Hi there Thanks for popping in. Working above the garage in our SHAC shack again today, keeping busy. Recorded all the Hochanda demos for Wednesday 1pm and Thursday 5pm, which gets me ahead of the curve tomorrow. More importantly, it keeps me occupied, keeps my mind from wandering. So not only am I doing something constructive in a bid to keep the good Ship Clarity afloat – my own thoughts are focussed on the task at hand. Which is a…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Been working away, preparing a bunch of Hochanda TV Demos next week. We’ve got shows every day from Wednesday to Saturday, I think! Yikes. Just want to get ahead of the curve – you really don’t know what’s round the corner, do you? So best to get what you can done done! Also had a good sort out and tidy up here in our little SHAC Shack. It’s been getting progressively worse as the…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Glad to be here today. Glad I was born when I was; glad I was born where I was. If this pandemic has taught me anything, anything at all, it is that I have to think positive, be positive and act positive. Think gratitude, do gratitude. Guard against negative people with negative ideas and MAKE A CREATIVE PLAN. At the same time however, I feel a real need to take stock of what VE…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Pergathursday on HOCHANDA today! Sold out of that lovely new Rose Arch Groovi Plate, designed by Linda Williams. Very nice too! The Groovi-Pergamano community is certainly growing. I think a lot of crafters and creative people are figuring out just how mindful and relaxing parchment work is – especially using the Groovi system. And there}s no time like the present if you’re wanting to learn a new skillset! Blimey! You’ve certainly got the time!!…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Enjoyed this morning, colouring in a Silver Birch. Looking forward to showing you how I do the leaves tomorrow at 10 am! So strange, isn’t it. One minute we’re planning holidays abroad, weddings, factory moves, hip replacements, family reunions; Life is steamrolling ahead at its usual breakneck speed. The next minute, we’re locked indoors, emergency hospitals are erected almost overnight, and people are dying in their thousands. Shops are shut, High streets are like…
Hi there. Thanks for joining me. Six weeks into our Daily Doodle in the Shac-Shack, and I think those of us who have participated can all agree that doodling helps focus the mind and stop the thoughts a-wandering down the wrong path. Yesterday, we did a basic pattern doodle together, which I personally thoroughly enjoyed. It took me down Memory Lane to my school days, back to Fort Pitt and Canterbury Cathedral and Rochester Cathedral School Christmas Carol Services and…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Too many plates in the air today; too many thoughts flying through the head, like cars on the M25. So much to do that I don’t know where to start. In fact, it’s a perfect storm for a washing machine head. Been rotating on the spot since our Daily Doodle Session and…. Only one thing for it: CRAFT. Clear the head, make a card, then make a list, then stick to it. Got to…
Hi there, Thanks for joining me. Been working with Paul at the new factory this morning, picking orders. It’s always good to spend time with him. He’s not only a key player on the Clarity team – he’s my dear friend, and I love him. Certainly wouldn’t want to work through this pandemic crisis without him! Then I dashed home, put some lippy on and joined Paula in the HOCHANDA Studio for the 2-4 show on Skype. She’s such a…
Hi there. Thanks for checking in with me. Glad you’re here. Saturdays are my Regroup-and-Consider-the-Week-ahead-Day. Saturdays are my Laundry-and Clean-the-Kitchen-Floor-Day. Saturdays are my Switch-off-from-the-World-Day. What about you? What are Saturdays in your world? Or have all your days rolled into a chain of 24-hour episodes? Having had our routines wiped away, I’m hearing plenty of “what day is it?”! I have always worked from home a lot. Especially any art-related tasks. They ALL get done here in what has now…
Hi there! Thanks for checking in today. We’ve had stormy weather here! Lightning, thunder, hail – black skies! And now it’s sunny and warm, and the grass is steamy with all the evaporating rain! Yup. If you don’t like the English weather, just wait a minute! Over in the SHAC shack, we’ve been doodling away merrily! Spent the whole week in Japan, learning about fabulous Japanese textiles and even drew a cherry blossom. Here’s where we ended up today…. I…