A GRAND DAY OUT - THE NORMAN LOCKYER OBSERVATORY A couple of months ago I celebrated my seventieth birthday (eeek...) and my hubby suggested a special outing to mark the occasion. He had recently gone with a party to the Norman Lockyer Observatory in Sidmouth and knew I would enjoy it, so he…
NEW STASH, UPCYCLING A FLOWER BOX, AND CONJOINED TWIN VEGGIES New stash I decided to take advantage of the opening sale from Temu. I got a whole lot of stuff with huge amounts of discount. I stocked up on new beads and various other bits and pieces for the studio. A few closer…
WINDOW ELEMENTS, GLUE WOES UNSTUCK AT LAST, AND A MILESTONE BIRTHDAY I've been pottering in the studio and office, tidying up a bit and finding stuff I can make use of, and I've finally sorted my glue problems! I've also had an important birthday... Window elements I wasn't sure what to call these.…
A COUPLE OF CARDS May is a busy month for my hubby and me. His birthday is on the 19th and mine is on the 30th, and in between, on the 24th, is our wedding anniversary and the kitties' birthday. This year they are six! I can't believe we've had them that long…
DEVON COUNTY SHOW, 2023 Friday was my hubby's birthday, and since the Devon County Show usually falls around this date, we decided to go, and make it a birthday treat - actually a joint birthday treat as my birthday is at the end of the month. It is always the best day out…
Fun with teabags I do love teabag art! Yesterday I began a new page in my beautiful Organic Journal, by decorating a dozen teabags to stick down in a grid pattern as a kind of teabag design sampler. I kept the colour palette limited to black, white and copper (gorgeous metallic acrylic paint)…
Teabag Mini-Album Number Two After setting this aside for a period while I was busy with other things, I was keen to get back to it and complete it. Please refer to this post for details of recent progress. What I intend to do in this current post is to show the photos…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Persian Tiles throw I'm making steady progress on the Persian Tiles throw, with a couple more tiles completed. They are quite large, and take some time to do. There is plenty of variety in each one, with different stitches, and a colour change with each round, so…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Kitty Throw follow-up Yes, that's what I said, Kitty Throw follow-up, not kitty throw-up! Well, surprise, surprise - my hubby loves his present! I'm currently working on a video slideshow of the whole project, which will include a video clip of his initial reaction, after I'd led…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? A great sense of achievement this week - two projects completed, and another one started! Kitty Throw Working on the border I was very thrilled to find the pattern for this border online. I think it works very well with the solid squares of this blanket, and…
