieces made to take with me.

I am so looking forward to the running of this Pop-up Maker's Selling Space.  Normally you are given a narrow 6ft table with two inches between you and the next person....but not this time... as it is being held at the department store, West Elm, in London they are marvellously allocating a space, within the shop, to each of us, so our stock marries together with their normal day to day fineries.  I know!!!, wonderful isn't it.... so all I can do is pack my suitcase and not think about display until I get there as not too sure of size and space in detail....but in a way that adds to the creativity and that is exactly what the day is about.

I will also be taking my sewing needles and thread and will be sat making 

floral ribbons and brooches on the day too.

So if you are free on Thursday an fancy a trip into London - do pop in and see all of us and you can purchase a signed copy of Maker Spaces from Emily too.....

Maker Spaces Book Launch

West Elm

Tottenham Court Road

London

Thursday 16th April

10-6pm

and then a little soiree from

6-8pm

Would be lovely to see you there......

Here is how the packing table looks this morning......

A stones throw away...

....Yet again, this Summer, we have holidayed a stones throw away from home.  I am lucky to live on the very tip edge of the top of  North Yorkshire..... carved coastlines and beautiful beaches, seductive palettes of the dales and moorland, dappled lit humid forests and woodlands, bustling towns and pretty pockets of quiet village life all bring a sense of calm.  

The twelve months of the working year only allow the odd gap to go venturing and so towing the caravan, to sit in the middle of all this beauty, was a perfect answer to popping ones feet up for three weeks.  And, for once, I have done just that.  

Walked, pottered, meandered, explored, sat, daydreamed, stitched, read, slept well, ate well, drank well, enjoyed the sun on my face, time with Mr H. and most importantly sat back from a distance and observed how grown up our girls now are....so many changes in a year.  If I wasn't such a terrible hoarder I would live in our caravan all year round.

books I read that I can highly recommend...