Day 3, Saturd’y, busy at the NEC. Magpie in the sky, plant a tree, then let it fly. Take a stencil, stamp and ink; less is more here, don’t you think? But now to sleep, it’s been a long stay. And tomorrow’s Day 4. Remembrance Day. How many years have I done this show? One day at a time, and blow by blow. But it’s getting harder every season, Why? Well there’s seldom ever just one reason… Over the years…
Hello there. Thanks for dropping in. It’s late Friday night, and we’ve just got back to the B&B, after a lovely evening in Balsall Common, to celebrate Dave’s birthday. Jim came all the way from Kent, to drop off a load of stock we had sold out of. What a guy! The NEC was very busy today, and it was great to see so many friends and familiar faces again. We do have a lovely team on the stand here,…
Hello there! Better late than never. You can imagine how busy we have been at the NEC exhibition today! After a rather faltering start, because of a pretty abismal day yesterday, where I scored a big fat 4 out of 4 for HALT, Hungry, Angry, Lonely and Tired, a bunch of lovely people soon pulled me out of my slump… It was just a pleasure to hang out with so many friends and faithful customers; Here’s the lovely Lee! We…
Hi there! Wednesday already! NEC Set-up day, so I can’t chat long! I was playing with our superb new stencil that clever Jo Rice came up with, appropriately named Jo’s Bubbles If you check back to the blog I wrote on October 22nd, you will see how I arrived at loads of different backgrounds using the bubble stencil. Let’s have another go. Lay the stencil on the 7×7 Gelli Card and attach with masking tape. Using the mini Blending tools,…
Hello there. Thanks for dropping by. No YouTube today though. Sorry. Let me explain. We moved the office round at work, to make more room for the next laser cutter, so we had to take down the brick wall backdrop. That went fine, mostly because everything just got brought home and out of the way. The plan was to start recording YouTube up in my lovely new loft space at home. But things have been piling up, and I have…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by in this wain wain wain…. Monday’s blog is Trees and flowers, so I just have to showcase our beautiful Butterfly Tree and Butterflies stamps: They come unmounted and as a set. Click here. There is a matching stencil too…. click here Let’s take a quick look at the card from yesterday’s TV demo, inspired by Dee. Very easy, using the stencil and butterflies. The Butterflies were made using custom made inkpads and reinkers. Then…
Hello there! So sorry I am late today, but hey ho. I’m here now! Been on the go since 5am getting ready for the telly. The show felt a bit flat to me. Not sure why. The Design Team samples were beautiful, I tried my best to do some neat demos. The sales were good too! But somehow, it just didn’t feel like it was gelling. Until the very end that is! When Dave and I got home, Mark was…
Hello there! It’s early Saturday morning, and I am waiting for Jan to come over; there’s a Sandwich Sale on across the forest! Now to the average reader, that would infer that we are stark raving bonkers! That we have finally – and in unison – lost the plot… But no! We are still compos mentis! (Just).. Allow me to elaborate… Sandwich is a fashion brand, quite an expensive one. A lot of the clothes I wear are Sandwich. But…
Hello there. Friday’s blog a private peek. Well what a week! Oh what a week! Way too much pressure for this little head; trying to put a HUGE shipment to bed. Boxes and labels, bags and stencils; stamps and card, brushes and pencils. If Santa had seen our own Clarity Elves wrapping and packing, and emptying the shelves, their names and phone numbers he’d surely remember – and ask them to work for him in December! By Wednesday I thought…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in! It really is good to know that you are enjoying what I do here! Have you voted yet? This little blog of mine has been nominated for not one but two awards! How chuffed am I?! Here are the links, if you feel inclined. Crafts Beautiful Craft Awards 2014 The British Craft Awards 2015 And whilst you were there, you could tick a few more Clarity Boxes. If you thought we were worth it,…