Community crafting and planning

Morning,
Apologies for the lateness of catching up with a post, it's been a whirlwind of a few weeks...
In brief I've been planning and booking new workshops and classes and preparing for my next session of demo's, I have also just had a weekend away in Daventry with AFCI UK.
The association for Creative Industries, a Trade association for the creative, craft and hobby industry.
They hold an annual event called the One Big Show which allows the members to socialise and most importantly network, learn and discover through a whole host of seminars and activities laid on throughout the weekend.
It was held at the Mecure Daventry, funnily enough I stayed there 3 years ago when I was invited to hold a workshop there, another great weekend.
I've been very conscious of keeping my planning up to date as so much has been happening and planned that I worry I'll loose track!
It's actually helped a lot and sounds obvious but we don't always plan efficiently, well I have been guilty of this but it's had to change as things have progressed and developed.
My basic planning consists of having a list on my phone that I update and work through daily then each evening I update it with what I've done and what needs doing next and prioritising what's most important.
I can then have more detailed planning for specifics.
My "To Do" list is never ending but it is in an order of priority now and that's helped enormously with an increasingly busy schedule.
I then go to bed with a clear head and not stress about everything I have to do.
It works for me! Sounds simply but it's take me time to get this working right for me.
I wanted to just share a bit about community crafting and crafting for therapy which is something I'm absolutely passionate about. While I was away in Daventry I had a conversation with Dan Bancroft from Create and Craft about this which was really interesting and I'm so glad I could share how I feel about craft with the their team.
I'll finish this post with a bit of an insight into a new venture for me which happened quite by chance!
We very recently had a new micro pub open locally, it's an amazing space and all about community so very much on point with my focus on craft. Think local village pub but micro style!
I've started holding craft sessions there which in itself is a challenge for obvious reasons, like most of us I'm not the tidiest of crafters, so scaling things back to delivery craft micro style was a challenge but it absolutely works!
I'll leave you with the evidence.
There's also a picture of an altered paint brush I decorated for the guys at The Cotton Mill.
Back soon, crafty hugs...K x