It was a lovely, sunny, warm morning and we set off with all the locks against us (of course!). The smell of the honeysuckle and meadowsweet was heavenly and only the top gate paddles were heavy.
We met our only boat on the flight with about 10 locks to go. The was an elderly gentleman on the back of the boat, who sat there the whole time that I helped lock the boat up. When we got to the top, he said, "There, the lock's all set for you." I knew it was, I'd b***** done half of it myself! You have to smile.
We stopped opposite the Queen's Head at 0945 and had a rest and then a disappointing lunch in the pub. Meanwhile the weather turned and it began to rain and got cold again.
As we were about to leave the pub, we noticed a couple of boats passing which had just come up the locks, so we set off (in the drizzle) and did two locks until we saw the bit of piling just before lock 24 and here we stayed.
I made lots of these cards when I first started making them seriously. I had a template for the bodice and cut this one out in thick, red handmade paper. I added some broiderie anglaise around the top and some pearl strings along the bottom edge.
The skirt was made with a circle of lilac gauze which is folded into quarters and the top bit then gathered with some thread and stuck down at the back of the bodice.
The card blank is DL and white, and I covered the front with some torn holographic paper and then a panel of silver card. The dress was stuck down with glue dots, some flower sequins were stuck onto the skirt and a branch of roses stuck across the front of the dress.
A peel-off Happy Birthday was stuck onto some silver card and added to the top right hand corner at a slight angle.
I really must make some more of these and see how much my techniques have changed.
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