Barbara Gray Blog

Hi there!Thanks for popping in. Monday, Monday. New Blog Direction! We were having a meeting recently, and the Products of the Month came up. Did you know that every single month, 12 months a year, we launch a Product of the Month for all 4 of our core products: Stamps, Stencils, Groovi and now Fresh Cut Dies. Those products are reduced by 33% for the entire month, PLUS your Clarity Club Discount. Well worth further investigation, methinks! Now there are…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Just got in from a day out in London. A team of us went to the Top Drawer Trade Exhibition at Olympia. Stationery and Gift Show primarily. Velly intellesting… Must have walked miles! What happened to Earl’s Court?! It’s gone. Disappeared. Flattened! Didn’t know they pulled it down! Blimey! I remember going to see The Spice Girls there, with Grace and Mark when they were little kids. Awesome! Anyway. Back to the blog. As…

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Hi there Thanks for popping in. On Wednesday, at 12 noon and 4pm, lovely Maria Simms is showcasing a pair of brand new Fresh Cut dies AND Groovi plates on HOCHANDA, which are so, so superb! Illustrated originally by our ever clever Mel Turner, you will be familiar with the designs as stencils, but things just got a whole lot more interesting… Recognise these beauties? They cut so perfectly, and are so delicate! I can’t get over how good these…

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Hi there, Thanks for popping in. TGIF! What are you up to this weekend? Anything exciting? Got anything crafty planned? I have…. Pottery tomorrow morning! Woohoo!!! It’s a throwdown session, in addition to the Wednesday class. Who says I’m addicted?! Can’t wait. Although I have to say that there is so much more to the art of pottery than working on a wheel. I want to learn the skill for sure, but I get a real buzz out of building…

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Hi there! Thanks for joining me today. Go get a cuppa, and savour this one; it is special. Serendipity. I love that word. You know, happy chance, uncanny coincidence. But the word is beautiful, isn’t it? I’ve always had a passion for language. I love playing with words – you know that! I love calligraphy, fonts, poetry, books, papers. When you think about it, I suppose the transition from language school in Germany to Paper-Craft company in England isn’t that…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in today. Here’s a Youtube I did showing off Josie’s fantastic Grid Duet plates. Like most things parchment, it took a while, both to film and edit! But hey! This is the only way I could think to get across how to use these fab grids efficiently.             I do hope you enjoyed that! There is a 20% discount on many of the items I used in the video, …so…

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Hi there!Thanks for popping in. Just got home from a couple of days in Peterborough. Thank you so much for making our TV shows on HOCHANDA such a success! The uptake for the Craftalong Class on February 17th has been nothing short of amazing. Michelle, our buyer (and a personal friend I might add), was so chuffed on Sunday ! She had come in to the TV studio on her day off, just to be supportive and help – and…

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