Gelli printing, journal classes and a bit of this and that.

Have I told you how much I love my gelli arts plate? I especially love finger painting on my gelli plate, because I am naturally messy. I also especially love my new *supersize* gelli plate. Oooh, it wasn't cheap but sometimes you 'want' something so much it becomes a 'need,' and I like to justify my purchases by sharing my newly acquired goods in my workshops. See? I am not just buying it for me, I am buying it for everyone ;-) 

I love the combination of the gelli plate and Amsterdam acrylic paints, as they are just the right consistency, they don't dry too quickly, and the colours are fab. I have also doodled on my prints with a Signo uniball pen - the only white pen I have found that really works.

On Friday, my new electric clothes airer arrived. I am so sick of damp clothing hanging around in the house that just won't dry at this time of year so I decided to invest in one of these. But ha! almost as soon as it arrived I could see its real potential! Perfect.

Yesterday I went 'up north' to Middlesbrough (UK) to teach at an art journaling workshop organised by 3D Jean and I spent the day with some lovely, creative ladies, who were all quite happy to get messy and have some art journaling fun. Kirsti and Sonja had travelled all the way from Aberdeen! Jean provided us with a fab lunch including the nicest cake I have ever had - lemon and lavendar - truly delish. I'll be teaching at this venue again in the spring so you'll have to come along just to taste Jean's amazing cake LOL!

And while I was at the workshop Julie gave me this super-size ring to put my washi tapes on. Yay! I have long admired Julie's own, so was delighted when she gave me this one. But now I need to fill it with more washi tape don't you think?! There are gaps that need filling....

And of course I did a little spending while I was there too. It would have been rude not to. Look at these beautiful themed kits called Plundered Pages.....  the sad thing is I used read Judy comic when I was little and now here I am buying it as a vintage comic LOL! These are going to look great in my junk journals.

And these awesome little embellishments by Artchix Studios just fell into my basket too!

And when I got home yesterday there was a new Stampington magazine waiting for me, with a 'Congratulations you've been published' letter attached. What?! I hadn't sent anything to be published! I opened it to find a a copy of Handcrafted inside - it's a really beautiful mag - haven't seen this one before. And it turns out that this mag is a collection of articles from other Stampington magazines, and nestled in the middle was my 'Journal your year' article from Nov/Dec  2011. What a great surprise, and always a very huge honour indeed to be published by Stampington.

Well, it's half term here, so the kids are at home for a week and we get a few lie-ins, and a rest from the relentless taxi service that I seem to have become! Byee for now, enjoy the half term!