Hi, Thanks for popping in. Very late. We just got in from the Bristol Show. What a fantastic day we had! This was half an hour before the doors opened: The tutors and exhibitors were already in full flow, shopping! Why I was worried about being rejected by the trad parchers I WILL NEVER KNOW. Who planted that worm??? They were nothing short of excited and delighted to have us there, and you couldn’t have wished for a warmer welcome …
Hi there! Thanks for popping in! We are setting up for the Bristol Parchment Show at a very prestigious venue: Brunel’s Old Station Passenger Shed, next to Temple Mead’s Train Station. Then: as now: Hire Van is packed to the roof. Quietly excited….. 10 hours later, we’re all set up in the corner…. And a very nice corner it is! Struggling on my Ipad here, But I really want to introduce you to Pat, the organiser. She is such a lovely…
Hello! Thanks for popping in. Friday’s blog a private peek, right? Well yesterday, whilst making the big decision to blog ahead so that the show goes on while we go snorkelling in the Pacific, Maui – Molokini = No internet…… I was actually feeling guilty. Jim could feel me struggling, and this is what he said… “Do you realise Barb, that you have blogged every day, without missing a beat, since 16th October 2013? That’s 1,010 posts. Every blog takes you at…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in!Busy day, manic day! Bobbed between picking and packing, so look out for little messages when I saw a name I knew! I was sitting here this evening, looking out over the fields at work, thinking about the blog today. Here’s the Art wall in our design room….. Yep, every one of those Pizza boxes is filled with beautiful artwork by our oh so clever Clarity Design Team. Enough to fill the National gallery! And…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Well, you know what they say: if you don’t like the weather in England, just wait a minute! Did it hose down this afternoon, or what?? It was getting so hot at work in the picking room too! Tropical! At first I thought I was just having one of my personal summers again, but then the lads starting taking their sweatshirts off and opening the windows, and I thought, ‘snot me. We were shedding…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. What a day !!!! 13 hours ago I got up and now it’s 13 hours later – and due to a series of unforeseen circumstances, which required my undivided and instant attention, like P R O N T O, nothing got done. N O T H I N G. Well, that’s not entirely true. You can’t spend 12 hours running round like a headless chicken and achieve nothing. What I probably mean is I…
Hi there! Good of you to pop in! How’s your day been? I had a good time picking orders and mucking in with the team. Not sure that they like me being there, but hey! My ride – my rules! Monday’s blog is flowers and trees, so how about a lovely new floral leafy stencil? It was on telly last time, but I didn’t get to it. The Oriental Vine Stencil 7″ x 7″ in the 20% off sale until…
Hello there! Well what a glorious day ! The sun is warm, the birds are twittering and the breeze is just perfect.Is it as beautiful where you are? See my little hideaway at the bottom of the garden? Got the paintbrush out yesterday evening and refreshed it on the inside. I have to be honest though, painting walls is much more a Dave thing than it is a Barb thing. Did half and got bored. So Dave took over. “You…
Hi there, Thanks for popping in. So here she sits in her artroom at home, up above the garage, with the birds in the trees. She should be up at Port Sunlight with all her mates, but there we are. You never know what’s round the corner, do you? When the kids were young, and we were potless, we used to drive old heaps which broke down quite frequently. I always told them that God was probably looking after us, …
Hi there!Thanks for popping in. Well, many of you know about yesterday’s little Motorway saga, which is completely insignificant in the bigger picture (for sure) but nonetheless has thrown the proverbial spanner in our ClarityWorks ! There we were poodling up to Liverpool in our little van, Steve, Paul and myself, loaded to the gunnels with Clarity goodies, all geared up for a fab craft show in Port Sunlight. Got as far as the M6Toll road, and without warning the engine…