{"id":509,"date":"2010-11-29T23:36:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T23:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/2010\/winter-wonderland-in-south-london\/"},"modified":"2010-11-29T23:36:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-29T23:36:00","slug":"mosaic-exhibition-london-crafting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/mosaic-exhibition-london-crafting\/","title":{"rendered":"On crafting, mosaic exhibition prep and snowy London!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Snow is coming to South London tonight – the first time in decades that we have had snow in November. Just in time for the first day of my mosaic exhibition!\u00a0 I am ever so slightly excited about this as it will just soooo complement the feeling in the gallery. Yesterday, me and 3 wonderful creative friends worked all day to get the gallery ready – and it is beautifully glittery, perfectly wintry and positively Christmassy! Here’s us in process (you’ll have to wait a bit for pics of the finished product!):<\/p>\n

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Roll on Tues 30th November 10am!\u00a0 (I will be there – Sprout Community Arts, Moyser Road, SW16 6SJ – Tues to Sat, 10am – 5pm until 11th December). I should really be going to bed but decided I needed to make some real<\/em> focaccia to feed myself as I invigilate and am waiting for it to rise! Using this recipe here<\/a> (scroll down for English version).<\/p>\n

In the meantime, ordinary life goes on (thank God!). Here’s a pic of the kiddies making paper chains for the first time EVER today and were truly<\/em> full of glee and this new found craft.<\/p>\n

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They did it so well, so easily and kept saying “Look mummy, its getting longer, its getting longer<\/em>“. They just did not want to stop.\u00a0 I remember being just the same as a child, enthralled by making paper chains (genetic or are all kids like this???) After a quick photo, (daddy looking a bit like Jacob Marley me thinks!) the first paper chain was hung in the hallway…<\/p>\n

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As an aside, a few blog posts ago I mentioned about childhood smells that evoke happy memories of making and crafting? Well, the picture below says it all for me. Pritt Stik…so evocative. Love sniffing the stuff!<\/p>\n

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