My amazing Friend Anne

Hi everyone, 

Hope you had a lovely weekend. 

Today I feel it is the day to have a chat about my lovely friend Anne, who so sadly passed away recently.

She has had her final goodbye and her ashes will now rest in her beloved craft room. 

Anne was the most amazing lady, kind, gentle, funny, and oh so talented. 

I first met her in person (after seeing a lot of her work on social media ) 

when I taught a Birthday party class for our friend Rachel 

I was so worried about meeting her…as I knew how talented she was .

Well, she was so lovely with me and we just clicked. 

I am so lucky that over the years our friendship grew, 

Here we are , I think it was 5 years ago at an Olga workshop.

We would message every day and meet up every week , we had a coffee and a catch up. 

David would drive Anne, the 3 of us having coffee and chat, then David would go and walk around 

the garden centre leaving Anne and me to have a second coffee and yes, more chatting. 

As you can imagine loosing her has left such a hole in my life, 

I miss her so much. 

I have so much to tell her too. 

Even yesterday when I was at Leigh show demonstrating I would usually bring her a gift back, 

Something Tim Holtz…

I used to tease her because they were friends…

I can only dream about that 

Over the years she has made me so many gifts…

I would like to share a few of them with you…

This bag that she made me, in Sir Tim’s fabrics travels with me all the time. 

Here it is ready for Leigh. 

Her attention to detail was amazing 

She loved all thing Halloween too 

And so many of her projects included lights 

She made me this robin when my dad passed away 

Recently she had taken up felting too 

She shared my love for highland cattle 

Although her passion was for sheep 

And 

I have also got hand written notes , 

I saved them all, 

and I am so glad that I did.

It really makes me think how important it is to hand write notes, cards etc 

So more important than the typed word..

I am so grateful that I had the pleasure of meeting Anne, knowing her as a friend…

I last saw her in hospital when we chatted, planned lots of outings this summer , 

and had a big hug…

That will stay with me forever…

So please make time for your friends…

Let them know that you care, 

Maybe just send someone a card today 

Just because 

Thanks for joining me…

and letting me share my thoughts and feeling with you all.

Much love and hugs 

Jo xxx