Saturday, May 5, 2012

Grand plans and a grand day.....

We were off at a gallop this morning.  There was laundry and vacuuming and general tidying before prospective buyers came to look through our house (auction looming).  There was a hairdresser appointment and a promised cafe lunch.  There were patterns to pick up from the printers and there were plans... oh yes... craft markets and artist studios.... and I think I mentioned something about going out to the country to visit my parents in the evening.

 Ok, so it was all a bit unrealistic after the tidying, hairdresser, lunch and printers bit. 

We got lost in unfamiliar suburbs and arrived at the River Studios Open Day much later than expected (...and in desperate need of a nice cup of tea and a bit of a sit down). 

How lovely to see Leonie's drawings tansformed into new screen-prints, all made up into cushion covers and packaged fabric panels.  This is her first print and she has plans to extend the range of prints and products, using her own art images.
 There are lots of interesting people in the River Studios, doing all manner of art and craft-based work.  I loitered around the tactile textiles of Gaye Abandon..... lovin' those felty  table mats and coasters.
 I wanted to dive into the stacks of cut up, felted jumpers..... (Although I don't think Gaye would have thought that was ok...)
 The wee girl found an enormous sheet of paper and a box of pens.
 ..and she fund her 'tribe'...
 They drew, they played with the "dollies", they played imaginary games of SPIES and TEACHERS....

They had an altogether FANTASTIC time.
...and I was happy to see her so happy and engaged with other kids (and I was thinking of a saying about things that are not broken), so we stayed a bit longer.

I did some knitting, had a lovely chat, ate lots of bread and pate and cheese.....and then realised it was getting dark outside and that I'd missed the opportunity to go anywhere or do anything else with the day.

It was probably a good thing.

10 comments:

CurlyPops said...

I'm so sad that I didn't end up making it. A morning in the city and a trip to Thornbury in the pelting rain saw me retreat home instead of heading to West Melbourne. So glad you took some beautiful pics though!
Sounds like you and the wee girl had the perfect afternoon.

Fer said...

Your house is on the market? I didn't think you'd been there very long? Although like you time really does seem to be an abstract concept!

What a great day out, looks absolutely perfect!

Anonymous said...

Best of luck with the auction. Hope it's a good result.

Jennie said...

That 'anonymous' was meant to be Jennie from Mrs Beckinsale - Google is being stupid.

A Peppermint Penguin said...

so you only accomplished as much as two people instead of the three you were goin for. s'all good.

Katy Cameron said...

That sounds like a full enough day to me lol Love the posing manequins ;o)

Leonie said...

Sounds like you had an awesome time. Art,Craft, girl time, Mum time. You fit an awful lot in :-)

Annie said...

That photo of the cat, the girl, and the heart, makes the day a good one...ived seeing a bit of Gaye too.

Sally said...

You clever lady ... knowing when to stop.
That drawing looks like so much fun.

Dennise said...

You are really an artist.