On the 30 May 1431 Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake. Fast forward years to 1983 to a little town in the northwest of England called Bury I was born.

So the other day was my birthday. I’m now 39. I was pretty shocked by the number of people that wished me well on Facebook. At last count it was over 100 not that I’m keeping track. Over the past few weeks the most important thing that’s happened is not my birthday but the fact some of my work was taken on TV as a sample. Something I have done was taken on TV to show off a new product. It was for Sanntangle and Sandra took it to Crafters TV and on to Hobby Maker. I was chuffed to bits with the reception it received. Here is a picture:

While I was doing it all that kept running through my head was “Coeur de la Mer” (the heart of the ocean) and the titanic theme tune. So I knew it had to have a faceted gem in the centre and the whole thing had to be blue. Not sure where the bow came in to it through but hey it’s my work and I decided it needed a bow, so it got one. And just to prove it was on tv here is a picture of my laptop screen showing it on Hobby Maker.

I think because of the titanic association I decided it needed to be on something old looking. So I cut it and the bow out and mounted it on an aged and distressed piece of paper. I aged and distressed it myself.

Here are the other tiles and tangles I’ve done:

I also decided to go back and do tile number 1 again so I could look at how far I’ve come.

The tile on the left was my first attempt at tile one. And I did that on the 28/7/20. The one on the right is my the latest attempt. I think I’ve made quite a few improvements and the newer one looks a lot better than my first attempt.

I’ve the weekend I also had a bit of a play with the dragonfly stencils.

And I added a few flowers there too. I did while sat in church while the private readings were happening on Saturday.

Speaking of church I am a little worried about one of my friends there. She is having problems with her legs and they are causing her a lot of pain and discomfort. She is one of those people that will do anything for anyone even if it runs her into the ground. I’ve been bullying her to stop and rest and I know full well it’s eating her up inside that she has had to stop but she needs to rest and stop for awhile along with the treatment she’s been given by doctors and stuff. So please spare a thought for her and s at a little prayer so she is back and fighting for soon.

A couple of weeks ago I made a card with unicorns for Mason’s sister. She needed a present so out came Dorris (not that she’s been away). And the soft toy pattern and I made a bunny:

No idea where it came from but thought it looked plain and a bit boring so I made the bunny a tie. And it needed a bow so used some pink ribbon. Mum took the rabbit to a contact session Mason’s sister was at and mum said she loved it.

Last week mum took me to a shop called Abakhan . It a fabric shop and there are a couple dotted all over the country. We went to the one in Bolton. We didn’t know what to expect but when we got it was amazing. It was a fabric junkie’s idea of heaven. There was almost too much to choose from. After lots of looking around I found some fabric that I wanted to use to make another bag. This one is going to be a knitting project bag. So I now have all the bits I just have to get it cut out and started. I might do it this weekend.

I have made a new bag for mum:

It even has an inside zipper pocket:

I’m happy with it and so is mum so that’s all good.

While I was at knitting the other day I found out that I share a birthday with one of the ladies. So I needed to make a card for her and this is the one I came up with:

For my birthday mum is taking me to a tangle weekend at the end of June. We’re going on the Friday and coming home after the workshop on Sunday. She even said that we could leave early on Friday afternoon and visit the shop at the Haribo factory on the way. That would be interesting and I know that when I’m there I will be like a kid in a sweet shop. That would be awesome!

I am looking forward to that weekend though as I will be able to meet up with people I’ve only talked to online. I’m excited. I did have a bit of a wobble when it was being booked. I had decided I wanted to go, I even suggested that they could take me on the Friday and pick me up on the Sunday. But after that I started worrying about how I could get about where my wheel chair could go and how I’ll be able to get to and from the hotel and to restaurant. You name it I was worrying about it. Because of the mistake I made last year booking the wrong hotel I was stressing that I’d booked the right one this time. So much so I couldn’t get to sleep until I’d checked the hotel a couple of times. But I’m sure it’s the right hotel. Just need mum to ring up and make sure that the room were going to be it is easily accessible. I’ll probably need to remind her when I remember.

Last week I had a weird experience at the Gong Bath. while we were there all I knew what that I was going to learn something and I did. As per usual I had some crystal out. I was in a merkabah made of merkabahs. I took off my jewellery. All I had on was my merkabah pendent. I also had a small piece of meteorite on my 3rd eye. It was an interesting session.

I started the session off in complete darkness. I thought I was in space. Someone came to meet menut I don’t know who it was. It turns out that I wasn’t in space but under the sea somewhere in the Mariana Trench.

I was taken to Atlantis. While I was there I was taught about the elements and how to use them when it comes to healing. I was also given a huge book on healing. I said I wouldn’t be able to read it all and remember it. I was told I wouldn’t need to and the information will be available whenever I want it or need to use it.

I was taken into another room where I was going to receive some healing. There was only one healer in the room. He started off working at my head then all of a sudden he split into all sorts of different colours. He split the way a prism splits a beam of light into different colours. Each person/colour started working on different parts of the body. The feeling of receiving the healing was brilliant, it felt amazing.

I can’t remember if I told you or not that I’ve signed up to start training to be a healer at church. That feels like the next step on my journey and something new to learn about. When I’ve done that I’m sure I’ll find something else that I can start working with.

I think that’s about it from me at the moment so o will wish you a great bank holiday weekend and all the best for the queens platinum jubilee. I’m going to go to the attic projects street party on Sunday, I though I’d be better to do something as it’s unlikely I’ll see another platinum jubilee. Have fun what ever you’re doing this weekend all the best.

Love and Light