my protégé...

I spent the last couple of days taking a small break with my family up in Cheshire. Orders were piling in, but my sanity was waning, so I grabbed a 48 hour 'rest' to rejuvenate!

We had a wonderful time walking, eating and relaxing but the highlight of the trip for me was helping my 8 year old goddaughter get to grips with her mini pink sewing machine...

She made lavender pillows and a cute lavender heart, and I gave her a few tips on how to use the machine. The only help I really gave her was in cutting out the heart shapes for the lavender heart, the rest she was getting pretty nifty at... it looks like I have a little protégé in my midst!

Country Living Christmas Fair

We have been hard at work here in the CMT studio for the past couple of weeks preparing manically for the Country Living Christmas Fair, and there are now only a few weeks to go!! We will be sharing a stand with Julia Davey Ceramics and absolutely cannot wait to get our stand all set up!

So here is a special discount code for you to use if you would like to come to the fair, I know we'd like to see lots of your lovely friendly faces!

Use the code CLXMAS9 either online or by phoning the ticket hotline on 0844 848 0152 to get £1 off the standard ticket price. And do pop by stand P42 on the mezzanine floor and say hello!

So for now, back to the sewing machine... x