Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Weathered the storm and went to visit my parents today. Spent a lovely day with them. Never left the dining room. Just drank tea, chatted and caught up all day. Enjoyed it so much, I hope to do it again next week! Plenty of trees in the roads; major wind gusts. But Storm Doris wasn’t too bad here. I do hope you are all safe in the dry. So today, what better things…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Bit of a foggy day today. I definitely hit the proverbial wall around lunchtime. Went into work and was met with a load of demands. Not from the team; just picky business demands. They have been sitting, waiting for me to get back, and then all got fired at me simultaneously as soon as I walked through the door. So usually, I am firing on all 4 cylinders, have got my chainmail on, can…
Hi there. Just got in from Birmingham, so I will say hi and bye if you don’t mind! But before I crawl upstairs to the land of nod, I want to mention just a few highlights of the Trade Show. Firstly, we met lots of lovely people – old friends and new. Then we met people from all over the world, from Kuwait, from India, from Europe. I finally got to meet Hilary from Wightcats, which was a real pleasure….
Good morning from the NEC Thanks for popping in. Before the show kicked in, let me introduce you to the crew: Left to right.. Steve Ellen – Sales and Marketing Jim Molloy – Head Designer and wizard Linda Williams – Master Pergamano Tutor and Designer Rossella Cottrell – NEW Clarity TV Presenter and Show Planner Barbie – Dave’s other half Dave – Barbie’s other half Paul Church – Pergaman! We are missing Rob in the picture, Linda’s hubbie! It’s his…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Greetings from the NEC. The Tradeshow begins today. Just like Frankfurt – lots of suits and Mr Margin Men. I would much rather blog something creative and exciting…. Please allow me to introduce you to an exceptionally talented parching artist from Florida: Jerri Kay Jimenez. I recently invited her to join our Groovi-Pergamano Parchment team; reassured her that we could work together across the miles, that distance would be no object. When you see…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. I am so excited to show you this piece! Made it last night, because we are off to the NEC today, but boy! Did I enjoy myself. We have new stamps and matching masks. You may recall we launched a rake of Groovi plates with handbags, shoes and hats in January, and decided they would also make fabulous stamps. They took a little while to rework and manufacture, and the masks are a must,…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. I had an idea. (oh no! groaned the Clarity crew; not another one!) Well, yes. While we were power eating Fortnum & Mason mince pies in the office this morning, in an attempt to defy the best by date, it occurred to me: We have just taken delivery of the Clarity Catalogues for the trade sho this weekend. Very beautiful and very expensive, but had to be done. Proud moment. Many times I have…
Hiya! Thanks for popping in today. Forgot my Ipad at work (aka brain), so no art, no craft. Just a loadawoffle. We’re all revved up for the UK Trade Show at the NEC which starts this weekend, so there’s a lot to think about. Ticking lots of boxes, tripping over lots of boxes. You’d have been proud of me today. I got my old Pfaff out and even sewed a couple of table covers. Nothing too tricky – up one…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Still at work. Don’t feel sorry for me though!I am here through choice. Nobody makes me stay; in fact, nobody even makes me come in!! Actually, and I can only speak for myself, I am exactly where I am in life because of a series of choices I have made in my life. I try to avoid the word ‘I’ in a sentence usually, (Farmer Dave always says, when somebody starts on the I…
Hi there. Happy Valentines Day. Thanks for popping in. Thought I would blog one of our poetry plates which are proving very popular…. These two come as a pair. The Kiss and the Serenity Prayer. Let’s use the A5 Mate with the new Nested Rectangle Plate… Emboss the largest rectangle on little purple parchment. See here? The Groovi No. 1 tool and the Pergamano No. 1 tool do about the same job. Groovi just a little whiter, a little crisper,…