Country Living Stand
My fab friends Phil, Laura, and Frank and my mum have been helping me with ideas for my stand at the Country Living Fair. I did some sketches and showed them to Phil and Frank who both thought I needed a t0 have a shell that was designed to scale to help me with my […]
Snow Day! Stock Day!
Well it snowed the night before last and my mum and I decided to have a snow day. Living in a small village means that the roads stay icy for way longer than the main roads and we decided it would be safer to stay in the warm. So I had a stock making day. […]
Schoolwork Spring Flowers
After having 40 bags of wet beads hanging in the conservatory two weeks ago, I now have had 40 flowers drying. And they are beautiful! The children chose some amazing colours for their flowers. When I returned some of the flowers to the students, they were amazed at how well they came out. I put […]
Country Living Magazine Spring Fair!
Well last week I learned that I had been accepted as a stall holder and demonstrator at the Country Living Spring Fair in London in March…eeek! That’s just 6 weeks to make enough stock to fill a large stall. I applied in the middle of January after seeing a link on someones blog about winning […]
Schoolwork
I have been back at school teaching this week and loving every minute of it! I am teaching 2 afterschool groups and 1 art class during the school day at 3 schools in Lincolnshire through CFBT. I am working with all different primary school age groups and this first week they all made the jelly […]
Stamford Class: Wet Felted Vessels/Bowls/Bags
What an amazing class today. I had 7 lovely women join me for an all day workshop at the arts centre in Stamford. We spent the morning layering our bowls/bags with super colourful merino wool, silk and sparkle and then we began to felt it. Felting takes a long time.. lots of agitation…lots of soap…lots […]