Hello there! Thank you for popping in. Remember I told you about our little shopping expedition last week? When I took Mum to Marks & Sparks for the first time since lockdown? Well, it being the first time I had been to a proper supermarket since March too, I think I got a little over exuberant, and bought way too much fresh fruit ! Way too much of everything really. Oooh Plums! Oooh Cherries! Oooh Mango! etc etc etc. 3…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. It’s GRAY DAY today. The colour GRAY that is. Or Grey – whichever works for you! Was clearing away the Mandala demos in the SHAC in readiness for next weeks Birthday Marathon on HOCHANDA, and got caught in a shady spot… You know when you should be doing one thing, but the hands just start doing something else? Well, I was supposed to be filing all the arty bits away for a rainy day,…
Hi there Thanks for joining me. How quickly did today fly by? One minute you’re putting your lippy on, getting all ready set go for the 9am SKYPE TV show. The next minute, major rush of blood to the head when the sound dies and you lose the SKYPE connection. Can’t hear Paula, can’t hear anybody. Nada. By the time you re-establish the SKYPE connection, the stamps have pretty much sold out and the job’s done. The hour was over…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Partial Art. Is that a thing? Well, it is now! I hereby dub all partially used stamp images PARTIAL ART!! Shall I copyright it? Shall I hereby decree that PARTIAL ART has nothing to do with MARTIAL ART but everything to do with stamping! Tomorrow at 9am (and then again at 1pm) on HOCHANDA.com (best little Craft TV channel in the world) I shall be having a play with the whole idea of only…
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…