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2019 – The Year that Passed in a Flash and What I did in it

Time for my annual review at the close of the year. This year has passed so quickly that it has left me gasping. The days seem to have flashed past me like for the hero of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine... For some of the time, it's been more a case of what…

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31st December 2019

Cards / Drawing and Painting / Mixed Media Art / Paper Art / WOYWW

WOYWW 551 Crafting Again, and Some More Celtic Zentangle

Not sure if there is a WOYWW today because it's Christmas Day but I thought I'd post anyway - I wrote most of this on Christmas Eve in the evening. What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? I am crafting again!!! I can hardly believe it myself. I have been putting my new (early…

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25th December 2019

Cards / Paper Art

Card Factory 2019-20 Begins

My stash of cards is now so severely depleted that I am driven back to card making. This is something I always say I don't enjoy, and don't want to get stuck doing, but once I'm actually doing it, I really do quite enjoy it! Just recently I have been watching quite a…

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24th December 2019

Bladder / Cats / Drawing and Painting / Eating Out / Fibre and Textile Art / Health Issues / Holidays and Outings / Mixed Media Art / Outings / Paper Art / Teeth / WOYWW

WOYWW 550 The Tudor Banquet and an Infusion of Creativity

Updated! New photos of Tudor gown below... What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? I have tidied up! I still have a lot of fabric scraps to tidy up and reorganise, but it's so good to be able to see some surfaces again, and to be able to move round the room a bit…

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18th December 2019

Fibre and Textile Art / Mixed Media Art / Outings / Paper Art

Creative Crafts Show, Westpoint, Exeter

Just to warn you - this is a very long post, but persevere, because among the many photos, there may be something that you find interesting. Plenty of different styles for different tastes! On Thursday 26th September I went to the Creative Crafts Show at the County Showground at Westpoint, just outside Exeter.…

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29th September 2019

Food / Teabag Art / WOYWW

WOYWW 537 An Unsuccessful Experiment, a New Tool and Lots of Food

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? A failed experiment The "wet" table in my studio, next to the sink, has been taken up with teabags this week. I have been experimenting, so far with complete lack of success, with using bleach on these teabags. I have got literally thousands of teabags so fortunately…

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18th September 2019

Colorectal / Paper Art / WOYWW

WOYWW 531

WOYWW What's On My Workdesk this Wednesday? Not a great deal - just my Cuttlebug and some dies, to cut some pantry labels. Labels for the Pantry Some time ago I made printed labels on the computer for my glass jars in the pantry. I really like these, and need to print off…

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7th August 2019

Cats / Health Issues / Paper Art / Uncategorised / WOYWW

WOYWW 528 – Watercolour Doodling

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? For once, there is actually some activity going on in my studio this week! I have been following a wonderful watercolour artist called CeeCee on Youtube recently, because I was attracted by her brilliant watercolour doodles. This was definitely something I wanted to try and I thought…

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17th July 2019

Birthday / Cards / Cats / Colorectal / Eating Out / Health Issues / M.E. / Teeth / WOYWW

WOYWW 524 60th Birthday Card

Back in the studio again briefly, to make a special card for a special friend! This is how my desk looked on Monday afternoon. It was my friend's 60th birthday and she invited me and four other special friends for a girls' lunch at Bistrot Pierre in Torquay. I had never been there…

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19th June 2019

Birthday / Cards / Paper Art

60th Birthday Card

Today is a special friend's 60th birthday, and yesterday I finally got round to making her a card. Life has been so busy lately, and in between, I have been so fatigued that it has been hard to do anything much. Recycled materials Some time ago, my friend introduced me to "Who Gives…

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18th June 2019