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Wednesday, December 14, 2016 2:07:44 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Before Pinterest...:
Gretel said, " ...there were scrapbooks. I started collecting cuttings when I was 16, for art references and articles of interest and I kept it up for about 20 years. So this is my pile of 38 scrapbooks, filled with newspaper and magazine clippings,..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 1:58:39 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Baby hare and flying swans:
Gretel said, "In-between other things, I have been working on new designs for next year's workshops and the first is this baby hare. I am also holding my first local workshop, in Shrewsbury, at a fabulous venue, the Victorian home of Sarah, who runs Fern..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 1:48:08 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Morning sticks:
Gretel said, "I finally managed to scrape the money together to get the winter logs in. The log man only lives half a mile down the road and delivers by tractor. Although it's a tight and tricky reverse into the drive, he has done it many times before..." more
Friday, November 11, 2016 4:07:14 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Guthrie and Ghani workshop:
Gretel said, "Another early start for last Sunday's workshop at Guthrie and Ghani, in Birmingham. Thankfully fairly 'local' and only a train ride away. The Christmas tree workshop is one that I always pack copious amounts of wool for, as you never know what..." more
Tuesday, November 1, 2016 5:54:52 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Spotted Staffordshire Pig:
Gretel said, "This is my latest Staffordshire inspired creature. I could only find one image of a pig to work from; pigs don't seem to have been as popular as spaniels or greyhounds. About forty hours later I am finally satisfied with it. I'm finding I..." more
Thursday, October 27, 2016 7:06:22 PM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled From dog Kennel to log shed:
Gretel said, " This is one of the old dog kennels and runs, left behind by the previous cottage owners. It has been a dilapidated eyesore and even if we had a dog, I certainly wouldn't house it here. However, we did want a log shed. So Joe..." more
Monday, October 24, 2016 5:11:53 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Rainy Day Sale:
Gretel said, "My mum used to tuck things away for 'a rainy day'. This was usually a pile of old comics or a book that she had picked up at a jumble sale, for when I was sick or if it was literally a rainy day. I've been saving my book toys for a rainy day, and..." more
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 8:56:36 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Mouldy wine making:
Gretel said, "A few weeks ago, Jean-next-door came round with a bucket of over-ripe damsons. She is a very waste-not-want-not person. I didn't like to refuse, so they came inside and sat in the bucket for a few days, softening, while I tried to find time to deal..." more
Saturday, October 15, 2016 5:15:59 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Country auction:
Gretel said, "The other day we decided to declutter some of the 'stuff' that has failed to sell on eBay and isn't good enough for a proper auction house. So we gathered our boxes. Brian-next-door added two old cabinets (one with a drawer missing) and the little..." more
Thursday, October 6, 2016 5:28:42 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Big workshop, little workshop:
Gretel said, "Somehow I inadvertently managed to book myself for two workshops in the space of a week, which has been a bit of a whirlwind. My first port of call was to Stourbridge, where I had a lovely large crafting group working in a converted canal-side..." more
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 11:06:27 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Staffordshire animals in needlefelt:
Gretel said, "I mentioned some time ago that I was changing my direction with my work, and doing something somewhat different to the toys that I have been making for around eight years. Typically I chose a challenge. It kind of began with this Staffordshire cat,..." more
Friday, September 16, 2016 2:43:48 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Witney and the Magic Roundabout:
Gretel said, "Last weekend saw me back in Oxfordshire again, at the Witney Sewing and Knitting Centre. Witney is a bit of a 'home town' for me; I've known it most of my life, since I first moved to the area when I was 19. I haven't been back there since Andy and..." more
Friday, September 2, 2016 3:56:47 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled In search of Langley Chapel:
Gretel said, "It's been a long time since we went for a bike ride what with one thing and another. So this week we went off in search of Langley Chapel, less than four miles away. I had done my Google map research and was convinced it would be fairly easy to..." more
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 8:29:15 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Late summer visitors:
Gretel said, "Last week we had a very rare happening - visitors! A very nice Welsh Springer Spaniel and his humans came to stay for a couple of days. We didn't do much as it was nice just to take some time off and relax. We did manage a short walk nearby. It's a..." more
Friday, August 19, 2016 10:39:37 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Little pond:
Gretel said, "This is how the so-called 'herb patch' looked a couple of weeks ago, still with the plug-ugly plastic coated washing line post firmly cemented into the earth. So as the weather had picked up, I did my scorched earth weeding and Joe got to work with..." more
Friday, August 12, 2016 2:26:12 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Another studio make over:
Gretel said, "So the time came when my studio needed a serious make over. It's been a bit of a tidy pickle for the last three years, and there were so many things on the floor that there wasn't enough room for my big feet to move around without stubbing a ..." more
Monday, August 8, 2016 4:21:07 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled A fox at a hen party:
Gretel said, " Last month I was back in Oxford at at Hill End, returning after my earlier bear making workshop two weeks previously. 'The Willows' waited quietly in the already hot morning sun. This workshop was a little..." more
Saturday, July 30, 2016 9:13:32 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Graduation day:
Gretel said, "So on the hottest day of the year, a couple of weeks ago, we rose at 6.30am, caught a taxi and three trains to the pretty town of Ormskirk, finishing off with a bus journey to Edgehill University campus, where Joe's graduation ceremony was taking..." more
Tuesday, July 19, 2016 12:15:45 PM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Another moving day:
Gretel said, " Last night pizza! The day finally arrived when Joe had completed the course that he has been studying for the last two years. Since we first met, we knew that this day would come, but in the meantime, there has been a constant back and..." more
Friday, July 15, 2016 8:41:23 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Birthdays and bears:
Gretel said, "Well, that's been a bit of a hefty blog break. Busy times. Sometime last month I had a birthday, and as some people may know, I am not a huge fan of birthdays. But there was a beautiful card from Joe, who also ordered a fabulous Clangers cake - and..." more
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 1:16:31 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Needle felt tinies and new workshops:
Gretel said, "Tiny Polar Bear (sold) I recently updated my website and for the first time (ever) catalogued all my designs by year and month. Nine years of almost non-stop needle felting. It took many days of hunting on various camera cards and..." more
Thursday, June 16, 2016 5:48:26 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Andy's tree:
Gretel said, " Yesterday we made a pilgrimage to see Andy's tree. Brian-next-door kindly drove us over, as it is some distance away in the heart of the Shropshire hills. Set in ancient woodland, the South Shropshire Remembrance Park is the most..." more
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 9:00:14 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled The Flying Scotsman in Shropshire:
Gretel said, "It was only by happenstance that I discovered that the Flying Scotsman was travelling this afternoon through Shropshire. If Brian-next-door hadn't popped round to tell me he was going over to Craven Arms to search for lawnmower parts, I wouldn't..." more
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 3:49:52 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled Cinderella cupboard:
Gretel said, "It's funny what lurks in sheds. Brian-next-door was showing me a pair of old oil lamps and I spotted this. I squealed. I really did squeal. He was a little confused at my delight as it was 'just some old shelves' which he uses to store oil and paint..." more
Saturday, December 24, 2016 7:55:14 AM
Gretel Parker wrote a blog post titled :
Gretel said, "That's been a very busy few weeks and now my holiday selling season has finished. I've sent kits, supplies and needle felt doo-dahs across various oceans. Inbetween, I've also been able to finish a hare and make another one. She was sent over to a..." more