Greetings From China

Arrived safe and sound in Changsha. It's actually Thursday here now but the blog seems to still work on British time.

I had a good but tiring journey and I certainly stood out from the local crowd on the internal flight from Shanghai!

The hotel is very grand and David seems quite at home with all the staff running around after him. He seems to be quite a VIP after being here so long. I even had special flowers (see above) for my arrival. I told him not to get too used to being waited on hand and foot!

The view from our room is more 'real China' with the fishermen working on the river below and a background scenery of high rise and new development. All behind the highly landscaped hotel grounds. Chalk and cheese!

Last night we took a post-dinner stroll by the river to listen to the frog chorus. It was amazing... there must have been hundreds of them out there, singing away!

There are fireworks going off outside at the moment (and it's broad daylight at 10.30 in the morning!) David says they go off all day and everyday.

Well, today we are chilling/re-adjusting and sorting out a few things for our onward trip, then tomorrow morning we're catching an early flight to Chengdu for the first real stage of our trip and the Pandas!

Changsha signing out...
Ness and David x

It's been a long time...

... but thought I should resurrect my blogging due to my impending trip to China. I am planning to keep an online diary of my adventures, so if you are interested - keep watching!

Life is busy, pre-China, with a couple of retreats including the ScrapaJack retreat in Bromsgrove in May. Here are some sneak peeks of the a few of the classes I am teaching:

I have also been very busy making jewellery.

Here is some of my latest offerings which are for sale on http://www.brightshineythings.co.uk/

Another peek!

Here is another sneaky peek for the Solent Scrappers.

And another peek!

Another Peak for Solent Scrappers

As promised, the second of the sneaky peaks for the Scrap Mad Day at Solent Scrappers in October.

Another tomorrow!

Scrap May Day At Solent Scrappers

Here is the first sneaky peak for the Scrap Mad Day at Solent Scrappers.

Another one tomorrow!

Time Flies...

I can't believe that its nearly the end of August already. Don't you wish you could slow it all down a bit?


Summer 2008 is almost over and all we seem to have had is rain! Thank goodness for the wonderful Great Britain Olympics team, who have bought some sunshine into a dull and dreary month for the rest of us. Just four years until it all comes to London. Let the countdown begin!


This has inspired me to make this calendar project for a class I'm teaching next week. Here's the finished article.