Lately....

So as usual I haven’t posted in a quite a while but I have been up lots of stuff so have plenty of photos…



Things finally starting to bloom in the garden and also finally some sunshine in which to enjoy the garden - bench, cushions, book or magazine, radio and either a cup of tea or a cold beer depending on what time of the day it is, is my idea of a rather perfect day!



Every spring I worry that I might have killed the apple trees off during the winter so its always a relied when the leaves and flowers begin to appear!



Been adding to my tin tower with some lovely additions from St Georges Market (the two top ones)

Shed studio progress…



So the studio shed has been progressing nicely.  Had to clear all of our rubbish out of it first though, the least fun part of the transformation!



Almost cleared.



My very skilled other half clad the inside walls and floor with polystyrene and wooden board so it will be nice and cosy in the winter.



He put this slab down and left this corner to do with fireproofed boards as I’m hoping to have a little wood burning stove in here in the future when i can afford it as although its been roasting this week i know its probably going to be pretty chilly come the autumn or winter (or in fact a normal summers day here!)



painting the walls.

painting some furniture to go in the shed



my helper having a snooze in the sun on top of the glass that I still haven’t put back in the glasshouse since it was moved!



Painting some shelves for the shed.  Its almost finished now but its taking me quite a while to get all my stuff in it put away in some sort of order, I never realised I had quite so much.  As I want to debut it at its best I’ll wait to take photos when its all finished and organised - hopefully it won’t take me too long!






I went to the lovely wedding of my dear friends Sarah and Dave, they had really beautiful weather and above is a shot of the bride’s gorgeous bouquet.  I have weddings on the brain now as I’m getting married at the end of June so I might post a few weddingy things in the next few weeks but I promise not to go too mad!



And finally I spotted this sign in the ice cream shop on a lovely sunny outing to newcastle.  Made me smile so much… Moose thick butterscotch sauce anyone?

where does all the time go?

Well many apologies for the lack of posts recently, I’ve been working away like crazy over the last few months and I’m afraid the blog has rather fallen by the wayside. Although I haven’t been posting I have been taking pictures as I’ve been working and have quite a stock pile built.  I decided that I better get on with it and finally post some of what I’ve been up to so here it is…(this might be quite long!)

Lots of printmaking….



lots of inky mess!



piled up finished prints

a very high tech way of weighting down the drying prints ;-)



a print I exhibited as part of the valentines exhibition in Spacecraft.  Its called ‘I wonder if he’ll care?’ you can still see it in the gallery part of Spacecraft.



This is a piece that is in the current ‘Commemorate' exhibition on in Spacecraft.  Its a great exhibition (even if I am a little biased since I'm in it!) and it's on until 28th April so there's plenty of time to head down and take a look.



I’ve also got some work in this lovely new craft gallery just recently opened in Killyleagh.  Its got some really lovely work in it (including work by both my mum and sister!) They have a facebook page here



my books along with a record bowl from magpie in the kingfisher craft gallery



a view inside the kingfisher - I visited on such a lovely sunny day.


And finally…..



I’m going to be a shedworker! I’ve finally got a shed which I’m going to convert into a studio (so i can reclaim the spare room!)  I can’t wait to move in but as you can see from the photo there is lots to do!  I’ve had a shed/studio in the past which I didn’t insulate properly and it was always a bit damp and cold, so learning from past mistakes I’m going to make sure I go the whole hog and put in proper insulation.  I’ll keep you posted with progress and hopefully it won’t be too long before I can unveil the finished studio!

Anyway I think that’s quite enough for one post, plus its a very sunny St Patrick’s day out there so I am going to head out and enjoy some of the guinness brownies I’ve made for the occasion!