Hi there. It’s the weekend before Christmas, millions of people are on the move, the roads will be clogged, the airports will be packed – but I’m quite happy to stay close to home. We may venture out on the Ashdown Forest for a walk to Pooh bridge later on, as long as the weather behaves, but other than that, a swift trip to Morrisons first thing tomorrow morning for some Christmas essentials will do me! No, no, no. No…
Hi there Last minute Christmas gift ideas coming up…our Gift Cards just got interesting… I gift subscriptions quite often to friends. We live in such excess, and I think that giving them the key to a year of activity or interesting entertainment is a good gift. The V&A and Audible are my faves. In turn, I have received Theatre tokens and Pottery Class tokens – which I am always so grateful for! So at Clarity we have decided that this…
Hi there Once again, I apologise for going AWOL, and not blogging for what feels like weeks. I can’t even come up with a good excuse, except that we’ve been working such long hours at Clarity, that the evenings just became a time to sit down and switch off. I treated us to Parker Knoll recliners a while ago. You know, the electric ones which bring the foot rest up and the back down, and even tip you out when…
Hi there Before I head on over to Clarity Towers for our 3-5pm TV Show (on Facebook LIVE / Youtube / our own Website) I am excited to shine a light on our new Gift Vouchers / Gift Cards. They just got beautiful! Shop Gift Cards here: https://claritycrafts.com/collections/clarity-gift-cards Now, if you go to our Gift Voucher Section on the website, you simply select the £ amount you want to give, and choose the lovely Pinky Gray card you would like…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Thought I’d write to you today. Got up really early, Dave went off to Clarity, to get ahead of the game there, and I did some computer work that needed completing before tomorrow. All done, and feeling quite accomplished. Time check? 9am. They know how to spend their Sundays! 😂 😂 It’s just as well Dave and I share the approach that it’s best to just get it done, then relax into the knowledge…
Hi there Sorry I’ve been AWOL. It’s a bit of a scramble right now, friends. Since Create & Craft folded, we have been pedal to the metal here at Clarity! Firstly, we had to focus all our attention and transfer all our energy to our own little TV channel, in a bid to keep going. If you are on Facebook at all, you will have seen that loads of suppliers and presenters were on the move almost instantly. Totally get…
Hi there After the SHAC this morning, where we taped together two pencils and went 3-D on a treble clef (don’t ask!), I spent the day alone in the workshop store room at Clarity, where we keep all the craft stash we use at retreats and courses. You know, ink pads, brayers, blending mats, pens etc etc Why? Because Linda and I are each hosting a one-day class the Sunday after the Open Days, and while Paul gets Linda’s materials…
Hi there If you joined me for the Mixed media Craftalong yesterday evening, THANK YOU! I hope it was interesting? Like I said, it’s all about the sequence and knowing your material – how much you need, and how fast it dries. Well, that aside, if you were there, you will already have heard the good news! Yep. How about a really cool afternoon online – a whole afternoon – together, making something really lovely – either for your wall,…
Hi there Competition winner time! So many of you guessed the double-sided eraser pencil from Faber-Castell was our biggest selling product! And how close you were. That little life-saver came in second only to our Groovi Tabs!! So the lucky winner of the Clarity Gift Voucher is… drum roll….. SHEILA CRAWFORD! Well done Sheila. I have often chuckled at how many little packs of Groovi tabs we pack and send out. Which just goes to show how popular our Groovi…
Hi there If you watched the SHAC yesterday morning, you will have seen this card I made yonks ago, using the silver birch stamp set, which I also drew yonks ago! Actually, back then, the stamps were not anywhere near as good as they are now! Back then, in order to clear emboss or glaze the tree trunks, you had to use an embossing pen for each and every tree! With this new set, the second stamp, the infill stamp,…