Blackpool Weekend May 15th – 17th 2009

	As you can see the weather was a bit over cast but there were occasional sunny spells along with a few rainy ones!!! We crafted morning, noon and night!
These photo’s were taken at about 08:30hrs Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon we took a tram ride to Fleetwood to visit a craft shop there.
	It wasn’t cold though! My room was on the top floor and was quite cosy – although I didn’t have a sea view like Debbie and Becky
A chance meeting on the sea front – I met Tracey and Jayne walking back to the hotel as I went walking towards the South Pier early Saturday morning
	A Trapezium card -  lots cutting with a craft knife which I  wasn’t very good at but now much improved after the weekend as we used craft knives alot!! Sewing also but I like sewing so I quite enjoyed these projects
One of my creations from the weekend – this was the first of a lot of decoupage – which I have never really done before – whilst I enjoyed making the whole card – decoupage is not really my thing – suffice to say this was made from scratch flat card stock with a template for the frame
	P Ann in the distance and Becky who sat next to me!!  After throwing coffee on P Ann at Derby Uni, P Ann wanted to keep her distance (only joking) but Becky became very worried so I kept my drinks off the crafting table all weekend
I learnt a lot about Copic pens during the weekend from Becky who is an ardent fan.	Copic Pens – now this is a useless bit of information – but did you know that Reams stock these as a cheaper option for Graphic Design students as the other ones recommended to them cost £5 each

I also saw a SLICE machine in action for the first time at a little craft shop near a Windmill that we visited on the Sunday afternoon.   But very close to the craft shop was a fantastic tea shop where we had a fantastic afternoon tea spread – sandwiches of your choice, home made tea bread with a slice of cheese, scone jam and cream and a pot of tea or in my case a coffee all for the princely sum of £5.95