Barbara Gray Blog

Hello there! Happy Valentines Day xxx All a bit too commercialised for me, I’m afraid. Maybe I’m just getting old and cynical. Thanks for popping in today.  Sunday and I’m working from home today. The sun is pouring through the window here,  and throwing a light prism across the desk. Beautiful. Warm too. Yesterday we had a great day out at the Royal Albert Hall. Went to see Amaluna, Cirque de Soleil. Although the reviews weren’t great we thoroughly enjoyed it. Great…

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Happy Day! Thanks for popping in!I can’t hang around long though- we’re off up to London to the Royal Albert Hall, to see the Cirque de Soleil! Fabulous. A bunch of us are meeting at the train station in an hour. Typing fast here !!!!! Saturday’s Blog a new technique, right? Well here’s a Groovi project I wanted to share with you from the TV show last week, inspired by the very talented Susan Moran. Looks complicated – isn’t. Check…

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Hi there. Hope all is well with you on this rainy day? As somebody once said to me, “If you don’t like the English weather, just wait a minute” Friday’s blog a private peek, right? Well, let’s see… Do you have boxes with trinkets and bits n bobs from the past? I have a couple. Here’s one I made earlier! Many years ago in fact. Wow, those were the days when I made time to make things like this! How…

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Hello there. Good of you to drop in on this mindful Wednesday. This is the day when we look at why we craft  and how we handle what life throws at us.  How is your week going? I have been having a good day so far. Jim came round and we finally put the Trade Catalogue to bed  in readiness for the NEC next week.  This is the big GB Convention, when all the craft-shop owners and business people gather…

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Hi there! Good of you to drop in. It’s our Borders Storage One Day Special on HOCHANDA today, with 3 beautiful new Groovi Henna & Background Borders on offer. Here’s a little step by step I did earlier!! The secret is to look at the plates and single out images. I want to make a flower on its own… Add the stalk, and some leaves, perhaps a second little flower from the centre of another  larger Henna bloom will do…

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Happy Sunday! Thanks for dropping in. TV Day today. If you aren’t going out, and you haven’t got any plans, or rugby’s not your thing, then why not tune in to HOCHANDA Freesat 817(24/7)  •  Sky 663 (24/7) • Freeview 39 (6am-9pm) I shall be getting inky 2-3 pm and 5-6pm We decided to split the hours, because it’s just less stressful. Here’s a step be step guide to one of the projects  I will hopefully get to at 5pm; sometimes…

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Hi there! Thanks for popping in today! Been catching up on yesterday,  having had THE best meal ever at the Goring.  What a splendiferous Hotel! Check out this Trompe L’oeil! Incredible. The whole Hotel Lobby was hand-painted like this! I looked for the wallpaper seams, but couldn’t find any,  so investigated further, and yes it was all an original painting. You felt like you could step right into the walls. Absolutely unbelievable. A real living work of art. Even the…

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Hi there! Thanks for popping in today! I’m not in though.  Invitation to a business lunch in London. At the Goring Hotel no less! Ooooh I say!!! A day off.  (Poor old Dave has to hold the fort. Cheese and Pickle sandwich for him) The Goring is London’s last family-owned luxury hotel. Mr Goring is a very nice man too.  So let’s go find out a little more…. The power of Google, eh?! Built by Jeremy Goring’s great-grandfather Otto in 1910, The…

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