Caribbean Colours!

Hello!

Well back in the studio today after my lovely sunny holiday cruising the Caribbean....

Thought some of these fabulous colours might brighten up a dull grey day???

Printing with Sue Brown

On Friday last week I went over to see my friend Sue Brown in her lovely garden studio in Cheltenham. Although I did not do any printing on this occasion, I've made a set of 4 'plates' to use next time. These were created using a combination of tile cement, wallpaper & pva glue! It was great just to see Sue as she is always so inspired which I hope rubs off a little on me.... I'm going back in March to have a go at printing them.

Source book inspiration

I'm trying to keep myself busy.........

So this evening I've finished off one of my 'source books'. I've produced these sort of scrap books since college so I have quite a library of them now! Unfortunately there never seems to be enough time to devote to doing them these days and the pile of cards, photos, magazine cut outs just seems to grow & grow......

This year I'm going to make a real effort to sort out some of the paper!

It's really amazing when you look back at things from years previously & then find inspiration from different elements.

What I really need is a whole room to devote to this project so I could spread all the stuff over a wide area & select the images which go together.....yes in an ideal world.....

These are just a few of my favourite pages from the most recent book:

Indian Inspirations

This time last year we were on our Indian Adventure! Hard to believe it was 12 months ago... I'm remembering the lovely warm weather as I look out onto the snowy scene here (again!!). Anyway I've had a little rummage through some of the goodies we bought back....

I love the colours & textures - not sure what I'll do with the 'jewels' yet but they are beautiful.

I'll certainly be watching Slumdog Millionaire this evening as part of C4 Indian Winter feature!

Frosty bbrrrrrrr!!!

Ventured into the park yesterday morning as I'd spotted the frosty leaves gathered nearby.....

Christmas Cats!

Just been looking through an old folder of designs & found these xmas cats from years ago!!

I don't remember ever putting them into 'production'?

Think they would look groovy as some wrapping paper maybe??

It's funny how you re-discover things....

I'm planning to have a MAJOR sort out after Christmas so who knows what treasures I'll find?

Cornish inspiration again.....

Got back from another lovely visit to Cornwall on Friday night. Once again took loads of photos but considering how many times we've been I notice different things every time! These are a small selection of some of my favourites at the moment................