Barbara Gray Blog

Hello there! Happy Bank Holiday Monday! I hope you are enjoying your long weekend?  Yesterday was brilliant. The last time I checked the Just Giving Page for ALS/MND, we had raised £1,312 + £278 Giftaid. Fantastic. Well done to the Clarity team for rising to the Ice Bucket Challenge so brilliantly, and to all who donated. There was some negative, judgemental comment mixed in  with all the uplifting action, but to be frank,  I couldn’t give a dead bat’s arse.  We…

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Hi there! Saturday’s blog a new technique. Well, I have recently noticed a few beautiful pieces of artwork floating round on Facebook, which looked like outlined splats,  but very lovely. I think the new Brusho powder paints may have been used, but I don’t have any, and if I did, I doubt I would be able to find them in here anyhooze.  So I decided to set myself a challenge and figure out a way of getting a similar effect,…

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Hello there! Thank you for stopping by. What a week this has been! Laura had her beautiful little Evie Jennifer, who came a little early, but just perfect. A miracle. Both mother and baby are doing well,  and Grandad is as proud as Punch! Evie really is a miracle baby. Almost 3 years ago, many of you may recall that Trevor, the Dad, was very badly burnt in an industrial explosion. We spent several months holding poor Laura’s hand, wondering whether…

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Hello there! Thank you for stopping by and  many, many thanks for all the wonderful good wishes  for Laura, Trevor and Baby Evie. Grandad Dave is a very happy man, and so is Nanny B! It sure takes you back. Aren’t they tiny?! But so so perfect.  I remember Grace’s little fingernails, and being scared to cut them, and the realisation that my Mum had had to cut mine.  It changed the way I perceived my Mum in an instant. …

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Hello there! Thanks for stopping by! Wednesday’s blog is something new. Well it just doesn’t get much newer or more magical than this! I can’t chat long;  we’re on our way to the hospital to see Laura, Dave’s daughter.  We’ve got some very happy news: She had her baby in the wee small hours… We are so happy for her and Trevor. So so happy. That young couple have been through so much together. All is good. All is well….

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Hello Monday! I hope this blog finds you in a good mood? My spirits were certainly lifted when I received this wonderful bouquet of freesias and roses from the ‘Scottish Team’. Thank you so very much, ladies! You shouldn’t have, as they say, but I am so grateful you did! Since Monday’s blog is TREES & FLOWERS,  I got to thinking… The colours are so beautiful here,  The pinks, reds, light greens, yellows and whites,  I decided to borrow the…

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Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. Just a very quick project today,  using what I can find in this mess! Here’s that really cool shaving foam piece I did on TV : Fab. And here are all the other pieces rustled up from the same colour mix of Distress re-inkers: Tea Dye Faded Jeans Tumbled Glass Weathered Wood. Or just save a packet, and get the set! But which one to use…. Tescos own – 26p No! Which creation?! and…

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Good morning. Thanks for popping in! It’s very early and I’m up with the larks, because I have to go to work and meet up with Jim, before he goes on holiday for a fortnight. There are a few things we need to tie up, so to speak, before he can fly away! So I’m thoroughly enjoying the big new open, empty space that is my new artroom. You know that adage, it’s going to get a whole lot worse…

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