Some really cool things have come out of making stuff and posting it online in the past 5(ish) years.  Like this, or this and this.

But the most recent is really one of the very nicest. My longtime internet-and-real friend Francesca Iannaccone sent me these great pictures from the primary school art class that she helps out in. The teacher had brought in some images to use as source material for the kids to work from, and some of them were mine.

Look at these! Frankly I think they are far superior to the originals.

Instagram Addiction / PicTapGo

Sorry about the blog absence.

I have no excuse, other than a slightly unhealthy addiction to The 'Gram.

But as a result of this, I am stunned and delighted to have been chosen as this week's featured photographer by PicTapGo (my mobile photo-editing app of choice).

You can have a look on their blog over here.

Contemporary Glass Society Skills Showcase - Stained Glass

I'm very happy to say that I have been selected as one of 4 artists to be featured in the Contemporary Glass Society's latest Skills Showcase on their site.

This fourth showcase focusses on contemporary stained glass artists, each with quite diverse approaches to the medium - from soft and painterly to bold and graphic.  I particularly like Tom Pearman's screen printed glass pieces for Oxford NHS Trust.

Above 3 images © Tom Pearman

A long time ago, when I had just finished university and was deeply regretting a Media Studies degree over something more practical and hands-on, I decided to take some stained glass evening classes to see how I liked it.  I really did like it.  On days off from my boring admin job, I used to take the bus over to the Crafts Council and sit in the library there and read back issues of the CGS newsletter.  So as you can imagine, it feels pretty good to be featured.

Elle Decoration January 2013

Great to see contemporary and traditional stained glass being featured in the latest issue of Elle Decoration.

Although I was emailed about being included as a recommended designer/maker a few weeks ago, I didn't really believe it was actually going to happen until I saw it in print!

The Stylist Magazine's Etsy Christmas Gift Guide

Very excited to see my work featured in the Stylist Magazine's Etsy Christmas Gift Guide, alongside some of my Etsy heroes such as Rob Ryan, Jess Quinn, Helen Rawlinson and Jane Foster (you can find me in the Homewares and Christmas Decorations sections).

There is 10% off purchases from all the shops featured with the coupon code STYLIST10.

Being out in the sticks, I'm unable to get a copy of the supplement that came with yesterday's issue of upmarket women's weekly The Stylist (it's distributed free in major cities), so if anyone has a spare they'd like to send my way, I'd be very grateful!

Hey Look That's Me

Yes, this very blog that you are reading right here has been recommended

as one of Channel 4 Homes favourite craft blogs.

If you're visiting from the 4Homes website...

Hello! 

Treasury Time

I was reminded by this post from Mrs Eliot Books to blog up

a few lovely Etsy Treasuries I've been featured in recently.

Took me a while to "get" treasuries

(a way of Etsy buyers and sellers showcasing their favourite things),

but I always find it massively flattering to have my work included in them.

This one, by Amanda from Mangle Prints includes loads of my all-time Etsy heroes:

And this one by the fantastic Fric de Mentol is just pure joy:

And this one, by pencil jewellery supremo HuiYi Tan is very slick and stylish:

There we go. Trumpet-blowing done. Parpitty-parp.