Today I’ve managed to find a little bit of free time and get all of my paints acrylics cadence of course watercolours and pens out to experiment with putting colour over my hybrid acrylic paints. The results that I’m getting, I’m pretty impressed with especially with watercolour pens they’re allowing me to intensify some of […]
A little bit of maths for you, I’ve just realised it’s less than three months till Christmas Day that means it’s only about two months until we should be sending our Christmas cards out, so I decided to do some five minute paintings. I worked out that uninterrupted and with a steady hand, I could […]
Sitting in the sunshine yesterday, I noticed quite a large butterfly flitting between two outdoor pots that Karl had recently put outside. Both of them had been grown from seeds and had taken quite a few months to establish but are now looking quite healthy the leaves are glossy and shiny. One is an orange […]
Hello everyone I wanted to share with you a photograph of myself and a very good friend of mine. Many of you, I hope, will remember the lovely Nancy Watt my goodness that lady has made such an impression on my life over the last 17 years. I probably have spent more individual moments, with […]
When is too early to start Christmas crafting? If you send 60 Christmas cards a year and you make one a week, there aren’t enough weeks in a year, if your making your own Christmas tree decorations like me you are bound to need a couple of months, then there’s the hand made gifts, are […]
I just had to share a little bit of crafty fun the lovely Amanda and I had on Saturday. We set about making some samples for David‘s pack shot on Create & Craft. It is all for our gorgeous new range of accessories and air dry clay. I guess not many of you will know […]
Let me tell you the start of the story about Creativ, it is a company that we buy blanks from for TV, Create & Crafts, Highlight Crafts and our Academy. I’ve been really impressed by the quality of their products so was excited to be invited to visit their company in Denmark especially as it’s […]
Making paper has been something that I’ve wanted to do for a very long time. I experimented with it many years ago and learnt all the basics but think there’s so much more to it now, especially with all the modern materials that lend themselves to being recycled. Chatting with Amanda in the office we […]
Last weekend I had the pleasure of teaching a ceramic painting class as part of our Garden Party Festival and it’s been very exciting watching everyone do such different projects. From choosing different colour combinations, to creating different patterns. It’s amazing to see all the different designs develop. It’s also been brilliant catching up with […]
This is a quote from the internet; “The famous Robertson’s Golliwog symbol appeared in 1910 after a trip to the US to set up a plant in Boston. His son John bought a golliwog doll there. For some reason this started to appear first on their price lists and was then adopted as their trade […]
“Please leave the roundabout at the fifth exit onto the M1.” Not quite sure how this blog post is going to go but Amanda and I are sitting in the car following the instructions of the SatNav. We decided that we would use the microphone to dictate the blog post, but the lovely lady […]
Today I talked to Amanda about writing blog posts, we planned three for the next few days. It’s rather exciting when you see what she’s going to write. We get the chance to talk about our next festival, a class that’s already filmed that you can actually join and make the project and the final one […]
Our three grandchildren have been here for our annual Easter egg hunt and sleepover. Now they have gone our house has fallen silent and all I can hear are the birds chirping through the open window. There isn’t even a fur baby in sight. I look forward to the crafting and planning that goes into […]
On the days that I get the opportunity to sit and just paint I feel so blessed to be in my happy place. I often wonder what Crafting means to everybody out there and whether everybody else finds the solace and peace that I do. Being able to teach feels hugely rewarding especially when it […]
I can’t remember the last time I had a girls weekend away but this weekend I was blessed with spending two days with family and friends celebrating our lovely Samanthas 21st birthday.  As a group of like-minded girls aged from 21 to 80 you would have thought it would be hard to keep us all […]
As we head into 2024 I wanted to blog about a very important subject and one I hope most of you never have to experience personally. However on your behalf (please forgive me speaking on your behalf) I’d like to dedicate this post to all the mean spirited vigilante trolls who think that their voice […]
2024 is a very exciting year for Two Red Robins and us, the Team at Highlight Crafts. I wanted to use this blog post to share a little bit of the behind-the-scenes preparation for our birthday taking place January 14th, it’s actually two years since we appeared on Hochanda and boy has it gone quickly. […]
Diane and Hannah have given us the team the challenge of coming up with blog posts for the new year. Excuse the typos, I’m sure there will be some, as I thought I would try using smart technology and dictate my post to my iPad. Small problem Have a squeaky voice moment but thought it […]
Ingredients 150 grams pitted dates 100 grams chopped walnuts 1 chopped red apple I left the skin on 50 grams currents soaked in boiling water and I used the water to make it up to 250 mls 250mls boiling water boiling water 250 grams 60 grams butter cubed, I use unsalted 180 grams brown sugar […]
