Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Tuesday’s Blog I can do as I please, right? Well, the postman dropped a card through the door yesterday, telling us we had to go collect an envelope from the post office. So off Dave duly trotted, in search of said envelope, armed with a utility bill and my passport. And what should he find, but these four beautiful cards, which dear Emma made for the last TV show with Tina’s new plates on…
Hi there!Thanks for popping in. Stencils tonight! (not chicken!) One of the things I enjoy about our stencils is that the emboss beautifully when run through a die cutting machine. I do like my E-Bosser. It’s not the latest one, but hey! I only use it as a mangle! Here you can see our snowflake stencil on our ultra glossy Chromo Card. Glossy one side. Matte the other. snowflake set Simply brush Black Archival ink across the raised snowflakes. The…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Just a quickie today, to show off Dave’s latest answer to storage. At Clarity, whenever we want foam, sponges, storage folders, lightwaves or anything else which requires outsourcing, (aka hours of patience, tenacity and the ability to haggle like a farmer), Dave’s the man! So on his behalf, I would like to flag up this delightful top quality, half-pint size travel case – perfect for the Groovi Go ! GROOVI GO! Travel Case What…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. The countdown is on for Christmas, and so today was THE day for cleaning, decorating the house and getting the beds ready for when the family land. The thing about letting the house go for weeks without cleaning is that when you do eventually brace yourself and roll your sleeves up, you get a real sense of achievement, with an undercurrent of “Yikes” You know that old Yellow Pages ad, “…and you don’t want…
Hi there!Thanks for popping in. Firday’s blog a private peek, right? So I wanted to share Wednesday evening with you. We had a marvelous time, Dave, Sheila, Steve and myself. It was a Murder Mystery on the Bluebell Railway. We had to dress up to the nines and be at Sheffied Park Railway Station at 6.30pm prompt. There, we witnessed a murder. It was pretty comical and very entertaining actually. Then we climbed aboard the most beautiful old steam train, …
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. While you’re here, would you be so kind as to tell the driver to slow down? We are hurtling towards Christmas and we haven’t even got a tree up, or cards written. What am I saying? Written? I haven’t made them yet! Ah well. It will all get done, but I do wish there were about 48 hours in each day just now. I said to Dave this afternoon, “What I need is for everything…
Hi there. Thanks for joining me. No I know that Wednesday is usually the day we do some soul searching, but to be frank, I need a creative fix! (Who’s Frank?) Have you made all your Christmas cards yet? Yes? Well, Good For You!! Ask me whether I have. Go on, I dare you …. But rather than get into a spin, I decided to kick back and enjoy the day ahead. One card is better than no cards, so…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Very late this evening. Just got in. Boy oh boy. What a trip back from our little shopping excursion. It was going quite well all the way through Germany, Holland, Belgium and France, despite the mental drivers, the sleet and rain, the wheel slurry from the juggernauts and virtually no visibility. We made good time and were even loaded onto an early train at the Calais Eurotunnel. Happy Days. Until the hydraulics seized up…
Hi there. Greetings from the Fatherland. Or in my case, Motherland! Today was our shopping day. 8 hours later, and the boot is filled to the gunnels with German sausage, Sauerkraut, cheese, marzipan and anything else we love!! In addition to the very necessary and Christmas-wouldn’t-be-the -same-without-it Lebkuchen, and Dominosteine, There are bound to be a few things which would make your toes curl, like Harzer käse …. #mumlovesit #barbhatesit Then there’s the Speck, which is a solid block of…
Hi there! Thanks for joining us. Woke up to a blanket of snow…. room with a view. As soon as I opened the curtains and saw the weather, I thought of Frau Holle. Who is Frau Holle? She’s shaking out the feather beds in heaven.I like to think of her as God’s housekeeper. Well, that’s what my Mum always told me as a kid, and I guess it stuck. So here we sit in the warm, while Frau Holle makes…