I find living in our fab town Beeston and the beautiful city of Nottingham is always creatively inspirational, particularly the parks, the historic architecture and the places close to nature.
But I am so fortunate to see this view in my street every time I go out for a local outing.
I love it endlessly, at all times of the day, in rain and shine, in summer and winter.
This card I bought from Oxfam recently sums up perfectly my current creative thinking!
Over the last couple of years I have been building websites, helping with branding/marketing, teaching social media skills and helping to design/publish books/booklets.
At the same time I have been developing my own art/craft skills and have loved sharing my work.
Here and there I have also been making the odd cake order for friends and family – and that has been great too.
So – I have decided that adding a limited amount of commercial bespoke cake-making complements my overall activities perfectly. I have developed a small range of cakes (lower in sugar than my previous outpourings from Classy Cupcakes & Posh Patisserie) in the best selling flavours.
I have regained my 5 rating from the council and I am ready to devote a limited capacity (first come first served) to take on your creative challenges!
I will be publishing a special CAKE page on my Creativity Online website in the next few days. Follow Creativity Online on Facebook for more information.
Before everyone puts their old Christmas cards away…
I am running a Christmas bauble making session at Monday night Adult Crafts at the Beeston Heritage Canalside tonight. Should be fun!
Happy New Year from a beautiful Nottingham city centre!
I am excited to be brimming with creative ideas for 2019.
Hope we all have a peaceful, happy and fulfilling year. xxx
Matt paints amazing pictures of rockets, retrotech items and post soviet futurism themes.
I have recently been helping Matt with his website design, blogging and Instagram posts to increase the visibility of his fantastic work.
More information at http://www.matthewturnerartist.co.uk/
An annual event – spend hours making piles of Christmas biscuits for the East of England Singer’s Christmas concert, and enjoy watching them being demolished in 10 minutes by an enthusiastic audience during the interval!
Our ‘Globetrotting Christmas’ concert this weekend at St John’s Carrington was hard work and absolutely beautiful in equal measure.
My latest felted embroidery work – Ancient Tree.
I displayed this in public without a glass frontage and it attracted a lot of interest. The texture, colours and intricacy of the embroidery were very visible.
I will be experimenting with new ways of displaying in 2019. Watch this space!
This is my favourite thing I made for Christmas this year!
3D padded Christmas Tree bunting made with muted greens. red and brown fabrics – linen, harris tweed, velvet, crinkled, patterned and hand trimmed on folded red ribbon. Impeccable finish. Will last for years!
There are still a few left on my Etsy site, FeltedEmbroideredArt HERE
Do go ahead if you fancy…costs will be refunded to people able to collect from me in Nottingham.
Here’s the latest commission for a house portrait in textile applique, just like the one pictured below.
There’s still time to order yours before Christmas!
Amazing! I turned all my quinces into Quince Jelly, which is now on sale at the top notch greengrocer Hallam‘s on Beeston High Street. They sold half the stock last weekend!
It is also featuring on the cheeseboard in renowned vegetarian cafe Café Roya.
A bit of an adventure – well worth a bit of effort!
Customers are in for a treat – I remember when I first tasted it! A unique experience.
KAttwood at Creativity Online 