Well, its here again, the season of new boots, the season of cosy, my favourite season of all – Autumn! On the first of the month I started with subtle decorations, even I thought it was a little early for pumpkin carving, so thanks to a little Pinterest inspiration (whoContinue Reading
Last Sunday I had some friends over to play – they came over with paints and glue and paper and all manner of things so that we could make Polly Dollies. Drawing Shading Adding blusher and lipstick! Painting on eyes A little hairdressing Adding to backgrounds The finished products- TheyContinue Reading
I was going to blog about this class the very next day, but here I am FOUR weeks later! Better late than never. The lovely Karen Mathews came to teach her art journal class at my house, her art journal is beautiful ( if you ever get to meet herContinue Reading
I was recently asked by a friend to paint a picture of a red bike – her mother who has moved into a nursing home was reminiscing about a bike she had as a child, so this painting was to go in her new room. Now, as it happens IContinue Reading
Here is the canvas Sylwia sent me!! Thanks again, it such a happy piece!Continue Reading
I haven’t been in a swap for ages, but Aideen of Aideen’s Swaps had a Valentine exchange in which you could make anything you liked, so I signed up. I was paired with Sylwia who is the artist behind Tandiart. I had seen her work pop up on Facebook occasionally andContinue Reading
It has been a very long time since my last post……. so happy new year and I hope you all had a nice Christmas! My crafting mojo took the whole month of December off, but now, thankfully it seems to be back 🙂 So, I have one or two projectsContinue Reading
This years Knit & Stitch show starts next Thursday in the RDS, Dublin. It runs for four days and an awful lot of people will pass through in that time. Kate of Create with Kate was so popular last year that she has taken a much bigger stand this time, whichContinue Reading
This post is a bit out of the ordinary, but hay-ho. I am a very optimistic, glass half full, things happen for a reason kind of person. It is truly rare for me to have a bad day. Don’t get me wrong, I am not sweetness and light all theContinue Reading
We were recently invited to the wedding were the Bride owns a designer shoe shop and the Groom is a sound engineer. I was going to make a card but as we all know, that is not my strong point! Last weekend when I was at the Create with KateContinue Reading