Sing with the Lifeboat Crew!

Carol service, 3pm today at West Mersea Lifeboat Station. Come and sing with the lifeboat crew! All are welcome (and there will be mulled wine and minced pies afterwards).

Goodness Me, it's a Giveaway!

I am having a celebratory Christmassy Giveaway over on my Facebook page.  A pile of Leafy illustrated cards and goodies are up for grabs.

You can join in too. Hop over to Facebook and leave a word or two in my Facebook comments box (here) to be entered into a draw.  A winner will be picked at random and announced on Sunday.  Good Luck!

If you are not on Facebook, I think you can still go there and look at my page, but you may not be able to comment without signing up and 'liking' my page.  I'm not sure, but do have a try.

I am afraid I cannot include any folk who comment here (on my blog) in the giveaway. Sorry :(


*little postscripty footnote
We've been having a fairly soggy time lately, what with North Sea storm surges and a spate of floody high tides. I hope to post some piccies up here soon.

15th December 2013

***The Winner of my Facebook Giveaway is Marieke Hooker***

Congratulations Marieke!

Lots of Lovely Things

Prepping like crazy for Christmas shows...

I hardly dare mention the C word before December but organised folk might want to know I now have Christmas Cards for sale in my website shop.

All website purchases will help towards a festive donation to the wonderful RNLI.  (10% of the profits from Christmas card sales)

I am badly behind in keeping you updated, so here are some dates:

Right Now;
There is a fabby pop-up gallery/shop open in Maldon (where the salt comes from) featuring my stuff and other nauticalia alongside Den Phillips' black and white photos of the East Coast and classic yacht scene.  Do go along if you are anywhere near;  Maldon is a sweet market town, home to a fleet of Thames sailing barges and the infamous Maldon Mud Race (piccies here and here).  The Salty Dogs shop is a veritable feast of all things boaty and arty.

Salty Dogs 2013 venue is:
11 Market Hill, (top left facing down Market Hill), Maldon, Essex. CM9 4PZ
Shop opens today and runs until Tues Dec 31st.
Open Mon-Sat 10.00am to 5.00pm.
(also open on Sundays in December 10am to 4pm).


Next Weekend;
I will be manning (womaning?) my stall at our local NSPCC Christmas Fair.
"Mersea's answer to the Country Living Fair", this fair is always a smorgasbord of gifty goodness,  come along and say hi if you are hereabouts.
Sat 23rd November 2013, 10am-2pm at Mersea Island School. CO5 8QX.

Also Mersea Island Museum are holding their annual art exhibition (from Friday 22nd - Sun 24th November). You might find more than a stuffed owl and a Roman coin...

My Stuff (and me).

I ventured off the island today.

I went north, to Suffolk,  where the birds sang and the sky was blue
(everyone knows Suffolk is posher than Essex).

There is a lovely little boatyard on a pretty little river where Claudia Myatt (of RYA Go Sailing! fame) tinkers away.

She's having a bit of a do this weekend to which she has invited my stuff (and me), so if you want to see something Leafish alongside something Claudiaish alongside the pretty Deben, hop along to Waldringfield Boatyard where it's all happening.

Here is a little look into Claudia's world via Youtube, where she talks about her sailing books for children.

Two Weekends that Were.

OPEN STUDIOS 2013.  Thankyou everyone for coming.

Open Studios

I am having a bit of a busy time right now getting ready for Open Studios 2013.

Liz Morris, Vinny Stapley and I make up the Mersea contingent of the Colchester and Tendring Open Studios art trail this year.  

We will be opening our doors to visitors on the last two weekends in September.   Crikey! - That's only three days away!

We are all a stone's throw from one another, it's easy to walk from studio to studio, so if you are in or near Mersea and fancy an arty day out by the seaside do pop by and say hello.

Scandalise the Main!

Oyster dredging in the river today.