Crafting for Maternity Worldwide @ The Wool Bar

Last weekend was the last of the Christmas crafting workshops my crafting buddy and I put on to raise money for a very inspiring charity Maternity Worldwide.

As always I am amazed by the generosity of people when you ask them to help. Caroline from The Wool Bar being one of them. Not only did she let us use her beautiful cosy little shop, but she did so with such warmth and welcome - throwing in the use of her coffee machine, helping us clear up afterwards and even offering the space again!

Including the workshop my buddy did on her own, we raised enough to fund a midwife in training for four months. It was a lot of effort and organisation but undoubtedly worth it. My personal circumstances don't allow for substantial donations to charity, but my time is free to give and if with it I can do a little good then why not?

I am not a natural teacher and felt Christmas decorations are not a particular skill of mine but keeping it simple and allowing for individual creativity (plus homemade cake, tea and classical FM in the background) made for a couple of really fun and relaxing afternoons with some lovely people.

I encourage you all to have a go, jump out of your comfort zone and do something fun for charity!

Thanks for reading x

'I'm a piece' @ Super+Super with Fran from Skulls and Ponies

Hello again, apologies to anyone out there who has popped by whilst I am away and thought I may have disappeared to never never. Without going into details life has sent a few hard balls my way and I have been preoccupied with catching them and then juggling the others that followed. I am sure there are other working mothers out there who know the feeling.

 

Anyway I finally managed to go to a craft event and happily it was for a good cause too, the puzzle piece is part of a campaign for Save the Children.

 

'I'm a piece' is such a great initiative by the Craftivist Collective. The event I went to was at Super+Super in Brighton where a local crafter, the lovely Fran from skulls and ponies, provided cake and encouragement. I came away with a fab little badge Fran had made for us all (I love a freebie!) and a sense of doing something that actually means something.