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Adri is very good a finding crafting courses for us to go on. We went to a dotty mandala painting workshop in Jaffa with both Israeli and Arab women. There was a really lovely atmosphere. The instructor pre-paints the canvas and draws circles and lines faintly to help the painter. The second two I did …

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I spent some time in mid-August in both Hove and Hook. Whenever I could I hid myself away and made these 24 dreamcatcher montages using ink, metallic pens, paints, feathers, honesty petals, rose leaves, wooden flowers, butterflies and bugs, lavender, the die cut plastic from an old white Tatty Devine necklace that was beyond repair, …

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When I was in York on my way back from Berwick-Upon-Tweed, I met my friend Paula and we went to a historic home and garden for lunch. The shop sold some small “Barbie-like” characters who were called Sassy, Kelly, Candice, Ginger, Lacy and Crystal. Obviously none were actually called Barbie and they held themselves in …

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I was invited with two of my children to come to Sandbanks on a family holiday. I found Pez Barbie on the route down and my niece, Sabrina, informed me she is called Princess Peach. But never mind. She went all over the beach, around on the bus and ferry to Studland Bay. She had …

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I have become slightly obsessed with making paper dreamcatchers. Often the body is round and there are three or five hanging aspects which have “feathers” and something to weight them down. Often I use squares or other funny shapes for the body part and the weights can be a whole variety of objects. The “feathers” …

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So this time Carlos made it to France. I stayed in Mallety, near Limoges with the lovely and wonderful couple Fran and Phil and their assortment of 3 cats, 3 dogs and one tortoise. I eat wonderful food, drink gin and tonics and white wine but spend most of the day in the workshop. This …

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   Is Carly scary? Well now. That is a question. Clearly not the question. Also, this can hardly be The Question. That is more about the meaning of life and much more existential enquiries. But certainly, being scary, is something to consider. Carly has thought about whether this is a true statement of fact​, or …

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I love to make these dreamcatchers and photograph them before I give them away. This time I used buttons from Sarabeth, a rubber of a unicorn in pink that I sliced up, various pens, and paintbrushes using ink and puff paint as well as a box of wooden bugs and flowers that I painted purple. …

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I love this museum. It is such fun and so inspiring. They have this special section to help accommodate those with disabilities. Having fun with the toys! There were a load of rubber families of 6 colours. Firstly they went and stood up in the wooden village. I have this wonderful if rather tatty orange …

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Following an adventurous trip with Carlos around Puebla and London, Carlos came with me to a short but wonderful trip with my daughter Betsy to Padua before he returns as Rafi’s pink mascot. And 2 short videos of Carlos enjoying himself.