tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post6637556468201500753..comments2024-03-23T12:41:51.389+00:00Comments on Barbara Gray's Blog. One Day at a Time.: A Goosey Canvas and a Super SaleBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13395889137439058863noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-62181173523233192982016-04-20T14:30:49.604+01:002016-04-20T14:30:49.604+01:00I adore this canvas Barbara and the geese are beau...I adore this canvas Barbara and the geese are beautiful and love the colours of the fresco paints. Thank you for the sale - so tempting! xPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02889103826921393113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-49979335993678924262016-04-20T11:46:32.753+01:002016-04-20T11:46:32.753+01:00Morning Brenda you made me smile with Daisy's ...Morning Brenda you made me smile with Daisy's antics I can just imagine her looking at you for a way through bless her thank you for your caring wishes you are such a special person dear blog friend get your self the snowflake fresco for as its called snowflakes on your cards it looks so good Barbara showed how to do it in 2 different ways with the groovi tool or flick with a brush and a blue and a green for sky and grass I find easy to put on with a clarity brush than a brayer as I don't have the strength to push it to get a proper coating <br />Don't know if this helps but they are good to get in tha sale you only need a little so they last a while hugs for you and daisy xxxsheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03224468884045534214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-61629762178348102782016-04-20T09:02:08.286+01:002016-04-20T09:02:08.286+01:00Thank you xxx very true what you say xxxThank you xxx very true what you say xxxPen Sunshinepenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15377395808480318484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-11715288461273808882016-04-20T06:45:15.153+01:002016-04-20T06:45:15.153+01:00Hi Barb, love this new Geese canvas as much as the...Hi Barb, love this new Geese canvas as much as the last one, and a super sale, may just have to have a look at those paints again, as I have loads of canvasses to do. Take care. BxBridgetCGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370944108823972025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-24028054289533214512016-04-20T02:21:11.005+01:002016-04-20T02:21:11.005+01:00Hi Barbara, wow, love your canvas. Thanks for sha...Hi Barbara, wow, love your canvas. Thanks for sharing. Makes me feel like I can't wait to get arty. I know that will sound strange, why can't I just go for it. Well I worked out my huge craft avoidance problem was trying to jump in at the deep end! I worked out that I need to start very basic and work up as I get my confidence and abilities back. It's still dead slow and stop, but the inspiration is also starting to flow again, along with the feelings of wanting to craft, at last :-) But I kind of get caught up in sorting out things etc at the moment so not much crafting getting done.<br /><br />At last! You're brining out a new product that I don't need - your lightbox! Not because I don't need it, but because I already have one that looks just like your ones!!! I find it very useful, still needing to get it in my head to try it for anything I'm struggling with, you never know it might help. I never thought about trying it with Groovi, I did try it when I was trying to trace Groovi images onto copy paper. It wasn't successful but I have a funny feeling I was trying to do it in the sun, so I'll need to try again.<br /><br />That's some craft desk Barbara! I wish I could be sitting here with my halo intact, although my craft room is pretty tidy today - spent yesterday afternoon tidying it though, won't last long! Since I craft on the floor (can't sit in normal chairs), when I get going, my whole floor space apart from the small bit I'm sitting on, can look like your desk! Daisy has been known to reach the doorway, stop suddenly in her tracks and do that slow pan round the room with her head before giving me 'the look'!!!! It is very comical, especially when that 'look' results in me frantically clearing a pathway through my mess so she can go between the door and the window!!!!<br /><br />Another very generous sale. Thank you so much. Tempting me yet again. Yes I'm going to cave in, once I work out which fresco colours to go for first. And the stamps too. Better not buy any more canvases since the first lot are still unopeed in the box! I'm going to try the glazes too, a safer alternative to mod podge for me as like the paints they have no or very little VOCs so I won't need to wear a mask to use them :-). My other rubbishy acrylics can gradually be relegated to the background making stash!