This morning my sisters, Rosie, Fiona and I attended  ‘Decorative Techniques Workshop’, working with Annie Sloan, Chalk paints in Alton.  It was great fun and very therapeutic.

The Annie Sloan paint is so easy to use and can be used on almost anything without any need to prime or prepare anything, which is my sort of paint.  You can paint walls, wood, floor, metal, plastic, terracotta and even materials.

In the workshop, we were introduced to the color range, history and the types of brushes, style and shown decorative techniques.  eg.  Gilding, Stenciling, Decoupage, Crackle Glaze and varnishing   ..so many things

Once the workshop finished, we walked around Alton, popped into a few charity shops and then stopped for a drink and nibble in little Tea Room  …not a touch on Rosie’s  ..Sandwich was very salty, tea was weak and the flapjack was solid as a rock   …but I must say, I haven’t laughed so much in ages 🙂

Thank you for a lovely Birthday prezzie  xx

THANK YOU for all my Birthday wishes. I had a super time, in fact I had a few days of festivities 😀

It’s only today that Si and I have returned from the New Forest.  We thought it would be fun to go away camping for a couple of days while the weathers good & also do ‘Go Ape’  …swing through the trees like monkeys 😀

It’s been years since I’ve camped in the New Forest ..I remember going as a child with Mum, Mary Cotter & her daughter Helen.   ‘Careless Whisper’ was released by George Michael   ..now there’s an interesting fact

We camped up at Red Shoot Camp site in Linwood.  A lovely camp site situated just behind a pub.  Very handy  ..even the New Forest ponies were queueing up. 

 ‘Go Ape’ was a scream.  It’s been years since we last did one.  Si took some good photo’s of me traversing ..in a fashion 😀

Saturday morning, Simon, Iona & Chloe and I had a bit of a ‘Bake Off’.

I paired up with Chloe and went for a traditional chocolate cake with butter icing and grated chocolate on top.  While Simon and Iona went for a more imaginative cake

A pertty hard one to judge! You’ll have to wait until tomorrow for the tasting session and then we’ll reveal the Winner

You would have thought with all that baking, Simon wouldn’t be that hungry but after a quick trip to the shops to get some vital supplies, he made a sandwich as big as Iona’s head LOL (Simon did miss breakfast ;-))