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Days 71-77 Hippopotami!

Guess what everyone?  It’s the first of June and I’m launching my second pattern in my Etsy shop now! Yay! This pattern is the first of, what I hope to be, a cheerful little series of patterns, and, as you may have guessed from the post title, is a Hippopotamus! A lovely embroidered felt Hippopotamus… Continue reading Days 71-77 Hippopotami!

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Day 63 – Back on track

Thanks to the power of to-do lists, I managed to make Monday a productive one! Work went ok, though the day was largely broken up with meetings. And afterwards, though my brain was in the usual post-work slump, I managed to shake it off, stop myself from going immediately to the sofa, and took my… Continue reading Day 63 – Back on track

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Days 39-45 and What Jenny Did Next is open for business!

Guess what everyone?  I have an Etsy shop now! Yay! I know I’ve been behind in my posting, and I mentioned that I was working on an exciting project, well this is it! I’m at the very beginning of the little business that I’ve wanted to start for so long! There’s a long way to… Continue reading Days 39-45 and What Jenny Did Next is open for business!

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Days 24-27 – A beautiful long weekend

Here’s to the long Easter weekend!  Here in the UK, Good Friday and Easter Monday are national ‘bank holidays’, which means 4 whole days to spend as we please! There were of course, some inevitable chores – washing up, trying to arrange shopping deliveries for ourselves and my Mum, but mostly, we celebrated and relaxed!… Continue reading Days 24-27 – A beautiful long weekend

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…Two days with Angie Lewin (continued).

Day One To read more about day one of Angie Lewin’s wood engraving workshop at the Hepworth Gallery, please go back to my first post. The first day of the two-day workshop finished with the class moving on from their practice pieces to making the first hesitant marks on the previously pristine blocks of lemonwood.  Angie… Continue reading …Two days with Angie Lewin (continued).

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Two days with Angie Lewin…

A bit belated, but my first post has to be about my first workshop of the year: Wood Engraving with Angie Lewin at the Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield. I have loved Angie Lewin’s work for a while now after stumbling across her work on the St. Jude’s‘s website and from an article in Homes and Antiques… Continue reading Two days with Angie Lewin…