I've been pushing myself too hard this week, and I crashed last night quite badly. I had to have a quiet day at home today and I had all the symptoms of being ill, but I think it was just fatigue. So instead of answering a huge pile of e-mails, my friend and I got out the Sculpey clay and a big hunk of playdough I had left over from the Edinburgh ( Read more... )

Guess what this is...! It's a GOBLIN! Yes, really! I know, it doesn't look like a goblin, it looks like a space man put together by a four-year-old. When Stuart and I went to the Reeves for Christmas, we brought several boxes of Sculpey clay, wire, cutters and foil. Supposedly they were gifts, but really I was hoping for the chance to make ( Read more... )

Hurrah! I finally met Gillian Rogerson, writer of our book You Can't Eat a Princess!


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Last night, very late, I sewed a doll for my friend's baby shower gift from a pair of soft old jeans. I kind of rushed it, so the little guy looks a bit lumpy and misshapen, and not entirely stylish. But at least he looks homemade, which I guess is the point.


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This is too cool! Annika and I had made some puppets for our tutor, Janet Woolley, while she was in hospital. Apparently Helmut and Uli have done very well for themselves with their recent move, as we can see from this photo she just sent us! Way to go, Helmut & Uli! ;-D Those are two very naughty trouser puppets.

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