Wishing you all a happy and healthy new year. It maybe a chilly frosty morning but I love the crisp blue sky and these clematis seed heads, frozen in time. © Photographer: Annabel Potter | Agency: Dreamstime.com UPDATE: sadly this clematis didn’t survive the frosty mornings. It had been such a vigorous plant I never …
Apologies for my lack of posts this month but it is for a good reason as I’ve had a busy December! I experimented with Google AdWords and it seemed to work with regular online sales. Last posting dates in time for Christmas have passed, so things are a lot calmer now and I’ve paused my AdWords campaign. …
Today I’ve a selection of crafters work from Etsy. Click on the photos to go to their shops Jilly has some great sale items, like this Christmas brooch. Her sale ends 1st Dec as does mine. Brenda from Teabreaks has a new collection of cards. I love this poinsetta one Louise Mead has some beautiful …
Happy Thanksgiving to my US readers Continuing my offers post to help reduce the cost of Christmas, I’m having a sale reducing the price of a number of hand painted gifts by 20-25%. Check out my Etsy sale section, they are all one offs so once they’re gone they’re gone! This makes way for new …
With Christmas not too far away and many of us trying to keep costs down thought I’d start a series of posts highlighting special offers. Today Zazzle UK are offering 40% off clocks & watches, 24% off anything else until the 17th with code WATCHTHISNOW. Here are a selection of watches for animal loving men …
Luckily I woke up at 2.30am and realised the almost dawn like light must be the moon! The super moon cloud effects were amazing. Unable to see it from my bedroom I went outside in my pyjamas, it was unseasonably warm for November, just hope a neighbour didn’t see me! Here are the photos …
Every now and then I feel the need to do something different, as my regular readers know! This time I decided on a zebra painting in a semi abstract style, which you may have seen if you’re following me on Instagram. Keeping with glass painting I painted this zebra on a windy plain, streaking the …
Had a great couple of days away last week in London. Loved the new viewing gallery at Tate modern which gives fabulous views. The Georgia Okeefe exhibition is definitely worth a look too. Went on one of the commuter boats for the first time. Great to see the river being used and such a wonderful way …
The difficult thing with painting on glassware is to stop the paint from running. To prevent this I paint in stages letting the paint dry in between but I’m always up for experimenting! Today I decide to experiment on a chipped bowl, which I can’t sell, and paint quickly without waiting. With gravity the vertical …
I love tomatoes and have grown my own for a few years now. They love the utility room, so it doubles as a greenhouse in the summer and in fact last winter, see January blog post! They are ripening nicely now but I don’t think this hanging variety is as tasty as gardeners delight, …
