This is the most amazing place where I took a workshop yesterday.   Everywhere you look there's something beautiful to look at....and just look at the paper shed!!  It really is made of paper (old magazines).  I have yet to work out how it didn't completely disintegrate in a heavy downpour early in the morning!!  If ever you get a chance to visit the Prairie Gardens in Henfield, West Sussex , I highly recommend it.  A wonderful space filled with unusual plants and art.

Two pictures of fabulous flowers in the Bishop's gardens in Chichester today. The sun was shining so I couldn't actually see a thing on my I-phone. It was literally point and shoot but I think these shots are pretty stunning!!

Isn't this a delightful building?  I have just been out with a friend to have tea and cakes there as it has been turned into a cosy, countrified tearooms.  A few years ago this was a delapitated old shed...broken down and filthy - and it was my husband's idea that this could become a small hub in the local community - which it now is!!  There is even a knit and natter group!!  Anyway if ever you are in the West Sussex village of Clapham - I suggest you pay the tearooms a visit.....

I've been playing around with the idea of making small concertina-type books/cards.  Very easy and quick for people to make and fun to do!!

You're probably getting fed up with seeing flowers on my blog, but I simply can't help myself!!  Flowers are everywhere at the moment and my head is full of them!!  That was illustrated yesterday.....I spent a couple of hours listening on the radio to a big football match at Wembley.  Derby County were playing and my two sons had made the trek to London to see the game.  It was very nail biting and Derby seemed to have control of the ball most of the time.  And....then...in the 90th minute (would you believe) the opposition scored........!  I was so gutted I marched out in to my art shed and splashed paint for 20 minutes, and this is the result!  I wasn't even thinking about flowers - so they must be firmly embedded in my subconscious!!!

More fun and flowers.  I collaged another folder in readiness for a paper workshop.  The good thing working with paper is that a lot of the materials are recyclable  and cheap.  It's also quick and easy - so that's why I'm practising working quickly in order to encourage my students to achieve a lot in a short class!  We shall see......

 I'm generally enjoying flowers, painting and the great outdoors!   So much inspiration everywhere....on the creative front I am giving myself some space to decide 'what next'.  I have just finished a tapestry weaving and although I am always mildly disappointed with the results....I love the slow, meditative process.  Normally I work very quickly and spontaneously, so it is good for me to take time....and think...I am wondering if I can push this on somehow, as a background to my other creative activities?  Not sure yet.  In the meantime I continue to spin and dye and accumulate a good stock of yarns in readiness for the winter.  Have a good day (gorgeous sun here at the moment!) x