Rubber Stamping - North Wales

Today after a little shopping Bob & I decided to grab some fresh air as it was such a lovely day.  We packed our e-books & jumped in the car as we thought we could find somewhere nice perhaps by a river & sit & quietly read our books & relax. After a pretty drive around we went to "The Boat" at Erbistock.  We have been there several times in the past.  We decided to have a sandwich for lunch & I even ventured a half of lager.  I say ventured because over the last few days I have not had much to eat.  Not long after we started our drive I realised I had not picked up my camera - oh, brain wherefore art thou. But it just happens I have pictures from one of our prior visits - way back in 2005. There is the back of Bob sitting at one of the outside tables. We were sat a little closer to the river today & there wasn't any need for jackets. It was really lovely watching the water flow by & the occasional flurry of mall...

Good evening ladies Where did I go with Sue today? Well we went to Frodsham to The Lady Heyes Centre to visit Crab Apple Crafts.  We walked in the door & there was Joan & Rachel from Mold club. After a long chat with them we started looking around to see what would catch our attention.  I love all those lovely chipboard items they sell there - books, ribbon boxes, picture frames, drawer units - all waiting to be painted & covered in papers & then put into use.  There was a beautiful advent calendar box.  It was a large square chipboard base & all the bits to make the boxes which were placed around the four edges of the base.  This left a big square in the centre which in their sample had a beautiful Christmas decoupaged picture. I was reminded of the Christmas decoration I made there a few years ago - it's base was 4 small canvases - well I say small about 4" square.  We decorated them with inks & Christmas papers & images....