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…
Warning: This is a very long post! Click on the links to take you to the relevant posts for more details. Quite an eventful year, one way and another. On the artistic front I have embarked on some new ventures, I've acquired quite a bit of new stash, some lovely books... Several gorgeous…
A VISIT TO COLETON FISHACRE At last I have finished editing and sorting all the photos I took at this beautiful National Trust property situated in South Devon, UK, not too far from where we live. Coleton Fishacre Coleton Fishacre is a large family home built in the Arts and Crafts style and…
I have finally managed to finish sorting through the huge number of photos I took of this outing, and then selecting the ones to upload to my blog. Castle Drogo - Background Castle Drogo is one of our local National Trust properties, here in the County of Devon in the UK. It is…
Yesterday I had fun in the studio, with more experiments in mixed media. Paper mesh I've only just discovered what this extraordinary paper is called. I got some in a parcel recently, wrapped around a glass jar. When I first came across what I used to call "expanded paper" (because it is like…
Last night I completed another page in my Organic Journal. I had been thinking of experimenting with cutting holes in the pages, and then this morning I saw Robyn McClendon doing just that! I couldn't wait to get going on it. When I started this page spread, I was coming to the end…
Another page in my wonderful Organic Journal is complete! I have called this one "Voynich Circles" because it includes images from the famous Voynich Manuscript. What is the Voynich Manuscript? This is a very curious artefact. It is a book dating from the 15th century which contains hand-written text and many illustrations, some…
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…
Drying the papers It took over 24 hours for my faux rice papers to dry sufficiently to peel them off the plastic sheet. Following the instructions on the video where she suggests gently curling the very edge of each piece with the brush while the paper is still wet, it made it a…
New Distress Spray Stains and Oxide Sprays Today my parcel arrived, containing all the new Distress Spray Stains and Oxide Sprays that I ordered. I also got another Tim Holtz stencil, "Decayed" which is fabulous. I saw him using it when he was doing his Distress Spray Stains demo recently. I already…
