Hiya! How are you today? I’ve been pedalling away, getting ready for TV at the weekend, prepping the next New Design Club projects, and now I’ve come to chat to you before Dave gets home with the Chish & Fips! Wednesday is the day when we consider a mindful approach to life. What can we do to stop dwelling in the past? How can we stop our washing machine heads from being on a permanent spin cycle? Is there a…
Hello there. Thanks for popping in. Been thinking about this blog, and the little poem which gives me a daily clue which direction to take…. Monday’s Blog is Flowers & Trees Tuesday’s Blog I can do as I please! Mindful Wednesday’s something new, Thursday’s Blog is always blue. Friday’s blog a private peek, Saturday’s Blog a New technique; And that which is blogged on the Sabbath day is step by step – and typical Gray! Time for a little change,…
Hello there Monday already! Where is the time flying? We have so many things in the pipeline, we are wondering where to start! First things first though. How about a little step by step project, showcasing the lovely Stamp and Stencil of the Month of August? We run a super sale on special products each month on the website, and this month it’s these two beauties: CLICK HERE CLICK HERE As you can probably deduce, the stamps fit in the…
Hi there! Sunday and all is well. “We’ll go for our walk at 12.30” said Dave, “and we can go for lunch to the Boarshead.” “Lovely,” said she, “Just an hour to do my blog then…” So whilst he took the van back to work, laden with workshop stock, she skipped upstairs to her art-room, and wondered what she could do in the holy mess that was her creative space…. She looked at the pile of stuff in front of…
Hello! Thanks for popping in! This afternoon we waved goodbye to another smashing bunch of ladies at the Crowborough Retreats. It was great to have supper with these guys at the lovely Spa Hotel last night too. Super food, great service. And very reasonable too, when you consider the ambience! Emptied the crafty hall today in record time, with the help of a few good people. Susan Marsden is a dab hand with a broom, I can tell you! And…
Hi there! Thanks for dropping in. TGIF !! We’re off to the Spa Hotel in Tunbridge Wells this evening. No, not just Dave and I for a romantic, candlelit dinner! There are 25 of us from the retreats having supper together. Pics to follow…. I feel bad that this is the first time I’ve socialised with our guests in a fortnight, but in all honesty, the tooth saga has been pretty unpleasant, and all I’ve wanted to do is come…
Hi there. Thursdays Blog is something Blue ! Dave ’ere! In Barb’s absence, ie: she’s out on the town….No seriously though, she has asked me to step in for this evening and write something for her Blog (She has a meeting involving eating tonight). “It will be a pleasure”, says I, then realising that really I should be making a card, getting Groovi with some expert parchment craft or simply getting to grips with those lovely canvas boards and chalky…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Sorry I am so late blogging again today. Had an important supper date with some special people who aren’t in town very often. We spent the time hatching a brilliant Groovi plan – to be continued tomorrow evening! You know I sometimes use the expression, “We are much greater than the sum of our parts”? Well, believe you me, each one of these ladies is formidable, but put them together and they are a…
Hello there. Thanks for popping in. Came home from a lovely day with a smashing team at Crowborough to shocking news of the 84 year old French priest, who was murdered during this morning’s mass. They slit his throat in front of his congregation and took 4 others hostage. What a mad mad mad world this is. So I came away to my room, to think about that priest, and the other poor souls involved in Rouen. Words fail me….
Hiya! Sorry I’m so late! After a really lovely first day of Retreat No. 4, Jim, Paul, Dave and myself had a design meeting this evening. Made a plan of where we’re headed for the next couple of months and allocated fresh ideas and artwork. Compiled the next few TV shows and figured out what to showcase, what to put into production etc. We’ve got some really neat new things in the pipeline now! What a fab team we do have….