Watt’s Gallery Learning Assistant
Watt’s Gallery Learning Assistant Watt’s Gallery – Artists Village is in Compton, near Godalming. Founded in 1904, it the only gallery in the UK devoted to a single artist – G F Watts and his wife, Mary Watts. We...
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Little Rays Forest School Forest school, is becoming increasingly popular, with lots of pre-schools offering outdoor education throughout the country. There are many benefits for children learning in the great outdoors – increased confidence, understanding of the natural spaces...
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Paper cutting workshop Aimee Richards, aka Miss Bespoke Papercuts, is an illustrator and paper cutter. I attended her workshop at Wattle and Daub, a home and faux flowers shop in Godalming, one Sunday morning. Aimee started by showing us...
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Alice in Wonderland Party My daughter’s birthday is the day after mine, so I thought this would be the perfect excuse to organise our Alice in Wonderland party! We held the party at the village hall up the road from...
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Scrapbooking Scrapbooking is a great way to remember celebrations, holidays and everyday events that are personally special. Rachel Denbow (Smileandwave) was offering a Scrapbooking ecourse “52 weeks of Art Journaling” and so I impulse bought the course. I’ve been...
Read moreDIY: How to make a sock monkey
DIY: How to make a sock monkey I’ve never been a fan of “cute” or blue for boys and pink for girls, so I’ve been having real trouble trying to find new baby presents for my friends. As I...
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Knitted beanies I have caught the knitting bug! After my shawl, I was looking for another knitting project and decided to knit a slouch beanie (despite it being July!). Deciding to simple, I chose a pattern for a Simple...
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Having had my Introduction to knitting a month ago, I decided it was time to attempt to follow a knitting pattern. There were two patterns that I liked, one for a vintage 1940s shawl with a collar and the other...
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Embroidered flower hoop My Mum was the sewing lady at primary school. She taught us basic embroidery stitches and how to cross stitch. I went through a cross stitch phase when I was a teenager but have only done the...
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