It’s back! My mosaic coffee table (incidentally the first mosaic I ever made, about 9 years ago) has been returned to its place in the living room after a 3 year absence. The table was made with leftover tiles, to a geometric Islamic design and the legs are plant hangers turned upside down and painted […] Read more...
Intention
Resolution is a funny old word, so overused and then berated at this time of year. I like the word intention. In my mind it conjures up a concentration of energy that causes inner and outer movement. It is the opposite of ‘stuckness’ (not to be confused with stability, stillness, ‘in-between-ness’) a miserable, confining state. […] Read more...
The story so far…
How has your Christmas week been so far? Ours has been a mix of the beautiful and the exhausting. Beautiful: parties, people, food, gifts, mystery, contemplation, carols, cups of tea with friends, gatherings, singing, dancing, being together, hugs, kisses, hand-holding, snuggling under fleecy blankets, candlelight, watching great films and funny programmes, talking about the future. […] Read more...
New Entertainment Company send special message on Christmas Eve!
Toby and Isabella Entertainment Inc. are sending this special Christmas message to bring you some Christmas cheer and jollity – click below! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EwI8oRxERE May all that is good about the Christmas season visit your household! Peace and love from our family to you and yours. Read more...
The Nativity Week 4!
Last week it was the shepherds and sheep. This week saw the arrival of wise men, cattle-a-lowing, sheep-a-baaing and angels, lots of them. They sing “Hallelujah” to the Leonard Cohen / X-factor tune in our house because Toby and Isabella love that song. Here are the latest pics of the Nativity. The star path is […] Read more...
All I want for Christmas…
This year, more than any I can remember, I am just sooooo excited about having two weeks with my lovely husband at home and all of us together, no work, no school. Just being together. I guess the first three Christmases of us being parents have been blurred by deep-boned tiredness and at last, that […] Read more...
Awe and gratitude of an immense kind
Four years, almost exactly to the day, this picture was taken by my friend Salli. I asked Salli to do this photo shoot because I wanted to cherish forever, in my heart, mind and pictures, the utter amazing-ness of having another human come to life, grow and be carried inside me. I am still in […] Read more...
Children’s Art Gallery
For over 3 years I have been adding the kids artwork to the dining room wall – from the first scribble and brushstrokes to handprints, the numerous collages and more recently, their gorgeous representations of people and animals. The trouble is that I was running out of wall space and it was looking messy, with […] Read more...
Mosaic picture frames for kids to make
This year I have been focusing on finding mosaic actvities for very young children to do – for fun and to learn some of the basics of mosaics (you are never too young…!). I have tagged them all under “pre-schoolers”, “children” and “craft” if you want to search the blog archive and the first 3 […] Read more...
Nativity Week Two
It’s been a good but tiring week as have been battling a chest infection. I had my second attempt at doing the Christmas Art Fairs on Friday. Looking back on these two experiences, I am still mulling over if ‘Fairs’ is one of the places where I will put my work out to the world. […] Read more...