Totally Tilda Challenge ~ 96. LOTV, Friends and Other stuff!

Good Morning my lovelies, it's going to be a long one today so you might want to make a cuppa and grab a sandwich.

I'll start with my card for the new challenge at Totally Tilda where the theme for the next fortnight is

"Princess Tilda".

I made my card for the Boss-lady who celebrated a BIG birthday last week (a VERY BIG birthday, poor old dear!)

Tilda was coloured with the usual DI markers.

The gorgeous papers are Maja Design Sofiero. 

Ribbon Girl  goodies used:

50mm Emily Embroidered Tulle Lace

25mm Pale Fuchsia Plain Sheer Ribbon

15mm Satin Ribbon

Wooden Heart Button threaded with Natural Button Twine

Stardust Stickles, White Opal Liquid Pearls and 3mm White Adhesive Pearls.

Our generous sponsor for this challenge is

Bunny Zoe's Crafts

And the prize for one lucky winner is...

Please pop on over to the Totally Tilda Challenge Blog and join in!

LOTV

Yesterday we went to the LOTV shop in Leeds for their 10th birthday celebrations.

I had the most fabulous day ever!! They have a beautiful shop, a lovely cafe area upstairs (they make a cracking cup of coffee!) and members of their DT were there doing demo's.

But the main reason for my visit to meet up with my gorgeous crafty buddy Dena and her lovely hubby Tom.

She's just the sweetest lady ever - as well as being amazingly talented.

(far too much talent contained in one tiny lady!) 

Dena on the right, me in the middle and Andie (lovely to meet up with you Andie) on the left.

I also got to meet lots of other crafters...in no particular order and I hope I didn't forget anyone!

Christine and her lovely fella Barry.

Becky and her daughter Grace - who is the most adorable little girl! 

Linda I went to where Becky was doing her demo and asked if she'd seen Linda yet. Becky was giggling and looking at the person stood to the side of me...which of course was Linda! 

I hadn't even looked to see who was stood there...now you know why I'm not allowed to go anywhere without a responsible adult to accompany me!

Marianne and Lynsey.

I also had the pleasure of meeting Mary and Andrea from The Ribbon Girl 

(photo courtesy of Mary and Andrea - I have no idea what I was doing with my hand! I really do have fingers!)

And last but certainly not least, was the fabulous Dawny P who kept my hubby occupied (thank you Dawny) for a while when he discovered they have a shared interest, birds of prey.

Meeting all these fabulous, talented, creative and amazing ladies was definitely the best part of the day for me...many thanks to you all ♥

Last thing on the agenda:

I haven't been on blogger or left comments these past few weeks, for which I apologise.

Phil's mum hadn't been very well for some time but she started really struggling to cope at home on her own. 

She went into the local hospice for a couple of weeks respite care, but sadly she passed away just a few days later - last Monday.

Phil has 2 brothers living abroad, Jeff has flown over from South Africa, Neil (USA) is due to fly in later this week and of course Hal will catch the train back from London so everyone will be here for the funeral on Friday. I don't know how much time I'll have to try and catch up with everyone in Blogland over the next couple of weeks.

Thanks for looking.
Love 'n' hugs