tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35013017486361110352024-03-05T01:54:04.992-08:00Dizzy and Creative
Follow our stories and events as we travel the countryside having fun, using the inspiration and experiences to create a range of unique, embroidery and sewing kits and inspiring workshops. When we come upon skilled and talented people creating beautiful and unique pieces of art, and are impressed and moved by the quality and beauty of their work, we will promote these artists and artisans through our blog, our websites and our online shop.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04693128930339845711noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501301748636111035.post-19549541564755961272016-06-05T04:06:00.002-07:002016-06-05T04:13:02.548-07:00<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #232323; font-family: Cochin; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Welcome</b> to our blog, we hope that you will enjoy reading and following our news and updates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Exciting news, we have been busy designing a new collection embroidery projects for you to make or present as gifts, which may be bought thorough our workshop, </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;">ORCHARD LEARNING STUDIOS <a href="http://www.orchardlearnngstudios.co.uk/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(2, 30, 170); color: #021eaa;">www.orchardlearnngstudios.co.uk</span></a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"> and keep a look out for our new </span><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;">DIZZY AND CREATIVE</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"> website and </span><span style="font-kerning: none;">shop, it will be coming very soon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Saturday and Sunday 18th & 19th June</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>ALL THINGS VINTAGE AND LOVELY WEEKEND, COTEHELE HOUSE, ST DOMINICK</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A weekend of fabulous fun with a range of workshops, something for everyone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Thursday 14th July 4pm 'til late</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Fun workshops with ideas for affordable wedding decorations, invitations and place settings</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>GREAT BRITISH DAY OUT, BRIDWELL PARK, UFFCULME</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Fabulous fun with a range of workshops, something for everyone! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Come and visit our stand (M19) and see the fabulous additions to our range of Dizzy and Creative Embroidery and Sewing projects!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-kerning: none;">"<i>It's amazing what you can achieve, if you don't care who gets the credit</i>" (Harry S Truman)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Thank you for taking time to read our blog, we hope that you feel inspired to come and join us at one of our events or be creative at one of our workshops.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04693128930339845711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501301748636111035.post-76729586304020837882016-03-28T02:02:00.000-07:002016-03-28T02:02:00.223-07:00Dizzy and Creative meet two young and exciting designers.<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">
As well as trying to search out as many Easter Eggs as the Bunny hid for us, we recently caught up with two young exciting designers showing humour and fabulous style through their work. We hope you their enjoy and like their work too, take a peek through their links and see what they are up to.</div>
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<b>Sarah Edmonds </b><span style="font-size: 12px;">is a self taught illustrator living and working in sunny Worthing. Raised on a farm on the Welsh</span><br />
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Visit Sarah's Etsy shop <a href="http://www.sarahedmondsmarket.etsy.com/"><span style="color: #021eaa; line-height: normal;">www.sarahedmondsmarket.etsy.com</span></a> to browse her ranges of cards, prints and bags. As a special treat she's offering readers of Dizzy & Creative a 10% discount off any order with the code DIZZYCREATIVE16 (offer ends 31 May 2016).<br />
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Rebecca is a print and interior textile designer originally from Rutland now working from her studio in London. She is inspired by nature and the weird and wonderful creatures of the world.</div>
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All her work starts in the form of hand drawings to which she then adds a contemporary colour palette and works into repeating patterns. </div>
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Her product range currently includes cushions, teatowels and framed prints and she is working on a wallpaper and fabric range due to be launched later this year.</div>
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Greetings to all our Dizzy and Creative readers and followers. We have just returned from our fabulous launch at the Knitting and Stitching Show at London Olympia 2016.</div>
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Creative and I have returned happily tired, and bubbling over with excitement as we prepare our next collection.</div>
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We met so many lovely people, from established stitchers to young textile students who gave us encouraging positive feedback about our current sewing projects.</div>
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Creative and I had the opportunity to sneak away from our stand, thanks to Sam, who arrived armed with food supplies and lovely chocolatey treats to sustain us. </div>
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We met talented Knitters and Stitchers with a variety of wonderful skills and products, so over the coming weeks follow us and we will tell you about them and share their details with you.</div>
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Being an extravagant pair, we held a special prize draw to win one of our sewing projects and Nicki from Gosport, was the lucky winner! Congratulations Nicki, please send a photo of your finished Bird panel embroidery and we will picture into our new customer gallery that is coming to the Orchard Learning Studios website soon.! ( don’t worry we won’t set a deadline!).</div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 12px;">Carol and Jay, under the </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">illusion</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 12px;"> that they are our carers, perched us (Dizzy and Creative Dolls) up onto a shelf, thinking it would keep us out of </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">mischief</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 12px;"> ! We had a birds </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">eye-view</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 12px;"> of the show and many admirers, who couldn’t resist buying our pattern, and have </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">promised</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 12px;"> to send us pictures for our picture gallery. We would love to meet them, maybe at another show?</span></span><br />
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We would like to thank <b>Peter Lanyon Furniture</b>, for providing us with an exquisite stool to display our cushion, both were greatly admired. Peter, offers courses and workshops across Devon and Cornwall, which would make an ideal gift or a holiday retreat for inspiring furniture makers. Contact Peter for details at <span style="color: blue;">www.peterlanyonfurniture.co.uk</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quality embroidery projects from </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>www.orchardlearningstudios.co.uk</b></td></tr>
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Creative had her curly locks brightened up with highlights, the things she will do for attention! My hairdresser, Ed, at March Hair (Yelverton Branch) sat me in a very special high chair to have my fringe and hair trimmed. I was pampered and given a lovely cup of tea and magazines to read, it was lovely and so relaxing. </div>
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Sarah, at MH gave me a few tips to pass onto Creative, on how best to apply her make up, especially her eyeliner! (a story for another day)! </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bit disappointed to receive just one Valentine card, but as it was signed by all the boys in the Regiment, I suppose that wasn't too bad!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dizzy and I went to help Jay and Carol of <b>Orchard Learning Studios</b>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They are packing up their beautiful range of 'Dizzy & Creative' embroidery and sewing projects to launch at the <b>Knitting and Stitching Show at London Olympia</b>.<i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> </b></span></span></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><cite class="_Rm">www.theknittingandstitchingshow.com/spring/</cite></b></span></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They have invited Dizzy and I to go with them! <u><i>Sooo </i></u>exciting! I offered to 'test drive' one of their projects, so looking forward to a bit of stitching.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dizzy didn't realise that I'd noticed her get stuck on some of the hanging hooks - I pretended to ignore the bleats and Carol went to the rescue. Honestly not too sure how I'm going to share a hotel room with her for a week! Must look through the wardrobe and decide what to wear in London.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Bought a copy of the March issue of <b>Devon Life magazine</b> - and there we are, Dizzy and I (with two of Jay and Carol's designs), on Page 20! So gratifying to be noticed.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Sunday 21st February</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Finished off the embroidered panel, Tulip design. Jay whipped it up into a cushion cover and I think they're taking it to show on the stand at Olympia. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm really pleased with the result and I have to say that it's largely due to the quality of the materials and instructions in the project. