Musings, thoughts and ideas

Make a cup of tea, get the cat on your knee ready to go exploring with me!

Jun 5, 20224 min read

Drawing inspiration from the garden

The 'Gazing Moon Hare' will have an actual moon pre printed on it, 'It's ok to be different' has been designed for a sense of completion

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Jan 17, 20223 min read

New in '22

As January is the month I generally tinker with my Etsy, redesign any tags or stationery and have a big tidy up after the mayhem of the...

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Dec 26, 20217 min read

Review of 2021

I made the picket fence I had designed for the front of the house from recycled pallet wood

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Nov 2, 20213 min read

Turning Wheel of Colour

I therefore decided to design 12 new birds, one for each month of the year. By doing this I thought about the colours that I associate with

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Sep 17, 20214 min read

New Festive Stuff

As the first chill of Autumn can be felt and smelt with leafy bonfires and the closing in of early nights, I have just listed a fair few...

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Sep 15, 20213 min read

Mysteries of Turquoise

Just of late I have been drawn to the colour turquoise. It has started to take up a fair bit of my thinking time and so I thought I would...

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May 4, 20213 min read

Just like Monet

Cat's Punky Stuff's Cottage Garden As both a gardener and an artist I completely understand why Monet created his garden in the 1890's....

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Jan 11, 20214 min read

Magistri Studium Veneti

Master's study of Venetian Glass In 2009 I completed my Master's Degree in Italian glass at Leicester as a mature student. It had been a...

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Dec 31, 20204 min read

The Cat's Punky Stuff Experience

Receiving a delivery from Cat's Punky Stuff is like receiving a surprise gift from a good friend

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Dec 24, 20206 min read

Review of 2020...

hank you to everyone who has stopped by Cat's Punky Stuff this year. I have had some incredible conversations and ...

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Dec 12, 20205 min read

William Morris would be so proud

It is my firm belief that the principles of the Arts and Crafts Movement are resurfacing which is my own personal utopia

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Jun 30, 20204 min read

Covered in Grey Hares

WOW, six months since my last blog and haven't things changed! I have been so busy landscaping the garden, decorating the cottage (photo...

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Dec 6, 20195 min read

2019 Review

It only seems five minutes since I wrote the 2018 review blog, but here we are again. There is a chill in the air, still flooded...

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Sep 25, 20194 min read

Wisdom is in knowing

I have started buying very old and rare books so that my interests and research are not marred by inaccurate current thought

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Sep 8, 20194 min read

Mother Nature and Father Time

Traditional Saturnalia Pagan home decorations would have been those very same berries and evergreens

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Aug 24, 20195 min read

Have you seen the sound

When you turn it up, you near enough feel your body rhythms change to the beat of their songs. It's like witnessing the first battle-cry,

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Oct 12, 20182 min read

Colour Study Part VI: Blue

Not for me I am doing an in-depth look into colour based on the freshness of early Spring, through the hot reds and golden grasses of...

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Oct 11, 20182 min read

Colour Study Part V: Purple

Supernatural Powers: Learn how to use it I am doing an in-depth look into colour based on the freshness of early Spring, through the hot...

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Oct 10, 20183 min read

Colour Study Part IV: Red

Can you trust red? I am doing an in-depth look into colour based on the freshness of early Spring, through the hot reds and golden...

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Jul 11, 20183 min read

colour study part iii: orange

Lonely Orange I am doing an in-depth look into colour based on the freshness of early Spring, through the hot reds and golden grasses of...

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