What A Great Day !

The sun has been shining here today from first light until dusk in a clear blue sky, absolutely glorious and I've had a heavenly day at the Papercraft show in Harrogate.

I dithered all week whether to go or not. As many of you know I've been trying to have a "not buying new stash" year with limited success and I knew if I went I'd end up being tempted by lots of lovely things. In the end I decided to go, just for a couple of hours you understand, with my crafty sister, it was an excuse for an outing with her if nothing else.

Well, what a day we've had. There was so much wonderful shopping to be done and yes we did plenty, lots of inspiration to be had and on top of everything I've met lots of my lovely blogging friends into the bargain which was an added bonus and a wonderful surprise. It's been so nice to put a face to names. My poor sister couldn't understand what all the fuss was about so I've been busy working on her on the way home to start her own blog. She makes wonderful cards and they deserve to be admired and it's just fantastic to belong to such a friendly, encouraging community where everyone produces such lovely craft.

I shall be going to bed with a warm glow ready to start creating with my new things tomorrow and as I don't like blogging without a photo I thought I'd share this picture of a lovely Dahlia that flowered until nearly Christmas last year and makes me think of the sunshine today.

Wishing you all a Happy Sunday.