The Hens are OUT!

February 17, 2011

I’ve had my first international commission for a pyrography sign. I’m very excited!

Etsy is brilliant because it really highlights what an international world we live in now. There are craft sellers from all around the globe, and it’d fantastic that a family in California with a free-range egg business, will have my sign hanging on the door. How cool is that?!

Hens are IN

Hens are IN

Handmade business,

Modern fairytale painting

A fairytale in a painting

November 4, 2022

I don’t know if you had the same thing when you were at school, but once a week or so, we’d all be handed a card and we’d have to write a story about the picture on it. I remember it quite clearly because I’d look forward to that lesson and I always wanted to write an amazing story, but I was never inspired by the picture so I was always disappointed with what I wrote….

handmade Christmas cards

Giving handmade Christmas cards

December 8, 2021

There’s something about sending handmade Christmas cards that’s loaded with all kinds of baggage. A few people will get it. My cousin will get it. My mother and sister-in-laws will get it, because I know they love to craft. Oh – I can actually think of two of my friends who are creative souls, but I don’t think the majority of people receiving my cards will fully understand why I do it….

autumn decor

October in England

November 1, 2021

Chris and I have been lucky enough to spend October in Connecticut a couple of times, and I have to say, New England does fall better than old England does autumn!…

Fairy painting

Are you an artist? Am I?

When is it ok to call yourself an artist? Is it when you sell a few pieces of work? Is it when you make a full time living from it? Is it when you are represented by a gallery or when you’ve had a well-attended solo exhibition? Or is it simply when you spend time when you can, creating art because you love it?…

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