December 2015 I wrote the following post at the beginning of September 2015. I have had trouble with my website since so I didn’t post it then. Coming back to it now, I feel the need to post it still. Life has moved on for me in the months in between. I have...
A few weeks a go I bought some flowers. Cut flowers in Cyprus are a bit of a luxury; they don’t last long in the heat. However, I felt the need for some fresh flowers in our newly rearranged living area, with new furniture and lighting. A splash of colour, before I...
I am told top ten lists are good for your blog, so they say, who ever “they” may be…the inimitable collective “they”. I have been asked to write guests blog posts in the past with my top ten tips of how to be creative. And I have always struggled at defining...
A little peak ‘behinds the scenes’ into the studio life of mixed media artist Jody Alexander… I hope you enjoy. I asked Jody Alexander (also a member of the Shed with the Chandelier facebook group) to let us have a look inside her studio: the Wishi...
Open submission Postcard/Mail Art Exhibition Come and join in, no matter where you are in the world: The 1st International Shed with the Chandelier postcard/mail art exhibition. I sat, back in December of 2012, on my chair in the Shed with the Chandelier , and in one...
Lulu Horsfield and I have been collaborating “behind the scenes” on the Shed with the Chandelier Postcard/Mail Art exhibition, the idea I had in December 2012 whilst sitting in the Shed with the Chandelier staring at the wall. I shared this with are facebook...
I have never been big on joining groups, how about you? There are some things in life you can never imagine yourself being a part of, for me its being a member of groups – Okay, I was in the girl guides/scouts as a child and I have loved dearly the book group I...