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Showing posts with label twin card. Show all posts
Showing posts with label twin card. Show all posts

Monday, 14 September 2009

Births and Birthdays

Nought to sixty in two photos... Two of the orders I made up today - the first is a card for the birth of twin boys. The customer asked for a cream/beige colour scheme as a change from the obvious blue, so the teddies are appliqued on a soft cotton print in cream.

And next - a plaque for a 60th birthday. This is a slight variation on an existing garland design, freshened up with little pinky peach daisies cut out of cotton and appliqued with a large french knot in the centre. More french knots and single chain stitch leaves to finish off.
This sees me up to date with mail and website orders - well, until I checked my emails a few minutes ago - but I'm pleased that I've managed to get the latest list ticked off.
We had a bit of a hiccup on Saturday - Bob was away to the football in the afternoon and I was juggling a busy day in the shop with a pile of work to do, when everything came to a sudden halt. A power cut. So no iron, no glue gun ( both crucial implements) no work light, I couldn't even open the till.
The customers kept arriving though and we muddled through, but I was annoyed that I couldn't get any work done. The electricity was off for seven hours - that's a lot of wasted time.
Luckily we have a gas cooker, so tea was no problem.
Oh and before I go.... just to let you know that I've uploaded the Christmas cards to our website. It's that time of year again!
Better crack on.

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