A Right Royal Crafternoon

Yesterday my crafty buddies and I went up to The Handmade Fair run by Kirstie Allsopp, hobbycraft and Mollie Makes.  It was a glorious day, which was lucky given that it was all outdoors in the beautiful grounds of Hampton Court and once I'd manage to contain my excitement and pushed my eyeballs back from their stalks, we had a great day looking at wonderful stalls, taking part in workshops and generally loving being surrounded by such creativity.  Highlights were the wonderful Rosy Nicholas in the Pom Pom class who was thoroughly engaging and made everyone titter with her 'every knob needs a pom pom' line!  Zeena Shah was simply the nicest girl you could hope to meet as she talked us through the art of lino cut printing.  Mine is the splodgy girl with a balloon, ahem.  We also enjoyed Kaffe Fassett's talk on fabric, painting and his abhorrence of beige!  I believe the longest pom pom record was beaten (#worldpomination) and Kirstie looked as pleased as punch with that.  Roll on next year!