Hi there Thanks for popping in! What a day this has been! Busy busy busy! And thank you also if you joined in the first SHAC of the year this morning at 10. I think those little doodle tiles will be fabulous when they’re done… I touched on the new stamps which we are showcasing on the TV on Sunday – the Seasonal Wreath stamps. They are rather special. You may recognise the flavour from the SHAC SHAC… The first…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Thought I’d shed a little light o a cool TV show this evening. No, not the Pottery Throwdown! That was last night on Channel 4. Actually, the young curly haired lad Cellan is from the pottery Studio I attend down here! Very excited for him. He is so clever. 23 years old. Cheering for him !! The TV Show in question is on the Craft Store. What time? 6pm. Who’s the star ? Paul…
Hi there Happy New Year! Went for a long walk up on the Southdown Forest with Grace and Dave this morning. Lots of folks had the same idea, but it was still pretty quiet. Perfect, sunny and warm. Slowly I can feel my head kicking back into design and work mode. Break’s over, and the cogs are starting to turn again. Decided to start a monthly bulletpoint calendar, a simple, arty scrappy thing, to put on my desk and doodle…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Well, the Beautiful Frosted Floral Overlays have certainly been well received on telly! Thank you so much for appreciating the beauty and potential in these delicate parchment prints. Many of you will have seen them first at the SPA Parchment Retreats back in October, when we used them for the first time. What glorious artwork the ladies did produce over the two days! So many happy parchers in one place! In case you are…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Just crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s on this evening’s 6pm launch on The CraftStore TV. It’s a new parchment colouring and shading concept, that we actually introduced at the Pergamano Retreats back in October, but are now set to showcase on a worldwide scale on TV. There are five different Flower Packs, designed and illustrated by Linda Williams and Lynne Jackson. We call them Frosted Overlays because the translucent parchment layer sits…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Happy Sunday to you! 2 hours of TV this afternoon from 2-4 pm. Just 120 minutes. All set, all prepped, all packed. I sit here with you in my head, chatting to you, sipping my black coffee (cos I’m a Gray-Scaler too, and trying to shed that Covid poundage I’ve packed on!), and I ponder the many hours of work and energy that have gone into those two hours – which will be over…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Super cool new set of stamps coming up on TheCraftstore.com tomorrow at 2pm. These Ginkgo Stamps, which you may recognise from our doodles together in the SHAC SHAC, are superb – even if I say so myself. So lovely to use! I have been putting them through their paces, and the results are pretty special. This one by Andy did the trick for me! …
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Up bright and early today. It was potter potter pottery this morning! My favourite time of the week! You know that old adage “we have good days and growing days” ? Well, today was certainly a growing day. I made such a horlicks of the glazing! What a mess! Never mind. The good news is you can scrape it off and go again. So back she goes tomorrow evening, for another run at it!…
Hi there Thanks for stopping by. Happy Saturday! The Gray Friday Sale which goes on till Midnight Monday is very busy! Thinking ahead a little, I thought I’d shine a light on all our storage solutions – which are also in the sale! When all those goodies land, you may just want to arrange them in a logical way, so you know where it all is. I love having my paper and parchment in folders. In fact, I recently had…
Hi there Thanks for stopping by. Just in case you were not aware, our Gray Friday Doors are officially open today until midnight Monday with up to 50% off all things Clarity. Click HERE to unlock the door. Currently up at the studios in Peterborough getting ready for the 9am and 1pm shows today on the Craft Store. So, if you have time in between shopping, then I hope you can join Paula and myself at 9am and then Yiannis…