Hiya! Thanks for popping in. Just got back home after day 1 at the Retreats. I think it went well. Either that. or our guests were just very polite! (or frightened of me!) Most of my stash is at the Rugby club, ink pads, powders and what have you. Not a Black Archival in sight! So we have to make do and med. Here’s a five minute step by step I made, using what was on the desk! Right. Ready? I…
Hi there. Hope you are enjoying your Sunday? This time last week I was at Hampton Court with Grace. Now she’s already back in New York, we’ve got a new Prime Minister, there has been a dreadful, premeditated massacre in Nice, and an attempted coup d’état in Turkey which went wrong and cost hundreds of lives. Unbelievable, incomprehensible, bloody tragic. All in a week. And in the meantime, thousands of people are wandering the streets, waving their phones around in…
Hi there. Good of you to pop in. Saturday’s blog a new technique, right? How to apply glitter to parchment art. Well, this isn’t new at all to the traditional parchment expert, but to me, little old parching novice that I am, when I saw lovely Linda Williams showing our guests this at the Open Days, I was very excited to say the least. So take a Groovi Christmas card, like this one, using one of the 10 Twas the…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Friday’s Blog a private peek, right? Today I want to share something very private, because perhaps it will help somebody who is struggling with world events. And I DON’T mean BREXIT. Woke up this morning to the news of Nice. France again. On 13th November last year, Paris came under attack, remember? How do I know the date? Never to be forgotten. I made a lino cut – my first. Made one print. Gave…
Hi there. Good of you to drop in. So much going on here today, with Grace, the Retreats and being bombarded with miscellaneous business issues. And to crown it all, (forgive the pun) I had a tooth out yesterday, and twas not pleasant. One and a half hours the dentist was swinging from this blimming tooth. And did it want to move? Did it heck. Typical, isn’t it. There’s one at the front that is so wobbly, I had to…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Wednesdays are mindful blogs, right? Mmm…. Last Christmas, my dear friend Heather (aka the Clarity chick with the Kneepads at the shows) gave me a gift which I have been enjoying every day. Thanks Heather! It is a Daily Meditations and Reflections Calendar. Wonder why she thought this would make a good gift for me…. On the subject of mindfulness though, it has been a Godsend. As soon as I focus on the message…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Raining here. Raining there too? The paint was out on the desk, so I thought I’d have a session. Let off some pressure build-up. I won’t go into the detail – not my story to tell. Suffice it to say that if you want to upset the mother, upset the child. So here’s a simple step by step, using a brayer in a very novel way. Spread a little black paint on the craft…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Pleased to report it’s been a very productive day. Thought I’d spend a Groovi hour to round it off, too. Since the best of the best of the best Sir! have joined the Groovi revolution, (ie Tina Cox, Linda Williams, Pat Murphy and Josie Davidson), the whole Groovi gig has gone to a whole other level! Which is all very, very exciting, but I do feel I have got a little left behind skill-wise….
Greetings from Hampton Court Palace Flower Show! Thanks for joining us! Did we have a mother-daughter blast? Was it beautiful ? Did the weather smile on us? Yes, yes and thrice I say yes! Did I wear the wrong footwear? mmmmm….. All the way there, it rained. So we optimistically said that it was going to be an experience whatever the weather. Secretly I was thinking if I hadn’t spent all that money on pre-booking the tickets, we could have…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Just thought I’d pop upstairs for half an hour and try something out before supper. Saturday’s blog a new technique? Well I know for sure it’s not new, because I just watched a Tim Holtz You Tube doing something like it and thought, “mmmm…that looks interesting… wonder if I can use what I’ve got in my cupboard and get something similar….” So many thanks Tim for the idea. Not that you would ever read…