I have had the experience of working with sufferers of different kinds of dementia within a care home environment and I have seen in person how this condition affects not only the patient, but also his/her close family members and friends, so I was more than happy to participate in the Alzheimer's Society Memory Walk event and raise some money by doing a craft stall to show my support and acknowledge how big a cause this is.
Saturday's event at Blaise Castle was very successful, despite the rainy start. I was really pleased to see how many people turned up!
I was paired up with a lovely lady called Helen, who makes beautiful fragranced candles and cute home accessories. Our stall was right in front of the stage so we had full view of all the performances, which helped brighten up a rather dull day (or at least the first part of it as later on the sun came out).
Helen was late to set up her table, as she volunteered to help out with the signs for the 10 mile walk, but I wasn't made aware of that so I spread my stock out by taking over the other table which was allocated for her (see the first picture below)...eventually I retreated!
The walkers and enthusiastic sprinters were welcomed at the finishing line by a cheering crowd and there were plenty of refreshments and entertainment on offer, such as: 'Here Come The Night jars', The Gasworks Choir and Ilu Axé choreographed Samba drumming band. There were also freestyle dancers, hula hoopers, face painters, candy floss, homemade cakes, pizza, tombola and craft stalls (us!).
The Memory Walk Officers and Volunteers were absolutely brilliant, they looked after us very well and showed us so much appreciation for our contribution to the day.
I sold more than I thought, especially the new designs, which was great to see.
In a couple of days I will be setting up my work (both my stitchings and my designs) in Cabot Circus, in a new pop up shop/gallery called Objets de Désire, which is already an online boutique. The shop will run until 24th December! Hopefully see you there!
Here are some of the new items that were on sale:
ps. These last typewritten 'Baby' quotes proved very popular on Saturday, in fact I was commissioned to make more, since I run out of the blue ones...apparently more baby boys than girls are born!
