There are many excellent reasons to return home to the UK - my favourite arty reason however, has to be going on art adventures with my...

UK BOUND I'm beyond excited to be heading off to the UK very soon to celebrate the 65th wedding anniversary of the bestest parents in the...

I started to write this for my book camp ladies then decided to turn it into a blog post. WHY? Even though it's pertaining to the lead up...

In a slightly random unplanned way, I recently ended up visiting our local cemetery twice in two weeks. The first time for an art...

A recent advert run by Sainsburys caused an outcry among artists. Ronnie and Claude (sounding suspiciously like Bonnie and Clyde!!) from...

Art adventures..... My sister Jo and I recently went on a bit of an art adventure which took us to junk and disorderly. If you haven't...

ONE: Create a stack of handmade quotes. This is a fun, low key, do-it-while-you're-watching-the-telly-in-your slippers kind of an...

We've all heard about the mechanic who drives the worst car, right? Well, for AGES I kept saying to myself, "I really must make myself a...

When OH LA LA - last year I went off to teach in Australia, upon my return I drove past a very posh looking shipping container in Oratia...

Ages and ages ago I created a cheer me up postcard service. I created quite a few for people to send to someone who, well, quite simply...

Just how much do you know about this book artist and her past? Did you know I've run three very different businesses over a period of...

In this blog I want to write about who inspires me and why. I often refer to my younger sister Jo as my pesky little sister. Well, that's...

It all started over a glass of wine with these lovely ladies in April 2017. I had just finished running a workshop at Fibre Arts in...

I moved into my new studio almost a year ago at the time of writing this blog. I'd told everyone after moving, moving, moving this move...

I usually write a blog post when I feel passionate about something. Well, I'm not necessarily passionate about cat doors, but I am...

Stories in my head...... It's strange how words can have such a huge impact on your life and take you in directions you could not have...

As long as I can remember, my AH-HA moments have been so IMAX I simply cannot miss them. I can imagine a Universal audience looking down,...

I needed to do my accounts. I needed to get my online shop ready to open and a bunch of other stuff. So I went away for the weekend and...

I don't f*****g this so! I once worked at a local gift shop. It taught me A LOT of things. But the biggest AH-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!...

A funny thing happened to me recently. But not really. Someone asked me if Id enjoyed a particular art event I had recently attended....