Barbara Gray Blog

Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Decided to retreat to my art room today,  and take some time out to think about and pray for  all those poor people up in the north of England,  in Scotland and in Wales,  whose homes and lives are being destroyed  by more torrential rain, more devastating flooding. Rivers breaking their banks all over the north, Homes and whole communities completely submerged, destroyed. Unbelievable. Unrelenting. Unstoppable. What can we do?  I feel so useless. My heart…

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Hi there! How’s it going? Everybody happy? We had such a great Christmas here. Good food, good company, much laughter and hilarity! I think the Peg and Cracker game will go down in history as the funniest family moment ever. This was where the expression The Best Things in Life are Free took on a whole new dimension…. Everybody had a clothes peg in their mouth.  The object of the exercise was to pass a dry cream cracker from one person…

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Ho! Ho!! Ho!!! Good morning and greetings from the House of Gray.  I have escaped up to my craft studio before the madness starts,  to announce the winners  of the 10 Days of Christmas Eve Countdown… Thank you all so much for taking part; it gave us so much pleasure to sit and read all the lovely, comments.  Here are the random lucky winners, in ascending order….. 10 Days Prize – Signed Card Winner – Kelly Stallard 9 Days Prize…

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Hi there. Good of you to pop in! Mindful Wednesday blog falls appropriately today, on Christmas Eve. It means so many different things to so many people. I hope with all my heart that you are in a good space  and that you enjoy the coming festivities. The 24th is a big day for reflection and family in our home.  We celebrate Christmas today, the German way. We share a simple meal,  think about those gone ahead already,  and enjoy…

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Hi there. So glad you could join me for this Christmas Eve eve. The kids have gone out with their friends, the tree is finally lit up like the proverbial Christmas tree, and we have had  THE BEST CLARITY CHRISTMAS LUNCH EVER! We went to The Smith & Western in Tunbridge Wells, Yeehaa !!! Absolutely fantastic. Debby Izzy and Tom – Dispatch Supreme Great food, Gus, Nick, Leigh and Annie – Stampmakers extraordinaires. great atmosphere, Jim and Claire – The…

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Ho Ho Ho!! Nice to see you today! Christmas is almost here, so how about a really interesting giveaway and offer…. This year marked a resounding success with our Blog Calendar. Many of you already have one – thank you! So today, I thought it would be cool to give away one of the pieces of artwork from the Calendar: The Christmas one in December !! I also did this on TV. So if you would like to receive this…

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Hi there! Thanks for popping in. What a busy day I have had! Both Mark and Grace landed safely, – albeit one at Gatwick and one at Heathrow – both are watered and fed and chilling in the house, (My German Potato Soup went down a storm). So I thought I’d just pop up here and check in with you. Before we look at today’s Giveaway card, I wanted to share a cool light display at Heathrow Terminal 2: See?…

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Hi there. Sunday already, and time for the tree to go up. All lovely for when the kids land tomorrow. Mmm… NOT!!! “It’s already shedding its needles, Dave!” (They don’t call me Secret Squirrel for nothing, you know).  The pine needle trail from the garage, through the house to the living room did NOT elude me. So Dave proceeded to tell me that the freak warm weather and early harvest this year was causing  a Christmas-Tree-needle-shedding-dilemma. With that he shot off…

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Hello there. It’s the Saturday before Christmas, Dave is doing battle with the marauding shoppers in town,  and I’m very happy NOT to be out there, but in here in the warm with you. So here’s a demo which I did at the NEC this November. I was on Gelli Plate duty, which was very enjoyable. In fact, the next time I’m on Hochanda – January 3rd 2-4pm. I shall be getting out the large 8” x 10” Gelli Plate. …

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Hi there! Thanks for popping in today! Can you feel the excitement rising over Barb and Dave’s house? I got up at stupid o’clock today  to try and clear as much work as possible, so I won’t have to do too much while Grace and Mark are here. They land Monday! I’m telling you, I cannot wait.  I cannot blimming wait to see those two kids.  America is way too far away. And so vast!!! The last time they saw…

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