September 2010

Jemima and I had a lovely sunny walk into work this morning admiring ALL the spiders webs - there were 1000’s of them!

We’re still VERY busy from the recent Top Drawer show…here are four of the top ten selling greeting cards from Alice Palace at present…

Liz and myself have long been fans of Meg Rivers who make lovely cakes which can be posted as nice surprises to special friends - so we were very excited when we found that they now have a shop open - - and we visited on saturday for tea and cake!

Lizzy visited the new sweet shop that’s now next door on Tuesday afternoon and we had fun (while we worked) with fizz bombs, rhubarb & custards and lemon bon bons!

My LOVELY friends Alison and Punit got married on Friday last week and it was a great day!

My favourite company at the show (in the greeting card section at least) was Freya art & design - - lovely! This being my bestest of her images… http://www.freya-art.com

We had a great time at the show - thanks to everyone who visited!

Our new catalogue is now out! Let us know if you would like one - alternatively - all new designs can be viewed online in the shop area…http://alicepalace.myshopify.com Here are 4 of the new designs as a taster!

MONDAY 30th AUGUST: The Journal’s camera project = A day in the life of the Vale… 1 of 24 = A morning cuppa - it’s lovely and sunny in the garden!

We had a day trip to Llangennith on Sunday - everyone had lots of fun!!

I designed a little flyer for the children at the Miracles Centre in Bosnia - these will be given to each child in the centre who have lost their families in landmines as a reminder that there is always someone nearby who cares for them and that they never walk alone. Info about the Miracles Centre…

I’m pretty sure these are sycamore tree seeds - but I’ve never seen them such a lovely colour of red before… A sycamore seed is a funny shape, it has a hard edge along one of the sides, it has a curve on the outside and the seed is on the opposite side to balance it. They start off green and in a…