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tuesday 23rd February</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dizzy and I tried on some new leather shoes made especially for us by <b>Penny B of The Hat Studio</b>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.thehatstudiotavistock.co.uk</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They are sooo pretty - and very comfortable. Penny's matched the colours to our dresses really well. Jay and Carol have asked us to particularly focus on telling people about the doll pattern they've created, based on the two of us. So we have to really look our best. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><cite class="_Rm"></cite></b></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wednesday 24th February</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Went to see Laura at <b>Rachels Hairdressing</b>, where I had both Laura and Georgia attending me. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b> <cite class="_Rm">www.rachels-salon.co.uk/</cite></b></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Laura made sure that all the foils were in place, and they worked hard to make sure my hair will look it's very best next week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Must book an appointment for my nails.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04693128930339845711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501301748636111035.post-53904238375206671022016-02-14T02:10:00.003-08:002016-02-14T02:13:41.651-08:00Dizzy's Diary<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dizzy's Diary, Sunday 14th February 2016</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dear Diary,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I had such a strange day yesterday! It was not exactly raining (for once), so I took myself off to see Carol and Jay and see if they needed any help. They're counting down to the launch of their new embroidery and sewing projects at the <b>Knitting and Stitching Show</b> at London Olympia, and now in the middle of packing everything up in readiness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I called in to the printer <b>RedRok</b> <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(http://www.redrok.co.uk/)</span></b> on my way to pick up some labels for them, then Carol pointed out that I'd left a curler in the back of my hair!! What Lee must have thought at the printers, I blush to think of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Carol and Jay invited Creative and I to go to London with them! <i>So</i> excited. C & J asked me to take a look at the furniture they've put together for their stand at the show (G88) and I got a bit carried away. Jay came along after I'd been stuck for about 5 minutes, and helped me down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Creative is testing out some of their new projects, and was so engrossed in sewing she didn't really notice what happened to me so can't do the superior act, for once.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Valentine's day today. Didn't get a card, but as didn't expect one am not disappointed. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">www.orchardlearningstudios.co.uk </span></b><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04693128930339845711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501301748636111035.post-22728147706940771022016-01-11T06:29:00.000-08:002016-01-11T06:29:03.826-08:002016 Here We Come!<div style="text-align: left;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjduEjmhm28umV4LsHRhN6O1GcvUjUBnyealMcr-nWS_ymFTpsdNTcJC546_Nz6NU538G-8sKQGXG6qh4t2iL7Ztbd3uzhdaRpQ1YdyFhdtnt7oy-64cic-lWpPK4y8R8OSQJKY5B6PETx9/s1600/2015-11-17+11.56.05-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjduEjmhm28umV4LsHRhN6O1GcvUjUBnyealMcr-nWS_ymFTpsdNTcJC546_Nz6NU538G-8sKQGXG6qh4t2iL7Ztbd3uzhdaRpQ1YdyFhdtnt7oy-64cic-lWpPK4y8R8OSQJKY5B6PETx9/s320/2015-11-17+11.56.05-1.jpg" width="179" /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5fxNl1WrDUYYGBcGa8rn_75mZ1V7w9jMNGhu8wuqiui7Fb1JWQR0mLotT_7ds2cQgtWJeOA8KcVjOxaih5owsW0B0En1-fsusnk3BHXj5g55gqa5LD10LlCOx-8MVKifty62dO28fBl9/s1600/2015-11-17+11.56.23-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5fxNl1WrDUYYGBcGa8rn_75mZ1V7w9jMNGhu8wuqiui7Fb1JWQR0mLotT_7ds2cQgtWJeOA8KcVjOxaih5owsW0B0En1-fsusnk3BHXj5g55gqa5LD10LlCOx-8MVKifty62dO28fBl9/s320/2015-11-17+11.56.23-1.jpg" width="179" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christmas seems a long way away, now that we're well into the New Year! We hope that everyone managed to find Christmas cheer, and wish all our followers a happy, healthy and prosperous 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our hearts have gone out to all those around the world who have suffered with the elements, and have had to cope with flooding and worse. We may be miles away, but our thoughts are very much with everyone affected.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our Christmas and New Year celebrations were quieter affairs than planned, because our London cousins Boo and Bea LaCheste were not able to come and stay, after all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instead, we had a quiet and relaxing time and enjoyed each other's company. Dizzy hung out her Christmas stocking, having given it a test drive beforehand, and tried it on for size! Father Christmas delivered some lovely treats and we count ourselves two very lucky girls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, we just need some good long walks and exercise classes, then we'll be ready for our next exciting trip. Because we've just received an invitation to be at the <b>Knit and Stitch Show at London </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from 3rd - 6th March </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(www.theknittingandstitchingshow.com)</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our good friends Jay and Carol will be at their <b>Orchard Learning Studios </b>stand<b> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(www.orchardlearningstudios.co.uk),</span></b> launching a brilliant range of - would you believe it - <b>Dizzy and Creative</b> embroidery and sewing kits!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are so excited, we'll be taking a sneak preview of their beautiful designs in the next few days - and we'll try to pass on whatever we can!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, Dizzy's off to the kitchen to convert the last remaining bit of stale stollen into the most scrumptious pudding - our very last and final indulgence. Here's the recipe, for anyone who'd like to give it a go.</span><br />
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stollen style bread and butter bread pudding.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Stollen cake or bite sizes</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">pieces approximately 100g (4oz)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">250ml milk (8 fl oz)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1large egg well beaten.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A knob of butter to grease 20cm (8-inch ) square pie dish<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Pinch of cinnamon</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">75g Toasted flaked almonds (optional)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Serves 2-3<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" Hmmm.....I see that Creative has done the Christmas and New Year cleaning and re- organising the kitchen again! Where has she hidden the brandy? I know the cousins are partial to a drop or two, Creative could have at least let me feed the cake before hiding it ! Oh, there’s some in that rather smart X.O cognac bottle<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">, that’ll do."</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I think I’ll do a vital taster on those pretty chocolatey things, there are loads, if I surreptitiously spread them about a bit, them Creative shouldn’t miss the odd one or two. mm..yummy, yummy yum ,<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> ooh, look at the time!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I saw that guilty look when I came in with the shopping, and I'm sure that's the remains still smeared across your cheek! </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Sorry, I forgot to buy more cooking brandy, what did you use instead? No, don’t answer, I'd rather not know.<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #3d85c6;"> I have to admit it, though - the cake looks lovely, well done.'</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>'I've found the perfect innards for our crackers, so having practiced on those we made last week, we can make them for real, and will have the table looking really beautiful on Christmas Day. I bought some extra wrapping paper as well, because I know how you get all wrapped up yourself; just go easy on the sticky tape this year and I won't need to cut you out of it again. Well, not much, anyway.'</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>'Is that a card from Boo and Bea? Do our celebrated London cousins say when they will actually be arriving, or do we just have to guess? Oh, do wash your hands, there's a sticky mark on the front of it - and now you've got glitter on your face along with those brown choclately marks.'</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Boo and Bea said they will arrive early evening- ish on Christmas eve, Pebbles is dropping them off on her way down to Cornwall. No doubt Boo and Bea will be in top form and high spirited, in more sense than one! </span></div>
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<i>"At the time I was thinking, ‘Oops!’ we were going to help our friends Jay and Carol with their workshops the weekend, at the Miss Ivy Event, All Vintage and Festive. I can’t let them down, there will only be three hands extra to assist during their busy and hectic taster courses, ‘the sewing will be interesting!’ </i></div>
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<i>After your speedy Torvill and Dean routine around the ice rink, when did you realise that I was no longer keeping up with you? Was it the lack of noise of me wheezing and gasping for a breather? or was it the heap on the ice surrounded by a small crowd?</i></div>
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<i>You did your best to suppress your laughter and eventually you helped me up, you noticed my hand started to looked like a blue ski glove and my little glazed pale face. I’m not sure which of us was in the most shock.</i></div>
