Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Just for today, I will enjoy today. I had a great morning in the SHAC Shack with my doodling buddies. Next stop pottery. Got some pots to turn and some pots to titivate before they go in the kiln. Then head over to my parents with Dave, and take Mum out to MarksnSparks for our first Supermarket excursion since lockdown in March. Got to be done. I can feel it’s time. I have prepped…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Been revving up for Mixed Media Friday this afternoon. Every last Friday of the month, we showcase arty, mixed media stamps and stencils on HOCHANDA. And at 9am and 1pm this coming Friday, wait till you see the new Mandala stamps that Tina Cox has designed for us. She calls them doodles – I call them masterpieces! Absolutely superb, they are. I cannot believe the detail of the patterns. These large images make for…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Thank you for joining in this weekend, posting lovely comments and really helpful destination places for the SHAC-Shack Bus. I got all fired up with several of the suggestions. Will have a slower read later… But now for the important part! Who won the blog candy? Well, first of all, don’t be disappointed if it wasn’t your turn this time; be happy for these folks! Friday we had a Perga Liners and Postcards Giveaway,…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Work-free zone here today, so I shall offer up one more little useful thing or two, or 10! Yesterday we had a giveaway with the little Petite Water colour journal and the little set of 3 water colour brushes. Today, let’s go large! Just think about where you would like to go in the SHAC-Shack Bus, and what you would like to doodle draw and colour during the next 100 hours. Write down your…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in! And Thank you so much for joining yesterday in the 100 Hours SHAC Celebrations! Recently in the SHAC-Shack we ventured up to the Water colour end of the Pergaliner pencil box, right? So how about a simple little step by step here, using both ends of the box – and our lovely Petite watercolour Journal.. I have done a little page to commemorate the 100 hours, using just part of one of the entwined…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Sorry I’m late posting the SHAC-Shack Celebration Giveaway! Big meeting at work, and got caught – as you do. So much to consider, so much to plan ahead! But that’s ok. You haven’t missed anything here, and if you missed the 10am show in the SHAC-Shack this morning – it was special. Dave popped in with cake; he so caught me out with the Fanfare for the Common Man. That music moves me profoundly…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Just got back from Mum and Dads. Decided last minute to drive over and spend the afternoon with them. It was either work more or visit them. Mmm… Work more. Achieve more. Two very different things actually. I had spent the whole morning thinking, “really ought to go see Mum and Dad, but have got so much to do”, “Mum is getting fed up with being in isolation – a visit would cheer her…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Paul is launching our beautiful, classy Make a Wish Die and Groovi Collection at 6pm. Illustrated by dear Mel Turner and myself. Beautiful whimsical, magical hares, hidden in the woodland. These aperture dies are superb. They have even more significance for me now then when we originally drew them! Now that we go down to the woods most days, it really is true. You cannot see the deer and the rabbits until you stand…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Been cleaning the kitchen all afternoon. Woke up with a washing machine head, anxious about nothing in particular – and everything. Sorted out my colouring pencils and got them back in order. That helped massively. Just arranging a little colour system in a tin of pencils gives me a sense of order, of control. So I ventured beyond the tin after our morning session in the SHAC-Shack with the Blue tits, and decided to…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Just on my way out to the woods with a bag, to go a-gathering blackberries fpr pudding tonight. There are loads this year! Yesterday we went walking early in the morning after a downpour, so they were even washed for us! One for pudding, one for me. One for pudding, one for me. I do love blackberries, don‘t you? Just feast your eyes on this wonderful snapshot of nature. Heather, fern – even breakfast….