{"id":3895,"date":"2017-01-15T20:37:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T20:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/?p=3895"},"modified":"2017-01-15T20:37:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T20:37:31","slug":"not-falling-off-the-wagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/?p=3895","title":{"rendered":"Not falling off the wagon!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">I wanted to get another post up, so I keep in the habit. Fallen off the wagon with the running, mainly from having an annoying cold that I cannot shift, fingers crossed that this week I will get back out there!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">So back onto the blog, I need to keep it going, a bit like sewing, it is something to keep my rooted, rather than letting all the silly nonsense throw me off course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Since my last post I also discovered that my most recent designs have been rejected by Not on the High Street, because they are not \u2018on trend\u2019\u2026 I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever considered myself to be \u2018trendy\u2019 but even so it made me feel pretty crap as I\u2019d had actually just had my best year in a while on there, but these instead will just find themselves on my Etsy and Folksy shops which should be pretty soon, when they are there, I will let you know!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Also since my then I\u2019ve had my birthday which included a lovely weekend at Center Parcs, and I also got some lovely presents, including a vintage set of Royal Doulton side plates and vintage cake forks, in their own little case, thank you Vicki!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_14843.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3905\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_14843-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1484\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_14843-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_14843-1024x1024-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_14843-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_14843-48x48.jpg 48w, http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_14843-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">I also want to share a few things that I got for birthday and Christmas from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnbloor.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">John<\/a>, simply because they are so beautiful, and also to say thank you to the makers too!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">I think John and I really understand each other tastes, you would hope\u00a0so after 26 years together, but there is always the excitement of opening a present, and not knowing what it will be, if he&#8217;s seen something I\u2019ve never seen before, or taken a\u00a0comment I made about something.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">With one of my Christmas presents, it all stems from a little ceramic house I bought in St.Ives at Easter last year. So when I cam home I favourited her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/uk\/shop\/stonewarestudiouk\">Etsy shop<\/a>, and knowing\u00a0I must get more, and then I\u2019m opening up a present from John, and there\u2019s 2, then another 2, then another 2!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3895 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/?attachment_id=3897'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1480-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/?attachment_id=3898'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1481-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/?attachment_id=3900'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1482-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"p1\">They are so perfect, so much detail and care, so now I have seven, check out Fionas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stonewarestudiouk\/\">Facebook page<\/a> and also her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/uk\/shop\/stonewarestudiouk\">Etsy shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">And then we come to an artist that I\u2019d admired from afar, and I never thought would have a piece of <a href=\"https:\/\/julietmacleod.com\/\">her<\/a>\u00a0work. John and I had looked at the <a href=\"https:\/\/julietmacleod.com\/new-work\/\">gallery<\/a> on her website and I said I liked the little bowls, a handful sized, if that&#8217;s a description, and I hoped I might get one, and I did!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">I was so excited! It lives in our bathroom now, and so every time I brush my teeth it\u2019s there and I get more pleasure again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1479.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3896\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1479-300x265.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1479\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1479-300x265.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1479-1024x906.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">But then for my birthday, there was a big one! I couldn\u2019t believe it, it is so perfect and beautiful, and sits on how coffee table, there is something about ceramics that make me feel so good, to hold them and use them, and also just to look. Please check out her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCloudPottery\">Facebook page<\/a>, and site, she makes the most inspirational pieces of work, and like so many ceramicists, her work inspire my own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">I\u2019m waffling, but if you want more snippets (I don\u2019t know why!) you can follow me on Instagram, I\u2019m <a href=\"www.instagram.com\/alicebloor\/\" target=\"_blank\">alicebloor<\/a> on there, I\u2019m enjoying the freedom of it!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Also! and I cannot forget this!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/hare.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3906\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/hare-300x200.png\" alt=\"hare\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/hare-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/www.raspberry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/hare.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">John is currently doing a giveaway on his Facebook page, to win a slight second of one of his beautiful screen print, go and comment and share on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JohnBloorFreelance\/posts\/1712465468779278\" target=\"_blank\">post!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Hopefully the next post will include some sewing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to get another post up, so I keep in the habit. Fallen off the wagon with the running, mainly from having an annoying cold that I cannot shift, fingers crossed that this week I will get back out there! 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