Who Needs Other People To Do Things For You .......

We've just about recovered from our bitter rejection by a certain online selling platform who purport to fashion you with personalised gifts (as per yesterdays post), however at the time, we were left in total limbo as to how to fulfil our idea of giving truly memorable presents to Seaside Karen and Pharmacy Michelle on the occasion of our Southport Meet-Up.

Well, let's just say, in the face of adversity, if we do say so ourselves, we excelled beyond all our expectation. 

The first thing we decided we had to do was find another company that didn't baulk at the very thought of putting our faces on a mug. To Photobox, we are eternally grateful, thank you so much, you did us proud!

After that we got all arts and craftsy and did the rest all on our own. Darrell printed off our picture on sheets of magical transfer paper .........

 ..... which he then ironed onto plain shopping bags that he's had squirrelled away for ages.

There were a few hiccoughs along the way and not a few tears of frustration, but fortunately, we'd got ample supplies of both to cover all the mistakes and, in the end, the finished results, thanks to Darrell's valiant efforts and Alice's wiping of his fevered brow, came out perfectly.  It was ...... emotional, very, very emotional, very emotional indeed.

Buoyed by success, we then went one step further and using the same picture Darrell created some stickers to decorate two, blue candles in jars (to reflect the colour of the Southport sea) to complete our trio of gifts. 

We didn't want to post our endeavours until after the event for fear of spoiling the surprise for our lovely friends. 

We were so proud and as you've seen in our previous posts Seaside Karen and Pharmacy Michelle were just as delighted as we were ....... 

As ever, happy, happy days, with difficulty and disaster overcome with aplomb!