Weekend

Great few days...sorting out PR and new directions. Fabulous sunny day, chatting to C and actually took my coat off sitting outside in the sun!! We all toddled off to see Alice in Wonderland 3D..just the BEST movie. Tim Burton a genius I think...this proved that. Packed cinema...good to see, great atmosphere and everyone seemed to love it. Though where has this, oooh the credits are rolling, quick run out of the cinema mentality come from. Does no one sit to the end anymore? Looks like my summer plans for the boys coming together and we will get to spend some time with old friends, just chilling and the boys with their mates that they haven't seen for ages, exciting. Great long walk with friends and the dog on the beach and got close to a seal colony. I have heard about them before, but never seen. Beautiful but smelly! Ikea today...getting a few bits for the house and work....SO busy, why did I go on a Sunday...thought it would be quiet..haha! Tired and need to get motivated for next week, lots ahead. 

Long chilly walk with the dog at the weekend. Great to blow the cobwebs away. S been ill and restless for about 3 days, good to get out. Work still ticking along...planning for an exhibition at the end of the year. 

Ducks!

Just finished some huge duck costumes, that headed to the World Mobile Phone Congress in Barcelona. Good fun and much laughter putting them together. Still absolutely Baltic in the Northern wastes, but lots coming up and much planning needed....before it all sneaks up on me.

Small trickles of weak sun coming through into the studio. Amazing how pale it looks when you see the photograph...it doesn't seem like that at the time. Snow melting and now going black and yuk. Looks like the promised weekend of sledging may not happen, disappointed boys! Orders coming in and going out...some small, some BIG and fairly daunting! New challenges. Certain doodles seem to be breeding, must be Spring in the air.

My fabulous Paumes books arrived yesterday from the lovely Yvonne at Yvestown. All in Japanese, but really doesn't matter, so inspirational. I'm totally inspired to redecorate...if it wasn't so bloomin' cold. All the snow has frozen and gone sludgey and it's now rainy. Such a shame, it was so crisp and magical for a few weeks. 

This strange girl is hanging around for a while in the studio. She came for Christmas and decided that she liked it so much, she would stay longer. She does chat a lot, but we have a giggle whilst I'm working, and she drags her bunny around the studio. 

Happy New Year!

Been back at work for a week now, but think it will kick off properly tomorrow...have the feeling that people are REALLY back into the groove then. Still submerged in snow, which is FAB! Loving it. We've managed to pack in some wicked sledging in the past couple of weeks (bruises to prove it!). Jan is proving to be super busy already, which is great. Think this is going to be a bonkers year. 

Nearly Santa time!

Wow! Wish I had more time to add to this, but this time of year I'm more NUTS than an elf...so many orders. Always right to the last minute. Just had my birthday, which was fab and fun. All my lovely friends being gorgeous and such a laugh. Feeling Christmassy now, especially as we have snow too. Not been sledging yet, but if the snow holds....mini snowmen seem to keep popping up in the garden and a Grimble has appeared in the kitchen looking for blue food.