Frankie's May Newsletter is HERE with upcoming dates for Exhibitions and Workshops - take a look!
Thursday, 24 May 2012
BSG International Exhibition - Telford
After a delay of some seven years - the BSG International Exhibition is back - this year at the Telford International Exhibition Centre in Shropshire. Held over two days with over 50 traders stands, the halls were spacious and the exhibits and stands well spread out.
Frances spent her time demonstrating her tiny shoe cutters both on her stand and in the Demonstration Hall and saying hello to all her friends and fans who came up to see her over the two days.
Her Tiny Shoes are extremely popular and you can check out her demonstrations on YouTube and click on the video below for much more information.
Design-A-Fairy Workshop Telford
The day before the BSG International Exhibition in Telford, Frances arranged to hold a workshop in the Holiday Inn Hotel next to the International Centre.
The class was quickly booked up and the basic concept was for each attendee to design and make their own fairy, choosing designs, clothing and setting with the help of material provided, ideas from Frankie or from the imagination of the modeller herself.
As always materials, tools, lunch, coffees and teas were all provided and each student left with her completed work safely and gently packed away in a box for display later at home.
We had some lovely comments on Facebook regarding the weekend
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| Some of the Fairies made.... |
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
Cake International - Excel
Click here to see the video of Frankie's tiny shoe cutter at Excel last weekend.
Frances at Excel
It was a busy four days with over 12000 people attending in total. There were many entries into the Cake Competitions and the whole weekend ran very smoothly considering it was the first such event held here.
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Three Days In Dublin
It's certainly something to which we look forward; seeing our very good friends, the beautiful countryside, places that have some very good memories for us and, this weekend, people with buckets of enthusiasm.It's also a time to catch up with our Trader friends from around the UK and Europe - but mostly it's Ireland, we will never tire of coming here - we even honeymooned in West Cork!
This year, the new committee of the Dublin Sugarcraft Guild had organised a Sugarcraft Exhibition at the Red Cow Hotel just outside the City, and after a relatively trouble free 12 hour journey by car and ferry, we arrived at our destination in time for a well deserved Guinness (for the driver) and a pleasant dinner catching up with our UK and Irish friends.
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| Carol, Karen and Barry |
The exhibition has grown in the fifteen or so years of the Guild's existence, and this year it took a step further in the expansion of its entity by hiring a larger hall and attracting many excited competitors and visitors.The first dawn of the exhibition was bright and clear - a beautiful, if chilly, day with blue skies and long queues of smiling cake-makers and shoppers, catching up, exchanging hints and tips and cheerfully awaiting the opening of the doors. This first day was busy and the general feeling in the hall was one of good natured friendliness There were smiles everywhere, and as the first rush subsided there was plenty of time to stop, watch and chat. On that first day Frankie had a half a dozen more requests for Facebook and our ferried stock was running low by the evening.
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| Getting ready... |
We were able to seriously catch up with all our Irish friends in the evening with several glasses of the black stuff disappearing and some tasty Irish cuisine available. Barry's bottom achieved a worrying low score when its (still clothed) appearance over the bar partition was judged by the ladies who were offered an opportunity to study it closely!
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| Barry's Bottom - it didn't get close to a "SEVEN".. |
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| See, we told you we would.... |
Sunday was quieter to start with, but soon picked up with stock running low and enthusiasm still high and eventually, the prizes awarded and the remaining items all loaded back in to the car, we retired to the bar.
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| Frankie and Adele, our lovely Irish Star. |
The last night is usually a time for analysis, to discuss tactics, footfall, problems and successes and tonight was no different. We chatted through the meal, laughed with our Dutch and Irish counterparts, Mike managed to avoid all Barry's attempts to get him to sing, and we persuaded our Friends from Holland to try Baby Guinnesses....
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| Sabine and Tirza |
Overall, a great success, well done to Carol and all her Committee members for their invitation and their organisation...here's to the next one.
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| Gerry and Maz - and Pritt stick..! |
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| The Glitter Boys |
Karen Davies Cakes
Patchwork Cutters
Cakes By Bien
Dublin Sugar Craft Guild
Sunday, 15 April 2012
Demonstration in Holland
Although we are off to Holland in June - we are also over there in October (more news later)
Friday, 6 April 2012
Lily The Pink Fairy - Workshops in Maidstone in July
Full details can be found on her Facebook Page.
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