I stumbled on this lovely new place last Saturday. It is a shop dedicated to patchwork and quilting, called The Wandering Line in Purley, Surrey. For a while, I have been thinking how nice it would be to have a very cosy, gorgeous blanket on the couch for us all to snuggle under when we […] Read more...
Pine needle jewellery and pretty things
When I was a child my mother taught me how to make necklaces from pine needles. Our recent holiday in the forest bought this back to me (oh how I love the smell of pine forests) so Isabella, Jules and I sat for an hour making things with pine needles. Here’s how you do the […] Read more...
My new studio!
Walk with me… Through the door… See my new table where I will create… Here are some of the pretty tiles… And the table at the other end for the children, workshop students, for sewing and for Neil! Now, this beautiful space needs an improvement on the name “Shed”, don’t you think? Can anyone think […] Read more...
Studio love and ‘being the best’…
I am a tired bunny. Tired by wonderful stuff but tired nonetheless. I was so encouraged this morning to flick onto the international Contemporary Mosaic Art website and find my Moontree mosaic showcased on the front page. Big smile! I am too excited for words about the fact that my studio is now finished and […] Read more...
Urban Grape Harvest
Our little grape harvest At the weekend we took part in our local urban grape harvest. This is a fantastic community co-operative organised in our neighbourhood (a sub area of the town of Tooting called Furzedown). The project is called the Urban Wine Company and here is a little about it from the website: The […] Read more...
Motivation
I am currently part of an online creativity course called “In the Fishbowl” and in two weeks, I have been prompted to think (more than usual!) about what I do. Why do I create? Why do I love what I do? What does it say about me? What is success? I have curled up with […] Read more...
Oh so quiet….
My workshop being insulated – looks a bit like a space ship at the moment! Its been a quiet little bloggy here for the last week hasn’t it? We returned from hols on Monday to to a veritable mountain of laundry and unpacking AND the need to empty out my whole studio ready for the […] Read more...
Foraging in the woods today
If you live somewhere rural, please excuse the indulgence of me going on and on about being in the trees. Us urbanites are tree deprived. Off for a cycle ride in the woods today. Would you believe we found a woody glade, with a moss carpeted floor, to have our picnic, just as the sun […] Read more...
Grateful in the forest
I am technologically challenged today. I have a most gorgeous picture of my two bunnies, cuddling up in a bike trailer as we cycle through the trees in Elveden Forest (Norfolk), but don’t know how to do blue tooth on my friends (lovely) MacBook I am using, so can’t upload the picture for you right […] Read more...
Dragonflies and fairies
Dragonflies are really rather special, don’t you think? So delicate, so ethereal in their colouring and see-through wings. They do appeal to my inner child who likes the ideas of fairies a lot! Hee hee, and now I have two little ones to share my fairy glee with! There is a large wall in our […] Read more...