Secondhand Rose
Retail therapy? I’m not entirely sure that those two words even go together. Read More
Art lessons in the '80s
I loved school. Read More
My Crafternoon Tea Experiences
I can’t quite believe that a year ago, I launched my Crafternoon Tea Experiences in my studio. Read More
As seen on TV!
So that’s a wrap! My episode for Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas has been aired and by now you may have seen me beavering away at Christmas HQ, trying to look calm… Read More
My Backstory Filming
So, after I got the fantastic news that I was to be a Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas finalist, I had to prepare myself for some backstory filming. Read More
I’m going to be on the telly!
I am thrilled, delighted and very excited to, at last, go public that I will be a finalist on Channel 4’s Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas TV show on the 20th of… Read More
Hanley Farm & me
For those of you who don’t know, I am situated in the business centre on the site of Hanley Farm, a picturesque farm shop at Tidenham, just on the Forest… Read More
Wild Beasts
‘Creativity takes courage’, and nobody knows this more than the person who said it, the French artist Henri Matisse. Read More
Easter Trees
Many years ago at Easter time, I visited Taurus Crafts, a local attraction here in the Forest of Dean and I remember I was really taken by their display in… Read More
Pointillism and Mosaic
I’ve just returned from a fabulous short break to Dublin – my first trip to the Emerald Isle. Read More
