Workshops Past and Present

Before Christmas I came across some photographs from workshops that we ran from the shop in previous years.

This was one of my favourite things to do in the shop. Although they took a lot of planning and organisation, it  was always a great buzz to have a room full of people all getting creative together and producing something to take home they could be proud of.

These are a few of my favourites from past Christmases.

Looking through these photos reminded me, not only of all the fun we had, but also that one of the projects which I’d started making was a Christmas stocking which still needed to be finished off. I dug out the project, which I’d packed away with all the bits I needed to finish it off, and spent a pleasant and satisfying few hours getting it finally completed.

This was a very nice way to pass a bit of time quietly by myself, as was a workshop I attended this week at Dragon Willow  this time with my sister. A completely different craft and something which I’d never tried before, we made our very own baskets.

The location for the workshop was in a Yurt located in a fruit orchard in North Yorkshire and it was fabulous.  As it was just the two of us we had lots of attention from Leilah, who was extremely calm and patient throughout. Such a relaxing way to spend some time together, plenty of refreshments were available to us with a snacks to graze on and a variety of hot or cold drinks, and we came away each the proud owner of a fantastic willow baskets.

If you fancy trying something out there is a good range of courses available to try, some in the Yurt and others at different venues.

I would really really like to have one of these in my little garden!!

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Not a very good picture I’m afraid but hopefully you can see that it’s a brilliant Peacock!!

I have lots of friends who love taking time out for a pamper day, and I know that they find this to be marvellous way to relax and wind down, but give me some quality time making something totally unique and learning about crafts new and old any day. That’s my kind of relaxation!

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