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<i>Anyhow the staff on duty were marvelous, providing lots of cold compresses to help with the swelling, checking that I had mobility in my fingers, along with lashings of tea and biscuits for the pair of us. (there is always an up side)."</i></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">"We all agreed (there was a pretty sizeable crowd, by the time we got you to your feet!), that you should have your hand x-rayed to check out for broken bones - it was certainly swelling quickly! Your face was really ashen as well, I was quite worried." </span><br />
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The nurse and radiologist at our local cottage hospital were marvelous, and so friendly. X-rays and TLC all done in less than an hour, we were sent on our way home with no broken bones, just a badly bruised hand and injured pride.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px;"><i>"However, I noticed how “Creative” your driving is, but that’s a story for another day!"</i></span><br />
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"<span style="color: blue;">Well, Dizzy - you certainly gave me a fright! I really thought you'd broken your poor hand. It's interesting to see the shades of blue and green emerging as the bruising comes out! What do you mean, my 'Creative' driving?"</span><br />
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"<span style="color: blue;">I was worried that you would miss our cracker making day with<b> Orchard Learning Studios (www.orchardlearningstudios.co.uk) </b> but thankfully you were well enough recovered to help make our table decorations - I want our London cousins Boo and Bea LaCheste to see just what fine quality our beautiful handmade crackers are." </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"></span><span style="color: blue;"></span>" By the way - before we went skating I found a great idea for a Christmas pressie for our cousins - what about one of these little chaps from the <b>Dcuk Company</b> <b>(http://dcuk.cm/)</b> ? Would bring a bit of Country to their London penthouse, don't you think?<br />
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simmer, and cook, uncovered, for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. (The
chutney is more likely to stick towards the end of the cooking time so pay
particular attention to stirring then.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Our journey from Devon to London was comfortable and uneventful, until Dizzy discovered she had lost her one of her gloves. She caused mayhem and disruption amongst other travellers by asking them to look between their feet, even to stand up to check if they were sitting on it. One passenger kindly looked out of the window to see if a lonely left hand glove was lying abandoned on the platform. By the time we reached Bristol, Dizzy had reluctantly resigned herself to the fact that her favourite gloves were no longer a pair.<br />
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<i><span style="color: blue;">"Oh, that girl is just soo embarrassing!"</span></i><br />
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On arrival in London, we made our way to the <b>Phoenix Artist Club <span style="font-size: x-small;">(http://phoenixartistclub.com/</span>)</b>, recently voted the Best Bar & Club Covent Garden in the <b>Time Out London Love London Awards 2015 (<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/the-time-out-love-london-awards</span>).</b><br />
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Peter was in the middle of creating a new range of show-themed cocktails, and we were invited to taste and critique.<br />
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<i>'I liked the Trunchball Sour best, complete with newt swimming!'</i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">"My favourite was the One Sip More, which had a super lemon twist"</span></i><br />
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The decor in the club provides reminders of great shows and artistes throughout the West End, and the display of last year's monster cult success Cool Rider caught our eye. We thoroughly love the cast recording, available for sale from the <b>Cool Rider Store <span style="font-size: x-small;">(http://coolriderstore.com/</span>)!</b><br />
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So, we whiled away a very pleasant afternoon, tasting and testing in the interests of good customer feedback. Eventually, it seemed to be time to toddle off and find somewhere to eat before strolling down to see Showstoppers at the Appollo Theatre.<br />
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<i><span style="color: blue;">"But when I look round to see if Dizzy was ready to go, I find that she's spent the last half hour flat out, the lightweight!"</span></i><br />
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<i>'It was just the early morning start and all the excitement of losing a glove, and ....'</i><br />
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<i><span style="color: blue;">"Lightweight. It's probably just as well that cousins Boo and Bea LaCheste are out of town this week, or they would have been shocked to see you."</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">In the theatre, we made the acquaintance of a lovely lady who told us about the </span><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">Rose Playhouse</b><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"> </span><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(http://www.rosetheatre.org.uk/)</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">, and the ongoing project of restoration of 'Shakespeare's first theatre'. The lady is a volunteer on the restoration project. It sounded fascinating, and although we didn't have time to fit it in on this trip, we made a resolution to do so next time we're in London.</span></div>
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One highlight of our few days was to see the Christmas lights in Oxford Street. We were particularly taken with the horoscope and space themes of the windows at <b>Selfridges </b></div>
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<b>(<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.selfridges.com/london</span>)</b> , and also the colourful masks depicted in the windows at <b>Harvey Nichols (<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.harveynichols.com</span>/)</b>, although we had to say that the Selfridge windows were our particular favourite. It was disappointing that the windows at both <b>Libertys (<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.liberty.co.uk/</span>)</b> and <b>Harrods <span style="font-size: x-small;">(http://www.harrods.com/</span>) </b>were still under wraps so we missed seeing them, despite our best efforts to peer through the cracks in the paper coverings!</div>
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Our other highlights were visits to two very different performances. The first was to <b>La Soiree (<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #006621; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; white-space: nowrap;">www.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #006621; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; white-space: nowrap;">la</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #006621; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; white-space: nowrap;">-</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #006621; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; white-space: nowrap;">soiree</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #006621; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; white-space: nowrap;">.com/</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #006621; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; white-space: nowrap;">)</span></b>, housed in it's own Big Top on the South Bank. This is a touring Cabaret-cum-Circus family of extraordinarily talented artistes, and a show which defies description. Suffice to say, we were spellbound.<br />
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'.<i>..and my turn to be embarrassed. You know what Creative's like with a man in uniform? What happens when it's a man in a business suit complete with bowler hat - or Union Jack boxers. Hmmn. Enough said.'</i><br />
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Then finally, a trip to the <b>Royal Albert Hall (<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.royalalberthall.com/</span>)</b> and an evening with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra playing the best of the Hollywood Greats. What a way to round off a magnificent few days!<i> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>Saying of the Month: </b>In the light of the tragic events in Paris, our hearts and thoughts are with all those who are suffering or whose lives have been touched as a consequence. Our saying this month is given in this context.<br />
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<b>"No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive"</b> <b>Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948) </b></div>
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<b>Next Public Appearance:</b> Saturday and Sunday 28th & 29th November, when we'll be with Jay and Carol who are running some fabulous Christmas craft workshops at the <b>Miss Ivy Events </b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>(http://www.missivyevents.co.uk/)</b></span> All Things Vintage and Festive at Dartington Hall, Totnes<br />
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<i> </i>© Jay Hooper and Carol Kennedy 2013. All rights reserved.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dizzy and Creative Doll Pattern now on sale! </span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white;">'Hey Creative! Have you seen the post this morning? Look - those funny designers Carol and Jay have sent us a copy of the doll pattern they based on us!'</span><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><i>"Oooh, let's see. How wonderful. Look it includes the knickers, dress and even little shoes. Oh, I'll have to get sewing and make us one each. They said the pattern is now on sale and we can buy it online at</i><b><u> http://www.orchardlearningstudios.co.uk/ </u></b><i>or from any venue where they're running workshops or selling their quality handmade creations" </i></span><br />
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'We'll have to send them a note to say Thank you, to let them know how delighted and honoured we are'<br />