<br /><br />We had a lovely sunny day here, had the craft room window open, sitting in the sun for a lot of the afternoon. Hope you managed to get out for a nice walk. <br /><br />love Brenda xx<br /><br />Joy I'm so sorry to hear about Harry, I know what you are going through, my first cat started having seizures when she was just 3 years old too. Thinking about you xx<br /><br />Sheila, sorry to hear your diagnosis, but at least now your doctors know what they are treating instead of it being a stab in the dark. Hopefully now you'll get some treatment that helps a lot and lets you be more active xx<br /><br />Pen, I back up what Barbara says, as long as you know you are doing the right thing for inside you, that's all you can do. It must be so hard for you, thinking you've got progress and then it all going back to square one again. I hope you're managing to have time out from it all for yourself, take care xx<br /><br />As you'll have noticed Donna, yes I'm going to be digging out my zebeddee springs, again! xx<br /><br />Thank you Diane and Pam. I had a nice afternoon sat in the sun in my craft room. A tiny wee bit crafting. xx Brenda Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319199253488833078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-64679701876727311692016-04-20T02:09:37.963+01:002016-04-20T02:09:37.963+01:00Dot, I suspected Amy would be having problems, it&...Dot, I suspected Amy would be having problems, it's bigger than OCD. It's an austism thing, we hate change, I'm at the worst end of the scale for it, it sounds like Amy struggles badly with it too. I even struggle if a label on a product I always buy is changed, even if the ingredients haven't! What can help me is my support used to talk through the change, and bigging up the positives. I would suggest lots of reassurance for Amy and exaggerating how lovely the room looks now, how much better something moved to a different place is because... And keep doing it with her. It takes time for us to adjust to anything, as you know, but it could help keep her anxieties down until she does. Did you know to talk her through it before you got it decorated? If she has plenty of warning and time to voice her concerns and have them answered that helps to adjust better and more quickly too. That's funny her shouting "shoes off". You've all had it now she's found her voice. She'll be keeping you all right, no middle ground, everything black and white, right and wrong!!! <br /><br />The fresco glazes. I'm going to try them instead of mod podge and other glazes because of the fresco ones being VOC free. I haven't bought any yet, but I'm going to buy the satin one first to try. It is kind of inbetween a matt and gloss finish, a subtle sheen. I prefer a satin finish when I'm buying varnish for interior woodwork. Don't know if that helps any. You can seal with mod podge too, but I checked it out and it is high in VOCs and some reviews says it still yellows in time like watered down PVA does.<br /><br />Cuddle back, and a big reassuring one for wee Amy xx Brenda Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319199253488833078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-6238446415752711122016-04-20T00:26:06.783+01:002016-04-20T00:26:06.783+01:00Hi Morag hit Alison hi Brenda hope you've all ...Hi Morag hit Alison hi Brenda hope you've all had a lovely day. Sending hugs all round xxxDiane Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007431860077443115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-57803174375265267912016-04-20T00:24:55.773+01:002016-04-20T00:24:55.773+01:00Hi Barbara
What a fabulous canvass oh I am tempted...Hi Barbara<br />What a fabulous canvass oh I am tempted by the geese as they make a lovely foreground. Thank you for the blog guy sale, what a treat <br />Take care <br />Love Diane xxxDiane Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007431860077443115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-4456947267748204902016-04-20T00:22:50.791+01:002016-04-20T00:22:50.791+01:00Hi Pam, gorgeous sunny day here too, hope you are ...Hi Pam, gorgeous sunny day here too, hope you are ok xxxDiane Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007431860077443115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-72813659392971446952016-04-20T00:21:48.206+01:002016-04-20T00:21:48.206+01:00Hello Dot oh isn't Amy a sweetheart, sending a...Hello Dot oh isn't Amy a sweetheart, sending a cuddle to you both xxxDiane Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007431860077443115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-59403996238869094572016-04-20T00:17:03.377+01:002016-04-20T00:17:03.377+01:00Hi Sheila what a shame, but at least you've go...Hi Sheila what a shame, but at least you've got your diagnosis so they can try to sort you out. Be gentle to yourself xxxxxDiane Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007431860077443115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-50082648608963054312016-04-20T00:13:09.608+01:002016-04-20T00:13:09.608+01:00Just keep your side of the street clean Pen. Just ...Just keep your side of the street clean Pen. Just try to do the right thing. You'll feel better for it in the long run xxxx love to you xxxxBarbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395889137439058863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-51949259197832969042016-04-20T00:12:56.367+01:002016-04-20T00:12:56.367+01:00Hope the film was good, what a lovely end to the d...Hope the film was good, what a lovely end to the day xxxDiane Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007431860077443115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-6089349073889862002016-04-20T00:11:13.654+01:002016-04-20T00:11:13.654+01:00Hi Gilly
