Stitch and Craft Show.

Last Sunday was Mothers Day in England and usually I would spend this with my family, but this year a group of us decided to go the Stitch and Craft Show in Olympia to see what scrapbooking goodies we could buy.
It took us two hours to get there, which we didn't mind as it gave us time to catch up on the train.
Fiona (in the pink) set up a mission, whereby we were each given £10 to spend on the raffle. We also got a lovely chocolate bar too.

I have to say, I was rather tired as I had travelled back and forth to Cambridge the day before.

Olympia was an interesting place to visit, there were lots of unusual stalls which we don't normally get when we go to the scrap show. However as dedicated scrappers we were a bit disappointed with the amount of scrapping gear available, though we still managed to spend plenty of money!
The stalls were jammed packed with goodies, but I didn't buy anything that I had planned to. I am always attracted by paper and there wasn't a lot of it there.

We all learnt some new techniques at the show and Annie is going to master distress inks that she bought and hopefully show us what to do with them.

We ventured downstairs at the show and became surrounded by material, tapestry and cross stitch stalls, which was a bit of a new experience to some of us. The majority of our little group came back with a cross stitch picture to make. Here is Annie, buying some beautiful fabric to make some cushions.

I had to take a picture of this bag, because we all wanted one and nearly died at the price of the kit to make it. How much do you think it is worth?

£70 for the kit! Though it is made of alpaca wool, but still that is so expensive.

I was quite taken by these knitted necklaces and would love to be able to make one. As I can't knit, I am hoping it might be possible to crochet one. Naida - what do you think? Would it be possible?Here are some of the goodies I purchased on the day. I got some lovely kits which will allow me to sew on my scrap pages, a couple of new albums, lots of glitter and quite a few stamps. I was really pleased with the items I purchased.

I also purchased this cross stitch kit ( this is the picture off the packet, as I haven't even started it yet.) I have a thing about cupcakes and collect ornaments and pictures with them on. I cannot make them at all, they always taste disgusting when I do( and I am so not joking, feel free to ask my children or my husband, in fact, even the dog won't eat them.) So I make do with buying things with them on.

I had a lovely day at Olympia and although I missed spending time with my family, it was nice to spend time with friends I don't get to see very often.