Are you all enjoying the heat? It's a little bit too hot for me I'm afraid I don't cope well when it's this hot. But kids love it don't they, as soon as there is a bit of sun it's ' can we have the pool out?'. Being crafters though we work in contradictions, hottest week of the year, start thinking about Christmas then. Carolyn mentioned that she had started to order her Christmas fabrics the other day, I can't wait to see what she gets. They have so many uses at Christmas, decorations, for cards and gifts.
But I am also thinking of Halloween as well, even though the summer isn't over and we have the school holidays to come soon. You start to look to autumn, I measure the year in the things we do, family rituals. Soon it will be blackberry time, then rosehips and autumn mists. Getting ready for the new school year, new uniforms and always new pens, pencils and pencil cases (no matter how many they already have!). I always make my Christmas cake the first weekend in September. Then you start to look to Halloween and fancy dress, home decorations and ridiculous amounts of sweets. Next comes Bonfire Night with parkin, toffee apples and bonfire toffee lollies. You can smell the smoke just thinking about it. Then it seems as soon as Bonfire Night is over it's full pelt towards Christmas itself, the kids start practicing for nativity plays and rehearsing carols. Another year gone.
As soon as she gets her seasonal fabrics in I will put some photographs on, there should be Halloween and Christmas fabric coming in stock. She also stocks name tags, so maybe get ahead and get some. I think this year I am going to write myself a countdown to Christmas, as no matter how early I start thinking about it there is always something that doesn't get done or is last minute. I'm going to get a note book and write a project per page, plus the things I need to do it. That way I might be a bit more organised this year, I can only hope!
I will let you get back to your sunbathing and barbecuing now, but maybe call in and see Carolyn when you have chance (Make Me Fabrics) or keep watch on her face book page.
Bye for now,
Louise x
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