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<i>"<span style="color: blue;">Good idea. Perhaps you could write to them once you've done your pile of washing, while I'm replenishing the store cupboard yet again."</span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">'Creative, I am confused. What's happened to the kitchen? I tried to open the washing machine and when I did I found I was hurling my smalls into a dishwasher! Where did that come from and where is the washing machine? There is no way that I am going to to do all the laundry by hand!'</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: blue;">'<i>Dizzy, I wouldn't want the mess, anyway! I am worn out tidying and washing up after you. I made an executive decision and bought the dishwasher. Christmas is just around the corner and we will be having our London cousins Boo and Bea staying, I refuse to be tied to the kitchen sink and be everyone's housekeeper whilst you're having all the fun."</i></span><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: white;">'Moi?.... the washing machine ?'</span><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>" The nice p</i></span><span style="color: blue;"><i>lumber David Joyce </i>(<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><u><b>http://www.davidjoyce.co.uk/</b></u></span>) <i>put it into the cubby area that you normally use as a dumping ground, where your pile can build up without being seen."</i></span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: white;">' Good decision, where was I when all this took place?'</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">'Talking of which, didn't we have fun at Nita Sculthorp's exhibition of work, charting her journey through a diploma course with the Royal Botanical Society of Artists.</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">We each had a favourite piece, although it was difficult to choose just one.'</span></span><br />
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<i style="color: blue; text-align: left;">"Nita's work was so lovely, it took me back to the work of Billy Showell (</i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;"><b><u>http://www.billyshowell,com/)</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;"><i>- have you seen her depictions of shoes, through botanical art? I'd love to own a pair just like that!"</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">'I'm so glad we wore our sensible shoes when we went to visit Tony and Cherry at the Cornwall Nature Conservancy. Do you remember that moment when we thought it best to withdraw with haste?'</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>"I do, but I also remember that cute little tortoise, just 6 weeks out of his egg - it's hard to believe he'll be as big as his giant companion one day!"</i></span></div>
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We so admire what Tony and Cherry are doing to conserve some of the rarest and most beautiful animals in the UK and in the world generally. We hope their newly formed Trust gets the support through membership which it desperately needs, in order to carry forward their hugely valuable work. If you'd like some more information about the Cornwall Nature Conservancy and the fabulous work they do, and to access a membership form (individual or corporate membership), please contact them: </span><b><u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">cherrybcornwallnatureconservancy@outlook.com </span></u></b></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">'Creative, what are you cooking today? I'm starving!'</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"> I scraped as much off the top of the cooker, as you actually managed to eat. I'm going to cook us one of the homemade pies we bought at Tudors cafe and Delicatessen (</i><u style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">http://www.tudorstorbay.co.uk/</u><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>) last week."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">'Ooohh, scrummy! I simply adore their pies. I like the place as well, it's so welcoming and their coffee is really good'</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;"><i>"It is indeed a lovely place and we had a super time with Kamila and Shaun who were so understanding when you - for some reason - decided to try out the comfort of the umbrella stand!"</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>NEXT PUBLIC APPEARANCE:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Miss Ivy Events </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(<u>http://missivyevents.co.uk/</u>)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>All Things Vintage and Festive</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Dartington Hall, Totnes Sat/Sun 28th & 29th November</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">THOUGHT OF THE MONTH:</span></b><br />
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</span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At the going down of the sun and in the morning,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We will remember them.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">From the poem For the Fallen, by Laurence Binyon.</span></b><br />
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</span></b> <span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">©Jay Hooper and Carol Kennedy July 2013. All rights reserved.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00579720947959525739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501301748636111035.post-2058934331927600192015-10-22T04:28:00.000-07:002015-10-22T04:28:00.776-07:00Dizzy's Bake-Off<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dizzy empties the larder on to the kitchen table</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday morning started with an Autumn chill, which sent Dizzy straight into the kitchen to look for something warm and comforting to fill the day with.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Creative was out refilling the store cupboard (again), so Dizzy had no restraint on the larder shelves, and started rummaging through ingredients. There was plenty of flour, and she found a few apples and some other likely bits and pieces, so brought them all to the kitchen table and reached for the recipe book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the time she heard Creative coming home, Dizzy was extremely pleased with herself for producing a loaf of bread worthy of Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood's approval, and she positioned herself with the loaf, where she could present Creative with the results of her labours.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Creative let herself in to a house redolent with the glorious smell of fresh bread. Once the initial 'Yummy' factor had passed, and before she reached the kitchen door, a sense of dead had taken over</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"Surprise!"</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Dizzy greeted her, proudly displaying a beautiful fresh loaf, still warm from the oven.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Creative managed to cling on to the shopping bags, as she took in the chaos left behind after Dizzy's busy morning. Putting the shopping away and pulling on a new pair of rubber gloves, she resignedly began the task of (yet again) cleaning the kitchen. She only hoped eating the bread would be worth the hard work of cleaning up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Later, with a fire blazing in the grate, she congratulated Dizzy on a successful bake-off, but implored her once more, to try and clean up after herself, when trying out her cookery skills! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As they shared a sandwich they caught up Creatives news: </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bronwen Wells</b><br />Ink and Clay<br />www.InkandClay.co.uk</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>" I called in to see <b>Bronwen Wells</b> at her studio whilst I was out, and stopped to look at her new work, which is lovely, all nature inspired, using the colours and shapes we both like so much". </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dizzy (unabashed about the kitchen mess) also had some news - <span style="color: purple;"><i>" We've been invited to go to the private view of a new exhibition <b>Botanical Art - a Personal Journey</b>, by <b>Nita Sculthorp</b>. I've RSVP'd, saying we'd love to go"</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"How lovely! That'll be a real treat, we can always go again during it's public opening, at <b>The Works </b></i></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.artattheworks.co.uk/</span> </i></b></span><i style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in Tavistock, Devon, from 26th - 30th October.</i><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"That's not all the exciting news, either. Remember our photo shoot for 'the pattern'? Well, some of the photos have come back, and I think we came out quite well in them"</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"Considering I was having a particularly bad hair day, and you kept looking the other way, <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dizzy and Creative Doll pattern on sale soon<br />Photography by <b>Stuart Bailey Media</b><br />http://stuartbaileymedia.co.uk/ </td></tr>
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that's great news. I'm really excited about the Dizzy and Creative Doll Pattern that Pontia Rose and Orchard Learning Studios have produced, based on us truly!"</i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"They've asked us to stand by for the </i>official launch <i>when they'll want us to pose for some more pics."</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"I'll have to practice my smouldering pout"</i></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"Down, girl. Photographers don't usually wear a uniform, you do realise that?"</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"Well, no harm in practicing!"</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Quote of the month:</b> "All sorrows are less with bread" Miguel de Centares Saavedra</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Next Public Appearance:</b> Miss Ivy Events Heritage Craft and Gift Fayre, Tavistock Pannier Market Sunday 1st November </span><br />
