The colours suggest this one will be a lady, but until she has eyes we won't know her name. Will she be homely or elegant, cheerful or moaning? Watch this space.
Preparations are well under way now.
At Stitch Bournville we collected lots of things: lovely tea cosies from Gillian's mother; egg cosies from Sandra and Val, another doll's crib from Kate; and more.
People are also dropping into the shop with offerings. The mermaid on a rock tea cosy is one of my favourites so far. One of the problems with the tea cosy competition is the need for enough tea pots; Lesley had a novel solution and brought in hers supported by a half-inflated balloon.
Today one of our customers brought the first cake. She got the date wrong, but once we'd rescued the cake from Phil, Julie put it in the freezer ready for next week.
The table has been moved into the window:
We continue to be entertained by our customers. Yesterday we had a lady wanting ribbon for a garter. In the calmest, most undramatic way she told us she was getting married today and needed a garter! True to my notion that you can get almost anything from Christine's, Julie produced a choice, and she went off happy. The only fly in the ointment was that Phil wasn't there to offer her a pre-wedding kiss!
I've been partly out of action this week after I had a wisdom tooth removed on Wednesday. As the swelling goes down (lop-sided hamster best describes me on Friday), so a bruise is coming out. Perhaps I should start making up stories to explain it. Encounter with an indignant hippo whose rest has been disturbed?
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