Hi there. Thanks for popping in! Paul’s left me! Well, he’s taken up residence at HOCHANDA , because he’s on telly yet again tomorrow evening at 6pm. Qué? You thought he had actually left me?!? Now be serious. We are family. Maria took all the midmonth One Day Specials off his hands, so that he can lend a hand with last minute TV shows as the gaps appear in the roster. Believe you me, we’re on it like a car…
Hi there, Thanks for popping in. So glad you enjoyed Maria on HOCHANDA yesterday! Didn’t she do a cracking job? Super demonstrations! Our dear Mel drew these beautiful images a while ago, and Maria was the obvious choice for launch. Unicorns and dragons are so popular nowadays; with our younger crafters – and the young at heart too! The whole magical realm: Arthur, Merlin, Game of Thrones, Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter – we certainly do like a…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Been a good day. Went to Mum and Dads with Dave early in the morning for a catch up- and because I can. Then shot back across the Weald of Kent for Pottapotta – Pottery!! The day before, they had asked us whether we would like to stay for lunch, and I very quickly declined, saying I really really didn’t want to miss pottery, that I’d missed it last week because of the Pergamano…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Sorry I am so late. Very long day at work today. Loads going on, lots of planning and designing and talking and general activity. Blimming good day actually. I love my team, I really do. Clarity is full of creative, kind individuals. So here’s a little Youtube that Simon and I filmed together just before he and Becca went off on their honeymoon. I hope you enjoy it. It’s a lovey dovey stencil, perfect…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in! What a day again. What a caper! But it is fine. We put our heads together at Clarity and came up with an excellent Last Minute-TV-Show-Strategy. It’s amazing what you can pull out of the hat when the chips are down, innit?! Dear Paul is going up to the Studios first thing tomorrow, to prep for the 6pm One Day Special which launches at 6pm. It’s a 2 parter. Part one is tomorrow evening….
Hi there, Thanks for popping in. Well what a day! It has been blowing a gale out there! And when the head goes into washing machine spin cycle, what do we do? We make art!!! Pick a scrap. Not just any old scrap. Since it’s Sunday, let’s pick a special scrap. Using the Leafy Swirl stencil… Then let’s take a beautiful, classy little Claritystamp. To remind myself why I got into this game. 25 years ago. I didn’t just arrive,…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. I was looking through the Member’s Half Price Sale Sheets today (If you call the office, Jeannine will send you out a hard copy too, you know. I always prefer to look on paper, don’t you?) Anyway, I saw a brilliant little set of stamps which Jim designed ages ago, which is really really clever: The Union Jack Flag Set: Let me show you how it works…. First, mount up the elements on mounts…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Wanted to share a little nugget of magic with you, which we discovered whilst in Alnwick at Becca and Simon’s wedding this week. Somebody on Facebook kindly recommended that we search out Barter Books in Alnwick, so we duly did so. AND WHAT A FIND INDEED!!!! It’s an old Railway Station, converted into a used bookshop. Now, that may not sound overly enticing, BUT. Walk inside and walk into a bookish tardis like no…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Just got through the door. Thought I’d crack on with this ere blog – and then. KICK BACK. I am feeling pretty cream-crackered, to be honest. It has been a busy busy week! When you do an 8am show, you have to be at the studios at 6am. Yep, there we were, all blurry eyed at the crack of sparrows – and Leonie had a live show at 7am! Crikey! A day in the…
Hello everyone, Paul here again! Barbara is making her way down to the Hochanda TV studios with the lovely Linda Williams to get set up ready for tomorrow. Tomorrow sees the launch of a very special monthly show on Hochanda………. Every first Thursday of every month, at 8am and 12 noon, Barbara and friends will be teaching you all those wonderful traditional parching techniques we aspire to master – one tool at a time – starting with embossing and shading…