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©Jay Hooper and Carol Kennedy July 2013 all rights reserved.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04693128930339845711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501301748636111035.post-46862606131663577272015-10-13T04:37:00.000-07:002015-10-13T04:37:41.872-07:00Morning surprise<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Chilli moment!</td></tr>
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<b>Text message from Dizzy to Creative;</b><br />
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Morning Creative,<br />
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Where are you, are you at the shops? As you know, I love your delicious Rhubarb and ginger jam. I like it so much there is nothing like a good thick dollop spread onto my toast.<br />
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I nearly choked and wheezed as my breath was taken away, it was the batch of your very spicy chilli and tomato chutney!<br />
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My mouth is still burning and I can't find the yogurt and mint dressing in the fridge, to help sooth the discomfort. I now see that you have had another one of your blitz and clean out the fridge episodes, with yet another re organise of the shelves!<br />
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Thanks for putting jars into the fridge without labels attached, not to mention contents with the same colour!<br />
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I suppose you are shopping again, please buy me some sorbet.<br />
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See you when you dare to return home.<br />
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Dizzy x<br />
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Raspberry or Lemon<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">?</span></td></tr>
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<b>Text message back from Creative:</b><br />
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What are you like!!!!<br />
The reason why none of the open jars in the 'fridge have labels on them any more, is that I had to wash them to get rid of the horrible sticky goo you let dribble down the sides, every time you use them!<br />
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I also had to throw out the yoghurt and mint dressing as it seemed to have sprouted some great furry warts. It may have had antibiotic qualities, but I didn't want to put that to the test!<br />
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Am in the freezer section right now - do you want lemon or raspberry sorbet? I got some more rubber gloves and degreaser, by the way - just in case you're planning on some cookery this weekend.<br />
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See you in an hour or so,<br />
Creative<br />
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P.S. I got raspberry, as I thought it might sting less than lemon!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the little jam/sorbet thing, we are so excited to get some awesome news in this morning's post! Our friends Jay and Carol at <b>Orchard Learning Studios <span style="font-size: x-small;">(</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.orchardlearningstudios.co.uk/)</span> </b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and <b>Pontia Rose</b> <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(www.pontiarose.co.uk)</span></b> asked us some time ago if we would mind modelling for their latest product. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Always game for a laugh we naturally said Yes of course, and now we hear that all will be launched at the <b>Moorforeshore craft and gift fair <span style="font-size: x-small;">(</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>http://www.moorforeshore.com/)</b></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in</span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Tavistock </b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Town Hall </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this coming Saturday 17th October - just when we had planned to go along, how good is that? (</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>http://www.tavistock-devon.co.uk/)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apparently, Jay and Carol have </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">developed a doll pattern based on us! The only thing is, what do we wear? We obviously want it to look as though we have just casually popped in for a look around and to see if we can pick up any interesting early Christmas gifts or decorations. On the other hand, we would want to look our best if we've been the inspiration for a brand new product - and what if the Press are there??</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At last, we decided on casual chic, and both wearing our new berets. Do come along and say hello, we would love to see you.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Recipe of the month: Creative's Rhubarb and Ginger Jam</b><br />
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<b>Ingredients:</b> 2lb (1kg) rhubarb; 2lb (1kg) jam sugar; Juice
and zest 1 lemon; 2 oz (50g) crystallised ginger, finely chopped; 2” (4cm)
piece stem ginger, peeled. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Method:</b> Slice rhubarb into medium size chunks, add sugar,
lemon juice and zest and stem ginger. Finely grate the peeled ginger over the
top. Cover and leave for 2 hours, stirring occasionally. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Place all in a pan over a medium heat, stirring until all
sugar has dissolved. Bring to the boil and cook on a rolling boil for 15 – 20 minutes
until a set is reached. Remove pan from heat and allow to cool for a few
minutes. Pour into prepared jars, seal <b>and label </b>when cold.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i>Creative's note: Don't dribble the contents over the sides of the jar, as the label will wash off when you clean up! </i></b></div>
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©Jay Hooper and Carol Kennedy July 2013 all rights
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00579720947959525739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501301748636111035.post-29976729791404706702015-10-05T02:35:00.000-07:002015-10-07T03:41:45.075-07:00Pebbles in France discovers an Oyster Opener, a Living Art Village and a Scarecrow in a hidden garden!<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3501301748636111035" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3501301748636111035" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3501301748636111035" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello Girls, me again! As promised, here are more of the highlights of my trip to Brittany.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Tuesday we went up to <b>Locmariaquer</b> <b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>http://morbihan-way.fr/en/</u></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> which is famous for oyster production, and </span><br />
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visited friends who own an oyster fishery. I met the cutest chap called Davide who told extremely rude jokes and smelt rather of fish. He had lovely broad shoulders though, and he certainly helped the day to pass by very pleasantly indeed! I thought how much Creative would have enjoyed his accent, although not too sure whether oilskins pass as a uniform.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We strolled around the area and I was very taken with the beauty and tranquility of the place, despite the numbers of (French) tourists milling around. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can you believe, this house was built in the centre of a lake in the 19th century, in order to guard the oyster beds. It's now a listed building and very lovely in it's setting, although probably impractical and doubtless very damp.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We ate fresh oysters in the evening. I must admit I had been dreading this, as I have never ever managed to master the opening of these little beggars, and it does rather take away the enjoyment when you're skewering your hand and flicking bits of shell and oyster flesh around the dining room. However, never fear - Michel is a practical and enterprising chap and he has invented a brilliant oyster-opening tool. This simple gadget is so easy to use, it's astonishing and even I could do it! Michel has put his invention into production and it sells worldwide, particularly to restaurants. How cool to be able to design and produce something so practical, makes me feel a bit small. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fresh sea air means I slept extremely well (possibly helped by the wine imbibed </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with the evening meals, which stretch from around 6pm until bedtime). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wednesday took us a little way down the peninsular to a suburb where the community have been given a piece of land about 10 hectares in total. It's a long narrow valley squeezed between a railway line, industrial and housing estates and six years ago was just a patch of gorse and bramble. It's called le lavoir du Ragout, as it was at one time the site of a village and they have retained the ancient wash house which is now a sunken garden feature.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Very slowly, a group of volunteers have started to enjoy the land by planting a wonderful garden. A stream patters down the centre of the valley, where every year, more land is reclaimed and planted out. Every single plant and tree is named, and the group foster the inclusion of anyone interested in being involved, at any level.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I loved the bird's house tree, and Mr Scarecrow was a delight - and only gardening clothes, so even Creative can visit here without others being embarrassed! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were butterflies everywhere which was a real treat, but I couldn't identify any with certainty - Dizzy, you would have recognized a Pontia Rose straight away, I'm sure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another kilometre away from the hidden garden is a Semaphore Tower - you can see I tried a selfie here! From the very top you have a full 360 degree view of the peninsular with both coasts and you can imagine the signals flying to and from ships sitting on different sides of the land, relayed through the tower and passed on up towards the greater mass of Brittany. