Have you experienced the Crafty Crow yet? I just love this blog. It is the hugest archive of creative projects for children (big and little!) with regular features on recycling and nature. It has a massive readership amongst people doing arts and crafts with children (parents, teachers) and today, one of my mosaic projects for […] Read more...
Celebrating steps on the creative path
Welcome to a new blog series called Steps on the Creative Path. This is the first post that explains the story behind the series. So many of us are coming alive to creative dreams, paying attention to the whispers in our heart which urge us to an authentic, creative life. Some of us have been on that path […] Read more...
Art biz musings & fruits of a mosaic workshop…
We are in Wales this week enjoying beaches, coves, caves, castles and LOTS of ice cream. I cannot tell you how much I enjoy beach combing for treasures. The stones on the local beaches are just beautiful, one type in particular is jet black and formed into geometric shapes by nature and very flat – perfect for […] Read more...
Crafty suncatchers, emerging butterflies and an amazing mosaic loo!!
I like all things glittery and shiny (had you guessed?!) and hanging pretty things in trees just does it for me. Here’s a quick crafty activity I did with the kids the other day – a winner on all fronts as its easy, involves recycling stuff you would normally throw away and you can hang […] Read more...
Taking ourselves seriously as artists
Please excuse my silence this week. I have a back that has gone into spasm…very ouchy and not quite recovered yet. As with all these things, you have to choose your attitude. I have been tempted to feel very sorry for myself as its been quite debilitating (not being able to put your own socks […] Read more...
Daddy portrait t-shirts
This little craft project didn’t go up before the event, so that sneaky eyes could not see. I am not sure where the idea came from last year to do a t-shirt with pictures of daddy drawn by little hands. I think one day, Isabella and Toby sat at their drawing table and spontaneously drew […] Read more...
Pebble mosaics, guerilla art and flying lessons…
Phew…there is so much going on. All good stuff I hasten to add. Not sure if I’ve mentioned, but I am taking the beautiful Kelly Rae’s Flying Lessons of the creative kind ….an intensive 5 week e-course on growing your creative business. Thanks to my lovely class mates who have been popping by. I am […] Read more...
Enjoying….Artists Way, Artist Dates and Morning Pages!
I am doing the Artist’s Way at the moment…slowly. Morning Pages (3 pages stream of consciousness) are being written most mornings for nearly two months now. ‘Artists Dates’ are a bit more sparse. I am working through the exercises and prompts in the book at my pace, without getting on a guilt trip about not […] Read more...
Community mosaics and commissions
I’m not sure I ever properly posted pictures of the beautiful, and very large community mosaic I was involved in making at our local parish of St. Anselm’s in Tooting Bec. We were in full flow making it this time last year in time for the church’s centenary. Well, here it is! We just got […] Read more...
Mosaic stones and hanging mosaic tiles
In my quest to make mosaic a toddler friendly art and craft I have used lots of different materials that have no sharp edges (I made a long list of these materials here). I was really excited to discover these soft glass tiles recently which has launched our toddler / little children mosaic into new […] Read more...