Barbara Gray Blog

Hi there. Thanks for popping in. It’s 7am on Easter Sunday here in New Mexico. What time is it where you are? The sun is just rising over the mountains,  and the sky is beautiful blue. The very talented Jerri Jimenez from Florida kindly  made us this wonderful artwork to celebrate Easter.  She used another very talented lady’s flower designs:  Jayne Nestorenko. Thank you Jerri. And thank you Jayne too. We have captured Jayne’s floral designs  in both stamps  and Groovi for parchment….

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Hi there, Thanks for popping in. I know we’re supposed to be on holiday, and we are! But today it’s back to crafting… I have something very beautiful and very exciting to show you. (If you actually hold one, and you consider the feat of engineering, you will understand why I call them beautiful). I wanted to tell you about the new Super-fine grids. This blog is for all those parchers out there who have been asking for the A4…

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Howdi! Greetings from the Deep South… Day one of our holiday, and we decided to make a list of all the things we want to do and all the places we want to go while here. Up here in the Rockies you get a lot of wind and red dust. It gets in everywhere, and you can feel it in your eyes and nose that the house needs a good hoover (once the Dyson never-requires-changing-Hepa-filter dries out and I can put it…

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Howdi!Greetings from the deep south,  New Mexico – the Land of Enchantment. Wednesdays we blog from the heart, right?  We look at life and why we craft, rather than what we craft, right? Let me paint the picture for you here. I am sitting in the kitchen at 5 in the morning,  (because it’s already nearly lunchtime in my jetlagged head). Steve is still sleeping, so I shall let him. When I woke up, or should I say work up,…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. What a glorious day again down here in the Weald of Kent. Unseasonably warm, but very lovely. The blossoms are in full bloom,  and the Magnolias are magnificent. They’re my favourites. To me, they’re like the first announcement of warmer days to come, aren’t they. I’d like to spend a week in the garden, but that’ll never happen. If I want to have a break, relax, chill, read a book,  I really have to go away….

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Back home after an excellent, busy two days up on the hill in London.  It all went so smoothly! We even had time for a cuppa before the day began! Being underneath the Rose Window in the Great Hall is great. Early in the day, the light pours through and lights up the stand beautifully. Paul looks veritable ethereal !! See how the sun dances across his head…. hahahaha xx He was brilliant. Demonstrated Groovi…

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Hi there. Just got in from Ally pally. What a stonking day! BUSY??? Thank you so much if you visited us today. It’s as I said. We can’t control the outcome, but we sure can influence it by prepping well! The TV show went well too, although it is pretty different working with a live audience! I think they enjoyed it.  This is the parchment work I did. I was really chuffed with it. I know there is plenty of…

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Hi there, Thanks for popping in. Just broke the team record, and got home from Ally Pally set-up by 5 o’clock! Unheard of! We’re usually still scrambling around the stand at 5, then we hit London Friday traffic and the M25, which is S A V A G E on any day, but Fridays really take the biscuit.  So HAPPY DAYS!!! That stand clicked together like clockwork. The Clarity team worked together like a well oiled machine. Even stopped for…

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