Catching Up

Another week has slipped by – where do they go?  This week has been full of good intentions and minor detours, but in a nice way…

I set out looking for some wheat paste powder and headed for an art shop in Cambridge.  I knew this wasn’t going to be a quick trip because this shop is one of those that is stocked to the rafters with lovely things to look at and every item demands a lot of attention.  I couldn’t find the powder but I did leave with some new pens.  They weren’t particularly special nor where they expensive but they were 0.3 pigment liners and for some reason helped me overcome my disappointment at not finding the wheat powder paste.  That’s the thing with pens…they might just be pens to some people but to others, like me, they mean so much more…  which is why I really enjoy this short promo film for Faber-Castell, the ultimate luxury pen company… if you are a pen-lover enjoy the few minutes that it takes to go through the process of making one of these beautiful pens and savour the attention to detail…sigh!

The wheat paste powder was intended for more notebooks and photo albums. I’ve always used other adhesives but Alisa Golden, my favourite book artist, uses this so what’s good for Alisa…  But I ploughed on with my plans anyway and created another photo album and a lovely, unusual notebook but I’m dithering about covers.  The photo album will eventually hold some family photos and the notebook is destined for my own desk so I want to choose covers that I can live with.  In the meantime I’ve been distracted by sifting through my zillions of photographs and created a series of photo cards that I rather like:

There are three photos and a selection of captions here that I thought might cover the range of circumstances these cards might be suitable for.  I’ll be adding more photo cards over the next few weeks and the range will be a pick and mix collection…

And talking of photos, you might notice I’ve done a bit of housekeeping here.   Instead of poppies at the top of my blog I’ve added my Waggledance shop banner.  I thought it was time to make the final link.  In addition,  I’ve added a different selection of my favourite personal photographs on the Photo Gallery page and will be adding and changing these from time to time.  I hope you’ll find a moment or two to take a look and perhaps to let me know which you like and why…