Woah, a busy few days carpe-ing the diem with my delightfully crazy aunt who came to stay (and then a couple of days at work). I love my aunt. Having a vegetarian to stay (aka a herbivore, in the Toddler Twinnage's very carefully considered opinion after I explained that we wouldn't be eating any meat/fish for a few days) was a happy excuse to cook lots and lots of curry stuffed with veg and chickpeas, and to drink sparkling wine and talk about love. Not that vegetarians/herbivores have a Continue Reading
Inspiration: Dan Bennett
It'd be tricky to be creative in a vacuum, don't you think? Inspiration is essential. T'would be an awfully large leap from the blank page to a work of beauty if you'd not laid your eyes on beauty elsewhere. So I'm always happy to discuss inspiration with friends such as your marvellously good selves. Where - if you don't mind me asking - do you find your inspiration? For me, nature is an unsurpassable source of ideas for colour, form, and texture. And artists/crafters who capture the Continue Reading