Hi there.

Thanks for popping in. Just watching Deb Wheeler on Create & Craft. Great to see her informative demos, and fun to see her with our mate Dean!

I decided to look back at a NEW YORK blog or 2, to remember the BIG APPLE, and its draw. It certainly is like a magnet for many, including myself. And certainly our Grace. She’s home here in England at the moment, but she do love the New New Amsterdam. Has lived there for over 13 years now! And I say this: If you can make ends meet and survive the BIG APPLE for 13 years, you can live just about anywhere!

New York New York . What a place. Not everybody’s cuppa, and certainly not for the faint-hearted, but if you like ART, then New York is for you. If you like FASHION, New York is for you. If you like CRAZY ANYTHING GOES, New York is for you. And the ”rude New Yorker” is a myth. I find them to be good people. Open, loud and fun. It’s a city, for goodness sake. Of course you have to keep your wits about you! There are crooks, thieves and rogues everywhere! I don’t have to go to New York to find them! They reside in my street here! But I have always found the New Yorkers to be pretty friendly and salt of the earth types. But hey. That’s just my take on that bustling city. I love London too! And Paris!!

Thought we’d take a whistle stop trip to New York. Here are a few snapshots from a previous visit …

Check out this Mother Theresa mural, taken from up on the Highline – an elevated parkway walk on the old railway lines.

Here’s a skyline of Manhattan from the water,

…and here’s the lady herself.

Coming into port, and the Freedom Tower literally towers above you. It’s a powerful reminder of what man is totally capable of. Destroying and rebuilding alike.

New York . A fascinating place. Packed with old and new, loud and quiet.

These dies are on Deb’s show. I think they are excellent. Simple and effective, classy and complete in and of themselves.

Available as a trio set or individually. I love these dies. They remind me of Bustle and Art and Culture – and I miss being a tiny speck in a metropolis. There’s something very safe in that vastness. Makes you understand your insignificance.

Here’s a little artcard using our new Skyscape Die.

Made using double-sided Designer Paper from the Waimea Falls Collection.

Whether you visit The Big Apple in the daytime…

or you enjoy the flipside night life…

One thing’s for certain: you’ll never get bored. It’s a fabulous city. I was there last December – can’t wait to visit again.

The BIG Dream is from our new Feel Good Two way stamps. CLICK HERE to investigate

It’s okay to plan ahead isn’t it? Well, I look forward to walking along the Highline again. I reckon you could walk the length of it every day for a year – and STILL see something new.

Deb is on again at 4pm.

Keep safe.

Love and Hugs

Barb xxx