Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Well, you know what they say: if you don’t like the weather in England, just wait a minute! Did it hose down this afternoon, or what?? It was getting so hot at work in the picking room too! Tropical! At first I thought I was just having one of my personal summers again, but then the lads starting taking their sweatshirts off and opening the windows, and I thought, ‘snot me. We were shedding…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. What a day !!!! 13 hours ago I got up and now it’s 13 hours later – and due to a series of unforeseen circumstances, which required my undivided and instant attention, like P R O N T O, nothing got done. N O T H I N G. Well, that’s not entirely true. You can’t spend 12 hours running round like a headless chicken and achieve nothing. What I probably mean is I…
Hi there! Good of you to pop in! How’s your day been? I had a good time picking orders and mucking in with the team. Not sure that they like me being there, but hey! My ride – my rules! Monday’s blog is flowers and trees, so how about a lovely new floral leafy stencil? It was on telly last time, but I didn’t get to it. The Oriental Vine Stencil 7″ x 7″ in the 20% off sale until…
Hello there! Well what a glorious day ! The sun is warm, the birds are twittering and the breeze is just perfect.Is it as beautiful where you are? See my little hideaway at the bottom of the garden? Got the paintbrush out yesterday evening and refreshed it on the inside. I have to be honest though, painting walls is much more a Dave thing than it is a Barb thing. Did half and got bored. So Dave took over. “You…
Hi there, Thanks for popping in. So here she sits in her artroom at home, up above the garage, with the birds in the trees. She should be up at Port Sunlight with all her mates, but there we are. You never know what’s round the corner, do you? When the kids were young, and we were potless, we used to drive old heaps which broke down quite frequently. I always told them that God was probably looking after us, …
Hi there!Thanks for popping in. Well, many of you know about yesterday’s little Motorway saga, which is completely insignificant in the bigger picture (for sure) but nonetheless has thrown the proverbial spanner in our ClarityWorks ! There we were poodling up to Liverpool in our little van, Steve, Paul and myself, loaded to the gunnels with Clarity goodies, all geared up for a fab craft show in Port Sunlight. Got as far as the M6Toll road, and without warning the engine…
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. We are on our way up to Port Sunlight today, ready for Show Set-up day tomorrow. Who’s going? Well from down here, Brother Steve, Paul and myself. Dave has to make Groovi Plates and build a new machine room! Who is joining us up north? Maria, Heather and Len. Really looking forward to seeing them! The van is packed full of Groovi and Stamps and Stencils, and my guess is we will have a…
Hi there, Good of you to join me… How has your day been? Mine has been calm, full of art. Prepping the New Design Club for May. It’s almost ready to go to the printers, which is a big box ticked. And I do like to tick a box… Wednesday’s blog is Mindful Wednesday, the day when we consider things of the soul. Why we craft perhaps, and how we live our lives…. Yesterday I posted a YouTube song about…
Hello there. Thanks for popping in. Thought i would get back to where I like to be today. Which is alone in my art room with my art. No music, just the twittering of the birds outside. The sun is shining, and it’s ok. Had a few little monkeys in my head to begin with, but they are well and truly subdued now. People can only control you if you let them. People can only make you feel guilty if…
Hello! Thanks for popping in. Just got back from the studios, and am absolutely cream-crackered. Many thanks to Paul for his unswerving help and support today. And my thanks also to the Clarity DT. What beautiful samples! So glad you liked the new Lightwave LED Light panels. We thought you might! And in case you were thinking we should have more stock available – trust me: there was as much as we could possible spare and still have a few…