Do What You Love

Just wanted to introduce you to this delicious foodie/love-of-things-homemade book ‘A Homemade Life’, as author Molly Wizenberg has just announced a new book tour of the US. As I am not planning to be in the US in April I sadly can’t go to any of them, so I thought I’d tell you about it instead, soread more >>

{this moment} – A Friday ritual from Soulemama. In her words “a single photo – no words – capturing a moment. A simple, special, extraordinary moment.”  What special moment have you captured this week?

What better breath of fresh air during the working day than a quick gallery fix? One of the most wonderful things about London is that apart from special exhibitions, all the museums and art galleries are free, and no-one tries to sell you anything (except when you exit via the gift shop…). Anyway, finding myselfread more >>

Yesterday I added my two stitches to the world’s biggest knitted textile! Force of nature Ingrid Wagner had brought her 4-metre long(!) needles to the Twisted Thread Stitch and Craft Show at Olympia, showcasing her particular style of ‘big knitting’ and raising money for Breast Cancer Care. Ingrid holds the Guinness World Record for knitting withread more >>

One school night last week I blissed out at ‘Craft London: the exhibition of emerging new talent’ in Clerkenwell. I headed over to the cosy gallery space of Craft Central for wine and chat with some of London’s most talented makers. Having been challenged to rediscover their city and represent this visually, the exhibition wasread more >>

Something quite amazing happened today. I have been thinking of my ‘Mondo Beyondo’ list for some time – not that I need help with dreaming big, just juggling all the dreams! Anyway, this morning I sat on the train racing towards London, and put pen to paper. As the countryside flew by and the morningread more >>

Introducing… Grandma Spoon (with her hair curlers still in), Lady Spoon, Wizard Spoon and a Spoon Alien (with a feather boa?!) Hanging out with four-year old nephews is so much fun!

Apologies if you are a fan of quilting, but for years I just didn’t get it as ‘art’. I had it in my head that quilts were ‘granny blankets’ from a pre-duvet era, favoured by ladies in rocking chairs who passed their days patiently stitching hexagons together into symmetrical pastel patchworks, which usually ended upread more >>

One of the great things about An Artful Journey was being able to experiment with new techniques, without being worried about the outcome.  Me scribbling notes furiously -  thanks to Chrissy for the pic We created 20+ individual pages fairly quickly (or should I say ‘in a chaotic creating frenzy’), using a variety of mediums and methods -read more >>

A sample of the delights created by my ‘An Artful Journey’ classmates: by Chrissy Gardner – don’t you think this looks like the cover of a chick-lit novel? by Mindy Lacefield – watch out for this girl!  So original by my studio neighbour Lorrie Spotts by the very creative Ann Deakers by our favourite Englishwoman in New York Louise Gale gorgeousread more >>