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| Julie Hickey at the Craftwork Cards stand |
Today I have been to The Great Yorkshire Showground at
Harrogate for the GNPE organised by Craftwork Cards. I've been looking forward
to this event since I walked out the doors of the last one. There are two held
a year, usually in March and September/ October, and they really are the highlight
of the year. The hall is filled with stalls upon stalls of crafting goodies some of which are at reduced or 'show' prices. As you wander around mesmerised by
all the colour, glitter and wonder of it all you will often see familiar faces.
Some are faces of demonstrators you have met previously, or seen on television
or in the craft magazines, where some are just people who you recognise their
face as they attend similar events to yourself. Often I am left scratching my head
thinking 'where do I know that person from?' but often it's just that they was at
a demo I went to or was perusing the same craft shop. It would be great if I could
meet up with some of these people to discuss what is obviously a shared hobby. I've
been going for around 4 years now and love it. This time in particular some of
the stalls had new companies that I had not seen before so it was nice to have
some fresh ideas and some great bargains. Most stalls don't mind you taking
photos of their samples but I usually ask first just to be polite. Unfortunately
I didn't take as many pictures as I was planning to because as soon as I got in
there I just wanted to shop. Well my first stop actually was straight to the
loo as its a running joke with my best friend that I always need the loo when
we are queuing to get in. I think it must be all the excitement. This morning at
about 1.30am I turned to my boyfriend and said 'I cants sleep...it's like
christmas'. It really is. I struggle to find what I want and need for my crafting
at local shops and have travelled quite some distance to visit shops which have
different stock to my locals. I am not an online shopper so I have to visit the
bricks and mortar stores which is why the shows so great as they are all in one
place. For those that know me... no I didn't buy any candi... but yes I did buy
promarkers. I also bit the bullet and bought some Tim Holtz Distress inks and a
brayer. I have had a try before and it went ok but not as good as I had hoped.
Now I have the right tools I'm hoping with a little practice I can get the
results I want. I will put some pictures on when I get to have a play with
these. All good fun. xxx
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