Hello there. Thanks for stopping by! Busy Monday morning, but I wanted to share something rather splendid with you, which a dear friend gave to me this Christmas. Just as we were saying before the event, although it’s always generous of anybody to give anybody else anything, it’s those rare handmade gifts which are so appreciated. Just the fact that somebody likes you enough to invest that amount of time and energy in a gift for you is a gift…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by on this sunny Sunday. Woke up this morning and was pondering today’s blog. The first thing which came to mind was LEFTOVERS. (probably because we’re going to be eating leftovers for at least a week!) So I came up to my little room, and unearthed a bunch of LEFTOVERS from Gelli Plate demos I did at various exhibitions this year, using the Leafy Swirl Stencil Oh boy! Have I done a lot of demos…
And into the Craft room! Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. Those pesky little menaces, Wurka and Hollick were up bright and early again this morning. This time they were trying to convince me at 5am that I hadn’t boiled enough spuds for today’s potato salad, and that the potatoes I had boiled were over-cooked and would just turn to mush. So uppy getty, send Davey to shoppy for more spudsy. Now we’ve got enough potato salady to feed a…
Happy Boxing Day! Friday’s Blog a private peek? Well, that’s it then. Two weeks of chasing around, Two days of eating far too much, and today, as always on a day of rest, the gremlins woke up extra early in my head this morning and got me all fired up and worried about work and such. They started with the list of people I forgot to send a card to and by the time they had flagged up the imminent…
Hello there! Thank you so much for popping in. The turkey’s in the oven, The men have gone for a walk, Mum has been keeping me company in the kitchen, and my biggest issue this morning was trying to find something big enough to steam the broccoli in! So life is good, and even the broccoli found a home! So I have slipped out the back door up to my den, to chat to you and check that you ok….
Hi there Christmas Eve is here. You probably already know by now that my Mum is German, and therefore we celebrate Christmas the German way. Which is today. The family will come to our house late afternoon, and we will prepare a simple meal: Bratwurst, Sauerkraut and mashed potatoes with onion gravy. Simple meal at a reasonable hour, clean the kitchen and then gather around the tree for gift giving. Then one of the kids will hand out the presents…
Hi there!Thanks for stopping by. Well, we’re off to have our Clarity Christmas lunch now, but before we shoot off for food and fun, here’s a Christmas video. An old favourite, with lots of tips and tricks. Hope you enjoy it as much I enjoyed making it!And if I look 10 years older, I’m not! It’s the lighting!!! Items Used: Claritystamp Noel Stamp Claritystamp Small Larch Tree Stamp A6 Clarity Card Versamark Ink Pad Detail Gold Embossing Powder Heat Gun…
Hi! Back again, but this time with a easy step by step stencil trick. In the lead up to Christmas, most will be too busy to think about making anything apart from sausage rolls! But there will be some who still really enjoy this brief creative intermezzo here, so I shall carry on undeterred! Right. Here’s a lovely stencil The Dove Heart Stencil There’s another one, which has the same feel, but comes with deer instead. The Deer Heart Stencil…
Morning all! Thanks for popping by. Thank you again for the great response to yesterday’s blogpost. You are certainly defining Christmas for me this year! Just want to let you know the winner of the £20 Gift voucher yesterday: Mrs B. So well done Mrs B! I shall be back later with a project but work meetings first. I look forward to it; hooking up with you – not the meetings! So do pop back later. Pop the kettle on…
Hello there!Thanks for popping in again. I want to thank all of you who left a comment on yesterday’s blogpost. It was a real turning point for me actually. After all my protests about Panic Saturday, and “I’m not stepping foot in a shop today”, late last night I went shopping after all! But not as you think. Took somebody’s suggestion, looked up local food banks and their needs, went to the supermarket, filled the boot with – as Wanda pointed…