Metal Magic with the Oakwood WI Craft Group I want to say a huge thank you to the lovely members of Oakwood WI for such a warm welcome and for being such enthusiastic, creative participants in our Metal Magic session. You were a joy to work with, and every single person made something unique and beautiful. Butterflies, flowers and fish appeared, each with their own personality – proof that a humble drinks can can become something rather magical in the right hands. It was a p

Retirement has given me a gift I never quite had the time to fully enjoy before: space for creativity . After years of busy schedules and responsibilities, I now find myself intentionally carving out time to explore, create, and simply be . And as I’ve discovered, this isn’t just fun — it’s good for me, in ways that I'm really only just beginning to fully understand. I've been walking and listening to Daisy Fancourt’s book Art Cure. The book makes a compelling case for what I

Metal Magic at Rainbow Jane ✨ Get ready to transform everyday aluminum drink cans into art at our upcoming Rainbow Jane session! On Sunday, February 15th , the Rainbow Jane session is a fun and relaxed workshop where you can cut, emboss, and paint metal into 🐟 fish, 🌸 flowers, ❤️ hearts, 🦋 butterflies —and much more. We’ll be using alcohol inks on aluminum , which create mesmerizing effects as the colors blend and spread. Add drops of metallic inks ✨, sequins, beads, and w

A Starry Start: Our First Family Story and Art Session at Rainbow Jane. Yesterday, Sunday 18th January, Rainbow Jane was filled with stories, colour, creativity — as I hosted our first Family Story and Art session. We started the session by reading Camille and the Sunflowers, the first story in the beautiful book Small Stories of Great Artists by Laurence Anholt. After the story, we headed out to Rainbow Jane’s art shed, ready to create. Everyone had the freedom to start howe

I’m really looking forward to the Glass Painting session on Sunday 25th January – it’s going to be such a fun and colourful afternoon! 🎨✨ We’ll be using Pebeo Vitrea 160 glass paints to decorate glass bottles and other glass objects. These paints are beautifully transparent, and once your piece has been baked in the oven at 160°C for 40 minutes , the design is permanently sealed onto the glass – so you’ll have something to treasure (or gift!) 💎 Whether your style is loose