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Mood Earrings :)

Well, it does not happen to often that I get to meet a fellow clayer “in person” but yesterday I did!!!Cara Jane and her lovely family came for a brief visit.  It was great to finally be able to add a...

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Swellegantissimo !

And yes, I could no longer resist and bought some of Christi Friesen’s new Swellegant products.I LOVEEE antiques, verdigris, rust… so you can well imagine that I nearly fainted when I saw these...

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Becoming an alchemist

As most of you may have read, I have been experimenting with Swellegant over the past week. Great fun!Imagine, crazy looking woman, with multiple brushes in her hand, looking at several pieces of clay...

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Emotional Creations

First of all, apologies for not keeping up my weekly postings.  But I think you will understand WHY I did not write for so long when you are finished with this post I NEED to feel happy in order to...

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Chris’ Shiny Beads Process

After a few weeks of none regular blogging, I thought it was time to get back on track, so here we are. As a result of posting my “White Gold” series and my Shiny Fruity Orange beads, I have had many...

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4 days of Scottish crafts at Achaderry Art Exhibition and Craft Fair

I have just returned from a fantastic 4 days at the Craft Fair on Achaderry Estate, situated in the heart of Brae Lochaber at the junction of Glen Roy and Glen Spean. Yesterday, while visitors had...

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My first ever article in Making Jewellery Magazine

Wow, and what a journey this has been. Many many months ago, some lovely friend suggested I contact some magazines and write mini-tutorials for them.  I had no idea how this worked but was more than...

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Exciting new hobby!!

As you may have noticed, my very good intentions of posting on a weekly basis have gone out of the window. You know how it goes, other things get in the way, priorities, urgencies, bladibla.  I feel...

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Bye bye Hippie Wall

I wanted to share something, for once, NOT clay related. Many years ago, before I became addicted to Polymer Clay, I dabbled in various media.  One of them was painting with  acrylics.  Many years...

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2013 adventures!

January 14th.. already! First of all, let me all wish you a very joyous year and definitely a better one than last year!! It has been a year I’d rather forget (hence the now writing for so long) but...

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The “Charlie” collection!

First of all, I owe you a bit of an apology.  I said last year that I would keep up with posting blogs and doing all the social media stuff, and such, but I haven’t.  I did not have the energy for it,...

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and a Happy New Year !

First of all, I want to wish everyone a wonderfully creative New Year with a good health and lots of happiness. Despite my best intentions to post more regularly on my blog, powercuts, storms and other...

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Taking things down a few notches :(

Just as I was hoping to do ALL sorts of fun stuff, I had a reminder that I am not yet having the energy required to take on multiple tasks.  So I had to decide between making goodies at a moderated...

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Some good news!!!

I needed to share this with you:  Last week we visited  HUNG, a great modern Art Gallery in the centre of Inverness.  The lovely Kev and Joni agreed on me having some pieces there and I am really...

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"I am not creative!"

“I wish I was creative, but I am not” – “I can’t draw” – “I was not good at art at school”After hearing this sooooo many times, I just wanted to write my humble opinion about this, spiced with...

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FREEEEEDOMMMMMM !!!!

….  and no, I am not talking about the “Freedom” in Aretha Franklin’s “THINK” song, nor am I talking about Mel Gibson’s outcry in Braveheart…. I am talking about MINE!  MY freedom!  As from today, I am...

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What I wanted to do today…..

…. and what I finally ended up doing, are usually two very different things.You know how it goes, you get up, all bright eyed and bushy tailed and ready to go.  The muse is awake, the clay is on the...

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Photo editing on a budget!

After receiving repeated request for this, I thought I’d better turn my reply into a blog:) This is a little tutorial for those of us who do not have expensive cameras, great studio space, studio set...

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How do you price your unique pieces????

As I was a bit otherwise occupied over the past weeks, I did not get the chance to write a blog but I think this one will make up for it. So, I get a question:  How much is that necklace? my reply:...

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52 Earrings in a year!

I did it !!!  I finally subscribed to this challenge!  Yeah… As if I needed something “else” to do This challenge was started by Anke Humpert from Anart Island Studios and what a following she has...

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