Hi there, Thanks for popping in. Another great day in Prepland. Even got to pottery today, for a very cool session on the “slate vase”. More will be revealed… But to the prep. It’s a bauble thing from 2-4pm on Sunday. Very beautiful stencil set of mini baubles. So I decided, in the spirit of Christmas, we need a branch to hang our samples from. Wasted an age looking for the secateurs (aka pruning scissors), then laboriously cut a branch…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Just had the BEST day with Churchy ! We were prepping for Sunday’s TV shows. 2-4pm then 6pm. Fabulous stencils illustrated by our Mel in the afternoon, and a collection of exquisite stamp designs by a new and very talented illustrator, who has joined the Clarity family: Cherry Green. Lovely lady. Great artwork. I look forward to introducing you to her on Sunday evening. I have invited her to join us for the opening…
Happy Monday!Thanks for popping in on this lovely summery day. 1st July and the sun is shining. And just when you thought it couldn’t get any better – our ANNUAL HALF-PRICE SUMMER SALE FOR CLARITY CLUB MEMBERS starts today too! Hundreds of half price Clarity products – stamps, stencils, Groovi and Fresh Cuts – to choose from. If you’ve been wondering whether to join one, two, three or all 4 of our tutorial clubs, now might be a perfect opportunity…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Sunday’s blog a step by step today. Here is one which shows you loads of little tricks and ideas, from making your own matching glitter paper to using every last scrap of the die cut! The Fresh cut dies I used here are one of three very beautiful dies illustrated by our ever clever Mel. I love them, not only because they are so classy and quirky cool, but also because they are so…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Hot, innit! Had a fantastic pottery day again today, doing Raku with a bunch of lovely people. Boy oh boy! Do those teachers work hard! Hats off to Eunice and Helen for keeping going all day in the blazing sun! Most of my little pots came out beautifully, and I was delighted with them. But the big piece, the piece I have been working on for weeks went howwibly wong…. How can something so…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in from the garden to join me for a quick chat. Just got home from the TV studios. Thanks for watching and supporting today. Great sales, and I hope the shows were entertaining, too! I shall blog one of the demos tomorrow; perhaps one of the ones I didn’t get to…. Blimming traffic! Unbelievable on a Friday afternoon in the home counties, honestly. M11 closed, so detour round to the A1. Bumper to bumper to…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Now please don’t throw your coffee at me, don’t throw me under the bus here – I am only the messenger – but did you know that the CHRISTMAS SEASON started today! I know, I know. It’s June, for Pete’s sake!! But heyho, Pete’s decided it’s Christmas on Hochanda, so Christmas it is! And who better to sing in the festive spirit, than our darling Tina?! Wait till you see the beautiful little Christmas…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. It’s Wednesday, so I stepped out to pottery this afternoon for a little while. Started a new project today: a vase. It’s an experiment, based on the slate vases we used to make back in the day, when stamps didn’t pay the rent during the summers! They were very lovely, heavy, and hard work to make, but very popular. The whole Gray family made them. Mum and Dad, Steve, Dave and myself. We couldn’t…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. I am so excited that Sam did the following Youtube1 I LOVE this piece of artwork that she did, using Tina’s stamps! It is so excellent! The minute I saw the art sampler months ago, I immediately wanted to learn how to do it and emulate it. Which is the sign of a great piece of art , isn’t it? Well done Sam! And this little set of stamps stole the show. Literally. We…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. A year ago today, Dave and I were tying the knot over in Port Lympne, with friends and family. What a special day that was! See the two swanky ladies to the right of Dave, sporting the posh fascinators? They are our friends from Texas, Debby and Gill. Well guess who turned up tonight at the house, to celebrate our anniversary with us! Yep!! I mean, we knew they were coming! They didn’t just…