Blatantly advertising my courses!

I Hope none of you will be offended by my blatant using of my blog to advertise a couple of the courses I want to run this year.
Although they are all collage courses they are all quite different. Above is a collage on canvas made up of lots of different images all with the same theme, here it is dogs but you could choose anything that takes your fancy. You will paint the canvas to give an interesting background texture then apply images and then embellish with buttons, jewels, glitter etc etc then paint again to give more texture and distress/aging effects. A fun way to bring images together.
This lovely folding padded collage uses layering of textiles some transfer work and copying images onto cotton and organza, each panel tells a little story. Some machine and hand stitching.
This was truly a joy to create, lots of hand stitching, buttons, ribbon, photos, paper, lace well you can bung on anything that takes your fancy!

All the courses will come with a basic 'kit' for you to build on and I have plenty of images you can copy but I would encourage you to look around for your own 'themes'. The sky is the limit really.

If there is anyone out there that may be interested please leave a comment as I would love some feed back, am I on the right track?

I Spy. What did she Buy?

I Spy, what did she buy? She was off again last weekend, she is always going away and coming back with more than she left with! After lots of hugs and kisses on my nose (which I love!) and a peck on a cheek for Daddy, as it should be, she zoomed off to the Shepton Mallet Fair, which she tells me was great if not a bit wet around the edges. After two days of staring out of the window she at last reappeared staggering up the path with lots of packages I had not seen before.

One of them was this table which she bought to sell but I said it would look nice in the sitting room so she gave it a try and agreed with me.

She also got this dinky little set of drawers, which she spent far to long cooing over instead of making a fuss of me!

Other little things that I totally ignored to her disgust to sell in Christines shop, she just keeps saying sweeeeeet.

She has been busy this week, having been inspired at last to get on with some work she came up with this painting, I think it should have been My heart is like a barking Dog but hey I suppose bird sounds better.

They are taking me here this afternoon so I can run, run, run to my hearts content, she loves me so much!

But till we go I think I will just cary on snoozing. As soon as I hear that word 'Beach' I'll be in the car nose to the window.

Do I like snow?

Well hello and a Happy New Year to you all. Yes, I know I am a week late but give a girl a chance I am only just emerging from the chocolate, sugar high of over indulgence, late nights and another couple of inches on the waistline that is Christmas! Well surprisingly enough it was snowing this morning and the cats, who have been a bit reluctant to venture out decided that yes, they did want to see what all this white stuff was about, but would mum come out with them as it was all a bit scary!

Hmmmm, not sure about this.

Oh Boris, its alright, have a good sniff you might like it.

Yes mum, I do, this is fun!

It feels funny! Rub my tummy.

Better run after Daisy. What's she doing?

I'm looking at that.....what?.....that bit of snow.....better get it..

Got it......oooh no.....havn't got it......

got it.... got it....I ain't got it.....

Where'd it go? Don't want it anyway!

Here I come mum!

Can we go back in now its all been tooo much.

Cats back in I went for a little wander as it was all so lovely. The river Fal runs near the house and looked very pretty and the light on the trees was almost pink. I did not stay out long as it was very cold even in the sunshine. We are stuck down in our valley as the lane outside is frozen and this new lot of snow will no doubt freeze on top of that so even with a 4x4 we may not make it to the top of the hill, we might attempt an escape tomorrow for more supplies as heavy snow is forecast for the weekend. Its quite exciting to be marooned in the quiet of the snow, we know when we are cut off when the postman doesn't make it! No post for two days although the last time he came he was wearing shorts, thats Cornwall for you!

After cleaning and tidying the whole house in a bid to put it off, I am going to have to turn my mind to getting on with some work! Don't know why I have been delaying like mad as I am excited about the projects I have planned, a new start to a New Year.

I wish you all good luck with your New Year resolutions and any new projects you may be starting and look forward to seeing what you all get up to in the months ahead and hopefully making some new friends along the way.

Keep warm all. XXX

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS

I wish you a merry christmas, I wish you a merry christmas, I wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year!

I hope you all have a lovely cosy time with the ones you love. Stop, relax, collapse on the sofa with full tummies after dinner and dont forget that all chocolate is low calorie at Christmas, he, he! We wish!!!!

I hope you enjoy a little look at Christmas in the Happy Crow house.

Boris and Midge send christmas woofs and meaows to all your pets!

Lots of love. Jane XXXXX

This takes the basket!

Last night me Mr Crow and a few friends went to Lostwithiel to the Christmas Dickens evening where all the shops stay open for the evening and the shopkeepers dress up in Victorian clothes and ply you with mulled wine, cake and mince pies. Have no photos I am afraid but I bought this little basket from one of the antique market stands, I think its a Cath Kidston one and it only cost £5 and is just right for little Midge who had a lovely snooze in it this afternoon after a gorgeous long walk round St Anthony's head this morning. She is modeling a little jumpie that she wears around the house as she feels the cold and she is spoilt!

I am gradually introducing Christmas into the house now, I dont like to go too mad till about a week before but thought its time to start swapping cushions and things for more festive colours. Boris likes this hand stitched Hungarian cushion, I just have to watch he doesnt claw it!

I bought some old American school books on etsy last week, only took about three days to get here from the U.S. I am cutting them up for collage's as they are a bit tatty and have used some of the winter pages to make Christmas hangings to cheer up door knobs and things. Only wish we would have some snow this Christmas.

I am off this weekend to the Giant Flea at Shepton Mallet, really looking forward to it, hope to find some pressies and some vintage christmas stuff to dec the halls with. Have a good weekend everyone.