Hi there

Can you believe it’s been 32 years since Clarity was born in Santa Barbara? Where on earth does the time go?! That’s pretty much half my life – and it’s literally all of Grace and Mark’s lives!

Truth is, they’re the reason Clarity exists in the first place. I wanted to work from home, to be there when they went off to school and when they came back. Back then, “working from home” wasn’t really a thing—unless you were self-employed. So, with the help of my parents and brother, I built a little business that allowed me to do just that.

And here we are, 32 years later, and I’m still working from home! Today I’m not feeling well enough to go into the office, but thanks to that original setup, I can still carry on from home. It’s a perfect solution—even now. A chat with Paul first thing, some ideas sparking, and I thought: let’s blog and share a little with you.

We had planned a bumper birthday weekend—new designs, fresh ideas, exciting products—the whole Clarity shebang. That’s how it always used to be, remember? Back in the TV days we crammed everything into three mad days in September. But this year, we’re changing it up!

Instead of squeezing all the goodness into one weekend, why not spread the love across the whole month of September? Think of it like a lovely road trip—starting this Sunday—gentler for the driver, and so much nicer for the passengers too.

Throughout the month, we’ll be unveiling new designs, new stamps, new Groovi plates, and even new concepts. We’ll kick things off on Sunday at around 3pm with a little stroll down Clarity Street—literally!

Do you remember in the SHAC when we drew that lovely avenue of houses together? Remember these?

Well, I’ve been keeping a secret…I drew another street just for us: Clarity Street.

Then Jazz and I mapped out a Clarity Street Collection together. We deconstructed my drawing, and turned it into 2 sets of stamps. The first one gives you 5 complete houses. You can use as many as you like, and in any combination. The second set is the Build-a-House Set, where you can even pick which windows and doors you fancy This set is packed with all the fun stuff: cats, dogs, birds, bunting, chimneys – even house numbers and a bench! Masks are included, to help with composition too. So much creative fun!

Introducing Clarity Street!

2 x A5 Stamp & Mask Sets and 1 x A6 Stamp & Mask Set

The Clarity Art Team certainly enjoyed playing with these too!

We also constructed a cool, large A4sq Groovi plate, for our Parching Architects!

We then added printed Toppers & Tags to the mix. These are superb. I am looking forward to showing you a cool trick with our new, 1 inch brayers!

Check this out. All the detail, but in miniature…The orange paper is 2.5 x 3.5 inches…

Next up, introducing a rather splendid fella: Mr Painter. I hope you like him! Great for fun art! It’s the mask that makes this set so clever! Tune in on Sunday to see what I mean…

A5 Stamp & Mask Set

A5sq Groovi Plate too…

How about some Triangle People? You have already seen them last month when we launched the A5 Stamp Set, they are now available in A6 & A4 Stamp Sets. We launched the large ones at the Retreats, fo a special technique. More will be revealed on Sunday…

Here’s something we can work on together …

How does this sound? Once a month, on a Thursday evening, we can get together for a Craftalong – we’ll fill our blank journal or calendar TOGETHER. I’ll tell you more about it on Sunday. It will be a great arty monthly craftalong – and it will be FREE. The Calendars are just a great Art Storage Idea!

Everything is available from 5pm on Saturday HERE if you want to shop ahead

Please note that we will be going live just after 3pm on Sunday, as the UK government will be carrying out a National Test of the Emergency Alerts system at 3pm. Compatible mobile phones and tablets will receive an alert, make a loud siren-like sound and vibrate – even if your device is on silent mode. So we’ll let that pass before we go LIVE!! They must know it’s our birthday, and they want to give us a big HURRAH!!

See you at just past 3 tomorrow!

Love always

Barb x x x