Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Topic today? Poetry. I used to write a lot of poetry when I was a young girl. It was a way to express my thoughts and emotions back then, before I discovered other ways out of my head, like art and pottery. I also used to read and still do read a lot of poetry. I have my favourites: John Keats, John Clare, Maya Angelou – to name but a few. These three are…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Easter Monday and all is well. Was watching Iolo Williams trekking through the Welsh marches earlier, and suddenly had a hankering to do some stencil art. So here is a splash of treescape colour, stepped up. I used our lovely treescape Stencil, designed by Mel. An hour or so of inky distraction was just what the doctor ordered… Look out for it behind me the next time we hang out together in the SHAC!…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Happy Easter weekend! I hope you are enjoying the break. Loving the absence of cars on the road outside. Nothing like a little quiet to calm the mind and get some clarity. Feeling a little under the weather here. Nothing serious – just a persistent cough which has been picking up momentum all week. I haven’t really got back on track since my last bout of pneumonia etc, so this has knocked me back…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. I hope you’re enjoying your Easter weekend, and that the sun has come out for you? I‘ve been drawing some new stamps, spring cleaning and listening to the new book that Grace has narrated on Audible. Very VERY good. It’s entitled Her Lost Words, by Stephanie Marie Thornton. It’s about a mother and daughter. Grace reads Mary Shelley, the daughter; the woman who created Frankenstein. The other woman is Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley’s mother;…
Happy Easter friends! I hope you have a pleasant weekend planned with friends and family. We‘re here, although Dave and Paul are using the empty office time to move some big equipment from one factory to the other. I did ask if I could help, but the answer was “not really”. So I‘ll be chief cook and bottle washer instead. Look what came through the letterbox here this week…the official invitation! Thanks to several of you lovely people, who went…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Lots of TV shows this week. Tina is back today at 11am and 3pm with the Pergamano show, which will be delightful as ever. I will highlight the products and art samples down below, but for now I want to talk about something, and I’ll start with this quote for the day. We can’t help the thoughts that come into our heads, but we don’t have to voice them all! Barb I bumped into…
Hi there, Thanks for popping in. Sun’s out – and these dies are just the ticket for a day out on the top deck of the bus from Tunbridge Wells to Brighton! Lovely Dawn Wheeler was shining a light on some of our Fresh Cut Aperture dies yesterday evening, and I was personally delighted to see that good old Dean Wilson was the presenter. If you remember, Dean and I used to work together years ago, and boy! Did we…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Take 2. A new design collection of the week, and one which is very close to my heart. Darling Annie designed this collection. A young woman who left this world far too soon. I think of her and her little daughter Dorothy every single day. Life is harsh sometimes. But she was such a free spirit, such a creative talent! She could sing, she could draw, she could make stamps, she was good at…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Just a few pics to shine a light on last week’s Design of the Week, which is really REALLY special: our Trees and their Mantles… Offer ends midnight, when this week’s Design of the Week kicks in. CLICK HERE Quote of the day? Be like a tree. Stay grounded. Connect with your roots. Turn over a new leaf. Bend before you break. Enjoy your unique natural beauty. Keep growing. Joanne Raptis Love always, Barb…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. The 9am WIGIG (When it’s gone it’s gone) E-shot dropped just now, and I scrolled down through all the beautiful stampsets. They are different to ours; not our livery. No, but they are very dear to my heart. They’re from our dear friend Jayne Nestorenko. CLICK HERE Paul and I spent some time with her before she sadly passed away a few years ago, after a long battle with cancer. She was panicking about…