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Month: April 2016

No blog today.. .

No blog today.. .

Hi Hi! Thanks for popping in. Just got back from Ally Pally. Had a brilliant day, catching up with good friends and just generally swanning about while the good Clarity crew carried the show. I cannot muster up a project this late. Sorry. Remember Herman’s Hermits? No milk today? Sing along if you dare!!!! Just changed the words a little for you…. No blog today My mojo’s gone away. My feet are killing me  I need a cuppa tea Sorry…

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A Groovi Geisha…

A Groovi Geisha…

Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Just got in from Ally Pally. We commute and sleep in our own beds. Much better –  and a whole lot less expensive than hotelling it for 8 people!!! A bit hard on the drivers – but that’ll be Dave in the Van  and myself in the Pick-up. So what’s new. WHAT A DAY!!!!!! Just as I predicted, it was amazeballs! Groovi was mobbed, although the Wee Stamps and Word Chains were looking pretty…

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All ready and set to go! xx

All ready and set to go! xx

Hello lovely peeps! Thanks for popping in. Although I can’t stay long. Just got in the door from setting up at Ally Pally, have to eat and make the picnic for the Clarity crew tomorrow, and then decide what to wear on such an auspicious occasion. Not only is it the first exhibition we’ve done since last November at the NEC – but I’m doing a Live hour TV show at 1pm too. Our stand is looking pretty good. This time…

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Blue Bubbles – Fishy Bubbles…..and something fabulously new ….

Blue Bubbles – Fishy Bubbles…..and something fabulously new ….

Ahoy there! Sorry I’m so late! Ask me how things are shaping up for Ally Pally and the HOCHANDA TV Show on Saturday – I dare you!! No, not really. Demos done for the 1pm show. The only problem is my neck; it seems to be revolting. Overdone it and now it’s on strike. Which is just great before a two-day, mental busy exhibition.  So I’ve made an executive decision : no demonstrating at the show.  Just the TV hour,…

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Ally Pally looming…..

Ally Pally looming…..

Hello there! So good of you to pop in. I wish you were here! You’d be cleaning plates and packing stamps  before you could take your coat off! In the run up to Ally Pally this weekend,  we are ever optimistic that things will come together… Looking a little bit sparse at the moment, mind! We’ve just raided Jayne’s TV/trade stash so all is not lost!! The stencil section’s currently in the lead, with a pretty good selection. Stamps not…

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A Moment of Clarity….

A Moment of Clarity….

Hi there. Thanks for popping in. As promised, here’s a little step by step of one of the projects from TV this weekend. Surprisingly, despite the absence of Freeview, we still managed to sell out very thoroughly within a couple of hours. which just goes to show that you lovely peeps  have either all got Sky –  (highly unlikely!) or you were prepared to figure out a way to watch! Thank you. The HOCHANDA Crew also work so very hard, …

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Paint under the fingernails!

Paint under the fingernails!

Hi there, Thanks for popping in. Sorry we sold out of the Word Chain ABC  on HOCHANDA this morning! Many many thanks for watching and supporting if you did; I just wanted to drop in and upload the basics of the painty demo  I did with Hayley at lunchtime. Here’s how: Cut a piece of stencil card down to 5″ x 5″ and load a brayer with a little Cheesecake acrylic Fresco paint. Walk the brayer across the card, to…

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Just a Groovi quickie!

Just a Groovi quickie!

Hiya! I hope you’re enjoying this lovely mild weather and sunshine! I’m up at the studios, waiting to go live, but thought I’d spend five minutes with you. Calms the mind,  and get me out of this strange Shopping TV Bubble which I am in for 2 days again. As Sheila so wisely suggested yesterday, Let’s enjoy it! I’m here doing it, and I may as well have some fun!! Not that I am miserable! But I believe I can…

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Baby Tits!

Baby Tits!

Hi there! Thanks for popping in. STOP THE CLOCK!!! Enough is enough. If it’s not in the boxes, it ain’t coming with me tomorrow! Whose idea was it to do a One Day Special every month?? I must be blimming mad! Ah well. I could think of a lot worse ways to earn a crust! I am mindful of the fact that a lot of people won’t be able to watch tomorrow because Freeview is down for a few weeks,…

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Easy as ABC….and a Paint Sale

Easy as ABC….and a Paint Sale

Hi there, Greetings from a hive of activity above the garage! The clock is ticking and the pens are clicking! The countdown is on for Sunday TV on HOCHANDA, and I’m nowhere near ready yet, so Heather  and Paul  have dived in to help me. 7 Hours of live TV is a bit extreme, even for an old timer like me! But the new stamps we have planned for the One Day Special  are pretty cool…. You know all the…

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