Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Dave and Paul have headed off up to Port Sunlight for the Show this Saturday, (set-up tomorrow) but I have stayed behind to prep for the TV. Added to which, it’s my dear Dad’s 80th birthday on Saturday, so there’s another even more important reason for staying back! I wanted to talk about the Nursery Rhymes themselves today. As has been mentioned, I wrote several of them myself, because the old Mother Goose ones…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Do you ever wonder how much time we spend preparing, doing or making something which is over before it’s even really begun? A sunday Roast for example. Hours in the kitchen – devoured in minutes. Or Christmas! Weeks in the preparation – over overnight. We decided to make a little VT, a video tape, for this Sunday’s imminent One Day Special with the Groovi ABC. Dave spent all evening yesterday rustling up the background…
Hi there, Thanks for popping in! We are all getting revved up for the weekend now. It’s been a busy one! Remember yesterday, I was E for Excited about the up and coming Groovi One Day Special on HOCHANDA this Sunday/Monday? Well, today I wanted to show off the little ii-book which we have had published to accompany the Groovi plates. And a very useful little ii-book it is too! Each verse is included, as a kind of key to…
Hi there. Happy May Day! Thanks for joining me today. The love bird is in residence, the sun is out, Dave has stopped the leak from the bedroom radiator (don’t ask), and I have come upstairs to my little sanctum to chat to you. I’m always a little anxious before a TV weekend, even so much as a week in advance! It’s the way I’m wired. I’m sure anxiety and excitement are nearly the same thing, just from a different…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in today. A rather overcast Sunday, but lovely nonetheless. We’ve had a super afternoon! We have a new feathered friend in the garden – a lovebird! When we first saw him yesterday morning, I dashed over the road to the neighbours, because they have an aviary, and I thought he must be an escapist. But no. Not from there. They only have budgies. He (or she) has been trying out the box Dave made last year, but…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Since we have a 25% off all stencils sale going on this weekend, let’s look at some stencils! We have so many wonderful designs! All original artwork by Mel, Jim and Annie. Spoilt for choice here! So I think I will get one of my favourites out. It’s a word one, by Mel. Bowl of Cherries. Step by Step – Here goes…. Mount your 6×6 Gel Press Plate on our 7×7 megamount. Spread some…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Thought I would just wish you a great May Day Weekend and give you the heads up on a couple of importants things: firstly, our Rosie – aka Rossella – is on TV tomorrow. HOCHANDA SKY 663 (24/7) FREEVIEW 85 (24/7) FREESAT 817 (24/7) 7am 11am and 3pm. 7am ! Poor woman! That means she has to be there at stupid o’clock to get ready. Pergamano Essentials at dawn! Then Groovi Essentials at eleven, and finally, Claritystamping Essentials…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Talk about hit the ground running! It’s certainly been a whirlwind year thus far! Sometimes I feel I have lost myself a little in the business of Clarity, the day to day holding on to the reins of the company and steering it in the right direction. So today, I thought I would take it right back to basics. Keep it simple. Make a card using old techniques which I used for many years,…
Hi there, Thanks for joining me today. I often get asked how I come up with something to write about every day. Not hard; I pretend I’m talking to a friend, which isn’t hard! And I’m a right chatterbox when I get going! I am mindful of what I say, because I hate to offend anybody. But that’s how I try to handle life. On the way to work this morning, alone in my car, I was wrapped up in…
Hi there! Thanks for joining me today. It’s late I know. Long catch up day at the office, and then when I came up here to chat to you, what should I find, but some pots of Inka Gold to play with… Old Gold Haematite These two spoke to me, Old Gold and Haematite together. Now I know you can rub this lovely metallic wax on all sorts of surfaces, from wood to canvas, from card to glass. I know…