Nightmare

I ve just got sucked into 15 minutes of an Audience with Cliff Richard -and now i ve lost the will to live........

Happiness is craft shaped

Hello to readers of the blog...I have finally worked out how to do this blogging thing!! but the most important thing to say is that I am so happy to be part of Fig and have found myself so full of ideas that I am trying to do half a dozen projects at once and the house looks like a bomb has hit it! my main concentration right now is preparation for a sale at the bicycle event in Queens Square on Sunday where I will be selling some items from my bike, including a re-print of the t-shirt design that my son drew 20 years ago!!! I will post some photos next week...might see you there

Let's here it for the girls

Yes we've been naughty, but we've also been very productive -

Jane's been getting to grips with her Gocco printer (not sure that's spelt correctly) and once she overcame the initial carbon printing hiccup, managed to rip out nearly 50 beautiful two-colour birdy prints.

She's been relegated to the cellar now because she moans about Radio Four, (too much talking on the channel for her liking), its got nothing to do with her needing more space and splattering ink all over the place.

Jemima has been experimenting with aluminium with wondrous results. She's ordered some inks to colour up her work so watch this space......

And I have been revisiting my childhood passion for all things mice.

Naughty figgers!

We have been very bad recently and have neglected our lovely blog! Anyway, we will now resolve all that and get blogging. The new girls will be under strict instruction and the old guard will be cracking the whip, never you fear.

In the meantime I've joined frombritainwithlove which is a gorgeous listing site for all things made in Britain - have a little look.

And I have been busy (honest) and I'm now making children's charm necklaces alongside all the other charm jewellery. Available here on notonthehighstreet, or in the shop.

Please vote for me!

I've had this bracelet choosen by etsy for a competition on kaboodle - if you like please pop over there and vote for me! Click on the image or the word kaboodle above to take you there. And if you have a spare hour or two click on the word etsy (if you've never had the pleasure) and lose yourself for an hour or two!

jemima
x

Husbands doing macho boys stuff

I'm back from the warm, damp wilds of Cornwall, and happy to be back at fig pootling about ON MY OWN! Yes, no children, no other people, just me. There are times when a bit of solitude goes a long way!

Anyway, here is a picture of Kate and my husbands doing outdoor, boysey stuff in Cornwall. Kate and family were staying just a few miles away and on one of (few) warm evenings they build a a camp fire and cooked out supper on it. Excellent chicken tortillas, but we did rather underestimate how hot the fire was and so we nuked the baked potatoes! Kate's husband Matt on the left, Joel on the right.

jemima

Hello bloggers. Today's important lesson is entitled "How to put up a shelf without making 6 trips to the hardware shop, drilling unnecessary holes and losing your rag."

As you can see from Sinead's resigned expression her first attempt at creating new shelving in Fig is not going well.

However, after about 4 hours (and many words of encouragement from her fellow Figgers) things have improved and she has completed her task, creating a perfect (some might say small, but they would simply be jealous because they do not possess shelving of any sort) shelf. As the picture shows, just right for a mug.

As you can see from my own and Jane's attempts, things have not gone well - we could learn a lot...or we could GILMI (get a little man in, which, incidentally is precisely what Jane did today, with the result that she now has a set of shelves, perfect for rolling maltesers down .

Kate's lesson tomorrow is how to compose a blog with pictures in the right place and in the right order. She might find it easier without a cat on her lap, especially one infested with fleas.