Happy Easter to you all!

A very happy Easter to everyone;  here is my Cupcake stand,  a design hopefully  will inspire you both to stitch and cook!  It is a design that can be ordered but do look at my new web site www.anna-needlepoint-pearson.com for my cushion designs.


Garden of Cazanne's Farther

I had hoped to tell you about the plans I have for the next few months however I have just returned from a few days in Aix en Provence where we visited museums, homes and studios of Van Gogh,  Cezanne and Chagall.  A beautifully organised trip until our planned return on Sunday evening when the French Air Control decided to go on a 48 hour strike!  Thank goodness our tour operator organised trains and other transport from Nice, through Paris back to London BUT 24 hours later than expected – I feel I lost a day and struggling to catch up.


However on the 1st of June  I will be holding an open day in London to Celebrate my 45th year of needlepoint.  For full details please contact me.

This weekend we have all the family including my daughter from France and we are planning a Easter Egg hunt in the garden for the grandchildren so fingers crossed for good weather.

Till next time, very soon I promise, I will tell you about the upcoming plans I am making.
 
A

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