Tuesday 3 February 2015

WOYWW - Eating Not Crafting

Well here I am for the second week running with an enjoyable weekend under my belt (literally - more of that later !) but very little crafting done !
Messy Desk this week !



My desk has clutter rather than much in the way of projects - and the one I do have I can't show you !
I have bought a new project zip up bag and pencil case from Paperchase to take some crafty bits on holiday next week ! Who could resist the tropical print ! On top you can see the back of 2 tags. These are the first of the monthly challenges that Lynda & I have embarked on this year. This month's challenge was "crackle glaze" and "tag on tag" - can't show you before Lynda sees them obviously ! But they have a January theme !



I did scrabble a little time together on Sunday when I got home from my weekend away to try to catch up on my 2015 Journal - the diary day page for the previous week harks back to the photos I showed you last week of celebrating the winter sunrise - with my rather wonky silhouette drawing !!








And the Journal Page is based on the Colour Wheel challenge for DLP.

I made up this quote as I thought it was apt for the page !

It is a bit messier than I expected but I had a bit of a barney with the Cosmic Shimmer sprays which were bunged up at the spray nozzle and then splurged !!
But hey it is all colour !!


Obsession January 2015
The reason I was away this weekend was that I was lucky enough to be invited, by the lovely ladies who run one of the ingredients companies we deal with at work, to an evening celebrating the work of 4 Michelin star chefs from Portugal. The festival called Obsession is held at Northcote hotel in Lancashire - itself famous for it's food - and features 27 days with 27 Michelin star chefs. We were served totally delicious & visually stunning food with selected Portuguese wines with every course.
Just amazed us how great seemingly simple ingredients could taste ! It featured lots of fish & fresh vegetables - so quite healthy if we hadn't been enjoying the wine quite so much !!

Our hosts had booked the Chef's Tasting Table which is located in a special room off the kitchen - so we got to see all the service being prepared & served and were hosted by Nigel Haworth - Chef at the Hotel who has held a Michelin star for nearly 20 years and is being instrumental in training young people into the industry.
We had a fabulous & memorable evening !

You can see myself (red frock!) and Helen who so kindly invited me with our souvenir menus.
Below that is a picture for any of you who are into Sugarcraft - an amazing cake designed to show the produce being celebrated at the Obsession event. A delicious salmon dish was served with chive dust !
And our favourite dish of the evening was the lobster in the centre right - totally gorgeous !

Well that was my excuse for no crafting - and I enjoyed every minute !
Have a great crafty week ! Ali xx

15 comments:

  1. Wow, what a great weekend!! sounds wonderful - and yummy food! Your pages are fabulous too.. Hope you have a great holiday. Helen 8

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  2. Great pages but those meals look so yummy and what a treat to be involved in such an amazing evening with Michelin star food. Your weekend sounds perfect.

    Hugs Eliza & Yoda 21
    Happy WOYWW

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  3. HOW FUN is that???? So jealous of your culinary delight!!! What a dream come true it would be for me too! Good job keeping up with your challenges. I haven't started one this year yet and it's already February! Have a great week and God bless!

    Happy Crafting!
    Jeannie #9

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  4. Ugh, cos,ic shimmer sprays, I had a bunch of them clog up and no matter what I tried they wouldn't clear. What a waste. Lovely photo of you.

    Horace @ no. 47

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  5. Lucky you Ali enjoying all that gorgeous food, and wine! I`m not too good with shimmer sprays, had more on me than the card even with a box!
    Have a good weekend
    Jan S no 55

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  6. Well that's a blimming good excuse if ever there was one :D What a fun thing to do! (If you like fish *g*)

    Loving your clutter filled desk :) And all the shimmer spray goodness!

    Carmen x #53

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  7. Amazing reason for not doing any crafting! Have a great holiday.
    Take care. God bless.
    Margaret #7

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  8. What an amazing experience to go to the Obsession event! Lucky you. It all looks very yummy.
    I like you DLP page and the contrast between the B&W and the colour. Great!
    Your travel bags look great. Have you got a trip planned?
    Have a good week, hope the weather isn't too bad,
    Lisca#41

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  9. It's good you got a little art time in, and wow, what a wonderful event, the food looks amazing! Thank you for sharing with us!

    :)trisha
    #67 this week with the
    finished chair & a chalkboard

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  10. What a wonderful weekend you have had! Well done you.
    have a good week
    Christine aka Bishopsmate #73

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  11. Oho yum, that sounds delish!! Can you bribe any of those chefs to do the WOYWW crop catering?? I'm feeling slightly under pressure now!! Lol
    Hugs, LLJ 26 xx

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  12. Love your B&W and Colour journal page idea! It works really well! I'm doing DLP too, for the first time this year. Happy WOYWW! zsuzsa @ InkyDinkyDoodle #34

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  13. Lucky you! It all sounds quite mouth watering and it is dinner time here as I write...I might have to go to the kitchen and make supper as my tummy is rumbling after reading all this! #56

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  14. Love the journal page and the food looks great. Have a great week, Angela x 33

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  15. What an amazing weekend, lucky girl! Your pages look great, too. Have a good week, Chris # 11

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