Down in my back yard is a magical place.  It's a place I've dreamed of for years, a little place that I can call my very own, a qui...

You know how when you're in the middle of something, cleaning the kitchen, driving to work, and you think "Oh, I haven't spoke...

My new stainless steel pieces arrived yesterday.  It's always so exciting to see something that's gone from sketch book to computer ...

Today I worked super hard on the studio, de-cluttering, tidying and reshuffling.  I need to get a third work desk in here which will also ac...

Lots of polishing and finishing is the order of the day... I'm loving working with these new pieces. To see what other crafty people a...

I'm working on Kokeshi brooches today . Firstly, I paint their hair and faces.... Then their "kimonos" are prepared, all ti...

There is some slow progress happening on my kimono fabric yoyo quilt .  I haven't dared calculate just how many I'm going to have to...

The little one and I had a mummy and daughter afternoon today.  In my "mummy time", which isn't as much as I'd like,  I tr...

So here's the ugly truth about part of my studio at the moment. It's rather out of control. My resin working table is well organ...

I'm working on the fabric inlays for brooches today.  It's a fiddly job and I end up with fingernails that have been filed down with...

I'm playing with mixing some leather offcuts and old buttons with vintage kimono fabric today.  Challenging myself to create a piece w...

Once upon a time there was a girl who lived in an exotic land.  Every couple of months she would take a train that snaked past patchworks of...

My stack of crocheted flowers for the rug  continues to grow, as does my speed for making them.  I'm really enjoying the relaxation that...

I'm letting my creative spirit take flight for a few days....  I've booked the weekend out so that I can complete my work for the Re...

... or rather the entrance to my creative space. My little creative space lives in a bedroom at the top of a set of stairs.  It's a goo...

The less sexy side of crafting today.  The plastic gloves, the oh-so-bright yellow and green chemical mask, the cheap disposable beer cups. ...

There are lots of "should-be-doings" going on in my creative space at the moment... I should be working on my new website.  I shou...

I'm playing with my The Man's dremel today.  I bought it for him as part of his birthday present at the beginning of the year and w...

Experimenting.  Testing.  Trying.  Playing. Twisting.  Turning.  Wrapping.  Tying. It's small, but I think I want it smaller.  It...

Sing it with me.... "It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas..."  I know it's November but I'm already getting exc...