Having just returned (yesterday) from 4 days away in Portugal teaching at a fabulous event held by Patricia Villas-Boas (yes she is the sister of football manager Andre) but I don't think she plays football :) !!! I got to spend a little time with the lovely Michelle Johnson who works her magic for Stix 2 and she showed me some tricks with their glue gun... So what did I do ??? I made a necklace, of course !!! It was so quick and simple, it looks gorgeous and it's now packed in my case... Tell you about that in a mo. I have to say Patricia's hosting skills were amazing she took us to some fab restaurants, and fed us till we could eat no more, but I'm not complaining... Here's just a few snippets of the food sampled. What can I say...strawberry purée, ice cream and chocolate !!! Manoli and Michelle eyeing up each other's desserts The lovely Monica with Portugese cookies on our arrival !! We did do some work whilst we were there... ...