On The Road

I know, it has been days and days since I last posted, but most of the time has been spent on the road between home and somewhere connected with hockey.  My youngest  son is a very keen and able field hockey player (not that they play on a field, but just to differentiate it from [...]

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VAT returns

Not much to report today except to say that I feel vaguely virtuous as I completed and filed my VAT return today.  Boring and tedious in the extreme, but done and dusted!
Itching to get at my FP again as I have had some great ideas for new jewellery designs that I want to explore. No [...]

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Recycling

I hope you all enjoyed your Easter break despite the weird weather.  I have beem clearing up in the studio – nothing drastic, in fact most people would not even notice that I done any clearing up at all!  I was doing some minor things that I have been meaning to do for ages, such [...]

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Yahoo Friendly Plastic List

A few things you might not know about Friendly Plastic and other stuff:

Did you know that there is a Yahoo list dedicated to Friendly Plastic?  Click on the link and you can join a list of nutty folk who like to mess with FP.   It is quite quiet at the moment, so needs some livening [...]

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Hobbycraft

I don’t know what to tell you about first!  I met so many lovely folk at the Hobbycraft show, it was delightful to meet customers and friends old and new.  Thanks for taking the time to come and say hello. 
All four days were very busy for me, there seemed to be no end of people [...]

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Demos and Disasters

Half way through the Hobbycraft show at the NEC and I am pretty tired, particularly with all the driving each day.  Loads of people have stopped by to learn how to work with FP, so that is a good thing.  Many have bought the DVDs which is an even better thing as the workd spreads [...]

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Flowers and Workshops

Wasn’t I the lucky one today.  I went to the front door when the bell rang, and there was a beautiful flower arrangement for me!  A very kind and thoughtful friend Froydis from Norway had sent it to me.  I wish she had a blog or web site so I could direct you to see her [...]

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Widgets, blogs and Hobbycraft

Are any of you going to the Hobbycraft Show at the NEC?  If you are, stop by the Origin Publishing stand, and you will find me demonstrating Friendly Plastic every day of the show.  Come along and say hello, or if you want to bring stuff for me to see, or stuff you want advice about.  [...]

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Birthday In Bolton

I would never make a proper diary writer, I have already missed two days of writing on the blog, and I only began it a week ago.  My excuse for last night was that I went out to dinner with the family after having spent the day teaching at the Bolton Embroiderers Guild.  I left [...]

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Lilac Lovelies

For more than 18 months I have been waiting for these beauties to become available, and at long last they are back on my shelves.  I am referring to my preferred heat gun which has had a total makeover and name change.  It used to be called the Heat It Tool, it is now the [...]

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