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> And so my lovely holiday passed by, with interesting things to see and learn about, including the vibrant, massive Saturday market in Quiberon where we bought the local delicacy Kouign-amann (butter pastry tart) for Sunday - along with everyone else as this is a traditional Sunday staple. I've brought the recipe back for Dizzy to have a go at making some, as it's absolutely scrummy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By contrast, the Sunday market on the quayside at Portivy comprised just eight or ten stalls selling fish, fruit, household goods and some local art and craft.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our final excursion was up into Brittany, to the most surprising, enterprising and exquisitely pretty village of <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;"><b>La Gacilly</b>, Its traditional stone cottages are bedecked with flowers, and heritage features such as old bread ovens, fountains and menhirs abound</span></span> </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16.8px;">It is a town of arts and crafts - you would simply love it. Potters, painters, metal workers, glass blowers, leather craftsmen, book binders... all manner of crafts are represented here with ateliers (workshops) to visit and goods offered for sale. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">T</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he majority of residents are artists or </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">artisans of some kind, an</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">d t</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he entire vil</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lage is a permanent exhibition of work and open studio.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">It is also the home of the <b>Yves Rocher</b> beauty empire, and the luxury spa hotel he had built there to showcase his products has a fabulous restaurant, if you feel like a real treat!</span> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><u>http://www.lagreedeslandes.com/uk/yves-rocher-la-gacilly.php</u></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Huge representations of artworks - more than 600 in total - are mounted on boards absolutely everywhere. It's a feast of colour and inspiration, and I'm afraid my little camera and meagre description just can't do justice to this enterprise. You would both adore this place, and I urge you to visit the next time you visit France, it's truly something you have to experience. You can get a better sense of the place by looking at the images:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=la+gacilly+photo&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&gfe_rd=cr&ei=pLcLVsPEOeKq8wfbooKYDA" style="text-align: center;">la gacilly photo</a><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You're probably relieved to hear that that's about all I have to relate. It was such a lovely break and one which I know you'd have adored - do say you'll come with me next year, and let's get booked up straight away!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For anyone wanting to book a holiday - <b><u>www.homelidays.com </u> </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then follow the pathway of clicks - Monde Entier - Europe - France - Bretagne - Morbihan - Pays d'Auray, Location vacances - Saint-Pierre Quiberon - Location 6098650 (6 people) / Location 6098640 (4 people). </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's worth the effort! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look forward to seeing you both soon,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lots of Love,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope you're both keeping well and steering clear of these nasty cold bugs that seem to be going the rounds again? Also that you're keeping out of mischief, but I hold out little hope on that score.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I promised to share a few of my holiday experiences with you, so here goes - I do hope they come across well, as there's nothing worse than someone else's holiday snaps without the personal context or emotional links forged through actually being there. I'm sending this in two parts, as so much happened, even though I was only away a short time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stayed with my French friend Danielle, who has a house down on the <b>Quiberon</b> peninsular in Southern Brittany. It's a fabulous location with an enormous amount of fascinating things to do and see, all within incredibly easy reach. Danielle's house is just 50 metres from the sea, in a little fishing village called <b>Portivy</b>. The house is divided into self catering apartments, so anyone can share this adventure, and to demonstrate the link to the sea, there's an old fishing boat sitting in the garden!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Danielle flew the Devon flag and the Union Jack in honour of my residence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The whole area abounds with everything to make a wonderful holiday - fabulous beaches with two distinct coastlines so there's everything from surfing or canoeing to swimming and fishing. There's a vibrant artistic community and a wealth of inspiration for all kinds of creative medium. The food and drink are a gastronomic delight and the history breathtaking. You can walk or cycle everywhere with ease, or take the local bus or train - who could want for more?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every day was sunny and warm, so I could explore the rock pools and walk around the area to my heart's content. Just a kilometre or so across the width of the peninsular is the little town of <b>St-Pierre Quiberon</b> and as there's only a small supermarket in Portivy, I walked to S-PQ in the morning to fetch fresh croissants and bread from the patisserie, together with Danielle's newspaper. If I was in good time, I could sit on the sea front with a coffee and watch the beach getting up and ready for the day, or even visit the 'petit ferme' down a narrow lane. This is where a local smallholder keeps a <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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startling mix of small animals, including goats, pigs and poultry of every description, all running side by side in one huge enclosure. The hedges were laden with great fat, ripe sloes (the French don't appear to consider sloe gin!) and so I picked some and fed to the animals. I had to be careful of the turkeys though, who became extremely viscous at the sight of a sloe, and were inclined to peck!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The village children play house in an ancient Dolmen, tucked in a corner amid a jumble of cottages. I can just see Heritage England allowing such close liberty, and I'm enchanted to see the juxtaposition of the human effect in the region. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Danielle's husband Michel took me out on his fishing boat - a little adventure in itself - and we caught a potful of crabs which we brought home and cooked straight away with lots of bay, seasoning and cayenne pepper. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We ate our catch with great relish. The crabs were preceded by fresh ripe melon, accompanied with sparkling wine and fresh bread, and eaten in the company of good friends whilst watching the most glorious sunsets - I just didn't want to be anywhere else! How you two would have loved these evenings, it's such a shame you couldn't spare the time to come with me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For anyone wanting to book a holiday - <b><u>www.homelidays.com</u> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then follow the pathway of clicks - Monde Entier - Europe - France - Bretagne - Morbihan - Pays d'Auray, Location vacances - Saint-Pierre Quiberon - Location 6098650 (6 people) / Location 6098640 (4 people). </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's worth the effort! </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04693128930339845711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501301748636111035.post-21444108154194298832015-09-25T10:53:00.001-07:002015-09-25T10:53:05.974-07:00All Things Vintage and Lovely<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 16px;">
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A quick text to let you know, whilst I was out I have met the designer at Pontia Rose to find out what she is getting up to. Guess what? She is not unlike me in many ways, certainly a bit scatty and very similar to look at too! I had a lovely chat with her, she is tweaking away at her new website and hopes to launch within days.</div>
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She was telling me about her friend, Jay, who is very talented at creating all kinds of things from garments and all kinds of crafts. The pair of them are off to the ‘Miss Ivy Event, All Things Vintage and Lovely’ at the Guildhall in Plymouth tomorrow, Saturday 26th September. </div>
