MORE OLD BOOKS I have recently acquired a couple more vintage books to use in my mixed media and album projects. Cassell's Concise Cyclopaedia I got this book on Ebay. As you can see, there is some damage to the spine. It dates from 1898 and contains a wealth of information and plenty…
PRAYER BIBLE I had never heard of a Prayer Bible until a video came up in my YouTube feed from The Sisterita Club. This delightful lady has made a series of videos on how to create this useful tool. Making my Prayer Bible A little background My prayer life has been somewhat in…
NEW STASH, A BIT ABOUT FOOD, AND MY PANTRY REVISITED New stash from Ebay After thinking that plastic lace table mats were well-nigh impossible to get in the UK, I have suddenly found them in abundance on Ebay! Perhaps I had been putting in the wrong search parameters... After my extremely successful coffee-staining…
A quick update with some recent photos which I haven't been able to share for the past few weeks, given that I was too busy posting about my various studio-based activities. Flowers My hubby has outdone himself again this year with bedding plants for our troughs and tubs in the patio, to make…
CELEBRATING THE IMPERFECT In a previous post, I described how one of the embellished teabags for my art journal page hadn’t worked out right, and before I ditched it, I looked at the back and realised that I could use it after all, where the ink had soaked through. I had a lovely…
Exciting new art materials Derwent Coloursoft coloured pencils I have been doing more drawing and colouring recently, and have become increasingly frustrated with my limited set of cheap colouring pencils which are perpetually breaking, so I decided to treat myself to a decent set - the first I have ever owned. I did…
Health Update I had a surprise phone call on Friday from the Exeter hospital, totally out of the blue. It has been so long since I heard anything since my initial referral three years ago, and due to getting lost in their system for months after my initial appointment and subsequent CT scan…
The downward spiral In 2020 we longed for the normality of 2019. In 2021 we thought that perhaps 2020 hadn’t been so bad after all. “Three weeks to flatten the curve”? Hmm. The majority are ruled by fear and are willingly giving up their basic freedoms and submitting to totalitarianism. However, for the…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Personalised stamp jig On Thursday afternoon I went through all the cards I'd made recently, and stamped my "Handmade by..." stamp on the backs of them. I used the jig I made according to Jennifer McGuire's instructions and it works an absolute treat! I made it about…
My apologies again for visiting so few people last week. I've been so busy, and I was keen to spend some quality time in the studio being creative. Only so many hours in the day, and those hours seem to get shorter by the day! What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? I have…
