Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Just got in from the studios. Had a couple of key meetings with a couple of key players up at Hochanda, then left our Paul up there to finish off. And he did! SOLD OUT!! So thank you! Thank you to him for all his help and support. Thank you to the Clarity Design Team for such superb samples. Thank you to HOCHANDA for such a great selling platform. And thank you to you…
Hi there. Hope you were able to join me today on HOCHANDA Loved doing the stampshow again. Like putting on a comfortable pair of slippers that was. Thanks to Dee and the team for all their lovely artwork. So glad you like the Designer stamping card and the petite Word Chains. What a welcome addition to the stash they are! Cream crackered now though. And I can’t stop. Time to clear the counter and set up for the 6pm Groovi…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. We had a mini epiphany yesterday while we were prepping for tomorrow… When you fold the new Petite Edition Stamping Card in half to make a notelet, like so: …the Pergamano Envelope Template can be used to make a perfect little envelope, and what’s more, you can use the matching Designer paper – it fits too! What a cool little discovery. And they look so neat and sweet! It’s a piece of cake too….
Hi there, Thanks for popping in. Friday’s blog a private peek, right? Paul and I are up to our ears in prep again today! It’s not easy to maintain a creative mind when you’ve got the VAT man and the accountant in your ear! (Januaryitis. I get this bug every single year in January, without fail). Obviously I don’t discuss the hard details of running a busy business here – it is neither the place nor my inclination – but I…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Paul and I are prepping for the Sunday Shows today. New year, new schedule. Lovely Tina Cox is taking a little time out, and I am getting back in the stampy driving seat for a while on Sundays This Sunday, 2-4pm we are launching two new products, which are actually variations on existing lines. Instead of going large, we have gone PETITE! (I WILL get into this wedding dress – and if I have…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in! Wednesday’s blog is usually when we speak about mindful matters, right? So the kids went back to the States yesterday, and as much as I think I am handling fine it on a conscious level, clearly I am not. Didn’t sleep worth a light, and feeling very low. So mindfulness is about staying in the now, not dwelling on the issue which is taking up your energy and living in your head rent-free. Therefore….
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Grace and Mark are both winging it back to the States today, after a wonderful Christmas family break. So. There are three things I MUST do: Be GRATEFUL for the super time we spent together (tick) ACCEPT that they live where they do, and are happy (tick) GET BUSY – SEEK DISTRACTION. So here we go… YOUTUBE TUESDAY!! You know we already have an extensive Youtube Channel with over 15,500 subscribers and an extensive…
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!! Thanks for popping in. Just spend a good hour reading and responding to every single comment on yesterday’s blogpost. And am now chuckling away to myself here, in my little artroom. When I started, there were about 5 comments. Easy, I thought. There’s only ever about 30. I felt the need just for once, to respond to those good people who take the trouble every day to comment. That was last night, when I had one…
Hi Thanks for popping in. Thanks also for reading every day, if you do, thereby giving me a reason to blog every day. 1,552 consecutive daily posts. In real time, that means I have written a blog every day since 13th October 2013. Blimey! How times flies!!! That’s substantial! And so much has happened in that time, at a personal AND global level! From Obama to Trump, From Europe to Brexit, From Create & Craft to Hochanda (hahaha. Nothing like a…
Hi there! Thanks again for joining me. Took the kids over to Oma and Grandad’s this morning, had some of Oma’s good ol’ German potato soup, and left them there. They wanted to spend the weekend with their grandparents, which I think is pretty special, don’t you? Just like the good old days, when I used to drop them off with Mum and Dad, so that I could go do a show, an exhibition or a workshop. So here I…