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Christmas

December 16, 2020 By Lindy 4 Comments

Its nearly that time of the year again and I imagine for some people it will be a very different sort of Christmas than previous years. With so many travel restrictions in place, many of us won’t be able to see our families and friends who are overseas. Thank goodness for video chatting…at least it lets us be in touch in a more personal way than just on the phone.

Christmas for a lot of people is a time of rituals, year after year we meet with family or friends at the same place, eat the same food and the day pans out to be similar to the previous year. I think there is something comforting about these rituals…a constant in our lives.

When I was young we always had Christmas at home with a silver christmas tree (which later got upgraded to a green tree which I thought was so tall!) and dinner was always a big ham, turkey, mums special pineapple mint jelly and always salads. No point having a hot christmas dinner in Australia! And of course this was finished off with the plum pudding with hidden sixpences, and  bachelor and spinster buttons. I still have these mother of pearl buttons.

My sis and I with mum. (Note my Teddy’s matching dressing gown made by mum.)

After my mum died christmas was never the same for me, but after moving to New Zealand with Mark and spending nearly twenty seven Christmas’s here, we now have our own rituals. And even though it is just the two of us, the Christmas tree still gets put up.

 

After the year we have all had, lets hope that 2021 is a much better year and we get to see our loved ones overseas.

Wishing everyone a Happy Christmas.

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MargieJD Studio

July 9, 2020 By Lindy 2 Comments

I thought for this post I would share with you the work of the gorgeously talented Margie Doyle ( who just so happens to be my niece.)

Margie studied Fine Arts at  University of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia and after graduating in 2016, started experimenting with block printing and fell in love with the whole process.

I asked Margie what made her fall in love with block printing…”the meditative process of carving where I completely lose myself in it for hours and then the excitement of printing and peeling the paper off the block. I love that each print turns out differently with the textures that the ink creates.”

[Read more…] about MargieJD Studio

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Spinning Revisited.

April 6, 2020 By Lindy 2 Comments

What a very surreal time we are having at the moment. Here in New Zealand we are all on lockdown except for essential services like grocery stores, pharmacies and medical centres. Non essential travel is frowned upon…even travelling 3kms to my studio to work with the door locked isn’t allowed.

So with all this time on my hands at home and unable to weave, I decided to do some spinning for the first time in over 20 years. I have a beautiful spinning wheel that originally belonged to my sister then my mum. [Read more…] about Spinning Revisited.

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Colour

September 1, 2019 By Lindy Leave a Comment

It’s been a while since I have written a new post on my blog. I have started a few but wasn’t happy with them and I find even though I do enjoy writing, coming up with a topic that will be interesting can prove difficult. So any suggestions are most welcome.

So I have decided to write about something I love...colour. This isn’t a post about the technical aspects of colour, nor is about looking at colour wheels etc. Its about how I decide, use and enjoy colours, how I put them together, what influences my choice.

[Read more…] about Colour

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New Website, New Post & Sedona Red.

September 2, 2018 By Lindy 1 Comment

Welcome to my first post on my brand new website. I felt like I wanted a site that was a bit more personalized and reflected more of me….the person that I am. One of my best friends is a very talented website designer and artist (as well as being an awesome friend) and she has built my new website for me. Thank you so much Spider Monkey Design.

So…the last post I did I talked about inspiration and seeking out ideas from the landscape I was passing through.

[Read more…] about New Website, New Post & Sedona Red.

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