Clever, recycled, & cheap mosaic frames & bases

A few months back I did a post on a mosaic made almost entirely from recycled materials – a little bit of a passion of mine as I love the satisfaction of creating something beautiful from things that would otherwise be thrown away. I was so pleased when the blog post was  published as an […] Read more...

Rhythm setting

My resolution to live more rhythmically is 10 days old. I have been spending some wonderfully rich moments writing down all that has been in my head and heart on the subject – several years worth of gestation – and externalising it onto paper and hard drive (don’t you think that as soon as you […] Read more...

Arty party party party!

We came, we gathered, we made… Sally Dunnett from Smart Glass UK teaching us how to make beautiful fused glass creations… My glass creation (several layer of stacked glass, including gorgeous dichroic) ready to go in the kiln A few more creations prior to fusing… Next, in the pub, making jewelry under the tuition of […] Read more...

My year of living rhythmically…

It’s that time of year again. Resolutions, intentions. Here’s mine..rhythm (gosh my first challenge is to spell it right!) We began the rhythm by sitting round a wreath of white candles (ushering in the new…) and each of declaring a wish for the year (resolution is just too hard a word for a 3 and […] Read more...

Crossing the threshold…

Friends, I have stepped over the threshold into the big four-oh! Yesterday we celebrated and tonight  I reflect on what makes a great birthday. Here’s my ingredients : – being given 40 kisses each by my children and husband when I woke! – smoked salmon and scrambled egg breakfast -gorgeous gifts including a new Nikon […] Read more...

Snow play and Finnish ice lamps…

Could this be our first ever white Christmas? It is snowing as I type. Our usually, dull, grey, damp London is looking like something out of a Dickensian novel… and we are loving it. All of us are now on holiday (yippee!) and I am finally catching up on the backlog that built up due […] Read more...