mistletoe December has been full of lovely Christmas Fairs, where it has been great to meet familiar and new makers and also returning customers as well as people who had not seen my work before. Thank you to those who gave words of encouragement and appreciation for the work that is involved in making the things I sell. When people buy my work I always think how lucky I am and think how special it is that I now have the time in life to make things that people can use and enj

November sees the start of Christmas fairs.... November started off with a couple of local markets and then it has been a case of making up items to top up stock for upcoming Christmas Fairs. Some of the new hand-printed zip bags I then had the idea of printing my robin linocut onto red linen which I managed to just do before Combeinteignhead Market. Robin tea-towels Later in the month I was lucky to part of Combeinteignhead Artisan Market where there were so many good makers

Hand-printed pieces and Japanese aprons I had a great Arts Trail at Avon Mill. It is such a great space to show your work and we did manage to get people to come up the stairs. I also treated myself to some tasty lunches, while on duty. I was so pleased to sell some of my paper prints as well as my textile pieces. South Hams Arts Trail 2025 Avon Mill Gallery It was also great to be back at Art House printing an old plate that I am finally pleased with, although there is alwa

Devon open Studios Art House South Brent Devon Open Studios at Art House South Brent has made September a busy month. I was so pleased my...

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Grape Hyacinth, flower of the month in my sketchbook, selection of linocuts that I have made over the last few years, sleepmasks made up...

Great to be able to do such a mixture of makes this month... The month started off with me using free motion embroidery to make some of...

An eclectic mix of some of the things done in the past month. It has been great to do the 30 day sketchbook challenge again this year. It...

There were lots of Christmas Markets in December this year with days of making and printing dotted in between. Bad weather added to the...

Yes, it is that time of year, when people start to plan for Christmas so I have had a few personalized name labels to do for stockings....

Most of the month has been spent thinking about or being at the Avon Mill Gallery above the cafe that serves the most delicious food. It...

The main event this month was taking part in Devon Open Studios at Art House South Brent. It was so inspiring and fun to be part of a...

After a lovely week with the Press Gang Printmakers in the Market Hall, Kingsbridge, there was a little lull until setting up for...

The wild carrot growing in my garden has been lovely to draw this month. After having Covid, it has been great to be out and about this...

It has been lovely to be back in the countryside of Devon with blue skies above the green fields and high hedgerows. Some great days were...

This month started with Toby's Garden Festival in Powderham Castle's big barn and was quickly followed by a mini exhibition with the...