Creativity and Sociability

I visited London last week and decided I'd use Airbnb instead of a hotel.  I've used Airbnb before when renting the entire apartment, but never a room.  I decided to take the plunge and force myself to be more sociable, something I've been conscious I need to work on lately.  Anyway, it wasn't anything like work, I thoroughly enjoyed myself and met a kindred spirit in my host Richard.  Indeed, when he told me about the Tom Dixon designer sample sale, I asked to tag along and we had such a laugh.

Richard and Matthew's lovely Airbnb guest room

Show and tell - admiring our loot in over carrot cake and coffee in a Portobello cafe

I got a little message from Richard after he'd seen my recent post about my kitchen refurb.  He was inspired to get crafty himself, so made over some Ikea drawers with marble contact paper. 

CRaft Dates

Next Saturday I've arranged a craft day at my place for Lorna's lovely mum-in-law Babs and her pal Ros.  Bab's in a champion knitter and lover of all things crafty, so we figured it would be really fun to have a wee day showing each other hints and tips and making things whilst we natter over tea and biccies.

I'm also meeting up with an arty pal whilst I'm on holiday in America and once I'm home, I've booked in another day with Lorna's wee cuz Ava to make her fabulous sparkly things, most likely involving unicorns!

I'll make sure to take some pics and will update the post.

Facebook Groups

I gave up my jeweller's bench a while back and whilst it's lovely to craft at home I think inserting a bit of sociability into crafting and making is always good.  Sharing ideas, top purchases and getting and giving troubleshooting help makes things so much more fun.  I'm a member of a few facebook groups and really appreciate all the help and belly laughs there too.  If you are in the UK and have a Silhouette, check out Silhouette Cameo Crafters Support U.K.  I tend to favour the UK ones as the products and shops are available, but the mainly American Silhouette CAMEO Project Inspiration is worth joining too - it's very active.

So folks, get collaborating, share any crafty projects you've been doing on my Facebook page, I'd love to see all the awesome stuff you're making! Nadine x