Good morning
Well at last here is my little report from Monaco! I have decided to cram everything into one HUGE post for you, so grab a drink and have a sit down!! Its taken me nearly an hour to upload these photos!!!!
OK so this is the first photo I took on arrival on the Wednesday, this is the view from my room, it over looks the front od the hotel and the drive way. On an evening one of the Concierge used to light the lamps and it looked so beautiful.
I forgot to take my camera to the meal on the first night so I have pinched this photo from the lovely Michelle (hope you dont mind!) I am sat with Axel (the German manager) and Jeannette a German demonstrator. It was nice to be able to practise a bit of German although I am very rusty und ich bin nicht so gut!!!!!!
Later on in the evening I had the most horrible headache and Shelli overheard me telling Paula. Imagine my embarrasment when Sterling (Shelli's husband) kindly offered to give me a head massage!!!!!! I was mortified but very grateful at his kind gesture. Anyway I had this lovely massage from Sterling but I still felt bad (nicht so gut) so I went to bed at about 10pm. I never a party early but I just wanted to be right for the next day!!
The next day we travelled on a little coach to Gras and the perfume factory, this is the lovely Jenny and the lovely Moira (from France)
Me and Monica, gosh we laughed so much on this trip!!! This was the only time in the whole 4 days that I wore my little jacket!
When we got to the factory we were ushered up to the "school room" and we walked into this beautiful light and airy room, at this moment I knew we were in for a great day!
Everyone was so excited that we were going to have a perfume lesson!!!
This was our little desk, all laid out so beautifully.
We had a wonderful lesson in perfumery and although the perfume didnt quite turn out to be the next Chanel no 5, I had a fabulous time.
We then travelled on to Eze Village, a wonderful quaint medieval town on a hill. The views were spectacular and we climbed to the top and our restaurant was out of this world!!!! The views were just amazing, I felt like I was in a dream!!!I texted Robin a picture like the one below saying Wish You Were Here, his reply was "It's just like Pudsey!!!!" Ha ha
I love this photo of all the UK girls and Paula, our manager. From left to right we have Me, Dawn, Jenny, Michelle, Amanda, Paula, Monica and Natalie.
There was a lot of fish on the menu on this trip and although I am not a big fan I couldt fail to appreciate the presentation of all our meals, just superb!
So after our meal we wandered around Eze village doing a bit of shopping etc and then got the coach back to the hotel. That evening we went to the Cafe De Paris for a little snack before our PJ party night. We had to get ready in our pyjamas for 9pm and we were greeted by this in the room.
We got a stamp set, ink pads, rub ons, stiched felt, loads of stuff and 3 projects to make. I did make 2 of the projects but I really enjoyed chatting, swapping and eating the lovely "yummies" as Shelli called them.
Amanda very kindly invited us back to her room but before I went I nipped into my room and guess what!! SANTA HAD BEEN!!!!! Woo hooo, there was this gorgeous bag that greeted me on the bed! Oh my word, I love this bag.
Inside was this fantastic beach towel which I will use with pride on my hols to France in a few weeks!!!! It matched the Pink Flamingo papers in the catalogue!
Also we got these fabulous flip flops too!!!
And finally this wonderful cardigan, it is truly gorgeous, the photo does not do it justice, it also fits me perfectly and its 3/4 sleeved so its fab. With me being short I do struggle with arm lengths on clothes as they are too long usually, so this is perfect!
So we went back to Amandas for some fizz (I only had 1 glass but still managed to embarrass myself!!!), here we all are on the bed!
The next day we were "At Leisure" so we could do what we wanted. A group were going to Italy but the train left quite early so I had a leisurely day with Natalie. We had a lovely day wandering around Monaco in the blazing heat and saw some wonderful sights!
The colour combo was KRaft, Close to Cocoa, Real Red, Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose and it also uses the Cupcake wheel. Inside the box opens up to look like this!
The girls were very worried when they arrived as I had asked them to bring their scorers, but we worked through the scoring together and they did a fab job and no need for an emergency card!!
We also made a matching card to accompany the gift box. I love the little cherry stamp, it looks to effective when making backgrounds with it.
We also decorated inside the card too.
Here was the conservatory last night, a bit tidier than usual!!
If you are in the Leeds/Bradford area and would like to come to a class please get in touch with me at the e mail address at the top of this blog. I run Tuesday nights fortnightly (usually full up but occasional spaces) and Saturdays monthly. I also try and run a Thursday morning class doing the same project as the Tuesday but I need more people for this class. If you are at home during day and would like to come on Thursdays please get in touch.
