Married for 16 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Flowers in the snow blanket raffle

 

Naomi Davis recently made this gorgeous blanket. It took her over 110 hours to crochet. Whilst watching the news this week she caught a glimpse of mothers in East Africa, cradling their babies in bright blankets, comforting hungry and ill children, queueing for food aid, it really touched her heart. She has decided therefore to raffle this blanket and raise money for Save the Children, who do fantastic work in Africa and all over the world. All she asks is that you make a donation of at least £1.00 through the  Just Giving page, and on the 1st of September she will use http://www.random.org/ to choose a winner ! What a lovely blanket and what a great cause. Follow this link to donate and be part of this raffle Flowers in the Snow Blanket Raffle

Rest in Peace

I want the world to stop...........

........or be able to press PAUSE or freeze frame. My children are just growing up too fast. They have broken up up for the summer holidays now, another school year finished. When did they get so grown up? Mind you after six weeks of bickering and mess and I will probably be counting the days till they leave home let alone go back to school!

Kids art.....

It's that time of the year when my kids bring home all their lovely art from school. I know I am their Mum and I am biased, but I love it and am so inspired by all the drawings and sticky things stuck together with sticky stuff. I think it was Picasso that said "It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child"

Busy busy busy..........

 

 I have been very busy getting work ready for my lovely agent Cinnamon Joe Studios who are now traveling around the USA (hopefully) selling lots of work. Good luck CJ and I hope it's a good worthwhile trip for you guys!

Guilty.........

A friend sent me this. It's been doing the rounds on Facebook and is very funny.  I add birds onto lots of my designs but I will try and stop now though.

Embroidered Graffiti

 
If you live near Ashton-under-Lyne, this fab. exhibition
called "Pulling threads - Embroidered Graffiti" looks well
worth a visit. Sarah Greaves creates work which pushes
the tradition of embroidery and questions women’s roles
in society. I love the fact that Sarah has to use ‘masculine’
tools such as drills and clamps to create her work. She uses
the traditional craft of embroidery in the same way a graffiti
artist would spray-paint his or her comments in public spaces.
According to Greaves we live in a world where the image
reigns supreme. We judge ourselves by the perfect ideals
we see every day in magazines and television programmes.
In her piece ‘Kitchen’ she lays bare our thoughts around food
and how we automatically weigh up the pros and cons of even
eating a piece of toast. The exhibition is on now until the 3rd
of September at Central Art Gallery located above the library
on Old Street in Ashton-under-Lyne. To see more images and
information take a look at Sarah's brilliant website
www.sarahgreavesart.com

If you live near Ashton-under-lyne, this fab. exhibition

called "Pulling threads - Embroidered Graffiti" looks well
worth a visit. Sarah Greaves creates work which pushes
the tradition of embroidery and questions women’s roles
in society. I love the fact that Sarah has to use ‘masculine’
tools such as drills and clamps to create her work
and I like the diversity of the sufaces she has embroidered
onto. She uses the traditional craft of embroidery in the
same way a graffiti artist would spray-paint his or her
comments in public spaces. According to Greaves
we live in a world where the image reigns supreme. We
judge ourselves by the perfect ideals we see every day in
magazines and television programmes.This bombardment
of body ideals influences the way we see ourselves; we
try to conform or deviate from these ideals of beauty and status.
This means that we often find ourselves in conflict with
society and how we view ourselves. In her piece ‘Kitchen’
she lays bare our thoughts around food and how we
automatically weigh up the pros and cons of even eating a
piece of toast. The exhibition is on now until the 3rd of
September at Central Art Gallery Located above the library
on Old Street in Ashton-under-Lyne. Take a look at Sarahs website
for more brilliant images http://www.sarahgreavesart.com/

 

www.sarahgreavesart.com Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000190 EndHTML:0000006488 StartFragment:0000003087 EndFragment:0000006452 SourceURL:file://localhost/Users/imacg5/Desktop/correspondance/counciltaxletter.doc If you live near Ashton-under-lyne, this fab. exhibition
called "Pulling threads - Embroidered Graffiti" looks well
worth a visit. Sarah Greaves creates work which pushes
the tradition of embroidery and questions women’s roles
in society. I love the fact that Sarah has to use ‘masculine’
tools such as drills and clamps to create her work
plus I love the humour and the diversity of the sufaces
she has embroidered onto. She uses the traditional craft of
embroidery in the same way a graffiti artist would spray-paint
his or her comments in public spaces. According to Greaves
we live in a world where the image reigns supreme. We judge ourselves
by the perfect ideals we see every day in magazines and
television programmes.This bombardment of body ideals
influences the way we see ourselves; we try to conform
or deviate from these ideals of beauty and status.
This means that we often find ourselves in conflict with
society and how we view ourselves. In her piece ‘Kitchen’
she lays bare our thoughts around food and how
we automatically weigh up the pros and cons of even eating a piece of
toast. The exhibition is on now until the 3rd of September at Central Art Gallery is a real gem. Located above the library on Old Street in Ashton-under-Lyne,her website 

Take That

Hello my name is Stephanie and I am a Take That fan. They are my guilty pleasure. There, I admit it, I went and saw them at Wembley last night. I wish I had trendier musical taste, (I do like some trendy bands honest) but they just make me feel so happy. They put on a FANTASTIC visual show, it's great to have a sing and dance and to get really groovy, to be part of the huge crowd makes me feel like I am at one with the world. I know they are a boy/man band and that they are seen as a bit naff but wow what a show.  It's amazing what five men (and a creative team of 100's) can do to a crowd of 80 000 people.

More beautiful work

As promised, here is some more work from the Curry family, this time Lois's children's gorgeous work. I always love the free way children draw and Lois has taken her girls drawings and screen printed them onto canvases and cushions. Don't they look fab?

Beautiful work

 

Here is some gorgeous work by a super talented friend of mine Lois Curry. She is hoping to do a website sometime soon so I will let you know when it's up an running so you can purchase some of her lovely work. Meanwhile, feast your eyes and admire her creations. Tomorrow I will post some of her childrens work, they are a fantastically creative family!

Stripes

This year I'll mostly be wearing, STRIPES! Last year every purchase seemed to be silver shoes, this year the last five things I have bought to wear have been stripey. Does anyone else have obsessive purchases?