Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Bit late. Ally Pally break down and drive home takes as long as it takes. And whilst we had fun and a laugh, it still is very knackering! What a smashing bunch of people to work with though. Here we have 3 key players at Clarity. On the left is our diamond Jayne. She is head of TV fulfillment. You order anything from Hochanda – her department dispatches. Then centrestage, we have lovely Lisa….
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Just got in from Ally Pally. What a day! It was packed! In all the many years we have done that show, it has never been so busy. And we had a much bigger stand this time too!! So Dave has shot out to get the curry, and my job is to lay the table, heat the plates and blog! So it’s a quickie!! How about a limerick? We haven’t had a limerick competition…
Hi there. Just go in the door after setting up for the Exhibition this weekend at Ally pally. Friday’s blog a private peek, right? Well I want to talk about Maya Angelou today. She would have been 90 years old this week. She was my shero. She made me laugh, cry, think and learn. What an inspirational woman, eh? All woman, that woman. I was sitting in the Glide Church in San Francisco many moons ago, when I lived there,…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Thursday’s blog is always blue, right? Well I thought I would step by step that calamity of a demo from TV on Sunday. You know the one – when the paint stuck to the Gelplate and the print wouldn’t shift. Ah well. It happens to the best of us! And what can you do on LIVE TV except keep on truckin?? I did figure out something though – alcohol ink definitely dries the Gel…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Very happy to be a crafter today! Why? Well, Alexa made me think this morning. Gosh, I thought. She recognises my voice, she answers my requests and she even tells me jokes. Every now and then, Siri pipes up with “Sorry, I didn’t quite catch that”. It’s all around us. AI. And we thought it would never happen, didn’t we? Well, I did. Not in my lifetime, I said. When I was at university,…
Hi there, Thanks for popping in. You Tube Tuesday, and thanks Maria, for showing us a neat little trick using the Gel Press Petites and inks, plus our lovely Butterfly Stamp rounds. Butterfly rounds Autumn Rounds Very interesting. I love the way she uses the Wink of Stella Pen to blend the water colour pens – adds a real subtle shimmer. Apologies for the blurt of music midstream; we are working on it! As always on Tuesdays, there is 20%…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Well, we had a feeling these might go fast – but not THAT fast!!! the Flowers & Lace Bundle They sold out on TV by 10am this morning, despite a great quantity, plus another large follow up order. WELL DONE LINDA! GREAT JOB!!!! Here are some of the wonderful samples created by our Groovi Team. Absolutely splendid! by Glynis Whitehead by Jane Telford by Karen Jackson by Amanda Williams by Sheila Bradley by Gail…
Hi there. Easter Greetings! Thanks for joining me. It’s our lad’s 26th birthday today too.So Happy Birthday Mark !!! I know that both kids ready the blog most days, so I have to be careful what I say! But Mark has grown into such a smashing young man. Very smart, very handsome and very kind. What more can a Mum want? Oh. That’s right. And very happy. So this little Groovi Card is for you today, Marky boy! A little…
Hi there. Thanks for joining me on this overcast, cloudy day. Just ticking a few boxes for the TV shows on HOCHANDA tomorrow. Demo Boxes packed, tick. Art samples packed, tick. Producer notes written and photocopied, tick. That’s another little hidden job which always needs doing, you see. When I do a demo, I list absolutely everything I am going to use, including product codes. I write down what I’m going to do, how long it’s going to take, which demos…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Easter already? Where is this year going? It’s a busy weekend for Linda, Paul and myself. Lots of live TV shows on Sunday and Monday on HOCHANDA. I do hope you find time to keep us company! We are making a bit of a weekend of it actually. If you’ve got to work on the Bank Holiday, you may as well enjoy it! So we are all staying in a swanky hotel up near…