Just a quick blog post to say I’ve reopened my Etsy shop. My creative blog posts get lots of interest so I have uploaded PDFs of ‘How to…’ onto Etsy. Noticing walks – is all about walks with your camera The Etsy link is HERE POLYMER CLAY – MOKUME GANE – is tips, ideas and images around making polymer clay veneers using the Mokume Gane … Continue reading 2023 relaunch of Etsy shop
Unprecedented times where nothing is as it was. We all have different roles and different skills and I honestly believe that supporting each other is the only way forward. ‘I’m retired ( well sort of) and will be spending a lot of time with at least 2 of my grandchildren. I’ll share photos of what we have been doing as many activities will be outdoors … Continue reading How can I help?
We love being in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by nature and photographic opportunities. Having visited the Outer Hebrides a couple of times, we opted to visit The Isle of Mull this time. We poured over cottages and have had this visit planned for over a year. I bought new filters, was looking forward to giving my birthday lens a workout. ( I actually never … Continue reading When your plans have ideas of their own…
Here’s a challenge for you photography enthusiasts out there who love nature and have hundreds of images on their hard drives or phones. Can you create an A-Z collage of your photos? This took me a while and I had to ‘stretch the naming’ (ie cheat) in a couple of places, latin names suddenly became necessary! Some letters were easy – S for instance Snail, … Continue reading A- Z challenge
I’ve been playing with dyes and sunlight printing this week. I love it – so easy and so effective – for those of you who asked for instructions and more details here are just some quick guidelines. You need: white cotton or calico fabric Dye na flow paints – lots of different colours available see the photo in the side bar which will take you … Continue reading Painting with sunlight
Finally a cold sunny day. It’s not raining and it’s not grey and miserable. The blue sky was too hard to resist. A lovely walk with photographs of the ice and the decaying flowers in the sunlight. Continue reading Making the most of the cold weather
I love the birds in my garden but also love a walk around our local RSPB site. For the first time in ages – it wasn’t raining and it was a cold sunny day. Spent a lovely hour in the garden hide at Old Moor. There were a group of long tailed tits who are lovely but don’t stay still for very long. The usual … Continue reading Bird watching
I had a real eureka moment today when I realised how easy it is to print onto fabric! I’ve used transfer paper but never been happy with the results. Today I used inkjet fabric sheets – £8.95 for 10 A4 sheets and the result is amazing! (The only downside is that they did take quite a while to be delivered) You can type quotes basically … Continue reading Printing photographs onto fabric
I know I keep going on about how wonderful nature is but a few days in The Lake District last week with good friends really helped to recharge batteries that were definitely running low. The colours were stunning, the weather mild and the wifi signal very poor. This meant that my phone was used as a camera and very little else. I didn’t have to … Continue reading Take time to recharge
I love all of the seasons for different reasons but if pushed I would have to say Autumn was my favourite. The colours can be breathtaking. A single leaf or a whole vista of colour has the power to make you stop in your tracks. A visit to Thorp Perrow in North Yorkshire yesterday was a real tonic. Although it was quite a wet and murky … Continue reading I just love Autumn
Jane Hewitt 