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Together they are going to be demonstrating with a few garments a fashion time line from the twenties to the eighties. It sounds right up our street, shall we pop along and see what it is all about? Oh, and, they will be running taster classes in Dorset button making and smocking, how lovely it would be to have chance of trying something new. Are you up for it? It would be an opportunity for us to meet them and see who else is around to put into our next blog.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How lovely to hear from you, and thank you for the latest news on Pontia Rose. I have been thinking of her in recent days and it's great to know she's about to launch her new website, I will look out for the exciting moment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been writing most of the afternoon, instruction sheets mostly, for that new partnership. Did you know they are using us as the inspiration behind their latest product? Very flattering, as long as they don't make us look too fat! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Creative was in her element with so many men in uniform to choose from!!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She sent us a photo after a visit to an oyster farm and we can't wait 'till she gets back in a week or so, when we can hear all about her trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Smoked salmon, cold chicken, strawberries, chocolate, damask napkins and the butler!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Next public appearance: Miss Ivy Events </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">www.missivyevents.co.uk</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All Things Vintage and Lovely Fair, Plymouth Guildhall Saturday 26th September.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look forward to seeing you there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">I noticed the changes in the kitchen as soon as I got back home and this explains the strange stickiness of the worktop, the dark blobs stuck to the bottom of the oven and the fact that I can't find the spatula! I did also wonder why you should have taken all the eggs with you, when I couldn't make the omelette I was looking forward to last evening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This inspired us to rummage through other drawers and cupboards and we found the February 2015 issue of the <b>Sew Home and Style magazine</b> (<span style="font-size: x-small;">www.sewmag.co.uk</span>)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and with it a FREE <b>Simplicity</b> (<span style="font-size: x-small;">simplicitynewlook.com</span>) pattern for a pretty summer top. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now really enthusiastic, we dug deeper and found some pieces of fabric and decided to have a go at making our own new tops. We fought a bit over the colours, but eventually agreed that Dizzy would dazzle with purple silk, and Creative would highlight her eyes with a pretty blue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dizzy went out gardening (not before changing out of her lovely new top), and spent a relaxing afternoon in the sunshine, amid scent and colours. She came upon this beautiful rose, with it's voluptuous shape and deep scent reminiscent of Grandma's bathroom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, neither Dizzy or Creative can put a name to this lovely flower, which starts it's bloom as a vibrant coral pink, fading to salmon and apricot hues as the flower opens fully. <b>Do you know the name of this rose?</b> Please add a comment if you can help us to identify it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a picture of the beautiful female <b>Pontia Daplidice butterfly</b>, taken by photographer <b>Lee Hurrell</b>. We love the delicacy of the markings on this fast flying, rare visitor to the UK, have you seen one this summer? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We kept our eyes peeled in the hope of spotting one when we visited National Trust property <b>Buckland Abbey</b>, Devon - once home of Sir Francis Drake (<span style="font-size: x-small;">www.nationaltrust.org.uk/buckland-abbey</span>)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a warm sunny morning we delighted in the beautiful wooded setting and followed the trail of giant footsteps which lead the visitor towards the ancient buildings nestling at the heart of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the valley. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were welcomed by fun and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cheerful volunteers Peter and David who gave us a ride the buggy. They were in stitches as we all posed for a snap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;">Dizzy - I know they weren't in uniform, but I still had to hold Creative back, you know what she's like! </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is so much to do and discover in this rich setting full of history and surprises. We strongly recommend a visit this summer, whatever your age or interest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In keeping with our Buckland Abbey visit, our <b>Quote of the Month</b> comes from <b>Sir Francis Drake</b> himself: "<i>There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory"</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Dizzy and Creative copyright 2013 with CarolAnn Design Studio and Jay Hooper, Orchard Learning Studios. All rights reserved</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dizzy not yet ready for the beach!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The long-awaited burst of warmth saw us preparing to head for the beach. First job was to dig out the swimwear and try it on, test for moth holes and midriff bulge.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>Creative:</b> Dizzy! I'm sorry to have to tell you.... I think you need a little visit to the beautician, before you expose anything further in public!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suitably chastened, Dizzy made the booking and we took ourselves off to see the lovely Tara at Tara's Treatments in Woolwell, Plymouth (<span style="font-size: x-small;">www.tarastreatments.co.uk</span>). </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tara's Treatments provides the best service!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tara knows her beauty stuff and also supports the Look Good Feel Better charity for women with cancer. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She helps with skin care and make up in monthly workshops at The Mustard Tree at Derriford Hospital (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">www.lgfb.co.uk</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As well as Tara's gentle ministrations we gave each other some assistance with our treatments. After much mirth and merriment, we emerged in much better shape and fearlessly ready to meet the sunshine and display a little flesh.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Cool Rider Album release</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our London cousins Boo and Bea LaCheste sent us some exciting news from London. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday 29th June saw the launch of the brilliant original cast recording of Cool Rider. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This cult musical saw a week-long run in the West End in 2014, following a one night concert performance at The Duchess Theatre. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, following a funding drive through the Kickstart initiative, there is a terrific album which soared into the top ten in the i-Tunes UK soundtrack recording chart before the first day of release was over (<span style="font-size: x-small;">www.cooriderlive.co.uk</span>). We think it's well worth a listen.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leather outfit for 3-month old T-Bird!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boo and Bea are urging us to go to London for the offical launch party, but so far we've only got as far as making the cutest leather outfit for one of the producer's 3-month old nephew. We may have to make more for ourselves, when we go to party!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we saw Orchard Learning Studios at Cotehele House last month (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">www.orchardlearningstudios.co.uk</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we met Jay Hooper who was teaching the art of making Dorset Buttons. Carol Ann of Carolann Design Studio (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">www.carolanndesignstudio.co.uk</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) learned the techniques from Jay, and is now combining the ancient skills with her own contemporary designs to incorporate these into her new product range.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jay will be running Dorset Button workshops on 23rd July at the stunning Madhatters Studio in Plympton, Devon - get signed up now! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">www.madhattersstudio.com</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>It takes two to speak the truth, - one to speak, and another to hear</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Dizzy and Creative copyright 2013 with CarolAnn Design Studio and Jay Hooper, Orchard Learning Studios. All rights reserved</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A burst of fine weather at the beginning of June saw us heading off across the majestic peaks of Dartmoor to the Contemporary Craft Fair at Bovey Tracey <span style="font-size: x-small;">(www.craftsatboveytracey.co.uk)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As always, we were overwhelmed by the high standard of work, and here we are sharing a few of our favourites. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brett creates elegant and exquisite designs which give sleek sculptural shapes to objects such as candelabra, which may be displayed and used in numerous variations to suit the occasion and mood of the moment. We found his designs mesmeric.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Andy Poplar takes glass etching to a new level with his fun and funky ideas to enliven glass storage! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Off the shelf or personalised pieces, we were delighted with his wit and wicked sense of humour - much along our own lines of thinking!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> just couldn't resist trying on a hat or two, especially some of the quirky </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">designs so beautifully executed by friendly Fiona Baker. Her stunning leather dahlias were only eclipsed by the toadstool treasure that Creative is modelling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This dressing up session reminded us of earlier in the year, when we created some fascinators for London-based singers <b>The Haywood Sisters</b> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(www.the haywoodsisters.com)</span>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Their fabulous repertoire of Vintage and close harmony singing sees this lovely trio in great demand, nationally and across the channel. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our London cousins Boo and Bea LaChest tell us in their latest emails the Sisters have now branched out further to give workshops in singing - how much fun can that be?!</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Dizzy:</b></i> <i>I challenge us to go to a singing workshop, next time we go to London!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keeping with the Vintage theme, we spent a fabulous weekend at the <b>Miss Ivy Events</b> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(www.missivyevents.co.uk) </span>All Things Vintage and Lovely Show, hosted in the beautiful setting of <b>National Trust Cotehele House </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cotehele)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We dressed up in our prettiest frocks, taking our time to get ready so we looked at our best.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The rain held off, picnics came out, and everyone had fun with music, dancing, stalls, cars, and craft workshops. Together with friend Lis we helped Jay Hooper from <b>Orchard Learning Studios</b> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(www.orchardlearningstudios.co.uk)</span> to run the craft workshops, and to stage 'Get Your Vintage Look' - which we hope to repeat in Plymouth, in September.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Dizzy:</b> The only problem with fine weather, great music and vintage cars, is </i></span><i style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that it also draws in the soldiers and their jeeps - and just </i><i style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">guess who couldn't resist the pull of those men in uniform! </i><br />
