Hi there. Thanks for popping in! Sat in a hotel in the Harrogate vicinity, all ready for the Parchment Show Set-up tomorrow. Show’s at the Cedar Court Hotel on Saturday. Yep, day to get up here, day to set up, day to do the job, day to get back home and recover. It’s a good job I love the people I work with! Who cares about being sandwiched in the middle of the van cab for 7 hours, when you’ve…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in and taking the time to read this blog. I know it takes me a lot longer to write it than it does for you to read it, and at first glance one could easily be lulled into believing that you are the passive reader, the audience, the less significant. But actually, you are crucial. If you didn’t pop in every day, would there be much point in my blogging? Would I actually still spend…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Do come in and stay a while… the kids are on their way back to the States this afternoon, and the house is pretty empty again. Dave is working in the garden, and on occasions like this, a little arty playtime is a good distraction. Out with the 8″x10″ Gelpress plate Out with those fantastic strip stencils Mel designed. CLICK HERE FOR YOURFunky Island Strip Stencils Strip. Now there’s a word which makes me shudder!…
Happy Monday! Thanks for popping in! It’s a beautiful sunny day, and we’re on our way out to Brighton as soon as Gracie gets back from the hairdressers! She’ll only let my friend Carron near it, so by the time she gets home twice or thrice a year – she NEEDS a trim !!! In the meantime, Mark is out for the count upstairs. The Jetlag hits you hard when you come east from California. The fires are pretty shocking, aren’t…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Cor dearie me!! All this partying is hard work! I shall be glad to get back to work for a break! NOT. The birthday celebrations continued this morning with Breakfast at the Spa! After which we finally waved tataa to Mum and Dad. Aunty Esther and I took a slow stroll down Mount Ephraim to the Pantiles. We had no choice there, because Mark had gone off with my car keys! But the sun came…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in! Well, you know I said yesterday I’m rubbish at keeping secrets because of the beautiful new Designer Papers I had to show you? So not true!! I have been hanging on to this one for months! Mum’s 80th today. Coffee and Cake at our house was the plan… And I have spent days making the tea party table lovely, titivating and prettifying. I was up at 7.30 sharp this morning, started making posh sandwiches…
Hi there, Happy Friday! Thanks for popping in. Rosie is on HOCHANDA this evening, launching a rather lovely little set of Groovi Baby plates. Remember the outline stamps ? The stag? The toadstool? The bird? The candle etc etc etc? Well, we got asked by many of you to turn them into Groovi plates. So we did. They are delightful! I like that we can do that – respond to requests. Here are a couple of very Groovi samples from…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Was having a sort out this afternoon, and came across a load of old scraps I have been hanging onto – as you do! I mean, honestly? This old shaving foam scrap! I mean, who in their right mind saves this? But hang on! If I squint at it for a while, I start to see more. Do you? Go on, squint… Ok. Let me help you. Now can you see the valley? Alright….
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Been going like the clappers today – Have ticked a load of boxes! Got up really early and came into the office in the dark. Decided to power through some TV proposals and play catch up. On the way into work, I was listening to the radio. The DJ was going on and on and on about nothing in particular, talking a load of rubbish really. I could feel myself gradually getting wound up,…
Hi there! Thanks for dropping by. Just got home after a thoroughly lovely few days with Mum. The Five Arrows Hotel at Waddesdon was the perfect retreat, and the service was second to none. If you ever fancy a really lovely weekend away, book yourself in there – and enjoy Waddesdon Manor. So after stepping away from work for a few days, it’s back on the Clarity trail! Tomorrow Maria will be back on your screens, after their honeymoon in…