Hello there. Good of you to drop in on this mindful Wednesday. This is the day when we look at why we craft and how we handle what life throws at us. How is your week going? I have been having a good day so far. Jim came round and we finally put the Trade Catalogue to bed in readiness for the NEC next week. This is the big GB Convention, when all the craft-shop owners and business people gather…
Hi there! Good of you to pop in this morning! After the trip home from hell last night on the M25 and the Dartford Bridge, it’s okay if I don’t see another Motorway for a while! The trucks were double-stacked all the way, lining pretty much the entire orbital. It was surreal. Thank goodness Dave came up by train to drive me home; I would have parked up on the central reservation and gone to sleep! Needless to say, this…
Hi there! Good of you to drop in. It’s our Borders Storage One Day Special on HOCHANDA today, with 3 beautiful new Groovi Henna & Background Borders on offer. Here’s a little step by step I did earlier!! The secret is to look at the plates and single out images. I want to make a flower on its own… Add the stalk, and some leaves, perhaps a second little flower from the centre of another larger Henna bloom will do…
Happy Sunday! Thanks for dropping in. TV Day today. If you aren’t going out, and you haven’t got any plans, or rugby’s not your thing, then why not tune in to HOCHANDA Freesat 817(24/7) • Sky 663 (24/7) • Freeview 39 (6am-9pm) I shall be getting inky 2-3 pm and 5-6pm We decided to split the hours, because it’s just less stressful. Here’s a step be step guide to one of the projects I will hopefully get to at 5pm; sometimes…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in today! Been catching up on yesterday, having had THE best meal ever at the Goring. What a splendiferous Hotel! Check out this Trompe L’oeil! Incredible. The whole Hotel Lobby was hand-painted like this! I looked for the wallpaper seams, but couldn’t find any, so investigated further, and yes it was all an original painting. You felt like you could step right into the walls. Absolutely unbelievable. A real living work of art. Even the…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in today! I’m not in though. Invitation to a business lunch in London. At the Goring Hotel no less! Ooooh I say!!! A day off. (Poor old Dave has to hold the fort. Cheese and Pickle sandwich for him) The Goring is London’s last family-owned luxury hotel. Mr Goring is a very nice man too. So let’s go find out a little more…. The power of Google, eh?! Built by Jeremy Goring’s great-grandfather Otto in 1910, The…
Hi. Thanks for popping in. Late last night, I spent an hour reading all the comments you left on Yesterday’s mindful blog. Gulp. It was crystal clear that so many friends in our little Clarity Community are struggling. With their health, physical and mental well-being. With their partner’s health. With loss and grief. With fear of the future. Hence the Mindful Wednesday Blog, which has become the most visited blog of the week. I do believe it is vital to have…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in! Wednesday is the day we step back and get mindful. So bear with me a moment; I just need to come down to earth, get grounded and get focussed. There’s so much going on at this end, I’m in danger of whizzing through life without actually taking it in. And I bet I’m not the only one. I’ve been thinking a lot about music lately; which music I grew up with, which music I…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in! And thanks to Paul for holding the Bloggy Fort in my absence yesterday. Got back from the Fatherland yesterday evening and was very happy to sleep in my own bed. The hotel room in Frankfurt was so blimming warm!! Windows open – City of sirens. Windows closed – Schvetty Barbie. Woke up this morning with this picture in my head, and decided to blog it. So here’s a simple step by step project for…
Greetings from a blustery Kent Paul here taking over the blog again whilst Barbara and Dave travel back from a busy few days in Frankfurt. Monday’s blog is all about trees and flowers, which reminded me of a photo I took the other day at the office. A proper Barbara Gray landscape! Anyway, I digress – I thought I would go back through the archives and find a step-by-step to keep you occupied! I came across this one using one…