Hi there Thanks for popping in. It’s been such a busy day today! Why? Well, today was the first Day of our Clarity 2022 Planning Week! It’s the week before Christmas, when we consider the whole new year ahead, and figure out what we want to do. We need a vision, something to work towards, and we have come up with a rather lovely foundation upon which we shall build our new year of Art and Craft. We’ve been designing…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. If you like ceramics and you live in the South East of England, then this is for you! Tomorrow, there will be a one-day Pottery Pop-up shop just outside Uckfield, at Barnsgate Manor in East Sussex. It’s the Clay studio I attend, where I go to classes. And tomorrow lots of my pottery friends are exhibiting and selling their beautiful work. Oh boy oh boy! Are the visitors in for a treat! I have…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Well, the Beautiful Frosted Floral Overlays have certainly been well received on telly! Thank you so much for appreciating the beauty and potential in these delicate parchment prints. Many of you will have seen them first at the SPA Parchment Retreats back in October, when we used them for the first time. What glorious artwork the ladies did produce over the two days! So many happy parchers in one place! In case you are…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Just crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s on this evening’s 6pm launch on The CraftStore TV. It’s a new parchment colouring and shading concept, that we actually introduced at the Pergamano Retreats back in October, but are now set to showcase on a worldwide scale on TV. There are five different Flower Packs, designed and illustrated by Linda Williams and Lynne Jackson. We call them Frosted Overlays because the translucent parchment layer sits…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Well it’s that time of year again. I’m ramping up the potter potter pottery at this end, making presents for friends and family. It’s a real labour intensive process though! And you never know whether it has worked until you finally open that kiln door to check. Happy to report that yesterday’s haul was pretty much perfect, although I am going to retouch the glaze on a few bowls and fire again. That means…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Just a quickie before I go open the kiln! Always exciting when the door opens. Did the glaze work? Did the pots hold? Did anything explode? And this time, did that reglaze work? Mmmm… More will be revealed. It’s been a day of clearing the decks, putting everything away from yesterday’s TV show 2-4pm. Those two hours always go by so fast! I hope you enjoyed the demos anyway. I was certainly pretty wiped…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Happy Sunday to you! 2 hours of TV this afternoon from 2-4 pm. Just 120 minutes. All set, all prepped, all packed. I sit here with you in my head, chatting to you, sipping my black coffee (cos I’m a Gray-Scaler too, and trying to shed that Covid poundage I’ve packed on!), and I ponder the many hours of work and energy that have gone into those two hours – which will be over…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Super cool new set of stamps coming up on TheCraftstore.com tomorrow at 2pm. These Ginkgo Stamps, which you may recognise from our doodles together in the SHAC SHAC, are superb – even if I say so myself. So lovely to use! I have been putting them through their paces, and the results are pretty special. This one by Andy did the trick for me! …
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. The Crafts beautiful Award winners have just been announced, and I am delighted to tell you that Clarity was Highly recommended for Best Stamp Range, Customer Service and the SHAC – and our One Day at a Time Blog won! Wow. Many many thanks to all who voted for us. It is great to still be in the running after all these years! I have always said I don’t want to build an empire….
Hi there Thanks for popping in. I was listening to a book last night, and the latin phrase Fortis in Arduis came up. My O level Latin stretched to the translation: Strength in Adversity. Wow, I thought. How appropriate those 3 words are in the world right now. Today. Strength in Adversity, steadfastness in the face of Trouble. Of course I know it’s all shocking. Of course I know it’s overwhelming and frightening. But whatever it is, IT IS WHAT…