Hi there. Thanks for joining me. Great sense of achievement here today. Invited to the Palace? Nope Best Blog Award? Nope But I did clear not 1, not 2 but 3 baskets full of ironing! 24 shirts. I’ll write that again slowly… twenty-four shirts. AND 3 lots of kingsize bedding from Christmas! Scheisenhausen!!! That’s a lottashirtsnsheets! At one point, during a little coffee break, I was on the internet looking up Pfaff mangles, and we (Dave joined in the mangle…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. How are you? We have had a great day. This afternoon I finally got round to some real art-the-way-I-like-it time. A bit of paint, a bit of spit, a brayer, a canvas. There’s nothing quite like just rolling your sleeves up and going where it takes you…. I think what spurred me on today was this fantastic stencil which Mel has designed for us. Jim made me a set to try out before we…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Just a quickie. Had a super morning with the young people who will be joining our team soon. You know, ‘Andy and ‘Andy! Aka Lucy and Alec. What a great addition to the Clarity family. I was doing some clearing out this afternoon, and came across these old beauties. Who remembers these stamps?Cor blimey! That takes me back! The Corset Montage and then there’s the single sexy corset with the feminine legs. I’d still…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Just got in myself, and to be honest I need to eat, not make art! So I will leave the office earlier mañana, and do some art instead. This evening I shall just wind down, and tell you what’s going on. So Brother Steve – he who is in charge of Groovi production and the Warehouse – comes into my office this morning for a chat. We don’t have to speak. We just look…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Rosie is showcasing Tina’s love Heart Doodles on Telly today, and the Design Team have done a stellar job again. Here is a mini gallery of artwork; these beauties just don’t get the airtime they deserves. Neither do the cards! Maggie Byford Linda Page Louise Goldin Amanda Williams Josie Davidson Carole Pankzstelo Rosie is on at 12 and 4, and you can catch up on Catch up with Hochanda. #faborwhat?? Forgive the speedy post….
Hi there. Thanks for popping in! Is it Tuesday already? How time flies when you get older! Today Rosie is in the driver’s seat again, answering a few questions around tracing Groovi line art and simple whitework. This time, there are not one but two little videos: one demonstrating the Groovi tools Vs Pergamano embossing tools, one demonstrating the Pergamano shader tools. I watched the first one with interest, because Rosie used a much larger than usual ball tool for her line…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. I looked across, and what did I see? A family of magpies staring back at me. So majestic, beautiful, bold and haughty! It was clear from their pose they were cheeky – no – naughty! But see one alone, and I stop as do you, and starting searching the trees for his mate number two. Because one is for Sorrow, Two is for Joy, Three for a girl Four for a boy. Five for silver, Six for…
Hi there. Sunny Sunday here in the south. Our Mel (aka artist extraordinaire and great mate) is coming over later for a walk, so as promised a mini gallery of loveliness, showcasing the Lace borders & corners and the Groovi netting plates, which are old but gold. Actually, let me rephrase that. Nothing Groovi can be old – we only launched it two and a half years ago! My oh my, how far we have come since then. I had…
Hi there, Thanks for popping in. I was having a sort out the other day, and came across a little file of Groovi plays and experimental pieces, which Paul and I did when we first started out on the Groovi trail. Basic maybe, but we were pretty chuffed! They were all done using the Lace borders, and there was one using a netting plate too… Simple square frames, Different corner options on the frames, Nested lace frames, Different shaped frames,…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. I am feeling so well. Just had a real belly laugh watching back over a couple of funny videos we took during Christmas, when the kids were home. It was the one with Dave playing Mouthtrap which did it for me. It wasn’t even that he looked ridiculous and that nobody could understand him. It was his infectious laughter. What I love about him is he is game for anything – well, within reason. And…