I love making things and even when I’m on holiday my fingers get twitchy and look for things to create. Here in France in February the vine trimmings waved at me from the vinyards. I couldn’t resist seeing what I could make. So walking in the sunshine among the vines I collected and wrapped and…

I’ve been there. I know what it’s like. I feel for you. You’ve bought a lovely new piece of artwork or print. You know exactly where you want it… But The pressure of drilling a hole in the wall to hang it… Is Immense!!!!! Oh Lordy! Ok. I take you back, to nearly 17 years…

It’s Saturday evening, June 1st and for those of you out there who are football fans, you know the significance the date. Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool are in Madrid playing in the Champions League final. So what has this to do with Lil and Daise? Well history… Lil&Daise, my Etsy store is named after two…

I have created in one form or other for as long as I can remember and my home is home to many pieces of my artwork, they are part of who I am. I love to work in different mediums and love variey which makes for a difficult response to the question of “what do…

The contents of my e-Bay box continue to delight. Today I thought I would share a festive treat. Push bar to open!  This photo is not labelled.  No clues to where it was taken or who the fairy and the elf are.  We can only imagine… 1970’s… A Village Hall somewhere in Britain… The Christmas…

Eel Pie Island – what a fabulous name! Until last weekend I confess to not actually knowing anything about Eel Pie Island or of its very existence.  But Eel Pie Island is indeed a real place. Located in the middle of the River Thames at Twickenham, this small private piece of land of about 9…

How do you pass the time as a passenger on a long journey? Is it just me who sometimes uses the time to experiment taking photos? Car journey’s, train journey’s make perfect time for this. I play with different settings on the camera, use the time to learn and explore. I love the abstract blur…

Today I have feeding my soul. I have been allowing myself to play. Some years ago as part of my final project for my art degree I obtained, from eBay, various job lots of ephemera, photographs and photographic slides. It formed the basis on my work at the time. I was looking at how technology…

I love making sculpture from nature. It’s a very satisfying thing to do. I easily become absorbed in the creation process and find it very therapeutic, mindful. Balls, spheres, globes and other forms can be made from any natural product that is pliable. I like to use pine needles which are easily found under mature…