A Snowbird’s Song 2019- ready for friends

Our gathering last weekend was so much fun.  I hope the Peeps enjoyed it as much as I did!

My studio was all gussied up in advance, happily awaiting everyone’s arrival.

Instead of tablecloths, this year I use brown paper and painted on swirls of blizzardly snow with white birds.

I don’t do centerpieces, the tables are full enough with lamps and supplies.  I did add some birdies wherever I could and tucked the washy wipes into pretty containers.

The name tags were hung on a straw wreath, wrapped in batting and lace.  It was hung on the treat cabinet door and did double duty, as a way to hand out the tags and a decoration.

The tags themselves were a two-fer.  Once the event was over, the name could be removed and the wreath brooch could be worn as a festive lapel pin during the holidays.  It was made from a 1950s tinsel garland, a bit of the “good stuff”.

While the end of October is pretty early to decorate for Christmas, I was happy I had done it early.

I have never been a procrastinator, but this year I was even more on the ball than usual.

Which was very lucky because I was hit with a stomach bug that knocked m flat on my back before the event.  Maybe it was more like a bug hitting a windshield and I was the bug.

Knowing that the rooms were ready, the food was prepped, Randy and Terry were on the way, I told myself to not worry, just sleep it off and quarantine myself for 24 hours.  I made all sorts of plans for the worst case scenario.

 If I didn’t get better in time, my friends could teach my classes, my family could feed everyone, I could go to a hotel to keep anyone else from getting sick.

I was able to relax and rest knowing that not only was I prepared for guests, I had the world’s best helpers to take over for me if needed!

The rest helped, I was out of bed and back to myself in no time.  No one else caught it, so it must have been something I ate.

Building my kits and making examples early in the summer was a blessing too. With all that happened to our family in the last few months, I could never have been ready in time if all of that was still waiting to be done.

My world is much more serene if I plan ahead and am ready before scheduled.  I was able to not only have the unexpected recovery time that I needed, I was able to look forward to welcoming everyone instead of running myself ragged until they got here.

Also, I owe a big thanks to my teachers and helpers who I knew I could count on to be wonderful!

And they were, I was thrilled with the whole weekend.  With their help, it was the best!

Also, a big thanks to my Peeps, It was lovely to have them come to visit me in Kansas. I’ll have more photos of the event itself next.