Time to sit back and watch the show.

                                                                Here I am in Wellington.

                                The adventure began with tea served in these cups on the plane.

                          I ask the air hostess if I could keep the cup as a memento

                          she was so delighted to hear that I was a WOW designer that 

                          she made an announcement over the intercom to the entire plane

                          “and to the lady seated in 17F-foxtrot a big congratulations 

                           as she is a 6 time entrant in WOW” 

                           and the whole plane applauded me!!!! 

                           LOLOL blush lolol

                          She gave me magazines with WOW interviews and was just lovely.

                                          

                                         

                                           I spent my first day wandering around Wellington 

                                           in the rain doing bits of shopping and looking at the 

                                           window displays celebrating the wearable arts.

                                           

                                                     With a bit of mussel soup thrown in.

                                      Last night I saw the dress rehearsal of the WOW show.

                                      Man those costume creators are phenomenal!

                                      I most certainly have no expectations of prizes.

                                      I feel very lucky to be in the show and just a touch 

                                      concerned that mine may look a little home made in 

                                      comparison to the hi tech creations some young designers 

                                      are creating these days.

                                      How wonderful to share the stage with such amazing work!

                                      Today was a wonderful day spent with all the fellow 

                                      International designers hosted by Wellington City Council.

                                      The group of international designers is the largest to date 

                                      coming from Taiwan, China, India, UK, USA, Canada, 

                                      Australia, Germany, and Netherlands so we divided into two 

                                      groups some went to Weta and some to TePapa.

                                      I took part in the tour of TePapa where we viewed collections 

                                      of woven traditional capes with feathers and textiles, combs, 

                                      wooden tools and the winning costumes from the WOW collection 

                                      over the last 25 years.

                                      We were served a delightful lunch at the museum.

                                       Inspiring talks were given by two designers who I deeply 

                                       respect, Lynn Christianson from USA and 

                                       Fifi Colston from Wellington.

                                       The day finished with drinks at a pub on the harbour followed by 

                                       dinner at an Indian Restaurant with some of my favourite 

                                       Kiwi designers.

                                       Life is wonderful 

                                       Tomorrow my wonderful niece arrives and I will have 

                                       family to share  the full Awards Show with. 

                                       My goodness I feel so privileged!