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<i style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Dizzy:</b> Maybe, but the lovely wife Helen was a surprise! Thankfully she came along to rescue the moment, and both she and her husband were terrific sports.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When Dizzy could finally drag Creative away from the uniforms, we made a new friend in <b>Winnie</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She is a Memory Bear, who uses fabric and clothing to create enduring memories of those we have lost. We were touched by the sincerity and compassion of the work that Winnie undertakes with people at their most vulnerable. The comfort and delight her quality designs bring must be considerable. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(www.BagsFullofMemories.co.uk) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Winnie works alongside colleague <b>Sarah Chapman </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(www.celebrationceremoniessouthwest.com)</span>, an independent celebrant who will help to arrange individual ceremonies for individual people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Pen is mightier than the sword </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Moor Foreshore Craft and Gift Fayre, Tavistock, Devon </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">(</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">www.aquariusdesignsjewellery.com/moorforeshore/events)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The curtains were made in partnership with Jay Hooper of Orchard Learning Studios and the duo had such fun completing the commission, that they staged a pair of scarecrows in The Garden House scarecrow competition in the summer of 2014. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christened Dizzy Designer and Creative Cookie, the scarecrows drew so much attention that they got above themselves and taking on a life of their own, started to work together on more projects and so we gradually emerged in our own right. In our travels, our names have become shortened to Dizzy and Creative, and we appear to have each developed a persona reflecting some of our more prominent character traits. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The grass underfoot was damp and the sun was trying to break through an early morning haze when excitedly, we got out of the car and scampered over the lawns and amongst the shrubbery, enjoying the wealth of art and sculpture planted in stunning natural settings. We </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">couldn't resist stopping for a dance wit</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">h Alice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the end of a sunny and inspirational day we girls said our goodbyes to Horse and Rider, with Creative getting a little carried away – the flirt! Dizzy</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">managed her blushes well as Creative sought to cadge a ride off into the sunset.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After this day of inspiration, came a day of hard work, as together with friend Lis, we took the stand to the Moor Foreshore art and craft fair in Tavistock, Devon. Organisers Aquarius Designs managed some warm blue skies for the day, although we admit to getting a little distracted by the opportunities for a little disruption and high jinks! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We made a new friend called Pebbles, who we will introduce properly in another episode. Thank you to all our supporters who came to say hello, it was lovely to see everyone as well as meet people new to us, and some visiting the town on holiday. </span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next public appearance: </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> All Things Vintage and Lovely; Miss Ivy Events, Cotehele House,Cornwall June 13</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and 14</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Do come and say Hello!</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "inherit","serif";">Hello, I'm<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Dizzy
Designer</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>-<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Dizzy</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to my friends, and I design. What do I<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>mean by that? I take a concept and
from that I play and juggle with ideas, influenced by colours and textures to
create something tangible– and I have to admit that Creative has a profound
influence on me! </span></i><span style="font-family: inherit, serif;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit, serif;">Hello, I’m<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><b>Creative</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Cookie</b>, mostly called<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Creative</b>, although sometimes
something much worse, and I’m not sure what Dizzy means by being a profound
influence! I should say right now that my friend and colleague Dizzy has
acquired that name for a reason…..I’m sure you can work it out, but regular readers
will quickly catch on, I’m sure. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "inherit","serif";"> Just tell them what you do! </span></i><span style="font-family: inherit, serif;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit, serif;">I run creative workshops, teaching sewing from basics to couture,
hand and machine embroidery and other textiles, and a wide range of quality
crafts. I’m invited to teach in a number of exciting studio and community
locations, working with individuals and groups all sizes and ages.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "inherit","serif";">That's how we met. We became friends over our love of all things
beautiful and we began working together when I was commissioned to design
hand painted curtains for the Garden House at Buckland Monochorum in Devon, and
Creative and I worked in partnership to complete the project.</span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i> </i><span style="font-family: inherit, serif;">While chatting over our work, we realized our business
skills complimented each other, and our taste and styles are similar,
whilst retaining our individuality.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "inherit","serif";"> After hanging the beautiful curtains, we were invited to
create Scarecrows for the month of August 2014, and our life-size Dizzy and
Creative stood beside Carol Kline’s (BBC Gardner’s World) tree at the entrance
to the new arboretum at The Garden House.</span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit, serif;"> Our girls not only managed to avoid being bird poo targets
for a whole month, but also received so much admiration that we decided we
should work together on more projects, and a partnership was formed.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit, serif;"> </span><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "inherit","serif";">We both enjoy the excitement and embracing the challenge of
helping each other’s businesses and our partnership grow, and where we can,
doing the same for other new creative businesses along the way.</span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit, serif;">That sounds a bit more serious than intended because in fact, we
find our pooled experience provides a sparkling creative fizz, together with a
wicked sense of fun.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit, serif;"> </span><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "inherit","serif";">As we work around the countryside, we find things
happening to us or around us, that make us laugh. So we’re writing a
monthly blog to share our adventures.</span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i> </i><span style="font-family: inherit, serif;">During our meanderings, we come upon many skilled and talented
people, who are creating beautiful and unique pieces of art. When we are
impressed and moved by the beauty and quality of their work, we will promote
these artists and artisans through this blog, our own websites and our joint
Misi shop.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit, serif;"> </span><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "inherit","serif";">Here, we say welcome to our adventures, please raise a glass in
toast with<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Dizzy and Creative</b></span></i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "inherit","serif";">.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Here’s to our successful
partnership, and happy reading</i>.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>This month’s favourite quotation</b><span style="font-family: inherit, serif;">: “<i>It’s amazing what you can achieve, if you
don’t care who gets the credit</i>” (Harry S. Truman)</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit, serif;">Next public appearance:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: inherit, serif;"><span style="color: red;">Moor Foreshore Craft and Gift
Fair, Tavistock Town Hall, Devon Saturday 23<sup>rd</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>May. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit, serif;"> Do come and say Hello, we’d love
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