Finnabair's Angelica

Taken me a while but I FINALLY plucked up the courage to tackle my Angelica kit from the workshop I knew I would not be able to attend ... I went ahead and paid for my place anyway just so I could get my kit for Finnabair's project

You can't imagine for one moment the utter surprise and shock that followed the workshop when the organiser - the simply wonderful Sue Tucker messaged me to say Finnbair wanted me to have the piece she did in the workshop as a gift ...

ME!  Little old Debbie with an Anna Dabrowska original

I was, literally, reduced to tears and shaking

Anna has not only been a total inspiration for me since I came across her work

but a good friend too - never failing in her support and encouragement

and I hear her in my head all the time - not just when making art but in my daily life too as she has shared the odd snippet of her own life during the many workshops I have now done with her 

So with lots of 

"Why not'"

"Awesome"

"You stopped too soon!"

"Just keep going"

"Don't judge it until it is finished"

And a lot of hints and tips from my friends Lisa & Vicky that were there on the day - and my fabulous gift from Anna by my side I managed to do my own Angelica (with thanks, too, to Chris Cresswell for the face)

Thank you Anna for your gift - forever to be treasured and thank you for allowing me to have your kit even though I (broken heartedly) could not attend the workshop.  Thank you for everything you do and, most importantly, thank you just for being you.