VILLAGE FETE On Saturday we attended the annual fete in the village where we used to live. It's always a fun day out, and I usually find plenty of bargains on Annie's white elephant stall. This year she celebrated 40 years of manning this stall, selling all kinds of things people don't want…
SKY'S THE LIMIT Some time ago we upgraded our Sky broadband to high speed fibre, and somehow got a new package on the TV contract. This involved a couple of bundles we weren't watching. We were spending too much on something we weren't even using. Decision time! Time went on and life got…
I MADE AN APRON! Since starting my Bonnie Bags project, I've been getting more sewing videos coming up in my feed. I do follow a few channels which show how to make authentic period garments, and while I am not really into this, I am interested to see how things were done in…
FUSSY CTTING DIGITAL PEOPLE, STUDIO ORGANISING AND THE EPHEMERA DILEMMA Fussy cutting Digital People I have long been intrigued by Tim Holtz's Paper Dolls and have toyed with the idea of buying them, but when I signed up to the Graphics Fairy Premium Membership site, I discovered that they had a bundle called…
RHASSOUL CLAY HAIR WASH I'm afraid I didn't manage to take any photos this morning as I didn't have very much time to do my first clay hair wash, once I'd finished other things like the laundry. As it was, we ended up having a rather late lunch! Late night preparations for the…
GOOD HAIR DAYS - THE CONTINUING SAGA Good old Ebay... All the supplies I ordered for my new hair regimen have now arrived, with the exception of the scalp massager, which should arrive any day; unfortunately it has not arrived in time to use it during my first alternative wash on Monday. Goodness…
MORE PAPER EMBELLISHMENTS, AND COLD WEATHER KITTIES I've been having fun with paper, mostly in the comfort of the sitting room on the recliner. The weather is quite cold now and we are trying to conserve the heating, and it's easier to heat just the one room. I do want to spend some…
MIXED MEDIA PIECE FOR MARGARET, COLLAGE PIECES AND COFFEE STAINING A mixture of success and failure today in the studio. Coffee Staining The three plastic lace table runners that I ordered from Ebay arrived yesterday. I got a multi-buy discount and they weren't expensive. They are very pretty. I set up a coffee…
SPLAT BOX PAPERS What is a splat box? Any sort of box, usually a cardboard one, that you put something in before you spray it with ink or glue, to prevent overspray all over your desk. I have two sections of cardboard box that I cut so that they are open on one…
Somewhat of a frustrating day today, leaving me feeling as if I've been wading through treacle for most of the day! A ripping start to the day (not...) When I made the bed this morning, I ripped the sheet. It was old, and definitely in need of replacement, but not a great start…