Good to hear you are resting and behaving...Hi Gilly<br />Good to hear you are resting and behaving yourself . Sending hugs xxxxDiane Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007431860077443115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-76533346043578325772016-04-20T00:10:02.048+01:002016-04-20T00:10:02.048+01:00Ach Sheila. That sucks. Best get painting! Keep th...Ach Sheila. That sucks. Best get painting! Keep those fingers moving!! XxxBarbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395889137439058863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-40279780278438663502016-04-19T23:57:21.763+01:002016-04-19T23:57:21.763+01:00Thanks Sheila will have a look at May..xxThanks Sheila will have a look at May..xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775023439020643243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-58057577933018715752016-04-19T23:39:29.423+01:002016-04-19T23:39:29.423+01:00Hi Dorothy Barbara just does a coat of snowflake f...Hi Dorothy Barbara just does a coat of snowflake fresco paint if I've got it right it's on the calendar for may hope this helps xxsheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03224468884045534214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-14689292950966457052016-04-19T23:36:23.141+01:002016-04-19T23:36:23.141+01:00Hi Diane, Brenda, Morag, Alison and Sue57, hope yo...Hi Diane, Brenda, Morag, Alison and Sue57, hope you've had a nice sunny day. How are you Brenda? Hope you're feeling better Morag. Love and hugs to you all, all the best to all on the blog.xxxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983486787561915557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-12657699459626570882016-04-19T23:31:19.833+01:002016-04-19T23:31:19.833+01:00Sorry you've had a stressful day, all sent to ...Sorry you've had a stressful day, all sent to try us. Hope tomorrow's a better one for you. Sure it will be if you've ordered goodies again to look forward to. Love and hugs Pam xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983486787561915557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-51403257814197742042016-04-19T23:30:11.906+01:002016-04-19T23:30:11.906+01:00Hi Pam not sure about sealing either Its the the F...Hi Pam not sure about sealing either Its the the Fresco glazes that are on bloggy sale with paints I was meaning..xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775023439020643243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-73230102404455767912016-04-19T23:22:38.224+01:002016-04-19T23:22:38.224+01:00Hi Dot, I didn't know you had to seal the canv...Hi Dot, I didn't know you had to seal the canvases, so not much help am I. I would say any diluted PVA would do it if it has to be done. You made me smile too with what Amy said when the boys came in, bless her. Hope you've enjoyed the day. Love and hugs Pam xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983486787561915557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-1444258364509376192016-04-19T23:22:34.810+01:002016-04-19T23:22:34.810+01:00Had to google Idris mmmm nice...xxHad to google Idris mmmm nice...xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775023439020643243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-51689820074726207632016-04-19T23:13:25.484+01:002016-04-19T23:13:25.484+01:00I do love the geese, this canvas is lovely. Thank ...I do love the geese, this canvas is lovely. Thank you for the sale, May take you up on some paints. Already have the geese and canvases. Had a go at the calendar challenge canvas but didn't go too well, never mind first attempt, will try again another day. Glad you sound more cheerful today. At the moment my desk looks just like yours. Love and hugs Pam xx<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983486787561915557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-27427990020591203042016-04-19T23:12:31.782+01:002016-04-19T23:12:31.782+01:00Or bless your wee Amy you made me smile send her a...Or bless your wee Amy you made me smile send her a big hug from me and a special one for you too xxxsheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03224468884045534214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-78934536740920379242016-04-19T23:10:32.022+01:002016-04-19T23:10:32.022+01:00Ooooooo Donna get the fresco paints they are brill...Ooooooo Donna get the fresco paints they are brilliant my favourite is the snowflake white it's brill for dabbing white on your cards for Christmas and you use such a little amount xxxsheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03224468884045534214noreply@blogger.com