I found this knock off Barbie for £3 and so just couldn’t resist. I come annually to stay with Fran and Phil in Mallety, France in the summer. We had fun and games.
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A-Z dreamcatchers in Mallety, Limoges, France July 2025
I come to Mallety, Limoges, France for a few days in the summer between work weeks when I am in the UK and stay at the most wonderful barn that used to be part of crafty retreats. I stay with a fabulous couple, Fran and Phil. I bought A4 sized card and used their guillotine …
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Mermaid Barbie and Merman Ken take to the water in Northumberland
I found these two characters in Hydra, Greece and knew I could do something with them at some point. I took them when I went to see Sandra in Berwick upon Tweed for a wonderful 4 day visit early July 2025. It was wonderful to see into her new life after spending so much time …
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Foraging for Weaving
I love to look at Eventbrite for last minute craft workshops. The one with Steph caught my eye. It was at 09.30 on Sunday 13th July 2025 at Hackney Wick. This felt auspicious. It was my oldest son (Harry’s) 28th birthday and we had cycled along this towpath without the use of phones from Highbury …
Do Ho Suh Walk the House exhibition, Tate Modern, July 2025
I spent the Monday with my colleague Eli. She suggested we go to an exhibition at Tate Modern by Do Ho Suh. He was born in Korea and lived in both New York and London. He uses embroidery, paint and builds amazing things out of brightly coloured nylon. Embroidery pieces Man at the end of …
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Barbie attempts enlightenment
I already had a Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Hindu Barbie. So it was time to address Bhudism. I started with a box that I planned to spray paint orange having ask ChatGPT to draw me a Buddhist Barbie. And the box I chose was actually too big and the paint job not good at all. …
Off to Akko
Tova and I decided to go on a trip to Akko late June 2025. This time Talulah didn’t come to Akko and we stayed in a marvellous stone built ancient house within the old city. We ate at Uri Buri and Doniana and had a wonderful hammam trip to the Ghattas baths. It was a …
Novel ways of making art with Barbie
Buggerfly Barbie On the Friends of Jaffa WhatsApp group, Itamar who has opened up and new party shop near me was offering kits to make a butterfly and he was going to post them on social media. I popped along but it was all stuff I had and I had some ideas. I had a …
Barbie within frames
I have chosen to put Barbie either in or within frames or as part of canvases. Barbie escapes the clutches of the hummingbird’s beak by a hair’s breadth….. I went to a painting evening at The Tel Aviv Art Studio at 42 Frug. I sat next to some lovely young people who were from France …
34 Carly on the Subject of Olives and Olive Trees
Carly has a good deal to say on the subject of olives and has decided to dedicate an entire story about them. She wrote a good number of her stories on a wonderful yoga and writing retreat in Lemnaradis, Greece. It is silent in the mornings, and this suits her and all the other participants …
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